Patent ID: 8659897

Claim:
A liquid-cooled computer memory system, comprising: first and second manifolds for circulating a chilled liquid; a plurality of cooling pipes each thermally coupled at one end to the first manifold and at the other end to the second manifold; one pair of memory module sockets included for each cooling pipe, with each pair of memory module sockets extending along opposite sides of the respective cooling pipe, each cooling pipe of the plurality of cooling pipes is included for only one pair of memory module sockets; a memory module assembly comprising: a memory module connected to one of the memory module sockets; a heat spreader removably positionable on the memory module, the heat spreader comprising: an inner plate thermally coupled to the cooling pipe and in thermal engagement with a first face of the memory module adjacent to the included cooling pipe; an outer plate in thermal engagement with a second face of the memory module opposite the first face and in thermal engagement with the inner plate to conduct heat away from the second face of the memory module, through the inner plate of the heat spreader, and to the cooling pipe; and a first flange on the inner plate and a second flange on the outer plate that overlap along the top edge of the memory module in thermal engagement with one another; a spring clamp removably positionable about the inner and outer plates to bias the plates into thermal engagement with the opposing first and second faces of the memory module; and one or more slots on an upper one of the first or second flanges, the one or more slots receiving the spring clamp; an assembly clip positionable about a pair of memory module assemblies such that the assembly clip biases the inner plates of the heat spreaders on the pair of memory module assemblies into thermal coupling with the cooling pipe positioned between the pair of memory module assemblies, each of the pair of memory modules assemblies being the memory module assembly, wherein some of the one or more slots of the heat spreader receive the spring clamp and the assembly clip such that a portion of the assembly clip is above a portion of the spring clamp, and the outer surface of the assembly clip is flush with an outer surface of an upper one of the first or second flanges.