US 2019/0294222 A1 · Mechanically-Adjustable Supplemental Cooling Systems And Methods For Portable Information Handling Systems

Abstract

Systems and methods that may be implemented to provide supplemental cooling air for a portable information handling system from one or more mechanically-adjustable cooling air supply outlets that may be positioned and/or repositioned at multiple different locations relative to a portable information handling system, such as notebook computer or laptop computer. In one example, the disclosed systems and methods may be implemented to have one or more mechanically-adjustable cooling air supply outlets that may be positioned and/or repositioned to align with differing geometries of cooling air inlet opening locations that correspond to different portable information handling system sizes and/or designs.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A supplemental cooling system, comprising:

a chassis configured to mate with different types and/or sizes of portable information handling systems that each have at least one cooling air inlet located in a different location relative to the chassis when mated with the chassis than the at least one cooling air inlet of the other portable information handling systems when mated with the chassis;
and
at least one movable cooling air supply outlet coupled to provide supplemental cooling air;
where the movable cooling air supply outlet is configured to be adjustable between multiple different positions relative to the chassis so as to align the movable cooling air supply outlet to provide the supplemental cooling air to the different cooling air inlet locations of the different sizes and/or types of mated information handling systems.

1 more element

A method of cooling an information handling system, comprising:

mating a chassis enclosure of a portable information handling system having at least one cooling air inlet defined therein with a supplemental cooling system having at least one movable cooling air supply outlet coupled to a chassis of the supplemental cooling system;
adjusting a position of the movable cooling air supply outlet of the supplemental cooling system relative to the chassis so that the movable cooling air supply outlet is aligned with a location of the cooling air inlet of the mated portable information handling system;
and
then providing supplemental cooling air from the cooling air supply outlet of the supplemental cooling system to the cooling air inlet of the portable information handling system while operating an internal cooling fan of the portable information handling system to draw in the supplemental cooling air.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/437,709Filed 11 Jun 2019

Priority

15 Mar 2016

Published

26 Sep 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G06F 1/203
Cooling means: for portable computers, e.g. for laptops
G06F 1/1632
For portable computers: external expansion units, e.g. docking stations
F24F 13/0209
Ducting arrangements: characterised by their connecting means, e.g. flanges
F24F 13/0254
Ducting arrangements: characterised by their mounting means, e.g. supports

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Abstract

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