Patent ID: 9057567
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: F28D,F28F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A heat exchange system comprising: a heat sink having a plurality of juxtaposed fins defining a corresponding plurality of microchannels between adjacent fins, wherein the heat sink defines a recessed groove extending transversely relative to the fins; a housing member defining a first side and a second side, wherein the second side defines a recessed region; a compliant member matingly engaged with the second side of the housing member, wherein the compliant member at least partially defines an opening positioned over the groove, wherein the compliant member and the groove together define a portion of an inlet manifold configured to hydraulically couple in parallel each of the microchannels to at least one other of the microchannels, and wherein the housing member further defines a portion of an inlet plenum, wherein the inlet plenum and the inlet manifold are together configured to convey a fluid in a direction generally transverse to the fins and thereby to distribute the fluid among the plurality of microchannels and to convey the fluid into the plurality of microchannels in a direction generally parallel to the fins, wherein a portion of the compliant member occupies a portion of the recessed region defined by the second side of the housing member and urges against a corresponding wall of the recessed region while leaving a portion of the recessed region defined by the second side of the housing member unoccupied to define first and second exhaust manifold regions positioned opposite to each other relative to the recessed groove and opening from end regions of the microchannels.