摘要:
A portable computer docking base has incorporated therein a plug-in cooling system used to provide auxiliary operating heat dissipation for a portable notebook computer moved through a docking path along the base into a docked relationship therewith. The docking base cooling system has a fan-cooled heat sink member disposed within its housing, with a thermal plug structure projecting outwardly from the heat sink into the docking path. As the computer reaches its docked orientation on the base, the thermal plug is received in a socket within a heat sink portion of the computer's internal cooling system. The mated plug and socket portions of the two cooling systems form a thermal link therebetween that permits computer operating heat to be transferred to the docking base heat sink for dissipation therefrom. In one embodiment thereof the thermal plug structure is partially defined by an outwardly projecting evaporating end portion of a thermosyphoning heat pipe. In another embodiment thereof, the outwardly projecting thermal plug structure is integrally formed with the internal docking base heat sink and comprises opposing metal plug sections separated by a resilient material. When the plug structure enters the computer heat sink socket, the plug sections are resiliently forced toward one another to provide a socket clamping force on the received plug structure and increase the socket-to-plug heat transfer efficiency.
摘要:
A power supply support system comprises a battery pack comprising a variably positionable support arm configured to support an electronic device in a plurality of different viewing orientations.
摘要:
A cable management system comprises an electronic device having a display member movably coupled to a base member, and a printed circuit board (PCB) interconnect configured to electrically couple at least one cable received by the interconnect from a device in the display member with at least one cable received by the interconnect from a device in the base member.
摘要:
A computing device comprising a support system extendable and retractable relative to a housing, the support system extending across a lateral dimension of the housing between a pair of housing sidewalls to support at least a portion of the housing in an elevated position relative to a support surface.
摘要:
A power adapter, comprising a cord Storage assembly extendable from a housing to enable a cord to be at least partially wound thereabout, the cord storage assembly retractable within the housing to store the cord within the housing.
摘要:
One exemplary embodiment is a computer having a base and first and second hard disk drives enclosed in the base. The second hard disk drive is stacked on the first hard disk drive and is removable from the base.
摘要:
An electronic device shock-absorbing mounting system comprising at least one elastomeric shock-absorbing mount assembly coupling the at least one component of an electronic device to a housing of the electronic device.
摘要:
A wireless enable/disable locking system comprises a locking element configured to physically cooperate with a switch, the switch for enabling/disabling a wireless communication capability of a device, to lock the wireless communication state of the switch to either enabled or disabled.
摘要:
A keyboard stiffening system comprising a keyboard assembly having a plurality of key assemblies coupled to a support plate, the support plate having at least one extension extending from a bottom surface thereof to engage a support pan of the electronic device to secure the keyboard assembly to the support pan of the electronic device.
摘要:
A display stabilization system comprises an electronic device having a hinge assembly coupling a side of a display member to a base member to enable the display member to tilt and swivel relative to the base member and at least one stabilizer configured to cause a stabilization force to be applied between the base member and the side of the display member at a distal location relative to the hinge assembly.