Patent ID: 7295436
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A cooling system for a power supply in a computer, comprising: a first housing for computer components; a power supply housing inside the first housing; said power supply housing including an interior space, a cooling fluid inlet for said space and a cooling fluid outlet for said space; at least one heat producing electronic component within the interior space of the power supply housing; a radiator outside of said first housing, said radiator including a coil assembly that includes an inlet and an outlet; a first conduit connecting the coil assembly outlet to the cooling fluid inlet for the power supply housing; a second conduit leading from the cooling fluid outlet for the power supply housing to the coil assembly inlet; a cooling fluid in the power supply housing, in the coil assembly and in the first and second conduits; and a pump adapted for pumping cooling fluid out from the power supply housing, into the conduit, into the coil assembly, and into the first conduit and back to the power supply housing, wherein the heat producing electronic component is in direct contact with the cooling fluid as the cooling fluid flows through the interior space of the power supply housing from the cooling fluid inlet for the power supply housing to the cooling fluid outlet for the power supply housing.