Patent 7217011 was granted and assigned to Coretronic on May, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An air flow channel is used to direct cooling air towards a lamp reflector. The air flow channel has an outer housing and a guider. The outer housing is positioned at the outlet of blower, which is designed to dissipate heat from the lamp reflector. The guider, which is mounted at the side of the outer housing, has an upper slanted surface, a lower slanted surface and a side slanted surface. The air flow is divided into three individual air flows towards the lamp reflector by means of the three slanted surfaces.