Patent ID: 8459337

Claim:
An apparatus for arrangement in a closed cooling circuit, the closed cooling circuit serving to cool at least one electronic component, comprising: a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger including an inflow for delivering a coolant to the heat exchanger and an outflow for discharging the coolant from the heat exchanger; an equalizing vessel capable of equalizing changes in coolant volume, the equalizing vessel joined to the heat exchanger to form one module, the equalizing vessel having a first chamber and a second chamber, wherein the first chamber of the equalizing vessel is in liquid communication with the inflow of the heat exchanger and the second chamber of the equalizing vessel is in liquid communication with the outflow of the heat exchanger; and a filter having a first filtering portion and a second filtering portion, the first filtering portion located within the one module, the first filtering portion in liquid communication with the first chamber of the equalizing vessel and the inflow of the heat exchanger, the second filtering portion located within the one module, the second filtering portion in liquid communication with the second chamber of the equalizing vessel and the outflow of the heat exchanger.