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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy J. McCabe, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
John E. Maroney, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/02 (2009.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/02 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3209 (2013.01);
Abstract
One aspect of an apparatus for controlling temperature of a communications device includes one or more processors configured to monitor the temperature of the communications device, determine if the monitored temperature exceeds a first threshold, determine if the monitored temperature exceeds a second threshold when it is determined that the monitored temperature does not exceed the first threshold, and adjust a rate of data transfer of the communications device when it is determined that the monitored temperature exceeds the second threshold.