Patent ID: 9622386
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,H05K

Claim:
1. A bracket with heat transfer properties, the bracket comprising: a plurality of heat transfer surfaces wherein at least a first part of the plurality of heat transfer surfaces make contact with one or more heat sources on a graphics card when the bracket is mounted on the graphics card, wherein: the bracket includes a first set of screw holes for a blower fan to be mounted on the bracket; the bracket includes a second set of screw holes for a fan shroud to be mounted on the bracket, wherein the fan shroud directs airflow from the blower fan to flow over a second part of the plurality of heat transfer surfaces to cool the second part of the plurality of heat transfer surfaces when the fan shroud and the blower fan are mounted on the bracket and when the blower fan is turned on; the bracket includes a cut-out portion and a third set of screw holes for attachment of a liquid cooling system, wherein the third set of screw holes has a location and sizing that is specific to any one of: an Intel mounting pattern for liquid coolers, and an AMD mounting pattern for liquid coolers, and wherein the cut-out portion allows the liquid cooling system to cool a processing unit chip of the graphics card when the bracket is mounted on the graphics card and when the liquid cooling system is mounted over the graphics card; and the bracket includes side walls that directs airflow from the fan blower to flow over the plurality of heat transfer surfaces.