Patent ID: 7277283

Claim:
A cooling apparatus comprising: an integrated coolant inlet and outlet manifold having a plurality of inlet orifices for injecting coolant onto a surface to be cooled, and a plurality of outlet openings for exhausting coolant after impinging on the surface to be cooled; and wherein the plurality of inlet orifices and the plurality of outlet openings are interspersed in a common surface of the integrated coolant inlet and outlet manifold, and wherein a plurality of exit openings in at least one edge surface of the integrated coolant inlet and outlet manifold are in fluid communication through the integrated coolant inlet and outlet manifold with the plurality of outlet openings to facilitate exhausting of coolant through the plurality of outlet openings and minimize pressure drop through the integrated coolant inlet and outlet manifold, and wherein at least one surface plane projection of the at least one edge surface intersects a surface plane projection of the common surface.