Patent ID: 6507488
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: F28D,G06F

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 assembly 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 a first heat pipe formed from a length of tubing having a first end connected to said at least one heat-generating electronic component; a heat conduction member mounted at a rear edge of said housing having heat transferred thereto by thermal conduction with an opposite end of said first heat pipe from said at least one electronic component; a hinge member on said display assembly; a second heat pipe formed from a length of tubing having a first end rotatably attached to said hinge member and an opposite end thermally connected to heat dissipating means on said display assembly; and fastener means connecting said hinge member to said heat conduction member for transferring heat therethrough from said first heat pipe to said second heat pipe while facilitating the assembly and disassembly between said heat conduction and hinge members, said heat conduction member consisting of bent sheet metal forming a cylindrical portion for fixedly receiving the opposite and of said first heat pipe secured against relative rotation; said heat conduction member further including an angled flange portion depending from said cylindrical portion which is fastenable to said hinge member; said hinge member consisting of bent sheet metal forming a cylindrical portion having the first end of said second heat pipe rotatably housed therein; said cylindrical portion of the hinge member including an integral extension rotatably housing said first end of the second heat pipe; and apertured block means mounted on said display assembly encompassing said extension so as to protect the heat pipe arranged therein.