Patent ID: 8505616

Claim:
A cold plate comprising: a housing including a top plate and a bottom plate, the housing defining a first inlet port and a first outlet port; a first plurality of foam strip assemblies disposed in the housing, each foam strip assembly of the first plurality of foam strip assemblies comprising a first foam strip that is coupled to the top plate and a first spacer coupled to a portion of the first foam strip that is opposite the top plate; and a second plurality of foam strip assemblies disposed in the housing, each foam strip assembly of the second plurality of foam strip assemblies comprising a second foam strip that is coupled to the bottom plate and to the first spacer of an adjacent first foam strip of the first plurality of foam strip assembies, wherein the first and second pluralities of foam strip assemblies are arranged within the housing to create a plurality of first inlet and a plurality of first outlet plenums configured, such that, when coolant is received at the first inlet port, the coolant from the first inlet port is forced from the plurality of first inlet plenums through widths of the foam strip assemblies in the first and second pluralities of foam strip assemblies into the plurality of first outlet plenums and into the first outlet port.