| US 7,529,085 B2 | ||
| Thermal docking fansink | ||
| Albert V. Makley, Raleigh, N.C. (US); Thomas M. Cipolla, Katonah, N.Y. (US); Thomas R. Hildner, Austin, Tex. (US); Vinod Kamath, Raleigh, N.C. (US); Fumitoshi Kiyooka, Yamato (Japan); Lawrence S. Mok, Brewster, N.Y. (US); and Fusanobu Nakamura, Yamato (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., (Singapore) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 30, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/480,292. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0002357 A1, Jan. 03, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 361—687 [361/681; 710/303] | 8 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus comprising:
a fan; and
a fansink enclosure disposed within a laptop;
wherein said fan is mounted within said fansink enclosure;
wherein said fansink enclosure comprises:
a first air intake arrangement being adapted to admit air towards or away from said fan, wherein said first air intake arrangement
comprises a bottom of said fan sink enclosure having an opening disposed therein;
a second air intake arrangement being adapted to admit air towards or away from said fan; and
a shutter arrangement which selectively impedes the admission of air towards or away from said fan by selectively covering
said first air intake arrangement, said shutter arrangement being actuable in response to at least one operating or positional
condition of the laptop, wherein said shutter arrangement covers the opening contingent upon a first operating or positional
condition of the laptop and at least partially uncovers said opening contingent upon a second operational or positional condition
of the laptop; wherein the first operating or positional condition of the laptop; wherein the first operating or positional
condition of the laptop is a mode wherein the laptop is not docked; and wherein the second operating or positional condition
of the laptop is a mode wherein the laptop is docked.
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