“It was revealed in a patent filing on Thursday that Apple is exploring the use of mechanical fans in portable devices, like the iPhone and iPad, to dissipate the heat made by increasingly powerful CPUs,” Mikey Campbell reports for AppleInsider.
“The invention discovered by AppleInsider is called ‘Cooling system for mobile electronic devices,’ and basically outlines a platform that uses a motor to drive two parts, a fan and an alert device,” Campbell reports. “Cooling is taken care of by the fan unit, which is situated in a cavity within the device. Air is pulled in either by a dedicated input port, or through an existing structural component like the Lightning connector plug or earphone jack. Exhaust is pushed out of the device via a similar hole in the chassis. ”
Campbell reports, “It is unclear if Apple plans to use the invention in an upcoming iDevice, but it seems doubtful that such additional components can reasonably fit within the iPhone, which becomes increasingly thin with each design evolution. ”
Read more, and see Apple’s patent application illustrations, in the full article here.
Apple patents the things they come up with, even if Apple does not plan on using the idea.
Some other company Might. 😉
Enough power. More battery life, please.
Steve jobs hated fans
Oh look, another sign that Apple is turning into Microsoft.
I wonder when they will patent the SurfacePad.
Is EVERY post of yours this stupid??
You’re new here, aren’t you?
This is one of BLN’s good days.
I’m not a big fan of fans…
NO.
I second that motion.
I’m still oscillating over the issue.
Has this anything to do with fanboys?
This is simply like collecting baseball cards. You collect even the ones you don’t like.
This isn’t for an iPhone. It would be for laptop class systems.
Is liquid cooling system is possible in mobiles????