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US 10,321,605 B2Granted
Heat sink
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorJohn Norton
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Abstract
A heat sink assembly is provided herein. The heat sink assembly includes at least two heat sinks, a mechanical support member, and a flexible heat pipe. Each of the at least two heat sinks are formed to mate with one of at least two processors. The mechanical support member are formed to mechanically engage with the at least two heat sinks. The flexible heat pipe connects to the at least two heat sinks to provide a thermal link therebetween.
Claims20
A heat sink assembly comprising:
- a first heat sink, formed to mate with a first processor along a first processor seating plane;
- a second heat sink, formed to mate with a second processor along a second processor seating plane;
- a mechanical support member that bends in correspondence with a height difference between the first processor seating plane and the second processor seating plane and formed to support the first heat sink and the second heat sink along the first processor seating plane and the second processor seating plane, respectively;
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- a flexible heat pipe between the first heat sink and the second heat sink to provide a thermal link therebetween.
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A heat sink module comprising:
- at least two processors, each of the at least two processors positioned along a distinct processor seating plane;
- at least two heat sinks, each of the at least two heat sinks formed to mate with one of the at least two processors;
- a mechanical support member that bends in correspondence with a height difference between the first processor and the second processor and formed to mechanically engage with the at least two heat sinks;
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- a flexible heat pipe to connect the at least two heat sinks to provide a thermal link therebetween.
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A heat sink assembly comprising:
- a first heat sink, formed to mate with a first processor along a first processor seating plane;
- a second heat sink, formed to mate with a second processor along a second processor seating plane;
- a mechanical support member to support the first heat sink and the second heat sink along the first processor seating plane and the second processor seating plane, respectively;
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- a flexible heat pipe between the first heat sink and the second heat sink to provide a thermal link therebetween, wherein each of the first and second heat sinks comprises a respective heat sink base, the heat sink base comprising:
- a first portion to make thermal contact with a corresponding one of the first and second processors, and
- a second portion extending past the first portion to engage with the mechanical support member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.