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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
George Thomas Stepp, III, Sioux City, IA (US);
Assignee:
Gateway, Inc., N. Sioux City, SD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 9/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 9/02 ;
Abstract
A system for actively cooling an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may be divided into a plurality of regions each containing one or more electrical or electronic components. A temperature sensor is positioned in each region to sense the temperature of the components contained in that region. Similarly, a temperature regulating device is positioned in each region. A controller monitors the temperature of each region as sensed by the temperature sensor and adjusts the amount of cooling provided to that region by the temperature regulating device, accordingly.