Thermal dock for a mobile computing device
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsKabir Siddiqui, Jedd Perry, Andrew Douglas Delano, David William Voth
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Abstract
Thermal management systems and corresponding use methods are described herein. A thermal management system includes a thermal dock operable to cool a computing device in physical contact with the thermal dock. The thermal dock includes a housing, a first thermal management device supported by the housing, and a second thermal management device physically connected to the first thermal management device. The first thermal management device is a different type of thermal management device than the second thermal management device.
Claims20
A thermal dock for docking with a mobile phone, the thermal dock comprising:
- a housing having an outer surface on which the mobile phone is supported, the housing formed at least partially of plastic, the housing having at least a partially hollow interior, the housing including an inlet vent and an outlet vent;
- a fan supported by the housing and configured to pull air into the inlet vent and push air out of the outlet vent;
- a processor connected to the housing and in electrical communication with the fan, the processor configured to control a speed of the fan based on a measured temperature, the processor configured to transmit information to an external display via a wired or a wireless connection to the external display;
- a dock transceiver module in electrical communication with the processor, the dock transceiver module positioned at or adjacent to the outer surface of the housing, the dock transceiver module having a protrusion configured to locate the mobile phone relative to the housing and to locate the dock transceiver module relative to a corresponding phone transceiver module in the mobile phone, at least a portion of the protrusion extending through an opening in the housing, the protrusion is positionable within a corresponding recess of the phone transceiver module of the mobile phone, the dock transceiver module configured to communicate with the phone transceiver module in the mobile phone, the dock transceiver module configured to physically connect to the phone transceiver module to communicate with the mobile phone;
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- a power supply unit or a battery connected to the housing and in electrical communication with the processor.
A thermal dock for docking with a mobile phone, the thermal dock comprising:
- a housing having an outer surface on which the mobile phone is supported, the housing including an inlet vent and an outlet vent;
- a fan supported by the housing and configured to pull air into the inlet vent and push air out of the outlet vent;
- a processor connected to the housing and in electrical communication with the fan, the processor configured to control a speed of the fan based on a measured temperature;
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- a dock transceiver module in electrical communication with the processor, the dock transceiver module configured to communicate with a phone transceiver module in the mobile phone, wherein the dock transceiver module includes a protrusion configured to locate the mobile phone relative to the housing and to locate the dock transceiver module relative to a corresponding phone transceiver module in the mobile phone.
A thermal dock for docking with a mobile phone, the thermal dock comprising:
- a housing having an outer surface on which the mobile phone is supported;
- a fan supported by the housing and configured to move air within the housing;
- a processor connected to the housing and in electrical communication with the fan;
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- a dock transceiver module in electrical communication with the processor, the dock transceiver module configured to communicate with a phone transceiver module in the mobile phone, wherein the dock transceiver module includes a protrusion configured to locate the mobile phone relative to the housing and to locate the dock transceiver module relative to a corresponding phone transceiver module in the mobile phone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.