Patent ID: 9497888
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: F16L,F28D,F28F,H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A cooling apparatus comprising: a thermal transfer structure configured to couple to at least one side of an electronics card comprising one or more electronic components to be cooled, the electronics card operatively docking within a socket of an electronic system, and the thermal transfer structure comprising: a coolant manifold structure disposed at an end of the socket of the electronic system within which the electronics card is to operatively dock, the coolant manifold structure including an opening in a surface thereof extending into a liquid-coolant-carrying compartment of the coolant manifold structure; and an attachment mechanism which selectively, fluidically and mechanically couples or decouples the thermal transfer structure and the coolant manifold structure, the attachment mechanism facilitating the flow of liquid coolant between the coolant manifold structure and the at least one coolant-carrying channel of the thermal transfer structure, and the attachment mechanism comprising: