US Patent 11665856 Electronic device having flexible, heat conductive layer and associated methods

An electronic device may include a circuit board, a heat generating component carried by the circuit board, a heat sink body, and a heat transfer assembly between the heat generating component and the heat sink body. The heat transfer assembly may include a flexible, heat conductive layer having a first portion in thermal contact with the heat generating component and a second portion in thermal contact with the heat sink body. The first and second portions are thermally coupled, and a compressible layer is between the first and second portions of the flexible, heat conductive layer.