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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2011
Vinh Diep, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chiew-siang Goh, San Jose, CA (US);
Doug Heirich, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alexander Michael Kwan, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Cesar Lozano Villarreal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vinh Diep, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chiew-Siang Goh, San Jose, CA (US);
Doug Heirich, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alexander Michael Kwan, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Cesar Lozano Villarreal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device may have a housing in which electronic components are mounted. The electronic components may be mounted to a substrate such as a printed circuit board. A heat sink structure may dissipate heat generated by the electronic components. The housing may have a housing wall that is separated from the heat sink structure by an air gap. The housing wall may have integral support structures. Each of the support structures may have an inwardly protruding portion that protrudes through a corresponding opening in the heat sink structure. The protruding portions may each have a longitudinal axis and a cylindrical cavity that lies along the longitudinal axis. Each of the support structures may have fins that extend radially outward from the longitudinal axis.