Patent ID: 7739439
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of fabrication an apparatus comprising: providing a portable computer; providing a docking station; said portable computer comprises a low performance mode of operation and a high performance mode of operation; providing a sensor for sensing if said portable computer is engaged in said docking station, or if said portable computer is not engaged in said docking station; both said high and said low performance modes of operation are actively user usable modes of operation; providing a signal generator for switching said computer between said high performance mode of operation and said low performance mode of operation in response to an input; said input being selected from the group consisting of an output of said sensor indicating that said portable computer is engaged with said docking station and for switching said portable computer into said high performance mode of operation and an output of a temperature sensor which monitors the operating temperature of said computer to switch said computer between said high performance mode of operation and said low performance mode of operation; said portable computer comprises a low performance CPU comprising said low performance mode of operation and said docking station comprises a high performance CPU comprising said high performance mode of operation, wherein said low performance mode CPU is not the same CPU as said high performance CPU; said signal generator switches said computer between said high performance mode of operation using said high performance CPU, and said low performance mode of operation using said low performance CPU in response to said input; providing said portable computer with a portable computer cooling system; providing said docking station with a docking station cooling system for engagement and disengagement with said portable computer cooling system for enhanced cooling of said portable computer when engaged with said docking station and operating in said high performance mode of operation through said high performance CPU and for reduced cooling of said portable computer when disengaged from said docking station and operating in said low performance mode of operation through said low performance CPU; and providing said engaged cooling system with a first air blower in said portable computer coupled to a first air port in said portable computer and to a heat sink in said portable computer, a releasable clamp for providing physical and thermal engagement between said portable computer and said docking station, said releasable clamp is physically and thermally coupled to and surrounding a heat pipe, providing thermal contact between said heat sink and said heat pipe permitting releasable clamp permitting engagement and disengagement of said heat pipe and said heat sink, providing said heat pipe is thermally coupled to a heat sink in said docking station, providing said heat sink in said docking station is thermally coupled to a second air blower in said docking station for causing airflow over said heat sink in said docking station, providing said releasable clamp which permits said engaged cooling system to provide a higher heat dissipation capacity to said portable computer when operating in said high performance mode of operation from said high performance CPU than the maximum heat dissipation capacity provided by said first air blower to said portable computer when operating in said low performance mode of operation from said low performance CPU, and said releaseable clamp when clamped to and surrounding said heat conduction member cannot be released without being disengaged, when engaged said releasable clamp exerts a compressive force on said heat conduction member.