Apparatus for cooling a computer

• US 9,639,126 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2013
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Senyk, Borys S., Moresco, Larry L.
• Primary Examiner(s): CIRIC, LJILJANA V
• Application Number:
  US13/945,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20130301213A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,384 Days
• Field of Search: 165 804, 165 46
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/203 for portable computers, e.g. for laptops
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/201 Cooling arrangements using cooling fluid

Abstract

An apparatus including a tube to encase a fluid, a first portion of the tube disposed in a base portion of a mobile computing device, a second portion of the tube disposed in a display portion of the mobile computing device, the second portion of the tube including metal and a pump coupled to the tube and operable to circulate the fluid in the tube. A mobile computing device including a base portion; a display portion; a tube to encase a fluid, a first portion of the tube disposed in the base portion, a second portion of the tube disposed in the display portion and including metal, the base portion and the display portion coupled by a hinge; and a pump coupled to the tube and operable to circulate the fluid in the tube.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a tube to encase a fluid, a first portion of the tube disposed in a base portion of a mobile computing device, a second portion of the tube disposed in a display portion of the mobile computing device, wherein the second portion of the tube is comprised of a metal;

a pump coupled to the tube; and

a power management system coupled to the pump, wherein the pump is operable to circulate a fluid in the tube in response to a signal from the power management system.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the base portion of the mobile computing device and the display portion of the mobile computing device are coupled by a hinge.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the fluid comprises water.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a fluid container, coupled to the tube, capable of storing an amount of the fluid.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, with a fluid in the tube, the fluid is operable to absorb an amount of heat in the first portion of the tube and dissipate an amount of heat at least at the second portion of the tube.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second portion of the tube comprises stainless steel.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the base portion of the mobile computing device includes a keyboard.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least a part of the first portion of the tube is coupled to a heat sink that is coupled to a processor.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least a part of the first portion of the tube is within a heat sink that is coupled to a processor.

10. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a base portion;

a display portion;

a tube to encase a fluid, a first portion of the tube disposed in the base portion, a second portion of the tube disposed in the display portion and comprising a metal, wherein the base portion and the display portion are coupled by a hinge;

a pump coupled to the tube; and

a power management system coupled to the pump, wherein the pump is operable to circulate a fluid in the tube in response to a signal from the power management system.

11. The mobile computing device of claim 10, wherein the fluid comprises water.

12. The mobile computing device of claim 10, further comprising:

a fluid container, coupled to the tube, capable of storing an amount of the fluid.

13. The mobile computing device of claim 10, wherein, with a fluid in the tube, the fluid is operable to an amount of heat at a part of the first portion of the tube and dissipate an amount of heat at least at a part of the second portion of the tube.

14. The mobile computing device of claim 10, wherein the second portion of the tube comprises stainless steel.

15. The mobile computing device of claim 10, wherein the base portion of the mobile computing device includes a keyboard.

16. The mobile computing device of claim 10, wherein at least a part of the first portion of the tube is coupled to a heat sink that is coupled to a processor.

17. The mobile computing device of claim 10, wherein at least a part of the first portion of the tube is within a heat sink that is coupled to a processor.