Patent ID: 6084769
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
Computer apparatus comprising:a docking base having a housing with a computer receiving area;a portable computer movable through said computer receiving area, along a docking path, to a docked relationship with said docking base;a first heat dissipation system carried by said portable computer and operative to dissipate a first quantity of operating heat therefrom; anda second heat dissipation system carried by said docking base and operative, when said portable computer is docked, to supplement the computer cooling provided by said first heat dissipation system,said first and second heat dissipation systems having heat receiving portions which, in response to docking of said portable computer on said docking base, engage one another and form a thermal linking structure that transfers heat from said first heat dissipation system to said second heat dissipation system, said heat receiving portions of said first and second heat dissipation systems being configured to engage one another in an interfitted manner in response to docking of said portable computer on said docking base,one of said heat receiving portions including an end portion of a thermosyphoning heat pipe, and the other of said heat receiving portions including a socket structure adapted to matingly receive said end portion of said thermosyphoning heat pipe.