Patent ID: 7283359
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A computer system, comprising: an electronic component package; an enclosure for containing the electronic component package, the enclosure including a front panel, a rear panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, and two side panels; an air moving device for passing air through the enclosure; a vented cover affixed to the enclosure and abutted against a selected one of the panels having an airflow aperture, the vented cover including a pair of cross-flow ventilation ducts, wherein one of the cross-flow ventilation ducts crosses the other of the cross-flow ventilation ducts, and wherein at least a portion of each of the cross-flow ventilation ducts includes an acoustic noise reduction lining, wherein the vented cover has a first cross-section in which the cross-flow ventilation ducts are generally triangular, a second cross-section in which the cross-flow ventilation ducts are generally rectangular, a third cross-section in which the cross-flow ventilation ducts are generally triangular, and wherein the second cross-section is between and parallel to the first and third cross-sections.