Patent 7595988 was granted and assigned to Raytheon on September, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a thermal management system for an electronic assembly includes an electronic component coupled to a substrate, the substrate coupled to a coldplate, a spring member disposed between and engaging both an underside of the electronic component and the coldplate, and a heat transfer element disposed within a chamber formed by the spring member.