Patent ID: 7515416

Claim:
A structure for housing cards which incorporate electronic components, the structure comprising: a thermally-conductive base that defines a plurality of slots which extend from a first side of the base to a second side of the base; a plurality of thermally-conductive fin front-plates in thermal contact with, and extending away from, the first side of the base, each of fin front-plates located adjacent to a corresponding one of the slots; one or more cooling fluid conduits located in the base for conducting cooling fluid in the base; wherein, the structure defines a plurality of bays, each bay dimensioned to hold a card with the card extending from the first side of the base through a corresponding one of the slots for operable connection to a backplane located on the second side of the base and with a front surface of a shroud of the card in thermal contact with a contact surface of a corresponding one of the fin front-plates to provide a thermal conduction path from the shroud to the fin front-plate and from the fin front-plate to the base.