US 12,066,862 B2
Dock with actively controlled heatsink for a multi-form factor information handling system (IHS)
Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Amsterdam (NL)
Assigned to Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/171,334.
Application 17/171,334 is a division of application No. 16/228,242, filed on Dec. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,928,855.
Prior Publication US 2021/0165452 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1632 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1647 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); G06F 1/203 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); H05K 7/20172 (2013.01); H05K 7/20336 (2013.01); G06F 2200/201 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
identifying, by an Information Handling System (IHS), a posture of the IHS, wherein the IHS is coupled to a dock having a heatsink configured to cool a heatpipe within the IHS; and
controlling, by the IHS, operation of the heatsink of the dock based, at least in part, on the identified posture of the IHS.