Patent ID: 9655228
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B29C,C08F,C08G,C08L,F16L,H01K,H01L,H05K,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of fabricating a cooling plate assembly for transferring heat from a plurality of electronic components mounted on a circuit board, comprising the steps of: providing a circuit board having a top surface and a bottom surface; positioning a first cooling plate over and in thermal contact with at least one electronic component mounted on the top surface of the circuit board and having a thermal dissipation channel extending through a portion thereof; positioning a second cooling plate positioned and in thermal contact with at least one electronic component mounted on the top surface of the circuit board and having a thermal dissipation channel extending through a portion thereof; interconnecting the thermal dissipation channel of the first cooling plate and the thermal dissipation channel of the second cooling plate using a flexible-to-rigid tube, wherein the interconnecting step includes the step of routing the flexible-to-rigid tube in a flexible state between the thermal dissipation channel of the first cooling plate and the thermal dissipation channel of the second cooling plate; rigidizing the flexible-to-rigid tube after the interconnecting step, wherein the rigidizing step includes the step of forming a cross-linked network to change the flexible-to-rigid tube from the flexible state to a rigid state.