Modular liquid cooling system
First Claim
1. A kit of components for configuring cooling configurations, the kit comprising:
- at least a first passageway forming member and a second passageway forming member, each of the first and second forming members having first and second ends and forming at least one passageway and at least one of an input port and an output port that opens into the passageway, each of the first and second forming members also including at least a first plug insert secured to the second end of each forming member to block the at least one passageway at the second end;
a plurality of elastomeric seals;
a plurality of mechanical fasteners to mechanically fasten the first forming member and the second forming member together; and
wherein the first forming member input port, at least one of the plurality of elastomeric seals, and the second forming member output port are arranged in substantial structural alignment with each other such that the at least one of the plurality of elastomeric seals is positioned between and in substantial contact with both the first forming member and the second forming member to create a sealed flow path between the first forming member input port and the second forming member output port to form various cooling configurations.
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Abstract
A method and kit of components for configuring electronics cooling configurations, the kit comprising a plurality of passageway forming members, each forming member including an extruded member having first and second ends and forming at least one passageway and at least one of an input port and an output port that opens into the passageway, each forming member also including at least one plug insert secured to the second end of the forming member to block the at least one passageway, a plurality of elastomeric seals, a plurality of mechanical fasteners, wherein forming members can be arranged adjacent each other with ports aligned and the fasteners can be used to mechanically fasten the forming members together with seals there between to form various cooling configurations.
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26 Claims
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1. A kit of components for configuring cooling configurations, the kit comprising:
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at least a first passageway forming member and a second passageway forming member, each of the first and second forming members having first and second ends and forming at least one passageway and at least one of an input port and an output port that opens into the passageway, each of the first and second forming members also including at least a first plug insert secured to the second end of each forming member to block the at least one passageway at the second end; a plurality of elastomeric seals; a plurality of mechanical fasteners to mechanically fasten the first forming member and the second forming member together; and wherein the first forming member input port, at least one of the plurality of elastomeric seals, and the second forming member output port are arranged in substantial structural alignment with each other such that the at least one of the plurality of elastomeric seals is positioned between and in substantial contact with both the first forming member and the second forming member to create a sealed flow path between the first forming member input port and the second forming member output port to form various cooling configurations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of configuring a cooling assembly, the method comprising the steps of:
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extruding a first manifold member that forms at least one manifold passageway that is defined at least in part by a first manifold wall member where the first manifold wall member forms a first external surface of the first manifold member; extruding a second manifold member that forms at least one passageway that is defined at least in part by a second manifold wall member where the second manifold wall member forms a second external surface of the second manifold member; forming a first port in the first external surface that opens into the passageway formed by the first manifold; forming a second port in the second external surface that opens into the passageway formed by the second manifold; providing an elastomeric seal between the first manifold member and the second manifold member; and securing the second manifold member to the first manifold member, such that the first port, the elastomeric seal, and the second port are in substantial structural alignment and the elastomeric seal is sandwiched between and in substantial contact with both the second manifold member and the first manifold member to form a seal between the second manifold member and the first manifold member. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of forming a split flow tube comprising the steps of:
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extruding a tube member, the tube member forming first and second passageways and an internal wall member, the internal wall member separating the first and second passageways, where the tube member includes first and second ends; providing an elastomeric seal that surrounds the first end; plugging the first and second passageways proximate the first end; removing a portion of the internal wall member proximate the second end of the tube member; plugging the second end of the tube member with a plug insert where the plug insert is dimensioned so that a bridge passageway is formed between the insert and an adjacent edge of the internal wall member; and forming inlet and outlet ports in the tube member proximate the first end such that the first end, including the elastomeric seal and the inlet and outlet ports, is sealably insertable in and removable from a respective port in a passageway forming member, where the inlet port opens into the first passageway and the outlet port opens into the second passageway, and where, when the first end is inserted in the port in the passageway forming member, the elastomeric seal is sandwiched between and in substantial contact with both the first end and the passageway forming member. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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