Patent ID: 8490678

Claim:
A thermal energy transfer device attached to an object to dissipate thermal energy from the object, comprising: a non-metal base plate having a first primary surface and a second primary surface opposite the first primary surface, the base plate including at least one groove on the first primary surface; and a non-metal plate structure having a first primary surface, a second primary surface opposite the first primary surface, and a plurality of edges that are between the first and the second primary surfaces, the first plate structure attached to the base plate with a first edge of the plurality of edges received in a first groove of the at least one groove of the base plate, wherein at least one of the primary surfaces of the plate structure has a recessed area configured to receive the object, and wherein the at least one of the primary surfaces of the plate structure having the recessed area has at least one groove extending from the recessed area to one of the edges of the plate structure.