Computer internal architecture

US9665134B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Brett W. Degner · Menlo Park, US
• Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski · San Francisco, US
• Richard D. Kosoglow · San Jose, US
• Joshua D. Banko · Palo Alto, US
• David H. Narajowski · Los Gatos, US
• Jonathan L. Berk · Mountain View, US
• Michael E. Leclerc · Sunnyvale, US
• Michael D. McBroom · Delba, US
• Asif Iqbal · Los Altos Hills, US
• Paul S. Michelsen · San Jose, US
• Mark K. Sin · Santa Clara, US
• Paul A. Baker · Los Altos, US
• Harold L. Sontag · Gilroy, US
• Wai Ching Yuen · Palo Alto, US
• Matthew P. Casebolt · Fremont, US
• Kevin S. Fetterman · Los Altos, US
• Alexander C. Calkins · San Francisco, US
• Daniel L. McBroom · Bonham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 3, 2016
• Grant date: May 30, 2017
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K7/2049
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU).