Patent ID: 8619426

Claim:
A cooling system comprising: a passive portion comprising: one or more heat pipes, wherein each of the one or more heat pipes comprises a first heat pipe portion, wherein the first heat pipe portion is configured for thermal contact with one or more electronic components via a first flexible thermal conducting layer, and the first heat pipe portion is configured for thermal contact with one or more heat sinks via second flexible thermal conducting layer; a passive portion heat sink thermally connected via a flexible thermal conducting layer to the one or more heat pipes and exposed to the environment, wherein the passive portion heat sink is operable to transfer heat energy to an external environment via convection; the passive portion heat sink formed in a plateau integral to a bottom bezel of an electronic device to provide close proximity of the passive portion heat sink to the one or more electronic components; an active portion further comprising: an air flow device coupled to an active portion heat sink thermally connected to the one or more heat pipes and exposed to the external environment, wherein operation of the air flow device increases heat transfer across the active portion heat sink; and a controller operable to monitor the one or more electronic components for one or more predetermined threshold conditions; wherein the controller is operable to activate or deactivate the air flow device based on a predetermined condition, wherein the heat energy generated by the one or more electronic components is transferred to the external environment using only the passive portion when a first predetermined condition is that a chipset temperature is less than a first predetermined threshold temperature.