Patent ID: 6661665
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An apparatus for removing heat from a first device and a second device mounted on a printed circuit board, comprising:a first heatsink coupled to the first device; a second heatsink coupled to the second device; and a shroud coupled to the printed circuit board and extending up to the first heatsink and the second heatsink, the shroud having a generally polyhedron configuration with openings positioned substantially opposite one another for directing airflow through the shroud and towards the first heatsink and the second heatsink; wherein an edge of the first heatsink is misaligned with respect to an edge of the second heatsink and wherein an edge of the shroud that forms at least a portion of the perimeter of one of the openings is shaped to abut against the misaligned edges of the first heatsink and the second heatsink.