Aavid Engineering, Inc.

Alfred F McCarthy

Philip A Johnson

Clip-on winged heat sink for an electronic device

Heat sink

A resilient spring clip for attaching a semiconductor to a heat sink comprising a first surface and an attachment means, the attachment means comprising a pair of V-shaped legs adapted to fit into and be secured to a slot in a heat sink so that the first surface spring-engages the semiconductor and holds it to the heat sink, the clip taking up little extra space.

V-shaped clip for attaching a semiconductor device to a heat sink

Clip for uniting an electronic device with an extruded heat sink

Solderable mount for an electronic device

Heat-sink cover for leadless electronic chip-carrier sockets

Plastic solderable-pinned mount for an electronic device

Spring-clip heat sink for a pair of electronic devices

Slotted dual-channel heat sink for electronic devices

Extruded-heat-sink with spring clip

Heat sink with locking catch for tabs of electronic devices

Dissipation of heat from a socketed leadless electronic chip-carrier package is promoted by a heat-conducting metal socket cap distinctively overlying and guiding heat away from the socketed package fully along a broad planar surface area, the socket cap being of a unitary construction which both mechanically holds the package securely mated with a multi-pin socket and also cools the package by way of an integrated array of heat-radiating elements; edge clasping of the cap with a chip-carrying socket avoids interference with needed conduction of heat away from central areas of the package and cap.

Electronic chip-carrier heat sinks

Electronic chip-carrier heat sink

Sheet-metal heat sink for electronic devices

Leadless integrated-circuit chip-carrier heat sink

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Belmount, NH, United States of America

Alfred F McCarthy