Patent ID: 6400563
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A portable computer comprising:a base housing having top and bottom sides; a display screen housing secured to said base housing for movement relative thereto between open and closed positions; a first drive unit; a second drive unit; a third drive unit; an AC/DC electrical power converter structure, wherein the first, second and third drive units and the AC/DC electrical power converter structure are mounted within the base housing; a circuit board horizontally disposed within the base housing, the circuit board having a processor thereon and first and second heat sink members respectively disposed on opposite first and second sides of the circuit board in thermal communication with the processor, and a cooling fan carried by the base housing and operative to create (1) a first flow of cooling air that passes along the first heat sink member and the AC/DC electrical power converter structure and through a first portion of the fan, and (2) a second flow of cooling air that passes along the second heat sink member and through a second portion of the fan.