Patent ID: 11872650
Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A method for assembling a cold plate, comprising:
providing a base plate with a first side, a second side, and a plurality of ribs extending from the first side of the base plate, the base plate further comprising an inner sidewall forming a lip on the first side, a plurality of tabs extending from each of the ribs of the base plate and a plurality of spaced apart slots formed in the first side of the base plate, the slots positioned between adjacent pairs of the plurality of ribs;
providing a cover plate with a first side, a second side, and ribs extending from the second side of the cover plate, the cover plate further comprising a side edge portion extending between the first side and the second side of the cover plate, a plurality of spaced apart slots formed in the cover plate, the slots positioned between adjacent pairs of the plurality of ribs, and a plurality of tabs extending from each of the ribs of the cover plate;
fitting the side edge portion of the cover plate on the lip of the inner sidewall of the base plate, wherein the ribs on the first side of the base plate abut the second side of the cover plate and the ribs on the second side of the cover plate abut the first side of the base plate such that the ribs of the base plate and the ribs of the cover plate are laterally offset from each other;
fitting the plurality of first tabs extending from the ribs of the base plate into corresponding slots formed in the cover plate;
fitting the plurality of second tabs extending from the ribs of the cover plate into the corresponding slots formed in the base plate;
connecting the first tabs extending from the ribs on the first side of the base plate to the slots formed in the second side of the cover plate in order to couple the base plate to the cover plate;
connecting the second tabs extending from the ribs on the second side of the cover plate facing the first side of the base plate to the slots formed in the first side of the base plate in order to couple the base plate to the cover plate.