Flexible thermally-conductive shunt

A thermally-conductive apparatus, comprising:

• a flexible thermally-conductive element;
• and
• a thermally-conductive member, thermally coupled to the flexible thermally-conductive element, wherein the thermally-conductive member is a heat pipe with sealed ends, and wherein the thermally-conductive member includes:
• a shell sealed to the flexible thermally-conductive element, wherein the flexible thermally-conductive element extends through a discontinuity of the shell, and wherein the discontinuity is a first sealed end of the sealed ends of the heat pipe;
• and
• a cavity formed at a center of the thermally-conductive member and enclosed by the shell, wherein a first portion of the flexible thermally-conductive element extends within the cavity and a second portion of the flexible thermally-conductive element extends out of the thermally-conductive member via the discontinuity of the shell, wherein a third portion of the flexible thermally-conductive element extends out of the heat pipe through a second discontinuity of the shell, the second discontinuity being a second sealed end of the sealed ends, the third portion of the flexible thermally-conductive element being attached to an opposite end of the first portion of the flexible thermally-conductive element from the second portion of the flexible thermally-conductive element
• a first cold block, wherein the second portion of the flexible thermally-conductive element that extends out of the heat pipe is thermally coupled to the first cold block;
• a second cold block, wherein the third portion of the flexible thermally-conductive element that extends out of the heat pipe is thermally coupled to the second cold block, and wherein the flexible thermally-conductive element is to conduct heat between the first cold block and the second cold block;
• a heat-generating component thermally coupled to the first cold block;
• and
• a coolant system thermally coupled to the second cold block, wherein heat is transferred between the heat-generating component and the coolant system via the first cold block, the second cold block, and the flexible thermally-conductive element.