Patent ID: 7830664
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A cooling apparatus for facilitating cooling of an electronics assembly comprising a support structure supporting multiple heat generating electronics components to be cooled, the cooling apparatus comprising: multiple discrete cold plates, each cold plate being configured to couple to a respective electronics component of the multiple electronics components, and each cold plate being a coolant-cooled cold plate including a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet with at least one coolant carrying channel disposed between the coolant inlet and coolant outlet; a common manifold for distributing coolant to the coolant inlets of the multiple cold plates and for receiving coolant from the coolant outlets of the multiple cold plates; multiple flexible hose segments connecting in fluid communication the coolant inlets of the multiple cold plates to the manifold, and connecting in fluid communication the coolant outlets of the multiple cold plates to the manifold, each flexible hose segment being disposed between a respective cold plate and the manifold; and at least one biasing mechanism disposed between the multiple cold plates and the manifold for biasing the multiple cold plates away from the manifold, and towards the multiple heat generating electronics components when the cooling apparatus is in use.