Patent ID: 8094453

Claim:
A compliant conduction rail assembly for facilitating cooling of an electronics structure, the compliant conduction rail assembly comprising: a first thermally conductive rail to mount to a surface of the electronics structure; a second thermally conductive rail thermally conductively interfaced to the first thermally conductive rail to allow for heat transfer between the first thermally conductive rail and the second thermally conductive rail; a biasing mechanism biasing the second thermally conductive rail away from the first thermally conductive rail; and wherein the first thermally conductive rail, second thermally conductive rail and biasing mechanism are configured for slidable insertion thereof with the electronics structure into a housing containing a thermal transfer plate, and wherein with insertion of the electronics structure into the housing, the second thermally conductive rail engages the thermal transfer plate, and is forced by the biasing mechanism into thermal contact with the thermal transfer plate, and is forced by the thermal transfer plate towards the first thermally conductive rail, wherein the compliant conduction rail assembly provides a compliant thermal interface between the electronics structure and the thermal transfer plate within the housing.