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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Russell Smith, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Mark B Penniman, Austin, TX (US);
Todd Steigerwald, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell USA, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ; H05K / ; H05K / ; H05K / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361687 ; 361687 ; 361688 ; 361800 ; 361816 ; 361818 ; 361819 ;
Abstract
A computer system includes a motherboard mounted in a chassis. An EMI shield member is mounted on the motherboard. A processor module is connected to the motherboard and has peripheral edge contact with the EMI shield member. A cap member is mounted on the processor module and is engaged with the EMI shield member. A heat sink is connected to the cap member. A heat pipe has a first end attached to the cap member and a second end attached to the heat sink. A fan is mounted in the chassis adjacent the heat sink for drawing cooling air across the heat sink.