Water block assembly having an insulating housing
AssigneeOvh
InventorsAlexandre Alain Jean-Pierre MENEBOO, Ali CHEHADE
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Abstract
A water block assembly comprising a water block unit and an insulating housing, and a method for insulating a water block unit are provided. The water block unit has an external thermal transfer surface configured to be in contact with a heat generating component to be cooled, and defines an internal fluid conduit for circulating fluid therein, a fluid inlet for feeding fluid into the internal fluid conduit, and a fluid outlet for discharging fluid from the internal fluid conduit. The insulating housing at least partly embeds the water block unit therein to limit heat transfer from the water block unit to a surrounding environment thereof, the insulating housing having an internal surface in contact with the water block unit.
Claims14
A water block assembly comprising:
- a water block unit having an external thermal transfer surface configured to be in contact with a heat generating electronic component to be cooled, the water block unit having a height measured along a height direction of the water block assembly that is generally normal to the external thermal transfer surface, the water block unit defining:
- an internal fluid conduit for circulating fluid therein;
- a fluid inlet for feeding fluid into the internal fluid conduit;
- and
- a fluid outlet for discharging fluid from the internal fluid conduit;
- and
- an insulating housing at least partly embedding the water block unit therein to limit heat transfer from the water block unit to a surrounding environment thereof, the insulating housing having an internal surface in contact with the water block unit,
- wherein a portion of the water block unit is not overlapped by the insulating housing along the height direction.
A method for insulating a water block unit, the water block unit having an external thermal transfer surface configured to be in contact with a heat generating electronic component to be cooled, the water block unit defining an internal fluid conduit for circulating fluid therein, the water block unit defining a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet for feeding fluid into and discharging fluid from the internal fluid conduit respectively, the method comprising:
- placing the water block unit in a mold;
- filling the mold with an insulating material in a pliable raw state such that the insulating material covers the water block unit;
- and
- curing the insulating material until the insulating material is in a solidified state and forms an insulating housing partly embedding the water block unit to limit heat transfer from the water block unit to a surrounding environment thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.