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Title: Mechanically-reattachable liquid-cooled cooling apparatus

Abstract

An apparatus comprising a rack having a row of shelves, each shelf supporting an electronics circuit board, each one of the circuit boards being manually removable from the shelve supporting the one of the circuit boards and having a local heat source thereon. The apparatus also comprises a cooler attached to the rack and being able to circulate a cooling fluid around a channel forming a closed loop. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of heat conduits, each heat conduit being located over a corresponding one of the circuit boards and forming a path to transport heat from the local heat source of the corresponding one of the circuit boards to the cooler. Each heat conduit is configured to be manually detachable from the cooler or the circuit board, without breaking a circulation pathway of the fluid through the cooler.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Alcatel Lucent (Paris, FR)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1096005
Patent Number(s):
8542489
Application Number:
13/101,509
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent (Paris, FR)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05K - PRINTED CIRCUITS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0002895
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Arney, Susanne, Cheng, Jen-Hau, Kolodner, Paul R, Kota-Venkata, Krishna-Murty, Scofield, William, Salamon, Todd R, and Simon, Maria E. Mechanically-reattachable liquid-cooled cooling apparatus. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Arney, Susanne, Cheng, Jen-Hau, Kolodner, Paul R, Kota-Venkata, Krishna-Murty, Scofield, William, Salamon, Todd R, & Simon, Maria E. Mechanically-reattachable liquid-cooled cooling apparatus. United States.
Arney, Susanne, Cheng, Jen-Hau, Kolodner, Paul R, Kota-Venkata, Krishna-Murty, Scofield, William, Salamon, Todd R, and Simon, Maria E. Tue . "Mechanically-reattachable liquid-cooled cooling apparatus". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1096005.
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abstractNote = {An apparatus comprising a rack having a row of shelves, each shelf supporting an electronics circuit board, each one of the circuit boards being manually removable from the shelve supporting the one of the circuit boards and having a local heat source thereon. The apparatus also comprises a cooler attached to the rack and being able to circulate a cooling fluid around a channel forming a closed loop. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of heat conduits, each heat conduit being located over a corresponding one of the circuit boards and forming a path to transport heat from the local heat source of the corresponding one of the circuit boards to the cooler. Each heat conduit is configured to be manually detachable from the cooler or the circuit board, without breaking a circulation pathway of the fluid through the cooler.},
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