Patent ID: 8385069

Claim:
An apparatus for cooling a memory module installed in a computer system comprising: a liquid coolant conduit adapted for circulating a liquid coolant between an liquid inlet end and a liquid outlet end; a conduit support structure secured to the liquid coolant conduit, wherein the conduit support structure has a form factor selectively securable within a first preconfigured memory module socket of the computer system to position the liquid coolant conduit above the first socket; a first heat pipe having a first portion in direct thermal contact with the liquid conduit, wherein the first heat pipe extends laterally from the liquid coolant conduit to dispose a second portion of the first heat pipe adjacent a second preconfigured memory module socket; and a first heat spreader assembly in direct thermal contact with the second portion of the first heat pipe, wherein the first heat spreader assembly includes a first thermally conductive plate disposed for direct thermal contact with a first face of a first memory module installed in the second preconfigured memory module socket.