Patent ID: 8493735

Claim:
A system comprising: a liquid cooling unit including a circulatory pathway for transporting a cooling medium, the circulatory pathway including a first valve and a second valve for adjusting a flow rate of the cooling medium within the circulatory pathway and a heat exchange for taking heat from the cooling medium outside the liquid cooling unit; a first expansion unit detachably connected to a first electronic apparatus, the first expansion unit includes a first flow passage for transporting the cooling medium, the first flow passage includes a third valve for adjusting a flow rate of the cooling medium within the first flow passage and, wherein a first cooling-medium input and output unit connects the first flow passage to the circulatory pathway of the liquid cooling unit at a first end and a second end of the first valve; a second expansion unit detachably connected to a second electronic apparatus, the second expansion unit includes a second flow passage for transporting the cooling medium, the second flow passage includes a fourth valve for adjusting a flow rate of the cooling medium within second flow passage and, wherein a second cooling-medium input and output unit connects the second flow passage to the circulatory pathway of the liquid cooling unit at a first end and a second end of the second valve; and a control unit configured to adjust the flow rates of the cooling medium with the circulatory pathway, the first flow passage, and the second flow passage by controlling the first, second, third, and fourth valves when the first electronic apparatus is connected to the first expansion unit and the second electronic apparatus is connected to the second expansion unit.