Patent ID: 7907395

Claim:
A heat removal system comprising: a heat pipe having a first end and a second end; one or more of a plurality of components of a computing system thermally coupled to the first end, the one or more of the plurality of components housed in a computing system compartment; and a heat dissipation mechanism coupled to the second end, the heat dissipation mechanism housed in a region that is separated from the computing system compartment, the region comprising: a first partially-enclosed region having a fluid of a first pressure; a second partially-enclosed region having a fluid of a second pressure, the second pressure lower than the first pressure, the heat dissipation mechanism further housed between the first partially-enclosed region and the second partially-enclosed region; and at least one cowling separating the first partially-enclosed region from the second partially-enclosed region and directing fluid from the first partially-enclosed region past the heat dissipation mechanism and towards the second partially-enclosed region.