Intel Corporation

Tim Liu

Jeff Ku

Gavin Sung

Lance Lin

Jason Y Jiang

Yihua Lai

Ivan By Wang

Simon Tsai

Gerry Juan

Paul M Zagacki

Christopher J Hamlin

Prakash Kurma Raju

Juha Paavola

Arvind S

Arnab Sen

Ming-Che Lee

Justin Michael Huttula

Harish Jagadish

Hari Shanker Thakur

Evan Piotr Kuklinski

Pei-Yang Sung

Oliver Tsui

Simon S Yuan

Andy B Wang

Sammi Wy Liu

Cora Nien

Wan Yu Liu

Nate Weng

Christine Chu

Display screen of an electronic device with a graphical user interface

An example portable computer disclosed herein includes a first housing, a keyboard carried by the first housing, a second housing pivotally coupled to the first housing, a display carried by the second housing, a wireless charger, and a pad to carry the wireless charger. The pad is pivotally coupled to the first housing. The pad is moveable relative to the first housing between a first orientation to position the wireless charger above the first housing and a second orientation to position the wireless charger adjacent the first housing. The pad to support a body part of a user adjacent the keyboard when the pad is in the first orientation. The pad is to support an external electronic device proximate the wireless charger when the pad is in the second orientation.

Wireless charging pad for electronic devices

There is disclosed in one example a heat dissipator for an electronic apparatus, including: a planar vapor chamber having a substantially rectangular form factor, wherein a second dimension dof the rectangular form factor is at least approximately twice a first dimension dof the rectangular form factor; a first fan and second fan; and a first heat pipe and second heat pipe discrete from the planar vapor chamber and disposed along first and second dedges of the planar vapor chamber, further disposed to conduct heat from the first and second dedges to the first and second fan respectively.

Vapor chambers

Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for physical keyboards with multi-display computing devices. An example keyboard includes a plurality of keys and a translucent backplate having a first side and a second side. The example keyboard also includes a coating between the first side of the backplate and the plurality of keys, the coating to pass light to illuminate the plurality of keys, and the coating to obscure the plurality keys when viewed from the second side of the backplate.

Physical keyboards for multi-display computing devices

Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a hybrid thermal management system. The hybrid thermal management system can include a heat source, an air mover, a heat sink coupled to the air mover, a thermal electric cooling device (TEC), and a heat pipe. The heat pipe can couple the heat source to the heat sink and to the TEC and transfer heat from the heat source to the heat sink and to the TEC.

Hybrid thermal cooling system

Convertible electronic device

Methods and apparatus relating to a mechanical system on computer with rotational projector and RealSense&#x2122; camera are described. In an embodiment, a device includes three portions: a first portion to comprise a projector; a second portion to comprise a camera; and a third portion to comprise one or more computing system components. At least the first and second portions are rotationally engaged to allow for independent rotation of the first portion and the second portion. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Mechanical system on computer with rotational projector and RealSense&#x2122; camera

In one aspect, an apparatus comprises a housing, a heat-generating component, a heat spreader, and a heat-transfer pipe. The housing forms a cavity in which the heat-generating component is located. The heat spreader is operable to distribute heat over a portion of the housing. The heat-transfer pipe is pivotally coupled to the heat-generating component and the heat spreader. The heat-transfer pipe operable to transfer heat from the heat-generating component to the heat spreader. The heat-transfer pipe and the heat spreader are movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, a gap separates the heat spreader and the portion of the housing based on the heat-transfer pipe being at a first orientation. In the second configuration, the heat spreader closes the gap and is thermally coupled to the portion of the housing based on the heat-transfer pipe being at a second orientation.

Movable heat-transfer system

Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for physical keyboards with multi-display computing devices. An example computing device includes a first display and a second display coupled to the first display via a first hinge. The example computing device also includes a keyboard coupled to the second display via a second hinge.

A mobile device having an internal frame and a sidebar configured to be coupled to the internal frame. The sidebar can include at least one button positioned in a button configuration on an exterior face of the sidebar and a sidebar contact positioned on an interior face of the sidebar. The sidebar can be positioned to interface with a frame contact when the sidebar is coupled to the internal frame. The frame can be operably coupled to a controller for a mobile device such that coupling the sidebar contact to the frame contact operably connects the at least one button of the sidebar to the controller. The sidebar can be exchanged with or decoupled from the frame and replaced with a second sidebar having a different button configuration from the original sidebar.

Modular mobile device side bar/buttons

Mechanical system on computer with rotational projector and Realsense&#x2122; camera

A communication system that includes a mobile device configured to dock with an external dock. The mobile device can include a docking interface and a transceiver having one or more antennas. The docking interface can establish a connection with the external dock. The external dock can include one or more antennas that are configured to connect to transceiver via the docking interface when the mobile device is connected to the external dock. The antenna(s) of the mobile device and the antenna(s) of the external dock can cooperatively communicate with one or more communication environments. The antenna(s) of the mobile device and the antenna(s) of the external dock can be configured as a Multiple-input Multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system.

Antenna system

Kickstand hinge

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Taipei, Taiwan

Tim Liu