IP Library Granted Patent US 7,375,963
Granted Patent B2
US 7,375,963 · App. 11/279,266 · Granted May 20, 2008

System and method for cooling a module

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Patent No.
US 7,375,963
App. No.
11/279,266
Granted
May 20, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a module cooling system, comprising, a module in operable communication with a circuit board, a stiffener abutting the circuit board, a heatsink abutting the module, a first biasing member biasing the heatsink towards the module, a plurality of non-influencing fasteners positionally fixing the heatsink, and a second biasing member biasing the circuit board and module towards the heatsink. Further disclosed herein is a method of mounting a module cooling system, comprising, connecting electrically a module to a circuit board, abutting a stiffener to the circuit board, abutting a heatsink to the module, biasing with a biasing member the heatsink in a direction towards the module, fixing the heatsink with non-influencing fasteners, and biasing with a second biasing member the circuit board and module towards the heatsink.

Claims (11)

1. A method of mounting a module cooling system, comprising:

connecting electrically a module with a center to a circuit board;

abutting a stiffener to the circuit board on a side of the circuit board opposite a side at which the module is disposed;

abutting a heatsink to the module on a side of the module opposite a side at which the circuit board is connected;

biasing the heatsink in a direction towards the center of the module relative to the stiffener with a single positionally adjustable point of contact of a first biasing member;

fixing the heatsink relative to the stiffener with fasteners; and

biasing the circuit board and module towards the heatsink relative to the stiffener with a single raised surface point of contact as a second biasing member.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

positioning a thermal interface between the module and the heatsink.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a raised surface in the stiffener to act as the second biasing member.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 034194/0291 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2006
From: ECKBERG, ERIC A.; GOOD, MICHAEL S.; PFEIFER, MARK D.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017450/0744 →