US 11,989,067 B2
Laptop computer with display-side cooling system
Amit Kulkarni, San Jose, CA (US); Gabriele Gorla, Santa Clara, CA (US); Andrew Bell, San Francisco, CA (US); and Boris Landwehr, Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Assigned to NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by NVIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/111,435.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/945,056, filed on Dec. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0173455 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/203 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H05K 7/20145 (2013.01); H05K 7/20163 (2013.01); H05K 7/20172 (2013.01); H05K 7/20409 (2013.01); H05K 7/20963 (2013.01); H05K 7/20972 (2013.01); H05K 7/20318 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. A portable computing device, comprising:
a base portion that includes a keyboard; and
a display portion that is movably coupled to the base portion and includes:
a heat sink with cooling fins;
at least one of a central processing unit or a graphics processing unit that are thermally coupled to the heat sink; and
a plurality of cooling fans, wherein each of the plurality of cooling fans is configured to force cooling air along a path flowing from the cooling fan and subsequently across at least a portion of the at least one of a central processing unit or a graphics processing unit included within the display portion and subsequently across the cooling fins.