Patent ID: 7279916

Claim:
An apparatus for the efficient removal of heat from a hot surface, the apparatus comprises: an anchoring surface wherein the root portions of each of a plurality of wires is anchored to said anchoring surface; a base inside of which said anchoring surface is mounted; a low modulus continuous medium (LMM), said plurality of wires being at least partially embedded within said LMM; a support structure designed to support said plurality of wires placed in said LMM; and, means for applying axial forces to the free ends of said plurality of wires, when said base is forced against said hot surface; wherein said axial forces cause the bending deformation of at least one of said plurality of wires against said hot surface thereby increasing at least one of; the number of wires from said plurality of wires having thermal contact to said hot surface, the thermal contact area between said hot surface and said at least one of said plurality of wires, and wherein an upper portion of said at least one of said plurality of wires is coated with a material resistant to wetting, said wetting resistant material comprising a creep barrier for said LMM.