Cooling interface for a pluggable module
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsHarvey John Lunsman, Michael Dustin Scott, Ernesto J. Ferrer
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Abstract
A cage for receiving a pluggable module comprises a plurality of plates including a lower plate, an upper plate, a left side plate disposed between the lower plate and the upper plate, and a right side plate disposed between the lower plate and the upper plate opposite the left side plate. A bay is defined by the plurality of plate and is sized to receive a pluggable module. The cage further includes one or more cooling interface modules. Each cooling interface module of the one or more cooling interface modules comprises a gap pad and a protective cover and is disposed such that the gap pad is adjacent to a given plate of the plurality of plates and the protective cover is adjacent to the bay.
Claims20
A receptacle for receiving a pluggable module, comprising:
- a cage comprising a plurality of plates including:
- a lower plate;
- an upper plate;
- a left side plate disposed between the lower plate and the upper plate;
- a right side plate disposed between the lower plate and the upper plate opposite the left side plate;
- a bay defined by the plurality of plates, wherein the bay is sized to receive the pluggable module;
- and
- one or more cooling interface modules, wherein:
- each cooling interface module of the one or more cooling interface modules comprises:
- a gap pad;
- and
- a protective cover;
- and
- each cooling interface module of the one or more cooling interface modules is disposed such that the gap pad is adjacent to a given plate of the plurality of plates and located between the protective cover and the given plate.
A computing system, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a system board supported by the chassis;
- a removably pluggable module;
- a receptacle coupled to or formed by the chassis and configured to receive the removably pluggable module, wherein the receptacle comprises:
- a cage comprising a plurality of plates including:
- a lower plate;
- an upper plate located opposite the lower plate;
- and
- side plates coupled to the lower plate and to the upper plate;
- and
- at least one cooling interface module disposed along a plate of the plurality of plates, wherein the at least one cooling interface module further comprises:
- a gap pad;
- and
- a protective cover coupled to the gap pad such that the gap pad is sandwiched between the plate and the protective cover;
- and
- a cold plate thermally coupled to the receptacle.
A method comprising:
- inserting a removably pluggable module into a receptacle of a computing system, the receptacle comprising:
- a cage defining a bay into which the removably pluggable module is inserted;
- and
- a cooling interface module attached to the cage;
- during the inserting, contacting the removably pluggable module with a protective cover of the cooling interface module;
- by the contacting, compressing a gap pad of the cooling interface module between the protective cover and a plate of the cage, wherein the gap pad is attached to the protective cover;
- and
- thermally coupling the removably pluggable module to the receptacle by causing the gap pad to, in response to being compressed, push the protective cover against the removably pluggable module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.