Claims
- 1. A heat transfer system, comprising:
a plate having a groove therein, said groove adapted to receive a liquid flow tube such that said liquid flow tube is held within said groove by at least one surface of said groove after said liquid flow tube is initially inserted into said groove and mechanical pressure is applied to an exposed portion of said inserted liquid flow tube, forcing said liquid flow tube into said groove, resulting in said liquid flow tube contacting said at least one surface of said groove.
- 2. The heat transfer system of claim 1, further comprising said liquid flow tube press fitted within said groove.
- 3. The heat transfer system of claim 1, wherein said groove includes a bottom surface located at a bottom of said groove, wherein said bottom surface includes a curve, a pair of channel side surfaces forming an opening into said groove through a first surface of said plate, and a pair of connecting surfaces connecting said bottom surface and respective ones of said channel side surfaces.
- 4. The heat transfer system of claim 1, wherein said bottom surface of said groove is wider than said opening formed by said channel side surfaces of said groove.
- 5. The heat transfer system of claim 2, wherein said liquid flow tube within said groove is deformed to contact at least a portion of a bottom surface located at a bottom of said groove, wherein said bottom surface includes a curve, a pair of channel side surfaces forming an opening into said groove through a first surface of said plate, and a pair of connecting surfaces connecting said bottom surface and respective ones of said channel side surfaces.
- 6. The heat transfer system of claim 1, wherein said plate comprises aluminum silicon carbide.
- 7. The heat transfer system of claim 6, wherein at least one region of said plate proximate to said groove comprises a relatively high proportion of aluminum with respect to the rest of said plate.
- 8. The heat transfer system of claim 5, wherein said liquid flow tube is flattened such that it does not project beyond a plane defined by said first surface of said plate, wherein at least a first component is mounted on said first surface of said plate, and wherein a second component is mounted on a second surface of said plate opposite to said first surface of said plate.
- 9. The heat transfer system of claim 8, wherein said heat transfer system operates to transfer heat away from said first component and said second component.
- 10. The heat transfer system of claim 8, wherein said heat transfer system operates to transfer heat to said first component and said second component.
- 11. A method of manufacturing a heat transfer system, comprising:
forming a plate having at least one groove therein; and press fitting at least one fluid transfer tube into said groove, wherein said press fitting secures said fluid transfer tube within said groove by deforming said fluid transfer tube such that said fluid transfer tube is in contact with at least one surface of said groove, and wherein said press fitting includes deforming said fluid transfer tube such that said fluid transfer tube does not project above a plane defined by a surface of said plate including an opening of said groove.
- 12. The method of claim 11, wherein said press fitting said fluid transfer tube includes placing said fluid transfer tube at an opening of said groove and applying a mechanical force to an exposed portion of said fluid transfer tube.
- 13. The method of claim 12, wherein said applying said mechanical force to said exposed portion of said tube comprises striking said exposed portion of said fluid transfer tube with a flat die.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to provisional patent application serial No. 60/371,879, entitled “TUBE-IN-PLATE COLD PLATE”, filed Apr. 11, 2002, and to provisional patent application serial No. 60/385,406, entitled “TUBE-IN-PLATE COLD PLATE HAVING CARBIDE PLATE”, filed Jun. 3, 2002.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60371879 |
Apr 2002 |
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60385406 |
Jun 2002 |
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