Patent ID: 7204303

Claim:
A flat tube cold plate assembly comprising; a channel plate comprising a plate having upper and lower surfaces and a thickness, an opening formed through the thickness of the channel plate, the opening defining a fluid flow path in the plane of the channel plate; a flat tube having upper and lower surfaces joined by side walls defining an interior space extending in an elongated direction from a first open end to a second open end, and a plurality of fins within the interior space extending in the elongated direction from the first open end to the second open end; the flat tube disposed in at least part of the opening in the channel plate along a portion of the fluid flow path, the channel plate forming a frame around the flat tube, the upper and lower surfaces of the flat tube and the upper and lower surfaces of the channel plate respectively substantially planar; the opening through the channel plate including regions adjacent the first end of the flat tube and the second end of the flat tube along a further part of the fluid flow path, the regions defining a portion of the fluid flow path directed into and out of the flat tube; an upper cover plate and a lower cover plate disposed over the channel plate with the flat tube disposed therein and covering the regions adjacent the first and second ends of the flat tube; and an inlet and an outlet to the fluid flow path located at associated ones of the regions in the channel plate.