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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Bryce Xiaobo Xue, Acton, MA (US);
Dale G. Robertson, Lowell, MA (US);
Inventors:
Bryce Xiaobo Xue, Acton, MA (US);
Dale G. Robertson, Lowell, MA (US);
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic device includes a housing configured to enclose an electronic component mounted to an inner portion of the housing. A thermally conductive gap-filler is in thermal contact with the electronic component. A heat sink is in thermal contact with the thermally conductive gap-filler and a thermally conductive plate is in thermal contact, at a first side, with the heat sink through an opening in the housing, and affixed, at the first side, to an outer portion of the housing surrounding the opening.