HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

摘要

A flexible thermal conduit runs from a first housing portion of an electronic device to a second housing portion of the electronic device, to convey heat generated by an electronic component located in the first housing portion to a heat dissipation structure located in the second housing portion, where the second housing portion is flexibly coupled to the first housing portion, for example, by a hinge or other type of joint. The flexible conduit may include a plurality of layers of thin, flat thermally conductive material, which may be arranged to flex independently of each other in the region where the first and second housing portions are coupled.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
an electronic component that generates heat during operation; and a housing that includes a heat dissipation structure to dissipate heat generated by the electronic component, the heat dissipation structure having a hollow channel, the hollow channel having an interior surface from which heat is to be dissipated into air external to the apparatus, the interior surface of the hollow channel defining at least a portion of an exterior surface of the housing so as to define an air channel through the housing.