Flexible gasket seal for direct liquid cooling of electronic devices

A computing device comprising:

• one or more computing components;
• and
• a cold plate device that is thermally coupled to the one or more computing components to cool the one or more computing components, the cold plate device comprising:
• a first plate and a second plate, wherein the second plate comprises a thermally conductive material having a thermal conductivity value sufficient to transfer heat generated by the one or more computing components to a liquid coolant;
• a gasket that connects the first plate to the second plate, wherein the gasket is a compliant material;
• a first stiffener plate and a second stiffener plate, wherein the gasket is positioned between the first stiffener plate and the second stiffener plate, the first stiffener plate is connected to the first plate with an outer portion of the gasket clamped therebetween and the second stiffener plate is connected to the second plate with an inner portion of the gasket clamped therebetween;
• and
• a channel that forms in between the first and second plates by connecting the gasket to the first plate and the second plate, wherein the liquid coolant flows within the channel to cool the one or more computing components.

A method of cooling a component of a computing device, the method comprising:

• providing a cooling apparatus comprising:
• a first plate and a second plate, wherein the second plate comprises a thermally conductive material having a thermal conductivity value sufficient to transfer heat generated by the component to a liquid coolant;
• a gasket that connects the first plate to the second plate, wherein the gasket is a compliant material;
• and
• a first stiffener plate and a second stiffener plate, wherein the gasket is positioned above one of the first or the second stiffener plates and positioned below the other stiffener plate, the first stiffener plate is connected to the first plate with an outer portion of the gasket clamped therebetween and the second stiffener plate is connected to the second plate with an inner portion of the gasket clamped therebetween;
• thermally coupling the second plate to the component to transfer the heat generated by the component to the liquid coolant;
• and
• connecting an inlet and an outlet of the cooling apparatus into the liquid cooling loop such that the liquid coolant flows through a channel within the cooling apparatus.