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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2019
Performance Motion Devices, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Emanuel Gustav Lewin, Lincoln, MA (US);
Steven M. Johnson, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Arthur R. Nigro, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Peng Li, Bolton, MA (US);
Peter Vandermeulen, Newburyport, MA (US);
Prabhakar Gowrisankaran, Andover, MA (US);
Andrew Colletta, Westford, MA (US);
Ahmad Shouman, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Performance Motion Devices, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Abstract
A package for securing a PCB to a heatsink includes mounts with over-torque protection features. The PCB is seated in an open end of the package. Each mount includes a threaded opening for securing the package to the heatsink such that the base layer of the PCB is thermally coupled to the heat sink. The over-torque protection features are connected between the threaded opening and a sidewall of the package. The over-torque protection features may be designed to structurally fail and/or deform in response to over-torqueing of the fasteners, thereby inhibiting flexure of the PCB.