Patent ID: 9504183
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G02B,H01L,H05K

Claim Text:
1. An enclosure with hybrid thermal management for a heat-generating electronic device, said enclosure comprising a passive heat sink, comprising multiple thermally conductive fins adjacent to said electronic device and extending rearwardly from said intake ports, said fins being spaced apart from each other for conducting heat away from said electronic device, a cold skin adapted to slide over the top of said passive heat sink and having a front wall forming a plurality of air intake ports, a plurality of blowers mounted inside said cold skin for drawing air into said cold skin though said air intake ports and then directing said air through said passive heat sink; and wherein said thermally conductive fins extend vertically along said air intake ports and above said intake ports, the portions of said fins above said air intake ports being spaced rearwardly away from said intake ports to form a space for receiving said blowers inside said cold skin.