Patent ID: 7961465

Claim:
A system for cooling processor assembly, comprising: printed circuit boards (PCB) with a plurality of heat emitting electronic components; a housing for each PCB with a heat sink covering at least partly the heat emitting electronic components while the housing comprises a base portion to which are transferred heat emitted by the electronic components; and a cooling plate on which are fixed in series the different PCBs by directly positioning the base portion of the housings onto the cooling plate; wherein the housings include at their base portions clamps to be inserted into corresponding guiding holes of the cooling plate when a PCB together with its housing is positioned onto the cooling plate at a specific dedicated place defined by the guiding holes such that the PCB together with its housing is pressed against the cooling plate alongside the base portion when fixed onto the cooling plate allowing thermal coupling between the housing and the cooling plate and a hot plugging of the PCB onto the cooling plate without requiring to interrupt the cooling process applied to the cooling plate.