Patent ID: 8526184
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A conduction-cooled enclosure comprising: a first card guide and a second card guide, each having a first wall surface, a second wall surface, a sidewall between the first and second wall surfaces, and a card guide channel in a region between the first wall surface and the second wall surface, wherein the sidewall of the first card guide faces the sidewall of the second card guide, wherein the first and second wall surfaces of the first card guide face each other, wherein the first and second wall surfaces of the second card guide face each other, and wherein the first card guide and the second card guide define a card slot of the enclosure; at least one controlled-volume cavity, the controlled-volume cavity comprising a recess in at least one of the first wall surface and the second wall surface of at least one of the first card guide and the second card guide, the recess having exclusively one opening such that the controlled-volume cavity is sealed other than at the one opening; and a compressible thermal interface material (TIM) in the recess of at least one controlled-volume cavity.