Patent ID: 7180737

Claim:
Apparatus for mounting and cooling a plurality of circuit card assemblies each having electrical circuit elements, comprising: a chassis having an inlet end wall, an outlet end wall spaced from said inlet end wall and opposed side walls extending between said inlet and outlet end walls which collectively define a hollow interior, said chassis being adapted to mount a motherboard having connectors which electrically connect to the circuit card assemblies; said inlet end wall having a number of spaced inlet card guides and said outlet end wall having a number of spaced outlet card guides, said inlet end wall being formed with at least one air inlet opening communicating with said inlet card guides and said outlet end wall being formed with at least one air exhaust opening communicating with said outlet card guides; and a plurality of heat exchangers each having an inlet end, an outlet end and opposed sides, one of said opposed sides being adapted to be mounted in thermal communication with a circuit card assembly, said inlet end of each heat exchanger engaging one of said inlet card guides on said inlet end wall and said outlet end of each heat exchanger engaging one of said outlet card guides on said outlet end wall forming a flow path for cooling air between said inlet and outlet end walls.