Head mountable display
    11.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12238909B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-25

    申请号:US18478596

    申请日:2023-09-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic cooling assembly includes a heat-generating electronic component and a fan. In some examples the fan includes a housing defining an internal volume, the housing thermally coupled to the heat-generating electronic component, and a plurality of blades disposed in the internal volume. In some examples, the fan housing is thermally coupled directly to the heat-generating component via a thermal paste disposed between the heat-generating component and the housing.

    HEAD MOUNTABLE DISPLAY VENTILATION
    12.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20240389287A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-21

    申请号:US18478696

    申请日:2023-09-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device includes an external frame defining an internal volume, an air inlet port, and an air exhaust port. The electronic device also includes a fan configured to draw air into the internal volume through the inlet port and push air out from the internal volume through the exhaust port, the fan including a housing. The housing defines a fan inlet and a fan outlet and the air inlet port, the fan inlet, the fan outlet, and the air exhaust port define an airflow path with the air inlet port upstream from the fan inlet, the fan inlet upstream from the fan outlet, and the fan outlet upstream from the air exhaust port. The electronic device also includes a display assembly disposed in the internal volume, the airflow path defined between the display assembly and the fan inlet and an internal frame coupled to the external frame, the internal frame disposed between the display assembly and the fan and defining an opening aligned with the fan inlet.

    Integrated fan and heat sink for head-mountable device

    公开(公告)号:US11716829B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-01

    申请号:US17165763

    申请日:2021-02-02

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H05K7/20136 H05K7/2039

    Abstract: A head-mountable device can provide a cooling module that effectively manages heat while also minimizing noise, vibration, leakage, power consumption, size, and weight. To dissipate heat, the cooling module with a fan can be operated to move air through a chamber within the head-mountable device. An integrated heat sink can provide heat dissipation properties by drawing heat away from heat-generating components and into the chamber. The integrated heat sink can include a base plate that defines at least a portion of the chamber in which the blades of the fan are positioned. The integrated heat sink can further include fins between the chamber and an outlet. The fins can be integrated with the base plate to maximize heat dissipation and reduce the number of interfaces between separate parts.

    METHOD TO REDUCE ENTRANCE LOSSES TO INCREASE FAN INLET FLOW AND REDUCE ACOUSTIC NOISE

    公开(公告)号:US20200277966A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-03

    申请号:US16595062

    申请日:2019-10-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A cooling system for optimizing fan air flow performance without compromising acoustic performance is disclosed. At least three fan feature embodiments are disclosed: (1) sloped fan blades, (2) sloped impeller hubs, and (3) inlet flow guidance features. For the first embodiment, fan blades attached to an impeller disc and having leading edges that progressively curve toward a center of the impeller disc. For the second embodiment, the impeller disc is attached to and centered on an impeller hub that has a sloped hub surface that progressively curves toward the fan blades. For the third embodiment, an inlet flow guidance feature is positioned within a region surrounding a fan's inlet promoting smooth passage of air into the fan. In some embodiments, all three fan features are combined.

    Fan having a blade assembly with different chord lengths

    公开(公告)号:US10422350B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-24

    申请号:US15201278

    申请日:2016-07-01

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A fan includes an impeller having blades of varying chord lengths. The fan includes a fan housing surrounding the impeller. The fan housing includes a protruding region, or throat, separated from each passing blade by a clearance, or throat gap, that varies according to the chord length. During rotation of the impeller, the impeller blades rotate about a rotational axis, passing the protruding region defining a minimum radial gap to the protruding region. Due to their different chord lengths, the impeller blades pass the throat region at different throat gaps. Shorter blades are likely to have lower amplitude static pressures and lower air velocities resulting at the blade tip, and are hence likely to generate a lower amplitude acoustic pulse at the protruding region. The variety of chord lengths modulate the amplitude of the pressure to spread acoustic sound across multiple frequencies thereby reducing peak amplitude of the acoustic sound.

    COMPACT FAN ASSEMBLY WITH THRUST BEARING
    18.
    发明申请
    COMPACT FAN ASSEMBLY WITH THRUST BEARING 有权
    紧凑型风扇组件与轴承

    公开(公告)号:US20140049906A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-20

    申请号:US14061682

    申请日:2013-10-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A fan assembly for a computing device is disclosed. The device can include an impeller having a number of blades and a motor for turning the blades. The motor can turn the blades via a magnetic interaction between the impeller and the motor. A fluid dynamic thrust bearing can be used to control a position of the impeller relative to the motor. In particular, the impeller can be configured to rotate around an axis and the thrust bearing can be used to control movement of the impeller in a direction aligned with the rotational axis. In one embodiment, the thrust bearing can be configured to stabilize the impeller when vibratory forces act upon the fan assembly. More particularly, parameters associated with the thrust bearing can be selected to counteract vibratory forces emitted by a speaker system.

    Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于计算设备的风扇组件。 该装置可以包括具有多个叶片的叶轮和用于转动叶片的马达。 电机可以通过叶轮和电机之间的磁性相互作用来转动叶片。 流体动力推力轴承可用于控制叶轮相对于马达的位置。 特别地,叶轮可以构造成围绕轴线旋转,并且推力轴承可用于控制叶轮在与旋转轴线对准的方向上的运动。 在一个实施例中,推力轴承可以构造成当振动力作用在风扇组件上时稳定叶轮。 更具体地,可以选择与推力轴承相关联的参数以抵消由扬声器系统发射的振动力。

    HEAD MOUNTABLE DISPLAY
    19.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20240397680A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18478596

    申请日:2023-09-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic cooling assembly includes a heat-generating electronic component and a fan. In some examples the fan includes a housing defining an internal volume, the housing thermally coupled to the heat-generating electronic component, and a plurality of blades disposed in the internal volume. In some examples, the fan housing is thermally coupled directly to the heat-generating component via a thermal paste disposed between the heat-generating component and the housing.

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