1. A shoulder belt anchor mounting structure of a vehicle comprising:
a side roof rail having an inner member and an outer member joined together to form a closed section, said side roof rail extending substantially along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle at a roof side of the vehicle;
a first reinforcement positioned between said inner and outer members and partitioning the closed section into a first closed section and a second closed section;
a second reinforcement positioned between said first reinforcement and said inner member and having a peripheral edge thereof joined to said first reinforcement and a bottom wall thereof joined by weld to an inner surface wall of said inner member; and
a shoulder anchor member for supporting a seat belt mounted on a portion where the bottom wall of said second reinforcement and the inner member are joined.
2. A shoulder belt anchor mounting structure of a vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a rear pillar, wherein said shoulder belt anchor member is fixed to said side roof rail rear of said rear pillar.
3. A shoulder belt anchor mounting structure of a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a vehicle rear side panel is arranged in a lower part of said rear pillar and said reinforcement extends to said rear side panel.
4. A shoulder belt anchor mounting structure of a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said first reinforcement has a through hole for passage of a welding gun formed at a position corresponding to the bottom wall of said second reinforcement where the bottom wall and the inner member are joined to each other and for allowing the welding gun to weld said bottom wall to said inner member.
5. A shoulder belt anchor mounting structure of a vehicle according to claim 4, wherein said second reinforcement has a hat-shaped projecting portion that projects from said peripheral edge to the bottom wall.
6. A shoulder belt anchor mounting structure of a vehicle according to claim 5, wherein said projecting portion includes a rising wall integrated with the bottom wall over the entire circumference thereof and the peripheral edge.
7. A shoulder belt anchor mounting structure of a vehicle according to claim 6, wherein said rising wall is inclined so that a distance between opposing wall portions thereof decreases away from said peripheral edge toward said bottom wall.
8. A vehicle comprising:
a side roof rail having an inner member and an outer member joined together to form a closed section, the side roof rail extending substantially along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
a first reinforcement positioned between the inner and outer members and partitioning the closed section into a first closed section and a second closed section;
a second reinforcement positioned between the first reinforcement and the inner member and having a peripheral edge thereof joined to the first reinforcement and a bottom wall thereof joined by a weld to an inner surface wall of the inner member; and
a shoulder anchor member for supporting a seat belt mounted on a portion where the bottom wall of the second reinforcement and the inner member are joined.
9. A vehicle according to claim 8, further including a rear pillar and a rear side panel extending below the rear pillar, wherein the first reinforcement extends to the rear side panel.
10. A vehicle according to claim 8, wherein said first reinforcement has a through hole for passage of a welding gun formed at a position corresponding to the bottom wall of the second reinforcement where the bottom wall and the inner member are joined to each other and for allowing the welding gun to weld the bottom wall to the inner member.
11. A vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the second reinforcement has a hat-shaped projecting portion that projects from the peripheral edge to the bottom wall.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a housing of a computing device having at least a first and a second vent, said vents each having a plurality of through openings;
a first set of heat-generating components disposed within the housing and adjacent to the first vent;
a second set of heat-generating components disposed within the housing and adjacent to the second vent;
a plurality of cover members, each being paired to said vents and being configured to regulate airflow into the housing via the through openings of said vents; and
an actuation mechanism being configured to engagably displace the plurality of cover members.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a control module to determine a cooling requirement of the first and second sets of heat-generating components and to control the actuation mechanism based on the cooling requirement.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control module determines the cooling requirement based on temperature-state inputs, or power-state inputs, or a combination of temperature-state and power-state inputs of the first and second heat-generating components.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the actuation mechanism includes one of a magnetic solenoid or a linear motor, and is being coupled to the plurality of cover members.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein each of the plurality of cover members includes a plurality of through openings.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of cover members is capable of varying the size of the through openings of said vents available for inlet airflow to pass.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the plurality of cover members is made of shape memory alloy (SMA).
8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the plurality of cover members is a bimetallic strip made of materials with different coefficients of thermal expansion.
9. An assembly, comprising:
a housing of a computing device having at least a first and a second vent, said vents being capable of drawing an inlet airflow through a plurality of through openings of said vents to cool a plurality of heat-generating components disposed within the housing;
a plurality of cover members disposed adjacent to said vents, the cover members being configured to regulate the inlet airflow passing through the through openings;
an actuation mechanism operatively coupled to the plurality of cover members to cause the cover members to fully open, fully shut or partially open said vents; and
a control module operatively connected to an operating system of the computing device and a thermal management system, the control module being configured to determine a cooling requirement for each of the heat-generating components and to activate the actuation mechanism to selectively direct the inlet airflow to cool the heat generating components.
10. The assembly of claim 10, further comprising a fan adapted to create an evacuative airflow having a negative pressure gradient within the housing relative to the ambient air.
11. The assembly of claim 11, wherein the control module includes an embedded controller capable of altering the BIOS of the computing device.
12. The assembly of claim 12, wherein the actuation mechanism includes a magnetic solenoid system or a linear motor.
13. The assembly of claim 10, wherein the plurality of cover members is capable of varying the size of the through openings of said vents available for inlet airflow to pass.
14. The assembly of claim 14, wherein the plurality of cover members is made of one of shape memory alloy (SMA) and bimetallic material, wherein the bimetallic material includes materials with different coefficients of thermal expansion.
15. A method, comprising:
disposing at least a first and a second set of heat-generating components in a housing of a computing device, the housing having at least a first vent adjacent to the first set of heat-generating components and a second vent adjacent to the second set of heat-generating components, wherein said vents each includes a plurality of through openings;
determining a cooling requirement for each of the first and second sets of heat-generating components;
causing a plurality of cover members to fully open, fully shut or partially open said vents based on the cooling requirement; and
selectively directing airflow passing through the through openings of said vents to cool the heat-generating components.
16. The method of claim 16, further comprising aligning a plurality of through openings disposed on the cover members against the through openings of said vents.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein causing the cover members to fully open, fully shut or partially open said vents includes changing the shape, size or configuration of the cover members.
18. The method of claim 18, wherein the plurality of cover members is made of shape memory alloy (SMA) or a bimetallic material, wherein the bimetallic material includes materials with different coefficients of thermal expansion.