Cooling system for electronic devices
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- a heat generating component mounted in a housing, and a cooling system operable to cool the heat generating component, said cooling system comprising a conduit for providing an air flow path within the housing for delivering an air flow for cooling said heat generating component, said air flow path being substantially isolated from air in the remainder of the interior of the housing, and at least one fan for generating an air flow along the air flow path, said conduit comprising an air inlet conduit and an air outlet conduit, the inlet and outlet conduits having a common wall separating a portion of the air inlet conduit from at least a portion of the air outlet condtit.
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Abstract
A cooling system for an electronic device includes an air flow conduit for causing air outside a housing of the device to flow through a heat dissipation device. The conduit is configured to prevent substantial transfer of heat from air contained within the conduit and air in the remainder of the housing. The conduit walls include thermal and/or acoustic insulation. One or more fans in the conduit draw outside air into the conduit and expel air in the conduit to outside the housing.
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1. An electronic device comprising:
a heat generating component mounted in a housing, and a cooling system operable to cool the heat generating component, said cooling system comprising a conduit for providing an air flow path within the housing for delivering an air flow for cooling said heat generating component, said air flow path being substantially isolated from air in the remainder of the interior of the housing, and at least one fan for generating an air flow along the air flow path, said conduit comprising an air inlet conduit and an air outlet conduit, the inlet and outlet conduits having a common wall separating a portion of the air inlet conduit from at least a portion of the air outlet condtit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic cooling device comprising:
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a heat generating component mounted in a housing, and a cooling system operable to cool the heat generating component, said cooling system comprising a conduit for providing an air flow path within the housing for delivering an air flow, the air flow path being substantially isolated from air in the remainder of the interior of the housing, and at least one fan for generating an air flow along the air flow path, the cooling system, the at least one fan, and the air flow path being arranged for causing air in the path to be drawn radially into the cooling system and to be expelled radially from the cooling system, the at least one fan including a fan positioned within the cooling system for drawing air radially into the cooling system relative to a first side of a plane lane and for expelling air from the cooling system relative to a second side of the plane, the cooling system including fins that are arranged with respect to the fan for causing air propelled by the fan to flow in substantially the same direction in spaces between the fins as the air is propelled by the fan, and the fins extending radially and circumferentially with respect to an axis about which a blade of the fan positioned within the cooling system turns. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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