Patent 7391617 was granted and assigned to Fujitsu Siemens Computers on June, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A cooling arrangement for a computer system includes a base plate, a system board which coupled to the base plate, a processor arranged on the system board, and a cooling apparatus arranged on the processor. A holding plate is provided between the base plate and the system board in the region of the processor, and the cooling apparatus is connected, via connectors, to the holding plate such that the cooling apparatus can move relative to the holding plate.