1. An electronic device comprising:
a base having a first side and a second side;
a lid having a first side and a second side, the first side of the lid to be adjacent to the first side of the base when the electronic device is in a closed state, and the first side of the lid to be separated from the first side of the base when the electronic device is in an opened state;
a hinge device to allow the lid to move relative to the base between the closed state and the opened state, the hinge device including a first hinge and a second hinge; and
a heat exchange device, in an area between the first hinge and the second hinge and in an area between the lid and the base, to receive heat from the base, the heat exchange device to include at least one heat pipe along an axis and a plurality of fins that are individually perpendicular to the axis of the at least one heat pipe, the axis of the at least one heat pipe extends between the first hinge and the second hinge in the area between the lid and the base, the plurality of fins provided in the area between the lid and the base, and
the plurality of fins includes a first fin that surrounds the axis at a first location along the heat pipe, a second fin that surrounds the axis at a second location along the heat pipe, and a third fin that surrounds the axis at a third location along the heat pipe, the second location provided between the first location and the third location,
the second fin is spaced from the first fin along the heat pipe to provide a first opening about the axis of the heat pipe between the first fin and the second fin, the first opening is an opening about the heat pipe in the area between the lid and the base to allow air to flow from a rear of the heat exchange device to a front of the heat exchange device, and the third fin is spaced from the second fin along the heat pipe to provide a second opening about the axis of the heat pipe between the second fin and the third fin, the second opening is an opening about the heat pipe in an area between the lid and the base to allow air to flow from the rear of the heat exchange device to the front of the heat exchange device, and
when the electronic device is in the opened state, the first opening is exposed to a first outside area in front of the first side of the lid and the first side of the base, and the first opening is exposed to a second outside area behind the second side of the lid and the second side of the base.
2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the heat exchange device is at a back end of the base.
3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the heat exchange device is a passive heat exchange device.
4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of fins includes fins comprising copper.
5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of fins includes fins comprising aluminum.
6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the base includes a processor and a heat dissipating device coupled to the processor.
7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the heat exchange device is to receive heat from the heat dissipating device.
8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the base further includes a keyboard on the first side of the base.
9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the hinge device includes a component to move when the lid moves from the closed state to the opened state, and the heat exchange device is to remain stationary when the lid moves from the closed state to the opened state.
10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one heat pipe is coupled to a heat dissipating device to receive heat from components within the base.
11. An electronic device comprising:
a base to support a processor and a keyboard;
a lid to support a display;
a hinge device coupled to the lid and the base, the hinge device including a first hinge and a second hinge; and
a passive heat exchange device at an area between the lid and the base, the passive heat exchange device to receive heat from the base to allow air to pass from a rear of the electronic device to a front of the electronic device and the air to remove a portion of the heat received at the heat exchange device, the passive heat exchange device to include at least one heat pipe to define an axis and a plurality of fins that are transverse to the axis of the at least one heat pipe, the axis of the at least one heat pipe extends between the first hinge and the second hinge in the area between the lid and the base, the plurality of fins provided in the area between the lid and the base, and
the plurality of fins includes a first fin that surrounds the axis at a first location along the heat pipe, a second fin that surrounds the axis at a second location along the heat pipe, and a third fin that surrounds the axis at a third location along the heat pipe, the second location provided between the first location and the third location,
the second fin is spaced apart from the first fin along the axis to define a first opening about the axis of the heat pipe between the first fin and the second fin, the first opening is an opening about the axis of the heat pipe between the lid and the base to allow air to pass from the rear of the electronic device to the front of the electronic device, and the third fin is spaced apart from the second fin along the axis to define a second opening about the axis of the heat pipe between the second fin and the third fin, the second opening is an opening about the axis of the heat pipe between the lid and the base to allow air to flow from the rear of the electronic device to the front of the electronic device,
wherein the hinge device is to be provided in a first position when the electronic device is in a closed state and the hinge device is to be provided in a second position when the electronic device is in an opened state, wherein the first opening is exposed to the front of the electronic device and the first opening is exposed to the rear of the electronic device when the electronic device is in the opened state, and the air to pass through the first opening and the second opening from the rear of the electronic device to the front of the electronic device when the electronic device is in the opened state.
12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the plurality of fins includes fins comprising copper.
13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the plurality of fins includes fins comprising aluminum.
14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the heat exchange device includes the first and second openings between a rear of the heat exchange device and a front of the heat exchange device.
15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the base includes a heat dissipating device coupled to the processor.
16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the heat exchange device is to receive heat from the heat dissipating device.
17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the base has a first side and a second side, and the lid has a first side and a second side, wherein the electronic device is in the closed state when the first side of the lid is adjacent to the first side of the base, and the electronic device is in the opened state when the first side of the lid is spaced away from the first side of the base.
18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the hinge device includes a component to move when the electronic device is moved from the closed state to the opened state, and the heat exchange device is to be stationary when the electronic device changes from the closed state to the opened state.
19. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the passive heat exchange device is in an area between the first hinge and the second hinge.
20. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the at least one heat pipe is coupled to a heat dissipating device to receive heat from components within the base.
21. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein when the electronic device is in the opened state, the second opening is exposed to the front of the electronic device and the second opening is exposed to the rear of the electronic device.
22. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein when the electronic device is in the opened state, the second opening is exposed to the first outside area and the second opening is exposed to the second outside area.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A dual container device comprising:
a bottom container comprising a first base, a circular top member disposed opposite to the first base, and a first circumferential wall extending between the first base and the top member so as to form a closed container, the top member comprising one or more first openings;
a top container comprising a circular second base and a second circumferential wall extending upwardly from the second base, the second base comprising a one or more second openings;
a cylindrical intermediate circumferential wall extending either upwardly from an upper rim of the first circumferential wall or downwardly from the lower rim of the second circumferential wall, the intermediate wall for slidably receiving a one of the top container and the bottom container that is not attached thereto through an open end thereof such that, a top surface of the top member and a bottom surface of the second base abut each other; and
at least one corresponding guide and track disposed on the interior surface of the intermediate circumferential wall and the exterior surface of the wall of the one of the top container and the bottom container such that a rotary motion of the top container and the bottom container with respect to each other, is restricted to an open position where the first openings and the second openings are aligned so as to allow the passage of a beverage between the top container and the bottom container and a closed position where the first openings and second openings overlap to substantially seal off the bottom container from the top container.
2. The device of claim 1 wherein, the first and second walls are cylindrical.
3. The device of claim 1 wherein outer surfaces of the intermediate circumferential wall is flush with at least a portion of outer surfaces the top container and the bottom container.
4. The device of claim 1 wherein the track comprises a horizontal track section with both extremities thereof being closed.
5. The device of claim 4 wherein the at least one corresponding guide and track are structurally configured to achieve a snap fit as the guide reaches the horizontal extremities of the horizontal track section.
6. The device of claim 4 wherein the track comprises a vertical track section extending from the midpoint of the horizontal track section with a free end thereof being open.
7. The device of claim 1 wherein the one of the first container and the second container received within the intermediate circumferential wall extends beyond the open end of the intermediate circumferential wall.
8. The device of claim 1 wherein, each of the first and second openings is substantially triangular in shape.
9. A dual container device comprising:
a bottom container comprising a first base, a circular top member disposed opposite to the first base, and a first circumferential wall extending between the first base and the top member so as to form a closed container, the top member comprising a plurality of first openings;
a top container comprising a circular second base and a second circumferential wall extending upwardly from the second base, the second base comprising a plurality of second openings;
a cylindrical intermediate circumferential wall extending either upwardly from the upper rim of the first wall member or downwardly from the lower rim of the second wall member, the intermediate wall for slidably and removably receiving the container that is not attached thereto through the open end thereof such that, the top surface of the top member and the bottom surface of the second base abut each other; and
a plurality of guides and tracks disposed on the interior surface of the intermediate wall and the exterior surface of the wall of the container that is received within the intermediate wall such that, the rotary motion of the top container with respect to the bottom container, or vice versa, about the longitudinal axis of the dual container device is restricted to between an open position, where the first and the second openings are aligned so as to allow the passage of a beverage from the top container to the bottom container and vice versa, and a closed position where, the plurality of first and second openings overlap sealing off the bottom container.
10. A dual container device comprising:
a first container comprising a first base, a top member, and at least one first wall extending between the first base and the top member so as to form a first container space, the top member comprising one or more first openings;
a second container comprising a second base and at least one second wall extending upwardly from the second base so as to form a second container space, the second base comprising one or more second openings;
at least one intermediate wall extending from one of the first container or the second container and comprising an opening for receiving an other of the first container and the second container such that an outer surface of the top member and an outer surface of the second base abut each other to yield abutting surfaces; and
at least one corresponding guide and track disposed on an interior surface of the at least one intermediate wall and an exterior surface of the other one of the first container and the second container, wherein the at least one corresponding guide and track are configured such that a motion of the first container and the second container with respect to each other causes the abutting surfaces to transition between at least one open position and at least one closed position,
wherein the first openings and the second openings are arranged in the at least one open position so as to connect the first container space and the second container space, and wherein the first openings and the second openings are arranged in the closed position to substantially isolate the first container space from the second container space.
11. The device of claim 1 wherein, the at least one first wall, the at least one second wall, and the at least one intermediate wall are cylindrical.
12. The device of claim 1 wherein outer surfaces of the at least one intermediate wall are flush with outer surfaces of the first container and the second container.
13. The device of claim 1 wherein the track comprises a horizontal track section with both extremities thereof being closed.
14. The device of claim 4 wherein the at least one corresponding guide and track are structurally configured to achieve a snap fit as the guide reaches the horizontal extremities of the horizontal track section.
15. The device of claim 4 wherein the track comprises a vertical track section extending from the midpoint of the horizontal track section with a free end thereof being open.
16. The device of claim 6 wherein the vertical track section is configured such that the guide squeezes past the extremity of the vertical track section into the horizontal track section so as to minimize the chance of accidental disassembling of the top and bottom containers.
17. The device of claim 1 wherein the other of the first container and the second container received within the intermediate wall extends beyond the opening of the intermediate wall.
18. The device of claim 1 wherein, each of the first and second openings is substantially triangular in shape.