Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, a target information handling resource for receiving input/output requests from an operating system executing on the processor, and a thermal filter driver comprising a program of instructions embodied in computer-readable media and executable by the processor. The thermal filter driver may be configured to, in response to issuance of one or more input/output requests to the target information handling resource, perform experimentation on an input/output queue comprising the one or more input/output requests and based on the experimentation, determine modifications to be made to the input/output queue in order to provide a minimal impact to performance of input/output requests at the target information handling resource while satisfying thermal constraints of the target information handling resource.

Abstract: A cooling assembly for an IOT wireless gateway device that includes a motherboard structure operatively coupled to one side of a first motherboard component, which is operatively coupled on the other side to one side of a first gap pad for conducting heat, an EMI shield operatively coupled to the other side of the first gap pad and surrounding the sides of the first motherboard component, the EMI shield also operatively coupled to the motherboard structure, the outside of the EMI shield operatively coupled to one side of a second gap pad for conducting heat, and a first heat sink operatively coupled to the other side of the second gap pad for conducting heat.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a tablet computer, which in turn includes a touch sensor, a sensor detector, and a processor. The sensor detector is configured to communicate with the touch sensor, and to detect a first fingerprint on the touch sensor. The processor is configured to communicate with the sensor detector, to determine that the first fingerprint is within a first zone of the touch sensor, to match the first fingerprint to a stored fingerprint for the first zone of the touch sensor, to determine a first input function associated with the first fingerprint based on the first fingerprint matching the stored fingerprint for the first zone, and to execute the first input function.

Abstract: A chassis and a method of manufacturing a chassis of an information handling system are disclosed. The chassis includes a carbon-fiber composite and a plurality vents of formed in the carbon-fiber composite. Each of the plurality of vents is a channel extending through the carbon-fiber composite.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling an information handling system has at least one component requiring cooling. The apparatus includes a heat reservoir configured to be coupled to a chassis of the information handling system containing the component requiring cooling. A fluid reservoir is defined within the heat reservoir. A thermal fluid is disposed within the heat reservoir. A thermal conduit has a first end and a second end. The first end of the thermal conduit is coupled to the heat reservoir such that the thermal conduit is in thermal communication with the thermal fluid and the second end is coupled to the component requiring cooling such that the thermal conduit is in thermal communication with the component requiring cooling.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, a user interface communicatively coupled to the processor, and a thermal management application. The thermal management application may include a program of instructions embodied in non-transitory computer-readable media, and may be configured to, when executed by the processor receive measurements associated with a plurality of parameters of a thermal system of the information handling system, calculate a calculated thermal resistance based on the measurements, and report information regarding the calculated thermal resistance via the user interface.

Abstract: A direct-interface liquid-cooled (DL) Rack Information Handling System (RIHS) includes liquid cooled (LC) nodes each comprising a chassis received in a respective chassis-receiving bay of a rack and containing heat-generating functional components. Each LC node is configured with a system of conduits to receive direct injection of cooling liquid to regulate the ambient temperature of the node and provide cooling to the functional components inside the node by removing heat generated by the heat-generating functional components. A cooling subsystem has a liquid rail formed by more than one node-to-node, Modular Liquid Distribution (MLD) conduits, each including first and second terminal connections attached on opposite ends of a central conduit that can be rack-unit dimensioned. The MLD conduits seal to and enable fluid transfer between a port of a selected LC node and a port of an adjacent LC node.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a primary integrated display platform and a secondary integrated display platform attached via a hinge, and including a passive cooling system, a dynamic thermal management system, and a processor. The information handling system further includes an application window locator system for determining a location of a software application display window running on the information handling system on the primary integrated display platform or the secondary integrated display platform.

Abstract: An IHS chassis defines an IHS housing that houses a plurality of IHS components. The IHS chassis includes an outer surface located opposite the IHS chassis from the IHS housing. A first layer of the IHS chassis provides the outer surface of the IHS chassis. The first layer includes a first layer oxidized surface located opposite the first layer from the outer surface of the chassis base. A second layer of the chassis base is located immediately adjacent the IHS housing. The second layer includes a carbide-based composite material that provides a thermal conductivity of less than 1 watt per meter-kelvin in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the outer surface of the IHS chassis, while providing a thermal conductivity of at least 100 W/mK in directions that are generally parallel to the outer surface of the IHS chassis.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a tablet computer, which in turn includes a touch sensor, a sensor detector, and a processor. The sensor detector is configured to communicate with the touch sensor, and to detect a first fingerprint on the touch sensor. The processor is configured to communicate with the sensor detector, to determine that the first fingerprint is within a first zone of the touch sensor, to match the first fingerprint to a stored fingerprint for the first zone of the touch sensor, to determine a first input function associated with the first fingerprint based on the first fingerprint matching the stored fingerprint for the first zone, and to execute the first input function.

Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) has a heatsink including cooling fins each having a plate structure and attached to the base in spaced parallel arrangement for receiving a first air flow that is in parallel alignment to the conductive surface. The heatsink includes a tunnel formed through the cooling fins perpendicularly to the first air flow. The IHS provides cooling air to one or more heatsinks without thermally shadowing other compute components as well as providing a second flow of cooling air to downstream component/s via the tunnel of each heatsink.

Abstract: A portable information handling system having a cooling airflow vent located in its bottom surface extends and retracts feet at the bottom surface to aid airflow when the portable information handling system is rested on support surface to impede airflow through the vent. In one embodiment, a microfluidic reservoir communicates pressurized fluid to the plural feet to extend the plural feet if a predetermined thermal condition is detected in the portable information handling system, such as a predetermined temperature, a cooling fan that initiates operation or an impedance to airflow through the vent.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a primary integrated display platform and a secondary integrated display platform attached via a hinge, and including a passive cooling system, a dynamic thermal management system, and a processor. The information handling system further includes an application window locator system for determining a location of a software application display window running on the information handling system on the primary integrated display platform or the secondary integrated display platform.

Abstract: A system for supplying cooling airflow across a plurality of wireless charging coils. More specifically in certain embodiments, the system includes a charging system which includes a partitioned airflow system for cooling a plurality of information handling systems. In certain embodiments the information handling systems comprise wireless powered information handling systems. In certain embodiments, the charging system includes a charging system housing as well as a plurality of charging transmit coils. The charging transmit coils interact with respective charging receive coils which are associated with respective information handling systems.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a plurality of information handling resources having shared heat-rejecting media for transferring heat from the plurality of information handling resources and a thermal management driver. The thermal management driver may comprise a program of instructions embodied in computer-readable media and executable by a processor, the thermal management driver configured to determine a respective workload associated with each of the plurality of information handling resources and control individual operating frequencies of the plurality of information handling resources based on the respective workloads and a temperature associated with the heat-rejecting media.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include determining an amount of power of heat transfer between at least one information handling resource and an enclosure housing the at least one information handling resource based on an intake temperature associated with an intake of heat-rejecting media thermally coupled to the at least one information handling resource for transferring heat generated by the at least one information handling resource from the intake to an exhaust associated with the heat-rejecting media and an exhaust temperature associated with the exhaust. The method may also include controlling at least one of an operating frequency of the at least one information handling resource and a flow rate of fluid proximate to the heat-rejecting media based on the amount of power of heat transfer.

Abstract: A wireless power transmission antenna is disposed at a wireless charging mat. Another second wireless power transmission antenna is disposed at another location at the wireless charging mat. A temperature sensor is disposed at a location between the antennas. The temperature sensor is responsive to heat propagated from both of the antennas. A controller regulates charging power at each antenna based on information provided by the temperature sensor.

Abstract: An inductor at a wireless power antenna includes a conductive winding. A portion of the conductive winding consists of a heat pipe. The heat pipe employs thermal conductivity and phase transition to transfer heat from the inductor. A heat sink is coupled to the heat pipe.

Abstract: A wireless charging device includes an enclosure base and an enclosure top. A portion of the enclosure top is inclined relative to the base. A power transmission antenna is disposed on an under-surface of the inclined portion. A first inlet is located proximate to the enclosure base for receiving ambient air. An outlet is located proximate to an apex of the inclined portion for exhausting air. Airflow from the inlet to the outlet is based only on passive air convection.

Abstract: A carbon material and a magnetic material are incorporated at a magnetic shield included at a wireless power antenna. The magnetic shield shapes a magnetic flux field proximate to the magnetic shield. The carbon material conducts heat at the magnetic shield.