Cooling systems and apparatus for electronic devices and related methods

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a housing including a cover;

a keyboard carried by the housing, the keyboard including keycaps, at least a portion of the keycaps protruding relative to the cover, a gap between a first one of the keycaps and the cover;

a backlight carried by the housing, the backlight including an opening and at least two membranes, the opening extending through the at least two membranes; and

a fan carried by the housing, the opening defining an airflow path in the housing between the fan and the gap.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the opening is a first opening, the keyboard includes a membrane operatively coupled to the keycaps, and the membrane includes a second opening defined therein, the first opening and the second opening defining the airflow path.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the keyboard includes a metal plate, the metal plate supports the membrane, and the metal plate includes a third opening defined therein, the first opening, the second opening, and the third opening defining the airflow path.

4 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein a first one of the keycaps extends above the second opening.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a wall of the backlight defining the opening includes a reflective coating.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the opening is a first opening, the fan is a first fan, the airflow path is a first airflow path, and including a second fan, the second fan spaced apart from the first fan in the housing,

the backlight including a second opening spaced apart from the first opening, the second opening defining a second airflow path in the housing between (a) the second fan and (b) a second gap between a second one of the keycaps and the cover.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the cover is first cover and the housing includes a second cover opposite the first cover, the second cover defined by an uninterrupted surface.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the backlight includes a light source, the light source to emit light at an angle relative to a vertical axis extending through the backlight to direct light emitted by the light source away from the opening.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least two membranes of the backlight includes a first membrane, the keycaps include first keycaps proximate to an edge of the keyboard and second keycaps distal to the edge, and the opening is defined in a portion of the first membrane proximate to the second keycaps.

10 . A compute device comprising:

a housing;

a keyboard including a keycap, a surface of the housing spaced apart from the keycap and defining a gap adjacent the keycap;

a backlight carried by the housing, the backlight including:

a first membrane and a second membrane,

an aperture extending through the first membrane and the second membrane, the aperture in fluid communication with the gap,

a light source to emit light away from the aperture; and

a fan carried by the housing.

11 . The compute device of claim 10 , wherein at least a portion of the keycap protrudes relative to the surface of the housing.

12 . The compute device of claim 10 , wherein the aperture is a first aperture, the keyboard includes a third membrane, the third membrane of the keyboard including a second aperture, the first aperture and the second aperture in fluid communication with the gap.

13 . The compute device of claim 12 , wherein an axis extending through a first cover of the housing and a second cover of the housing passes through the first aperture and the second aperture.

14 . The compute device of claim 12 , wherein the first aperture and the second aperture define at least a portion of an airflow path, the airflow path extending between the fan and the gap.

15 . The compute device of claim 10 , wherein the light source is a first light source and the backlight includes a second light source, the first light source at a first angle relative to a longitudinal axis extending through the first membrane, the second light source at a second angle relative to the longitudinal axis, the first angle different than the second angle.

16 . An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a web;

a keyboard including:

keycaps in openings of the web, spacings defined between respective ones of the keycaps and the web;

a first membrane covered by the keycaps, a first set of openings defined in the first membrane; and

a backlight including a second membrane, a third membrane, and a second set of openings, the openings of the second set of openings extending through the second membrane and the third membrane, respective ones of the openings of the first set of openings aligned with corresponding ones of the openings of the second set of openings to define airflow paths; and

a fan to draw air through the airflow paths, the airflow paths extending between the fan and the spacings.

17 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the fan is a first fan, the airflow paths are first airflow paths, and including a second fan, a third set of openings defined in the first membrane, the backlight including a fourth set of openings, respective ones of the openings of the third set of openings aligned with corresponding ones of the openings of the fourth set of openings to define second airflow paths in the housing, the second airflow paths extending between the second fan and the spacings.

18 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein a first one of the keycaps extends over one or more of the openings of the first set of openings.

19 . The electronic device of claim 16 , including a wall defining a first one of the openings of the second set of openings, the wall including a reflective material.

20 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the second set of openings is defined in the second membrane distal to an edge of the second membrane.