Patent ID: 7889500
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device comprising: a display unit; a main body comprising a rear side edge to which the display unit is pivotably connected between open and closed positions, the main body comprising a bottom wall, an opposite top wall and a side wall connecting the top wall with the bottom wall, the bottom wall, the top wall and the side wall cooperatively defining a space in the main body, a groove being defined in the top wall for communicating the space with an outside environment of the main body, an opening being defined in the side wall for communicating the space with the outside environment, the top wall being provided with an active cover plate located corresponding to the groove, the cover plate being activated and moving upwardly relative to the top wall and being located above the groove with an air intake being defined between the cover plate and the top wall and being exposed when the display unit is pivoted to the open position relative to the main body, the air intake communicating with the groove, and the cover slate being received in the groove when the display unit is closed relative to the main body; and a centrifugal fan being received in the space of the main body, wherein the centrifugal fan defines an air outlet at one side, a plurality of fins being received in the air outlet and located adjacent to the opening, and the centrifugal fan sucking air into the space from the outside environment via the air intake and the groove.