Patent ID: 6031716
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: G06F,H01L

Abstract:
An arrangement for dissipating heat generated by at least one electronic component of a computer having a bottom housing for a keyboard and a display panel hingedly connected to a rear edge of said housing, said at least one electronic component being located in said housing, said heat dissipating arrangement comprising at least one heat pipe formed from a length of tubing having one end axially coextensive with the hinge connection between said housing and said display panel, an opposite end of said at least one heat pipe being connected to said at least one heat-generating electronic component; and heat dissipator means at a rear surface of said display panel having heat transferred thereto by said at least one heat pipe from said electronic components to said heat dissipator means, said heat dissipator means including at least one rolled sleeve formed at one edge thereof, said rolled sleeve being axially coextensive with said hinge connection and with said at least one heat pipe having the one end thereof which axially coextends with said hinge connection extending through said sleeve, said heat dissipator means further including a plate element in the form of a sheet mounted on an interior surface of said display panel for dissipating heat to the surroundings, said interior surface of said display panel including a plurality of mutually spaced protruding projections, said sheet having apertures formed therein in alignment with said projections to facilitate said projections extending through said apertures, protruding end portions of said projections being deformed to provide heads for anchoring said sheet to the interior surface of said display panel.