FLEXIBLE THERMAL CONDUIT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
First Claim
1. An electronic device comprising:
- a first housing portion containing an electronic component that generates heat during operation;
a second housing portion, flexibly coupled to the first housing portion, the second housing portion containing a heat dissipation structure; and
a multi-layer flexible thermal conduit that passes from the first housing portion to the second housing portion via a region where the second housing portion is flexibly coupled to the first housing portion, to convey heat generated by the electronic component to the heat dissipation structure, the multi-layer flexible thermal conduit including a plurality of stacked, flexible, thermally conductive layers, wherein a surface of each layer of the plurality of stacked, flexible, thermally conductive layers is adjacent to a surface of another layer of the plurality of stacked, flexible, thermally conductive layers.
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Abstract
A flexible thermal conduit runs from a first housing portion of an electronic device to a second housing portion of the electronic device, to convey heat generated by an electronic component located in the first housing portion to a heat dissipation structure located in the second housing portion, where the second housing portion is flexibly coupled to the first housing portion, for example, by a hinge or other type of joint. The flexible conduit may include a plurality of layers of thin, flat thermally conductive material, which may be arranged to flex independently of each other in the region where the first and second housing portions are coupled.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a first housing portion containing an electronic component that generates heat during operation; a second housing portion, flexibly coupled to the first housing portion, the second housing portion containing a heat dissipation structure; and a multi-layer flexible thermal conduit that passes from the first housing portion to the second housing portion via a region where the second housing portion is flexibly coupled to the first housing portion, to convey heat generated by the electronic component to the heat dissipation structure, the multi-layer flexible thermal conduit including a plurality of stacked, flexible, thermally conductive layers, wherein a surface of each layer of the plurality of stacked, flexible, thermally conductive layers is adjacent to a surface of another layer of the plurality of stacked, flexible, thermally conductive layers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A head-mounted display device comprising:
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a visor assembly including a display assembly to cause an image to be displayed to a user, the visor assembly including an electronic component that generates heat during operation; a head fitting assembly, flexibly coupled to the visor assembly, by which the head-mounted display device can be worn on a head of the user, the head fitting assembly including a heat dissipation structure; and a multi-layer flexible thermal conduit that passes from the visor assembly to the head fitting assembly via a region where the head fitting assembly is flexibly coupled to the visor assembly, to convey heat generated by the electronic component to the heat dissipation structure in the head fitting assembly, the multi-layer flexible thermal conduit including a plurality of stacked, flexible, thermally conductive layers, a surface of each layer of the plurality of stacked, flexible, thermally conductive layers being adjacent to a surface of another layer of the plurality of stacked, flexible. thermally conductive layers. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A head-mounted display device comprising:
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a visor assembly containing a plurality of electronic components that generate heat when in operation, the visor assembly including a display component to display an image directly in front of an eye of a user; a head fitting assembly, coupled to the visor assembly, by which the head-mounted display device can be worn on a head of the user, the head fitting assembly including a plurality of curved, elongate side arms, each flexibly coupled to a different end of the visor assembly, each of said side arms including a heat dissipation structure; and a plurality of multi-layer flexible thermal conduits, a first one of which is coupled to the visor assembly and to a first one of the side arms and a second one of which is coupled to the visor assembly and to a second one of the side arms, each of said multi-layer flexible thermal conduits configured to convey heat generated by at least one of the plurality of electronic components to the heat dissipation structure in a corresponding one of the side arms, each of said multi-layer flexible thermal conduits including a plurality of flat, elongate, flexible thermal conduit strips, wherein each said multi-layer flexible thermal conduit includes a plurality of stacked, flexible, thermal conductive strips, a surface of each strip of the plurality of stacked, flexible, thermally conductive strips being adjacent to a surface of another strip of the plurality of stacked, flexible, thermally conductive strips. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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