Patent ID: 9733681
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: F04D,G06F,H01L,H05K

Claim:
1. A liquid cooling system for cooling a heat-generating component of a computer, comprising: a double-sided chassis adapted to mount a pump configured to circulate a cooling liquid, the pump comprising a motor with a stator and an impeller, the impeller being positioned on one side of the chassis and the stator being positioned on an opposite side of the chassis and isolated from the cooling liquid; a reservoir adapted to pass the cooling liquid therethrough, the reservoir including: a pump chamber including the impeller; and a thermal exchange chamber formed below the pump chamber and vertically spaced apart from the pump chamber, the pump chamber and the thermal exchange chamber being separate enclosed chambers that are fluidly coupled; a heat-exchanging interface removably coupled to the reservoir, the heat-exchanging interface forming a boundary wall of the thermal exchange chamber and configured to be placed in thermal contact with a surface of the heat-generating component; a heat radiator adapted to pass the cooling liquid therethrough, the heat radiator being fluidly coupled to the reservoir and positioned at a location horizontally spaced apart from the heat-generating component, the heat radiator being configured to dissipate heat from the cooling liquid; a fan configured to direct air through the heat radiator, the fan being driven by a motor separate from the motor of the pump; and a control system configured to independently control a speed of the pump and a speed of the fan; wherein the pump chamber includes: wherein the first passage directs the cooling liquid into the thermal exchange chamber between a first end and a second end of the thermal exchange chamber; wherein the thermal exchange chamber includes at least one second passage configured to direct the cooling liquid out of the thermal exchange chamber, the at least one second passage is positioned at either the first end or the second end of the thermal exchange chamber.