Coolant manifold with separately rotatable manifold section(s)

摘要

A cooling apparatus is provided which includes one or more coolant-cooled structures attached to one or more electronic components, one or more coolant conduits, and one or more coolant manifolds. The coolant-cooled structure(s) includes one or more coolant-carrying channels, and the coolant manifolds includes one or more rotatable manifold sections. One coolant conduit couples in fluid communication a respective rotatable manifold section and the coolant-carrying channel(s) of a respective coolant-cooled structure. The respective rotatable manifold section is rotatable relative to another portion of the coolant manifold to facilitate detaching of the coolant-cooled structure from its associated electronic component while maintaining the coolant-cooled structure in fluid communication with the respective rotatable manifold section through the one coolant conduit, which in one embodiment, is a substantially rigid coolant conduit.

主权项

1. A cooling apparatus comprising:
multiple coolant-cooled structures configured to attach to multiple electronic components to be cooled, one coolant-cooled structure of the multiple coolant-cooled structures comprising at least one coolant-carrying channel through which coolant flows from a coolant inlet to a coolant outlet of the one coolant-cooled structure; multiple coolant supply conduits, one coolant supply conduit of the multiple coolant supply conduits being coupled in fluid communication with the coolant inlet of the one coolant-cooled structure to facilitate flow of the coolant therethrough; multiple coolant return conduits, one coolant return conduit of the multiple coolant return conduits being coupled in fluid communication with the coolant outlet of the one coolant-cooled structure; and a coolant supply manifold and a coolant return manifold coupled in fluid communication with the multiple coolant supply conduits and the multiple coolant return conduits, respectively, for supplying the coolant to the multiple coolant-cooled structures, and exhausting the coolant from the multiple coolant-cooled structures, at least one of the coolant supply manifold or the coolant return manifold comprising at least one rotatable manifold section, wherein at least one of the one coolant supply conduit or the one coolant return conduit is coupled in fluid communication with the at least one rotatable manifold section to facilitate flow of the coolant through the at least one coolant-carrying channel of the one coolant-cooled structure, and wherein the at least one rotatable manifold section is in fluid communication with and rotatable relative to another, separately rotatable portion of the coolant supply and return manifolds to facilitate detaching of the one coolant-cooled structure from a respective electronic component of the multiple electronic components, while maintaining the one coolant-cooled structure in fluid communication with the at least one rotatable manifold section through the at least one of the one coolant supply conduit or the one coolant return conduit.