Patent ID: 7701717

Claim:
A notebook computer comprising: a heat-generating component; a keyboard frame made of a heat conductive material and having a plurality of keys mounted thereon; a heat pipe having an evaporator and a condenser; and at least one heat-spreading heat pipe; wherein the evaporator is in thermal communication with the heat-generating component and the condenser is attached to the keyboard frame and away from the heat-generating component; wherein the evaporator directly contacts with the heat-generating component; wherein the keyboard frame includes a base and the plurality of keys is arrayed in the base in rows and columns, the keys extending through the base from a top surface to a bottom surface of the base with a plurality of long and narrow channels each being defined between two neighboring rows of the keys, the condenser being attached to the bottom surface of the base and extending in at least one of the channels; and wherein the at least one heat-spreading heat pipe is attached to the bottom surface of the base, the at least one heat-spreading heat pipe extending in the channels, the heat pipe and the at least one heat-spreading heat pipe together forming a loop.