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Device with switchable heat path

US10091866B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel IP Corporation · US

Inventors

Sonja Koller · Regensburg, DE
Georg Seidemann · Landshut, DE
Vishnu Prasad · Chennai, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 2016
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 21, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K2201/10151
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Discussed generally herein are devices that include a switchable heat path. A device can include a device skin, a circuit board, a plurality of components on the circuit board, and a switchable heat path situated between the components and the device skin, the switchable heat path configured to be switched between an on state and an off state, the switchable heat path configured to conduct a first amount of heat from the components to the device skin when in the on state and configured to conduct a second, lesser amount of heat from the components to the device skin when in an off state.

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