Patent ID: 8582298

Claim:
An apparatus for passively cooling electronics comprising: a modular support structure including: a first heat sink configured to be thermally coupled to a cabinet, wherein the first heat sink comprises a first thermal port and the cabinet comprises a second thermal port, wherein the first heat sink is configured to be thermally coupled to the cabinet via a first solid, releasably couplable thermal connection formed by the first thermal port and the second thermal port, wherein the first thermal port comprises a heat pipe conduit and the second thermal port comprises a heat pipe configured to extend from the cabinet and to be mounted to a heat pipe protrusion, wherein the heat pipe conduit is configured to receive the heat pipe protrusion and to clamp around at least a portion of the heat pipe protrusion; and a second heat sink configured to be thermally coupled to the cabinet via a second solid thermal connection; wherein the first heat sink and the second heat sink are external to the cabinet; wherein the modular support structure is configured to support the cabinet in a location between the first and second heat sinks; wherein when the cabinet is thermally coupled to the first heat sink and the second heat sink; and wherein the first heat sink and the second heat sink are configured to passively draw heat from the cabinet.