Patent ID: 7206203

Claim:
A cooling assembly for an electronic device, the cooling assembly comprising: a manifold having at least one orifice therein for injecting a cooling liquid onto a surface to be cooled, the surface comprising one of a surface of the electronic device or a surface in thermal contact with the electronic device; an elastic pin support material having at least one opening aligned to the at least one orifice of the manifold for allowing the cooling liquid to pass therethrough; and a plurality of thermally conductive pins mounted within the elastic pin support material and extending therefrom, the plurality of thermally conductive pins being sized to physically contact the surface to be cooled when the cooling assembly is employed to cool the electronic device, wherein the plurality of thermally conductive pins include first ends embedded within the elastic pin support material, and wherein the elastic pin support material has a thickness and compliance which facilitates thermal interfacing of the plurality of thermally conductive pins to the surface to be cooled by allowing second ends thereof to move vertically and tilt, wherein the second end of each thermally conductive pin comprises a planar surface which is normal to an axis of the thermally conductive pin, and wherein when the cooling assembly is employed to cool the electronic device, the elastic pin support material facilitates the planar surfaces of the second ends of the plurality of thermally conductive pins establishing planar contact with the surface to be cooled, notwithstanding that the surface may be other than planar.