Mechanically-reattachable liquid-cooled cooling apparatus

An apparatus, comprising:

• a rack having a row of shelves, each shelf supporting an electronics circuit board, each one of the circuit boards being manually removable from the shelve supporting the one of the circuit boards and having a local heat source thereon;
• a cooler attached to the rack and being able to circulate a cooling fluid around a channel forming a closed loop;
• and
• a plurality of heat conduits, each heat conduit being located over a corresponding one of the circuit boards and forming a path to transport heat from the local heat source of the corresponding one of the circuit boards to the cooler;
• and
• wherein each heat conduit is configured to be manually detachable from the cooler or the circuit board, without breaking a circulation pathway of the fluid through the cooler, and
• wherein one of the heat conduits has a hinge and an outer shell, and the outer shell of the one heat conduit is removably clamped around a portion of the channel.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a rack having a row of electronics circuit boards, each circuit board having a corresponding local heat source thereon;
• a cooler located on a side of the rack, the cooler configured to circulate a cooling fluid in a channel having a plurality of channel segments;
• a plurality of heat conduits;
• and wherein
• each heat conduit is removably clamped around corresponding one of the channel segments and has a portion adjacent to the localized heat source on a corresponding one of the circuit boards.

A method of assembling an apparatus, comprising:

• providing a rack having a row of shelves, each shelf supporting an electronics circuit board;
• installing an electronics circuit board on one of the shelves, each one of the circuit boards being mechanically removable from the shelve supporting the one of the circuit boards and having a local heat source;
• attaching a cooler to the rack, the cooler being able to circulate a cooling fluid around a channel forming a closed loop;
• and
• providing a plurality of heat conduits, each heat conduit being located over a corresponding one of the circuit boards and forming a path to transport heat from the local heat source of the corresponding one of the circuit boards to the cooler;
• and
• wherein each heat conduit is configured to be manually detachable from the cooler or the circuit board, without breaking a circulation pathway of the fluid through the cooler and
• wherein one of the heat conduits has a hinge and an outer shell, and the outer shell of the one heat conduit is removably clamped around a portion of a heat pipe the heat conduit.