Patent ID: 6181553
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An arrangement for enhancing the cooling capacity of a portable personal computer through the transfer of heat therefrom to a docking station having said computer docked therein; comprising:(a) said portable personal computer having at least one heat pipe having a first end thermally connected to heat generating means in said computer and an opposite end terminating in a first coupling element of a coupling device;(b) a second coupling element of said coupling device being mounted on said docking station; and heat dissipating means in said docking station being thermally connected to said second coupling element, said second coupling element being engageable with said first coupling element for the transfer of heat therethrough from said at least one heat pipe to said heat dissipating means for dissipating the heat to ambient air; and(c) said first coupling element comprising a socket member including a bore for fixedly receiving said opposite end of said at least one heat pipe; and a conical recess being formed in said first coupling element adjacent said bore for receiving said second coupling element.