Patent ID: 9572283
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: F28F,G02B,H05K

Claim:
1. A thermal conduction system for thermal energy dissipation, the thermal conduction system comprising: a thermally conductive flexible member that contacts an optical subassembly that is positioned in a shell of a communication module and that contacts the shell such that the thermal energy generated by operation of the optical subassembly transfers from the optical subassembly to the shell; thermally conductive flexible member holes that are defined by the thermally conductive flexible member, the thermally conductive flexible member holes corresponding to pins that extend from the optical subassembly such that the pins pass through the thermally conductive flexible member holes and enable the thermally conductive flexible member to contact an exterior header surface of a header of the optical subassembly; and a gasket that defines gasket holes, the gasket holes corresponding to the thermally conductive flexible member holes and to flexible circuit holes of a flexible circuit, the gasket configured to be positioned between the thermally conductive flexible member and the flexible circuit to reduce electrical conduction between the thermally conductive flexible member and the flexible circuit.