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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. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Howard G Hinshaw, Dallas, TX (US);
William D Jordan, Dallas, TX (US);
Matthew Smithers, Lewisville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Thermalloy, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257718 ; 257722 ; 361710 ; 361719 ;
Abstract
A clip secures a heat sink having a slot with grooves on opposing sides thereof to a transistor. The frame has sides with a width therebetween which can be wedged into grooves on opposing sides of a slot in the heat sink. A portion of the frame is raised up between two parallel cuts in the frame. A transistor is wedged under the raised up portion. The clip has legs which are insertable into a printed circuit board for easy assembly of a heat sink, transistor, clip and printed circuit board.