Patent ID: 6972950

Claim:
An apparatus comprising a portable computer which includes: a housing; circuitry disposed within said housing and having a component; and a temperature adjusting arrangement thermally coupled to said component, said temperature adjusting arrangement including: a thermally conductive section having a side which faces in a direction approximately parallel to an axis, and which is thermally coupled to said component; and a fluid supply section disposed on a side of said thermally conductive section opposite from said component and operable to direct a fluid flow along said axis toward said thermally conductive section, said thermally conductive section causing said fluid flow to split into a plurality of flow portions which each flow through said thermally conductive section in a direction approximately parallel to a plane perpendicular to said axis, said flow portions exiting said thermally conductive section at a plurality of respective locations which are disposed along a substantial portion of the periphery of said thermally conductive section.