Patent ID: 7965514

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a circuit board including one or more heat generating components; an exterior casing; a battery area between the circuit board and the exterior casing; an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield disposed over the one or more heat generating components to provide EMI shielding to the one or more heat generating components; a thermal interface material in contact with at least a portion of the EMI shield; and a thermally-conductive heat path at least partially defined by the EMI shield and the thermal interface material from the one or more heat generating components to the exterior casing, the thermally-conductive heat path including a portion around the battery area that is defined by one or more portions of at least one of the EMI shield and the thermal interface material, such that heat is transferrable through the EMI shield and the thermal interface material and along the thermally-conductive heat path from the one or more heat generating components around the battery area to the exterior casing.