Air vent and method

• US 20060148398A1
• Filed: 12/20/2004
• Published: 07/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Farnsworth, Arthur K., Ruch, Mark
• Application Number:
  US11/016,951
• Publication Number:
  US 20060148398A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 454/184
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0213 Venting apertures; Constructional details thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 9/0041 Ventilation panels having provisions for screening

Abstract

Various embodiments of an air vent and method for assembling an air vent are provided. In one embodiment an air vent includes a wall comprising a first wall segment which lies along a first plane and a second wall segment which lies along a second plane where the first plane is distinct from the second plane. The air vent also includes at least one opening disposed between the first segment and the second segment of the wall.

Claims

1. A vent comprising:

a wall comprising a first wall segment disposed along a first plane and a second wall segment disposed along a second plane, the first plane being distinct from the second plane; and

an opening disposed between the first wall segment and the second wall segment.

2. The vent of claim 1, wherein the opening extends along a third plane that intersects the first plane and the second plane, and the first plane is positioned at an angle alpha that ranges up to about 90 degrees relative to the third plane.

3. The vent of claim 2, wherein the angle alpha ranges from about 40 degrees to about 50 degrees.

4. The vent of claim 1, wherein the wall further comprises:

a third wall segment; and

a second opening disposed between the second wall segment and the third wall segment.

5. The vent of claim 4, wherein:

the second opening extends along a fourth plane;

the fourth plane is positioned at an angle beta that ranges up to about 90 degrees relative to the second plane.

6. The vent of claim 4, wherein the third wall segment is disposed along the first plane.

7. The vent of claim 4, wherein the third wall segment is disposed along a fifth plane that is distinct from the first plane and the second plane.

8. The vent of claim 1, wherein the size of the opening, measured along a single axis, is about 5 millimeters or less.

9. The vent of claim 1, wherein:

the opening extends along a third plane that intersects the first plane and the second plane; and

the shape of the opening along the third plane is substantially square.

10. The vent of claim 1, wherein the wall is corrugated, the wall comprising a plurality of vent grooves, a plurality of vent ridges, and at least one opening disposed between each of the plurality of vent grooves and each of the plurality of vent ridges.

11. The vent of claim 10, wherein at least one of the plurality of vent grooves is disposed along the first plane and at least one of the plurality of vent ridges is disposed along the second plane.

12. The vent of claim 10, wherein the percent open area of the vent is at least about 50%.

13. The vent of claim 10, wherein an opening disposed between one of the plurality of vent grooves and one of the plurality of vent ridges is disposed along a third plane that intersects the first plane and the second plane.

14. The vent of claim 13, wherein the first plane is positioned at an angle alpha that is less than about 90 degrees relative to the third plane.

15. The vent of claim 14, wherein the first plane is substantially parallel to the second plane.

16. An electronic device comprising:

a plurality of electronic components disposed within an enclosure; and

a vent comprising;

a wall comprising a first wall segment disposed along a first plane and a second wall segment disposed along a second plane, the first plane being distinct from the second plane; and

an opening disposed between the first wall segment and the second wall segment.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the opening extends along a third plane that intersects the first plane and the second plane, and the first plane is positioned at an angle alpha that ranges up to about 90 degrees relative to the third plane.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the wall further comprises:

a third wall segment; and

a second opening disposed between the second wall segment and the third wall segment.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein:

the second opening extends along a fourth plane;

the fourth plane is positioned at an angle beta that ranges up to about 90 degrees relative to the second plane.

20. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the third wall segment is disposed along the first plane.

21. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the third wall segment is disposed along a fifth plane that is distinct from the first plane and the second plane.

22. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the size of the opening, measured along a single axis, is about 5 millimeters or less.

23. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein:

the opening extends along a third plane that intersects the first plane and the second plane; and

the shape of the opening along the third plane is substantially square.

24. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the wall is corrugated, the wall comprising a plurality of vent grooves, a plurality of vent ridges, and at least one opening disposed between each of the plurality of vent grooves and each of the plurality of vent ridges.

25. The electronic device of claim 24, wherein at least one of the plurality of vent grooves is disposed along the first plane and at least one of the plurality of vent ridges is disposed along the second plane.

26. The electronic device of claim 25, wherein the percent open area of the vent is at least about 50%.

27. A vent in an enclosure comprising:

first wall segment means disposed in a first plane of the vent for providing a plurality of vent grooves; and

second segment means disposed in a second plane of the vent for providing a plurality of vent ridges, the second plane being distinct from the first plane.

28. The vent of claim 27, further comprising means for facilitating the passage of air disposed between the first wall segment means and the second wall segment means.

29. A method for providing a vent in an enclosure, comprising:

forming at least one opening between a first wall segment and a second wall segment of the vent;

disposing the first segment of the vent along a first plane; and

disposing the second segment of the vent along a second plane, the second plane being distinct from the first plane.