Carbon-fiber chassis of an information handling system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9198309-B2
Application number	US-201313753248-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2013
Priority date	Jan 29, 2013
Publication date	Nov 24, 2015
Grant date	Nov 24, 2015

Abstract

A chassis and a method of manufacturing a chassis of an information handling system are disclosed. The chassis includes a carbon-fiber composite and a plurality vents of formed in the carbon-fiber composite. Each of the plurality of vents is a channel extending through the carbon-fiber composite.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A chassis of an information handling system, the chassis comprising:
a carbon-fiber composite; and
a plurality vents of formed in the carbon-fiber composite, wherein each of the plurality of vents is a channel extending through the carbon-fiber composite and each vent of the plurality of vents aligns with a single carbon fiber of the carbon-fiber composite.

2. The chassis of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of vents has a substantially smooth surface.

3. The chassis of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of each of the plurality of vents is less than 20 microns.

4. The chassis of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the carbon-fiber composite is at least 0.5 millimeters and not more than 2.0 millimeters.

5. The chassis of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a thickness of the carbon-fiber composite to a diameter of each of the plurality of vents is greater than or equal to 100.

6. The chassis of claim 1 , wherein the carbon-fiber composite comprises:
a first carbon-fiber layer;
a second carbon-fiber layer; and
a polymer layer, the polymer layer sandwiched between the first carbon-fiber layer and the second carbon-fiber layer.

7. The chassis of claim 1 wherein, the carbon-fiber composite comprises:
a plurality of carbon-fiber layers; and
a plurality of polymer layers;
wherein the outermost layers of the carbon-fiber composite are carbon-fiber layers.

8. The chassis of claim 7 , the plurality of carbon-fiber layers comprising a unidirectional carbon-fiber cloth with carbon-fiber loading of less than 30 percent.

9. The chassis of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of vents is a conical channel.

Assignees

• Aurongzeb Deeder M
• North Travis C
• Spiess Kyle D
• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Aurongzeb Deeder M
• North Travis C
• Spiess Kyle D

Classifications

• H10W40/47

  by flowing liquids, e.g. forced water cooling · CPC title

• H10W40/43

  by flowing gases, e.g. forced air cooling · CPC title

• H05K5/0213 Primary

  Venting apertures; Constructional details thereof · CPC title

• G06F1/203

  for portable computers, e.g. for laptops · CPC title

• Y10T29/49801

  Shaping fiber or fibered material · CPC title