Delphi Technologies, Inc.

Debabrata Sarkar

Michael D Bradfield

Michael L Hull

Steve J Shields

Olen L Phillips

A heat sink device for retaining a heat dissipating object includes a substrate having an aperture configured therethrough to receive the object and an extruded portion extending from a surface of the substrate defining the aperture. The extruded portion is configured to receive the object and increase a surface area available for heat transfer from said object in said aperture relative to without said extruded portion.

Apparatus and method for heat sink device

A plastic fastener is disclosed. The fastener may be employed in a vehicle generator. The fastener has a plastic body extending through an aperture of a first component and through an aperture of a second component. The body has a first distal head that retainingly abuts the opening of the aperture of the first component. The plastic body also has a second distal head that retainingly abuts the opening of the aperture of the second component. The configuration of the body secures the first component to the second component. The invention further provides a method of fastening components of a vehicular generator. A plastic body with first and second studs is over molded about a first generator component. At least one stud may be extended through an aperture of a second generator component. The studs are then formed into distal heads to secure the first component to the second component.

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Anderson, IN, United States of America

Debabrata Sarkar