US 11,789,506 B2
Automatic vent for SSD cooling enhancement
Yanbing Sun, Shanghai (CN); Xiaoguo Liang, Shanghai (CN); Haifeng Gong, Shanghai (CN); and Ming Zhang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to SK hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp., Rancho Cordova, CA (US)
Filed by SK hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/543,398.
Application 17/543,398 is a continuation of application No. 16/642,161, granted, now 11,194,372, previously published as PCT/CN2017/104620, filed on Sep. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0091645 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/206 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G11C 7/04 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A method for controlling the temperature of a solid state drive (SSD), comprising selectively opening and closing at least one vent in the solid state drive in response to measured temperature data, the at least one vent comprising:
an opening in the housing;
a structure configured to impede a flow of gas into the interior region when in a closed position and to permit the flow of gas into the interior region when in an open position, wherein the structure comprises:
a door, and
a door actuation mechanism selected from the group consisting of a roller mechanism and a slider mechanism; and
a first plurality of vents on a first side of a housing; and
a second plurality of vents on a second side of the housing, wherein the first side is different than the second side, wherein the first and second plurality of vents are each individually configured to be opened and closed based on the measured temperature data.