Patent ID: 7233494

Claim:
A cooling apparatus comprising: a plurality of thermally conductive fins coupled to and projecting away from a surface to be cooled, the plurality of thermally conductive fins facilitating transfer of heat from the surface to be cooled; an integrated manifold having a plurality of inlet orifices for injecting coolant onto the surface to be cooled, and a plurality of outlet openings for exhausting coolant after impinging on the surface to be cooled; wherein the plurality of inlet orifices and the plurality of outlet openings are interspersed in a common surface of the integrated manifold, and the integrated manifold and the surface to be cooled are disposed with the common surface of the integrated manifold and the surface to be cooled in spaced, opposing relation, and with the plurality of thermally conductive fins disposed therebetween; and wherein at least some fins of the plurality of thermally conductive fins are sized and disposed to extend into at least some outlet openings of the plurality of outlet openings of the integrated manifold to facilitate heat transfer from the surface to be cooled to the coolant.