Manifold for a liquid cooling system
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsFrancis R. Krug, JR., Randy J. Zoodsma
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Abstract
A method including punching a first hole in a parent sheet metal, such that a substantially round section with a first diameter is removed from the hole, forming a second hole by inserting a mandrel into the first hole, causing a portion of the parent sheet metal to deform in a downward direction and increase the diameter of the first hole to a second diameter, the deformed portion of the parent sheet metal is substantially perpendicular to the parent sheet metal, forming a thread into an interior sidewall of the second hole, and forming the parent sheet metal into a water tight manifold.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- forming a hole in a sheet metal flat pattern, the hole having a first diameter;
- forming a hole extrusion in the sheet metal flat pattern aligned with the hole, the hole extrusion comprises an inside diameter larger than the first diameter;
- forming a thread in an inner sidewall of the hole extrusion;
- and
- forming the sheet metal flat pattern into a water tight manifold.
A method comprising:
- punching a first hole in a parent sheet metal, such that a substantially round section with a first diameter is removed from the hole;
- forming a second hole by inserting a mandrel into the first hole, causing a portion of the parent sheet metal to deform in a downward direction and increase the diameter of the first hole to a second diameter, the deformed portion of the parent sheet metal is substantially perpendicular to the parent sheet metal;
- forming a thread into an interior sidewall of the second hole;
- and
- forming the parent sheet metal into a water tight manifold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.