Structures to enhance cooling of computer memory modules

A cooling structure for an inline chip module, the cooling structure comprising:

• a continuous thermal conductive path comprising a first sheet of a thermally conducting material and a second sheet of a thermally conducting material, wherein the first and second sheets are conductively coupled by overlapping a top part of each the first and second sheets, the first and second sheets joined and folded at substantially a one-hundred and eighty degree angle, wherein a length of the sheets substantially correlates to a length of the in-line chip module, and a width of the sheets is wider than a width of the in-line chip module such that the coupled sheets fit over and substantially around the in-line chip module;
• airflow paths between the structure and the in-line chip module formed when the structure is affixed to the in-line chip module;
• openings at a left-side of the structure, a right-side of the structure, and a bottom of the structure for easily affixing and removing the structure from the in-line chip module;
• the structure further comprising:
• the top part comprising a top surface disposed over a top of the in-line chip module when affixed to the in-line chip module, and further comprising an angled surface extending from the top surface, the angled surface flaring outward from the in-line chip module when affixed to the in-line chip module, the angled surface positioned directly beneath the top surface;
• a center horizontal part, the center horizontal part angled inward from the top part such that the center horizontal part is in good thermal contact with a plurality of chips affixed to a printed circuit board of the in-line chip module, the center horizontal part having the length of the in-line chip module and a width of the plurality of chips;
• a gap between the center horizontal part and the plurality of chips, the gap for placement of a thermal interface material;
• and
• a flared bottom area of the structure, extending outward from the in-line chip module and ending in a vertical lip, the bottom area of the structure having no contact with the in-line chip module when affixed to the in-line chip module.