Flexible coolant manifold - heat sink assembly

A cooled electronic system comprising:

• an electronic system comprising multiple electronic components to be cooled;
• and
• a cooling assembly associated with the electronic system, the cooling assembly comprising:
• multiple coolant-cooled heat sinks coupled to the multiple electronic components to be cooled;
• multiple flexible coolant conduits coupled in fluid communication with the multiple coolant-cooled heat sinks to facilitate flow of liquid coolant therethrough;
• and
• a pivotable coolant supply manifold and a pivotable coolant return manifold, the pivotable coolant supply manifold and pivotable coolant return manifold being pivotably movable between a respective first position and a second position, wherein the multiple flexible coolant conduits couple in fluid communication the pivotable coolant supply manifold to the multiple coolant-cooled heat sinks and couple in fluid communication the multiple coolant-cooled heat sinks to the pivotable coolant return manifold to facilitate flow of liquid coolant through the multiple coolant-cooled heat sinks, the multiple flexible coolant conduits accommodating pivoting of the pivotable coolant supply manifold and the pivotable coolant return manifold between their respective first position and second position.

A method comprising:

• providing a cooling assembly for facilitating cooling of at least one electronic component of an electronic system, the providing comprising:
• providing at least one coolant-cooled heat sink to couple to the at least one electronic component to be cooled, one coolant-cooled heat sink of the at least one coolant-cooled heat sink comprising at least one coolant-carrying channel;
• providing at least one flexible coolant conduit, one flexible coolant conduit of the at least one flexible coolant conduit being in fluid communication with the at least one coolant-carrying channel of the one coolant-cooled heat sink;
• and
• providing at least one pivotable coolant manifold, the one flexible coolant conduit coupling in fluid communication one pivotable coolant manifold of the at least one pivotable coolant manifold with the one coolant-cooled heat sink, and the one flexible coolant conduit accommodating pivoting of the one pivotable coolant manifold, while maintaining the one coolant-cooled heat sink in fluid communication with the one pivotable coolant manifold.