Patent ID: 8619419
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer docking station comprising a casing presenting an air inlet open to an external environment, and a cooled air outlet and housing a refrigeration system for cooling an air flow which is caused to pass through the interior of the casing from the air inlet to the cooled air outlet characterized in that said refrigeration system comprises: a compressor pumping a refrigerant fluid through a refrigeration circuit comprising a condenser and an evaporator through which is caused to pass said air flow to be cooled, said cooled air outlet being positioned to direct the cooled air flow to the interior of a computer seated against the docking station said air flow being produced by a ventilation means positioned in the interior of the casing the ventilation means further providing an additional air flow which is caused to pass through the condenser and the compressor in order to be directed to a hot air outlet of the casing, the ventilation means further comprising a first fan producing the forced-air flow which is passed through the evaporator and directed to the cooled air outlet, and a second fan producing the additional forced-air flow, the ventilation means further comprising a first chamber defined in the interior of the casing, open to the air inlet of the casing and housing the first fan and the evaporator and being maintained in fluid communication, through the evaporator with a second chamber open to the cooled air outlet.