Patent ID: 7382620

Claim:
A heat transfer method comprising: providing a heat sink assembly; providing a source of heat comprising a module substrate supporting one or more heat source elements thereupon, wherein each of the one or more heat source elements has space between it and the heat sink assembly when joined to the source of heat; and, encapsulating the one or more heat source elements in a thermally conductive medium with an encapsulating mechanism so that the thermally conductive medium remains in any space between the one or more heat source elements and the heat sink assembly, wherein the heat sink assembly has a larger outside diameter than the encapsulating mechanism, wherein a loading assembly urges the one or more heat source elements toward engagement with the heat sink assembly external to the module substrate and the encapsulating mechanism, and wherein the height of the encapsulating mechanism is adjusted to be adequately higher than the tallest of the one or more heat source elements when the encapsulating mechanism is compressed.