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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marlon Cardenas, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 ;
Abstract
A heat sink insertable into a computer and attached to the computer. The heat sink is coupled to a heat pipe. When the heat sink is inserted into the computer, the heat pipe is disengaged from a heat source. When the heat sink is removed from the computer, the heat pipe is engaged with the heat source to transfer heat generated by the heat source to the heat sink, which is external to the computer.