Patent ID: 11937396
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A computing device, comprising:
a top cover;
a heater apparatus, wherein the heater apparatus comprises a heater component and a connector, wherein the heater component is affixed to the top cover,
wherein the connector comprises a top portion and a bottom portion,
wherein the top portion is operatively connected to the heater component and the bottom portion is operatively connected to a printed circuit board to activate the heater component;

a plurality of temperature sensors,
wherein a first end of a first temperature sensor of the plurality of temperature sensors is operatively connected to a heating control component and a second end of the first temperature sensor is operatively connected to the heater component,
wherein a first end of a second temperature sensor of the plurality of temperature sensors is operatively connected to the heating control component and a second end of the second temperature sensor is operatively connected to an environmental control component; and

the heating control component configured to manage the heater apparatus using the plurality of temperature sensors and to obtain information with respect to a temperature of a processor via a third temperature sensor of the plurality of temperature sensors to prevent overheating of the processor.