# US 2021/0278030 A1 · Compact Electronic Device with Thermal Management > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0278030 A1 - Document ID: US20210278030A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/328,501 - Filed: 2021-05-24 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2017-05-25 - Assignees: Google Inc. - Applicants: Google LLC - Inventors: Arun Raghupathy; Benjamin Niewood; Cheng-Jung Lee; Adam Scott Kilgore - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210278030A1 ## CPC - F16M 11/2035: {in more than one direction} - F16M 11/105: {the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation} - F16M 11/14: with ball-joint (ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 {; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30}) - F16M 13/00: Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M11/02 {; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20} ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 {; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22}); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles {(supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025)} - F16M 13/005: {integral with the apparatus or articles to be supported} - F16M 13/02: for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle - F16M 13/022: {repositionable} - G03B 17/08: Waterproof bodies or housings - G03B 17/55: with provision for heating or cooling, e.g. in aircraft - H04N 7/181: {for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources} - H04N 23/51: Housings - H05K 7/20445: {the coupling element being an additional piece, e.g. thermal standoff} - A47B 2097/003: {Cable holders; cable organisers} - F16M 11/041: {Allowing quick release of the apparatus} - F16M 11/06: allowing pivoting - F16M 11/2007: {comprising means allowing pivoting adjustment} - F16M 11/2064: {for tilting and panning (F16M11/2078 takes precedence)} - F16M 11/38: by folding {, e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms} - F21V 21/088: Clips; Clamps - F21V 21/30: Pivoted housings or frames - G03B 17/561: {Support related camera accessories} - H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract This application is directed to a passively-cooled electronic device including a housing, a plurality of electronic assemblies and a plurality of thermally conductive parts. The electronic assemblies are enclosed in the housing, and include a first electronic assembly and a second electronic assembly. The first and second electronic assemblies are disposed proximately to each other within the housing, and the second electronic assembly is substantially sensitive to heat, including heat generated by operation of the first electronic assembly. The thermally conductive parts are coupled between the first electronic assembly and the housing, and configured to create a first plurality of heat conduction paths to conduct the heat generated by the first electronic assembly away from the second electronic assembly without using a fan. At least a subset of the thermally conductive parts mechanically supports one or both of the first and second electronic assemblies. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device, comprising: a first electronic assembly; a second electronic assembly; a first structure thermally coupled to the first electronic assembly, the first structure configured to create a first plurality of heat conduction paths to conduct heat generated by the first electronic assembly away from the second electronic assembly without using a fan; and a second structure thermally coupled to the second electronic assembly, the second structure disposed at least partially within a recess created by the first structure and configured to mechanically support the second electronic assembly within the first structure. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first and second electronic assemblies are disposed proximately to each other within a housing of the electronic device, and the second electronic assembly is substantially sensitive to heat, including the heat generated by the first electronic assembly. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the first structure mechanically supports one or both of the first and second electronic assemblies. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein: the first structure includes a receiver structure disposed on a first surface of the first electronic assembly; and the second structure includes a mount structure configured to fit into the receiver structure and support the second electronic assembly on a front-facing interior surface of the mount structure. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the receiver and mount structures are separated by one or more separation spots that are equally distributed on a respective edge of each of the receiver structure and the mount structure. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device of claim 5, wherein: the receiver structure is configured to absorb a first part of the heat generated by the first electronic assembly; and the mount structure is configured to create a second plurality of heat conduction paths to conduct heat from the second electronic assembly to a housing of the electronic device without using the fan, the mount structure contacts the receiver structure via the one or more separation spots that thermally separate the receiver structure and the mount structure. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising: one or more second thermal pads configured to physically and thermally couple a peripheral exterior surface of the receiver structure to an interior surface of the housing, the one or more second thermal pads being configured to conduct the first part of the heat generated by the first electronic assembly from the receiver structure to the housing of the electronic device in accordance with a first heat conduction path of the first plurality of heat conduction paths. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic device of claim 7, wherein: the first structure includes a speaker box thermally coupled to a second surface of the first electronic assembly via a thermally conductive sheet; and the speaker box is configured to absorb and conduct a second part of the heat generated by the first electronic assembly in accordance with a second heat conduction path of the first plurality of heat conduction paths. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, wherein at least part of the speaker box is made of a thermal plastic material configured to absorb and conduct the second part of the heat generated by the first electronic assembly. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, wherein: one or more antennas are attached to an exterior surface of the speaker box and contained within the housing; the thermally conductive sheet includes a cut substantially near a center of the thermally conductive sheet; and the cut has a width that is less than a threshold cut width thereby reducing crosstalk among the one or more antennas below a threshold crosstalk level. ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein a bottom exterior surface of the mount structure is separated from a bottom interior surface of the receiver structure by an air gap. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein a bottom exterior surface of the mount structure is separated from a bottom interior surface of the receiver structure by a piece of solid thermal insulator. ### Claim 13 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein a bottom exterior surface of the receiver structure is coupled to the first surface of the first electronic assembly via one or more first thermal pads that are disposed on one or more hot spots of the first electronic assembly. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first electronic assembly includes is configured to provide one or more processors and memory of the electronic device, and the second electronic assembly includes at least one of an image sensor array and a graphics processing unit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a lens assembly disposed on the second structure, wherein: the second electronic assembly includes an image sensor array; and the lens assembly is at least partially disposed in the recess created by the first structure in alignment with the image sensor array. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein: the first structure includes a speaker box; and the first electronic assembly is disposed between the speaker box and the second structure. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second structure includes a mount structure configured to support the second electronic assembly when a first surface of the second electronic assembly sits on a front-facing interior surface of the mount structure. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The electronic device of claim 17, wherein: the mount structure is configured to create a second plurality of heat conduction paths to conduct heat from the second electronic assembly to a housing of the electronic device without using a fan; the mount structure is configured to at least partially absorb and conduct heat generated by the second electronic assembly in accordance with a heat conduction path of the second plurality of heat conduction paths; the second structure further includes a front thermal dissipater attached on a front interior surface of the housing and opposite the front-facing interior surface of the mount structure; the mount structure is thermally coupled to the front thermal dissipater via one or more thermal pads; and the front thermal dissipater is configured to at least partially absorb and conduct the heat generated by the second electronic assembly in accordance with a second heat conduction path of the second plurality of heat conduction paths. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electronic device of claim 18, wherein a front portion of the housing is covered by a cover glass, and the front thermal dissipater is attached to the cover glass. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the mount structure is: disposed in contact with the front thermal dissipater; and thermally coupled to the front thermal dissipater.