Information Handling System Variable Elevation for Enhanced Cooling Airflow

摘要

A portable information handling system having a cooling airflow vent located in its bottom surface extends and retracts feet at the bottom surface to aid airflow when the portable information handling system is rested on support surface to impede airflow through the vent. In one embodiment, a microfluidic reservoir communicates pressurized fluid to the plural feet to extend the plural feet if a predetermined thermal condition is detected in the portable information handling system, such as a predetermined temperature, a cooling fan that initiates operation or an impedance to airflow through the vent.

主权项

1. A portable information handling system comprising:
a housing having a bottom surface; a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions to process information; a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the information; a display disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor and memory, the display operable to present the information as visual images; a vent formed in the housing bottom surface, the vent providing a cooling airflow path to the processor; plural feet disposed on the bottom surface; one or more actuators interfaced with the plural feet, the one or more actuators operable to move the feet relative to the housing to adjust the bottom surface relative to a support surface based at least in part on thermal conditions in the housing.