Patent ID: 8715875

Claim:
A power source temperature alteration system, comprising: a power source including an electrical energy storage device or an electrochemical energy generation device; a plurality of thermal control structures of a high thermal conductivity material, the high thermal conductivity material having a high k-value, the high k-value being greater than approximately 400 W/(m*K), the thermal control structures disposed adjacent at least a portion of the power source, the thermal control structures configured to provide heat transfer away from the portion of the power source; a fluid flow device coupled to the thermal control structures, the fluid flow device providing a fluid at a controllable flow rate to the thermal control structures; a current sensor coupled to the power source, the current sensor configured to detect a current draw from the power source; a handheld mobile device using electricity from the power source, the handheld mobile device including a processor configured to determine at least one mobile device state, wherein the mobile device state is at least one of processing speed, processing demands, display brightness, hard disk state, and wireless communications state; and a controller configured to alter the flow rate of the fluid provided by the fluid flow device to the thermal control structures as a function of the mobile device state determined by the processor or as a function of the current draw from the power source as detected by the current sensor.