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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Chau Van Ho, Des Moines, WA (US);
Shalini Majumdar, Redmond, WA (US);
Bo Dan, Redmond, WA (US);
Bharath Nagendran, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); F28F 27/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); F28F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); F28F 27/00 (2013.01); G06F 1/203 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); F28F 2013/006 (2013.01); F28F 2280/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed technology includes a thermal management hinge connecting at least two hinged components of a computing device. The thermal management hinge has at least two different thermal orientations for managing thermal conditions within each of the hinged components. For example, the thermal management hinge may have a thermally conductive orientation and the thermally insulating orientation.