Patent ID: 8787013

Claim:
A system for removing heat from a computing device, comprising: a carrier comprising a carrier surface having a carrier surface pattern, wherein the carrier surface pattern comprises two or more carrier surface pattern coupling portions; and one or more heat removal elements, each of the one or more heat removal elements comprising one or more coupling portions; wherein the carrier surface pattern coupling portions are configured to selectively couple, at one of a plurality of different locations on the pattern, at least one of the heat removal elements to the carrier via coupling a limited selection of the two or more carrier surface pattern coupling portions with the one or more coupling portions of the at least one heat removal element, such that the at least one of the two or more carrier surface pattern coupling portions is free from coupling to the at least one heat removal element; wherein the at least one heat removal element is configurable to conduct heat from one or more heat producing components of the computing device to the carrier; wherein the carrier is configured to conduct heat away from the at least one heat removal element.