Patent ID: 7911782

Claim:
A computer, comprising: a housing defining a liquid-tight interior space, a housing liquid inlet to the interior space from an exterior of the interior space, and a housing liquid outlet from the interior space to the exterior thereof; a plurality of electronically and thermally active components that form a complete computing system of the computer disposed within the interior space, the plurality of electronically and thermally active components including a computing processor and a power supply; a dielectric cooling liquid within the interior space with the plurality of electronically and thermally active components, including the computing processor and the power supply, being submerged in the dielectric cooling liquid in direct contact with the dielectric cooling liquid; a heat exchanger fixed to the housing outside the interior space, the heat exchanger including a cooling liquid inlet exterior of the interior space, a cooling liquid outlet exterior of the interior space, and a flow path for the dielectric cooling liquid therethrough from the cooling liquid inlet to the cooling liquid outlet; a first fluid passage connecting the housing liquid outlet to the cooling liquid inlet, and a second fluid passage connecting the housing liquid inlet to the cooling liquid outlet; and an impingement cooling mechanism within the interior space that directs a flow of the dielectric cooling liquid onto at least one of the plurality of submerged electronically and thermally active components.