Patent ID: 8599557

Claim:
A cooling apparatus, comprising: a main printed circuit (PC) board having a top side; a plurality of connectors mounted on the top side of the main PC board in a parallel row; a first liquid cooling manifold positioned along a first end of the parallel row of connectors; a second liquid cooling manifold positioned along a second end of the parallel tow of connectors; a plurality of heat sink devices, each having an elongated shape, running parallel to, and on each side of, the plurality of connectors, the plurality of heat sink devices each having a first end and a second end wherein the first end is coupled to the first liquid cooling manifold and the second end is coupled to the second liquid cooling manifold; at least one component assembly inserted into a first one of the plurality of connectors, wherein each component assenthlv comprises; a component PC board with at least one component mounted on a front face of the component PC board; a first heat spreader comprising a plate having a bottom side and a front face, where the front face is held against a top side of the at least one component mounted on the front face of the component PC board; a plurality of tabs spaced apart along the bottom side of the first heat spreader, such that the tabs contact a top side of one of the plurality of heat sink devices when the component PC board is inserted into one of the plurality of connectors.