Heat pipe docking system
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorHideo Nagasawa
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Abstract
To provide electronic equipment having a heat discharging function capable of achieving the maximum in the signal processing capability of a portable terminal by preventing the functional restriction of the portable terminal by effectively discharging exothermic heat from the portable terminal at the time of coupling the portable terminal whose function is restricted by heat generation to an external device, as well as a heat discharging system and a heat discharging method.
Claims16
Electronic equipment comprising a portable terminal, the portable terminal being restricted at a prescribed first temperature or above, and an external device couplable to the portable terminal, wherein the portable terminal comprises:
- an exothermic body;
- a first heat conducting path for conducting heat from the exothermic body;
- and
- a first heat discharging means for discharging heat conducted through the first heat conducting path;
- wherein the external device comprises:
- a second heat conducting path to be thermally connected to the first heat conducting path;
- and
- a second heat discharging means for discharging heat conducted through the second heat conducting path.
A heat discharging system based on a portable terminal, the portable terminal being restricted at a prescribed first temperature or above, and an external device couplable to the portable terminal, wherein the portable terminal comprises:
- an exothermic body;
- a first heat conducting path for conducting heat from the exothermic body;
- and
- a first heat discharging means for discharging heat conducted through the first heat conducting path;
- wherein the external device comprises:
- a second heat conducting path to be thermally connected to the first heat conducting path;
- and
- a second heat discharging means for discharging heat conducted through the second heat conducting path.
A heat discharging method based on a portable terminal, the portable terminal being restricted at a prescribed first temperature or above, and an external device couplable to the portable terminal, wherein the portable terminal comprises:
- an exothermic body;
- a first heat conducting path for conducting heat from the exothermic body;
- and
- a first heat discharging means for discharging heat conducted through the first heat conducting path;
- wherein the external device comprises:
- a second heat conducting path to be thermally connected to the first heat conducting path;
- and
- a second heat discharging means for discharging heat conducted through the second heat conducting path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.