Patent ID: 9693483
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G11B,H05K

Claim:
1. A cooling device for heat-generating devices that are removably inserted into a plurality of slots formed in a cabinet of an electronic apparatus, the cooling device comprising: a first cooling device provided in the electronic apparatus; a second cooling device provided outside the electronic apparatus; and flexible tubes that interconnect the first cooling device and the second cooling device so that a coolant is circulated; wherein the first cooling device includes a coolant flow path that is connected to one end of one of the flexible tubes, the coolant flow path provided between side surfaces, which face each other, of each pair of adjacent slots of the plurality of slots, wherein the second cooling device includes a connector connected to another end of the one of the flexible tubes, a cooling unit that cools the coolant, which enters the second cooling device through another one of the flexible tubes, and a pump that feeds out the coolant, which has been cooled, to the one of the flexible tubes through the connector, and wherein the second cooling device is capable of being connected through the flexible tubes to the first cooling device provided in the electronic apparatus.