Dell patented peltier???

[AL666]

Hey all,

Look what i found. Dell patents includes use of peltier for their Docking Station Cooling Assembly...
http://www.dell.com/us/en/gen/topics/vectors_2000-patents.htm

[Kevin]

That's really interesting. And I only quickly went through it, but it looks like they use the peltier to actually cool air to cool the system rather than directly applying the peltier to something.
-Kev

[AL666]

Yup... and they're using a heat pipe design...
still interesting to see that they're implying a peltier in their design though...

the only part that i didn't understand is how come they patented this design, 'cause even some high end cameras are using peltier devices and similar designs are common...

[AL666]

like this one...
http://www.eureca.de/english/peltierelement/ccdcooling.html

and also see here: http://www.p3i.com/digital.htm

[ 12-22-2001: Message edited by: AL666 ]