Abstract: A method of installing an asymmetric heat pipe in a heat sink includes providing an asymmetric heat pipe with additional material on one side; forming a cavity in a base of the heat sink leaving additional base material on the component side of the heat sink; inserting the asymmetric heat pipe in the cavity; and removing the additional material on the asymmetric heat pipe and the additional base material on the heat sink to form a smooth and substantially uniform contact surface on the component side. An apparatus includes a component; a heat sink with a cavity; and a flattened heat pipe inserted into the cavity; wherein the heat sink and the heat pipe have a smooth and substantially uniform surface on the side proximal to the component and the heat pipe has a thickness which is substantially the same size on a component side and an opposite side.

Abstract: A method of installing an asymmetric heat pipe in a heat sink includes providing an asymmetric heat pipe with additional material on one side; forming a cavity in a base of the heat sink leaving additional base material on the component side of the heat sink; inserting the asymmetric heat pipe in the cavity; and removing the additional material on the asymmetric heat pipe and the additional base material on the heat sink to form a smooth and substantially uniform contact surface on the component side. An apparatus includes a component; a heat sink with a cavity; and a flattened heat pipe inserted into the cavity; wherein the heat sink and the heat pipe have a smooth and substantially uniform surface on the side proximal to the component and the heat pipe has a thickness which is substantially the same size on a component side and an opposite side.

Abstract: A front installable guide for a circuit card connecting device is provided. The connecting device has a circuit card connector. The guide has a pair of elongated alignment pins. Each of the pins terminates in a fastener for attachment to the connecting device adjacent the connector. The guide also has a guiding member. The guiding member has a groove which is slidably engagable with an edge of a circuit card. A pair of parallel channels is formed in the guiding member for reception of the alignment pins such that when the alignment pins are received in the channels and attached to the connecting device, the groove is aligned for reception of a circuit card to be connected to the connecting device. The guiding member can provide support for the received circuit card.