Patent ID: 8817469

Claim:
A device comprising: a removable client module to process data being transmitted or received, by the device, when the client module is installed in the device, where the client module includes a first surface via which heat, that is generated by the client module, is transferred; a port into which the client module is inserted to install the client module in the device; and a heat sink, overlying the port, to dissipate the heat that is received from the first surface, where the heat sink includes a base having a second surface on which a first material is applied, a second material provided on the first surface, both the first and second materials including electroless plated nickel, and where the first material: makes direct contact with the second material, when the client module is installed in the device, that allows the heat to be received from the first surface, where the first material complies with an American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM)-B607-91 standard or a United States Military Specification-C-26074, and transfers the heat to the second surface, that allows the client module to operate at a temperature that is less than an operating threshold.