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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1996
Sidney David Autry, Dakota Dunes, SD (US);
Gateway 2000, Inc., North Sioux City, SD (US);
Abstract
A heat sink conduit, for use in cooling electronic devices, made of an elongate strip of thermally conductive material that is repeatedly folded onto itself in an accordion, sinusoidal or serpentine like manner. The elongate strip is compressed between a heat producing component and a heat sink. This compression causes each of the two end segments of the elongate strip to be in positive contact with either the heat producing component or the heat sink. This positive contact allows the heat to be conducted away from the heat producing component to the heat sink and the large surface area of the conduit provides for the transfer of heat through convection and radiation, thereby cooling the heat producing component and the electronic device.