Patent ID: 8120913

Claim:
An electronic flight bag computer for providing flight data to aircraft pilots comprising a housing defining first and second compartments that are fluidly isolated from and in thermal communication with one another, wherein the first compartment contains electronic components connected to a user interface on an exterior portion of the housing for providing interactive flight related computation functions to a user, wherein the second compartment contains a forced convection cooling component in thermal communication with the electronic components, and wherein the forced convection cooling component directs a flow of cooling fluid into the second compartment to convey heat produced by the electronic components out of the housing, such that the cooling fluid in the second compartment remains fluidly isolated from the electronic components in the first compartment of the housing, wherein the second compartment includes a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the electronic components of the first compartment, wherein the forced convection cooling component includes a fan in the second compartment of the housing, wherein the housing includes an intake port proximate the fan and an exhaust port proximate the heat exchanger, wherein the intake port and exhaust port are each defined in separate removable access panels of the housing, and wherein the removable access panels are configured to be removed and replaced from the housing to provide access to the second compartment of the housing while maintaining the first compartment of the housing fluidly isolated from the second compartment of the housing.