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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald L Clemens, The Colony, TX (US);
Keith Mandell, Irving, TX (US);
Assignee:
Thermalloy, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361704 ; 174 163 ; 257713 ; 257727 ; 411530 ;
Abstract
A spring clamp and insulating shoe assembly is used to secure a finned heat sink to an electronic device package. The spring clamp body fits between or around fins or pins extending from one face of a heat sink and carries an insulating shoe which fits around the edge of the device package and has a lip which engages the opposite face of the device package to urge the device package and heat sink into mutual contact.