Patent ID: 8625280

Claim:
An apparatus ( 20 ) for cooling memory modules ( 16 ) comprising: a cold plate ( 32 , 46 ) comprising: a liquid cooling loop ( 38 , 56 ) having an inlet ( 22 ) and an outlet ( 24 ); and a plurality of blades ( 36 , 48 , 50 ) thermally coupled to the cooling loop ( 38 , 56 ), the plurality of blades ( 36 , 48 , 50 ) arranged to be interleaved with a plurality of memory modules ( 16 ); and a plurality of clips ( 42 ), with each clip ( 42 a - 42 h ) of the plurality of clips ( 42 ) attachable to a blade ( 36 , 48 , 50 ) of the plurality of blades ( 36 , 48 , 50 ) and a memory module ( 16 ) of the plurality of memory modules ( 16 ), thereby urging a first side of the memory module ( 16 ) into thermal contact with a first side of the blade ( 36 , 48 , 50 ), and forming a thermal conduction path from a second side of the memory module ( 16 ), through the clip ( 42 ), to a second side of the blade ( 36 , 48 , 50 ).