# US 8,751,706 B2 · Electronic apparatus and cooling method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,751,706 B2 - Document ID: US8751706B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/722,420 - Filed: 2012-12-20 - Published: 2013-05-02 - Granted: 2014-06-10 - Earliest claimed: 2006-10-02 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Shigeru Kurosu; Katsunori Kitaru; Takayuki Momose; Akira Inoue; Sumio Otsuka; Masazumi Kaino; Masao Araya; Norio Kobayashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8751706B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/18: Packaging or power distribution - G06F 1/181: {Enclosures (for portable computers G06F1/1613)} - G06F 1/20: Cooling means - G06F 1/266: {Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An electronic apparatus includes a first unit having a first power switch for turning on/off a data processing part, a hard disk drive device, a power supply part and the electronic apparatus, a second unit that is separated from the first unit, is supplied with the power from the power supply part in the first unit, and has a drive device of a detachable recording media and a second power switch having the same function as that of the first power switch, and a cable for communicating data between the first unit and the second unit and supplying power from the power supply part of the first unit to the second unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus, comprising: a first unit having a first plurality of components including at least a motherboard on which a central processing unit is mounted, a power supply part, a storage device, a first power switch configured to turn the information processing apparatus on or off, and a first cooling unit; a second unit, that is physically separated and distinct from the first unit, having a second plurality of components including at least a keyboard, a second power switch configured to turn the information processing apparatus on or off independently from the first power switch, and a second cooling unit; and a connecting unit configured to transfer data and power between the first unit and the second unit, wherein the first plurality of components included in the first unit have a higher heating value than the second plurality of components included in the second unit, the first cooling unit included in the first unit has a higher cooling capacity than the second cooling unit included in the second unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the second unit comprises one or more Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the second unit comprises a card reader. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the second unit comprises a headphone terminal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the second unit comprises a storage device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the second unit is configured to be arranged closer to a user of the information processing apparatus than the first unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the motherboard included in the first unit have a higher heating value than the second plurality of components included in the second unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the power supply part included in the first unit have a higher heating value than the second plurality of components included in the second unit. ### Claim 9 An information processing apparatus, comprising: a first unit having a first plurality of components including at least a motherboard on which a central processing unit is mounted, a power supply part, a storage device, a first power switch configured to turn the information processing apparatus on and off, and a first cooling unit; a connecting unit configured to transfer data and power between the first unit and a second unit that is physically separated and distinct from the first unit, and has a second plurality of components including at least a keyboard, a second power switch configured to turn the information processing apparatus on or off independently from the first power switch, and a second cooling unit; wherein the first plurality of components included in the first unit have a higher heating value than the second plurality of components included in the second unit, and the first cooling unit included in the first unit has a higher cooling capacity than the second cooling unit included in the second unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein; the second unit is configured to be arranged closer to a user of the information processing apparatus than the first unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein; the motherboard included in the first unit have a higher heating value than the second plurality of components included in the second unit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein; the power supply part included in the first unit have a higher heating value than the second plurality of components included in the second unit.