Sony patents console design that balances airflow through top and bottom vents
Sony describes an electronic device with a cooling fan and vents on both the top and bottom surfaces. It includes an internal air path that connects the top and bottom, allowing air to flow between them if one vent pulls air in more strongly than the other.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic apparatus ( 10) includes a cooling fan ( 40) and an apparatus main body ( 20) that accommodates the cooling fan ( 40). The apparatus main body ( 20) has an upper main body air suction port ( 22 e) formed in an upper surface ( 22 a), a lower main body air suction port ( 23 e) formed in a lower surface ( 23 a), and an auxiliary air flow path (Pc) that extends through the apparatus main body ( 20) in the up-down direction and that allows an air flow from one of the upper side and the lower side in the apparatus main body ( 20) to the other side. With this configuration, even if there is a difference in air suction performance between the two main body air suction ports ( 22 e, 23 e), the air suction port that has the larger suction performance can be supplied with a sufficient amount of air.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1.- 13. (canceled)
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
- Publication number
- US20260304684A1
- Application number
- 19156980
- Filed
- Feb 14, 2024
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
H05K 7/20172 Electricity & electronicsH05K 7/20145 Electricity & electronicsMore from Sony in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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