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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Robert L. McMahan, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Damon W. Broder, Austin, TX (US);
Dell USA, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A computer system including an enclosure having a face with an opening formed therein. A door is pivotally mounted on the enclosure adjacent to the opening for being moved between an open position and a closed position with respect to the opening. A removable heat generating component is mounted in the enclosure adjacent to the opening and a heat extraction member is attached to the door. A remote heat dissipating body is mounted in the enclosure. A heat routing member is attached at a first end to the heat extraction member and at a second end to the heat dissipating body. The heat extraction member engages a surface of the heat generating device when the door is in the closed position. The removable heat generating component can be cooled using the heat routing member and the remotely located heat dissipating body while still permitting the heat generating component to be readily accessed through the opening in the enclosure.