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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2011
Gottfried Goldrian, München, DE;
Erika Goldrian, München, DE;
Manfred Ries, Mainz, DE;
Gottfried Goldrian, München, DE;
Manfred Ries, Mainz, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A liquid cooling device comprises a heat spreader disposed along a plurality of memory modules on a dual in-line memory module (DIMM), a cold rail block extending along the heat spreader and a compressible thermal adapter interleaved between the cold rail block and the memory modules. The thermal adapter is compressible in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the DIMM board, thus allowing the components of the cooling device to be moved and adjusted relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the DIMM. In a preferred embodiment, matching smooth surfaces of adjacent components within the cooling device are collated with a lubricant, thus permitting a low-friction gliding of these components relative to each other and allowing the DIMM to be easily removed from the cooling device and to be replaced without effort and without tooling.