Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Roy J Askeland

J David Egner

Vinicio Manfrini

Daniel Ralph Neal

Chee Kiong Fong

An external AC power adaptor having an additional compartment for cooling. The adaptor has a housing that defines a first compartment having power circuitry for converting an AC input to a DC output and a second compartment that has an opening formed in the adaptor housing. A heat transfer plate is disposed between the first and second compartments.

Two-compartment AC adaptor

Portion of a connector plug

Portions of a connector plug and receptacle pair

A computing device includes a housing with various electrical and/or mechanical components included therein. Disposed within the housing is a processor assembly that includes a fan. The fan is configured to draw air into the interior of the housing and force air heated by the internal components of the computing device from the interior of the housing. The fan has a diameter that is larger than the smallest dimension of the three orthogonal dimensions of the housing of the computing device and generates low levels of acoustic noise having a low frequency. Additionally, the processor assembly includes a support structure that supports the fan and reduces the effects of electromagnetic emissions generated by a processor of the processor assembly upon electrical devices adjacent to the computing device.

Controlling thermal, acoustic, and/or electromagnetic properties of a computing device

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Roy J Askeland