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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:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Ping Liu, South Surrey, CA;
Min LI, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
Sierra Wireless, Inc., Richmond, BC, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing thermal dissipation from a PC card is disclosed. For one embodiment of the invention, an extension portion, having a heat sink implemented thereon, is provided for a PC card. The extension portion extends beyond the PC card slot allowing thermal dissipation from the card due to air flow over the heat sink. For one embodiment of the invention, heat producing components of the PC card are identified and a thermally conductive path is provided from the components to the extension portion of the PC card.