Patent ID: 7907398
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A component cooling system, comprising: a board; a plurality of heat producing components (HPCs) coupled to the board; a plurality of heat spreaders, each of the plurality of heat spreaders coupled to a corresponding HPC of the plurality of HPCs, wherein the each of the plurality of heat spreaders includes a liquid cooling device engagement surface and the plurality of liquid cooling device engagement surfaces are co-planar; a mounting structure that is operable to be coupled to the board adjacent to the plurality of HPCs; and a liquid cooling device including a heat spreader engagement surface, wherein the liquid cooling device is operable to be coupled to the board using the mounting structure such that the heat spreader engagement surface engages each of the co-planar liquid cooling device engagement surfaces on the plurality of heat spreaders while the plurality of heat spreaders are coupled to the plurality of HPCs and the plurality of HPCs are coupled to the board, and wherein the liquid cooling device is operable to be decoupled from the board such that the heat spreader engagement surface disengages each of the co-planar liquid cooling device engagement surfaces on the plurality of heat spreaders while the plurality of heat spreaders remain coupled to the plurality of HPCs and the plurality of HPCs remain coupled to the board.