US 11,687,132 B2
Crossflow air deflector for high density independent airflow control
Shailesh R Nayak, Bangalore (IN); Joe Paul Moolanmoozha, Bangalore (IN); Steven Cheng, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Erik Silaprasay, San Jose, CA (US); and Nicholas Maris, Union City, CA (US)
Assigned to Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/858,754.
Application 17/858,754 is a division of application No. 17/177,163, filed on Feb. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,402,884.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/144,247, filed on Feb. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0350379 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G05B 19/404 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/20 (2013.01) [G05B 19/404 (2013.01); H05K 7/20145 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49219 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A crossflow air deflector for directing airflow, the air deflector comprising:
a proximal central spine;
a first arcuate wall extending from the spine to a first distal lateral edge of the airflow deflector; and
a second arcuate wall extending from the spine to a second distal lateral edge of the airflow deflector opposing the first distal lateral edge.