Digital Equipment Corporation

Compaq Computer Corporation, Inc.

James F Staples

Richard E Olson

Robert M Mondor

Stephen Lindquist

Phil Tousignant

Kenneth D Ganon

A cabinet system includes first and second cabinets each including first and second side walls, upper and lower rectilinear frames extending between the side walls at vertically spaced-apart locations therealong and weldments connecting the upper and lower frames to the side walls to form a rigid housing. A pair of spaced-apart locating holes are formed in the side wall of the first cabinet adjacent to the lower frame thereof and an additional locating hole is present in the first wall of the first cabinet adjacent to the upper frame thereof. Further, a pair of spaced-part locating pins are provided in the second side wall of the second cabinet adjacent to the lower frame thereof along with an additional locating pin in the side wall of the second cabinet adjacent to the upper frame thereof. The locating pins of the second cabinet are arranged and adapted to slide into the corresponding ones of the locating holes of the first cabinet when the second side wall of the second cabinet is positioned flush against the first side wall of the first cabinet so as to align the cabinets in the X and Y directions. Fasteners are provided for securing the second side wall of the second cabinet to the first side wall of the first cabinet. A method of aligning the two cabinets is also disclosed.

Cabinet system and method of assembling same

The present invention includes a heat sink device which, in a preferred embodiment, has a number of fins extending from a flat base section. In addition, there are matching grooves formed in a pair of said fins and snapped into said grooves, there is located a plastic clip-on member. The clip-on member is designed to be spread, or temporarily deformed at its ends, in order to be clipped onto a holder which is holding an active element (a heat generating element), such as an integrated circuit. When the clip-on member is so clipped onto the holder, it applies force to hold said flat base section of said heat sink means against the section of the holder which overlies the active element to thereby conduct heat from the active element. The clip-on member can be readily removed if, for instance, the integrated circuit fails and in this way the heat sink is not wasted.

Heat sink arrangement with clip-on portion

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Westford, MA, United States of America

James F Staples