Apparatus and method to efficiently cool a computing device

摘要

Embodiments disclosed herein include devices to cool the walls of a mobile computing device. In one embodiment, a louvered vent is formed within an external wall of a mobile computing device to create an air curtain between the external wall and a heat generating component to cool the external wall. In another embodiment, a nozzle vent is formed within the external wall of a mobile computing device to flow cooling air at a heat generating component to cool the heat generating component.

主权项

1. A mobile computing device, comprising:
a component capable of generating heat; an external wall; and a fixed louvered vent formed within the external wall to create an air curtain using fluid dynamic characteristics of the fixed louvered vent, the air curtain comprising a film of air formed along and in direct contact with an inside surface of and substantially parallel to the external wall including the fixed louvered vent, the air curtain formed between and in direct contact with both the external wall and the heat generating component, wherein the louvered vent is positioned to one side of the heat generating component and is configured to create the air curtain having an area substantially similar to an area of heat created by the heat generating component, the air curtain to supplement an average airflow inside the mobile computing device and to deflect at least a portion of the heat from the heat generating component from reaching the external wall.