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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ken Kitlas, San Jose, CA (US);
Khim Foo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361695 ;
Abstract
A shroud attachment (10) for positioning a CPU module (14) relative to a cooling fan (12) on a motherboard (18) and within a computer chassis (24). Shroud (10) includes a vented cooling fan enclosure (11), a CPU mounting section (13), a swing clip (60), fastener mounts (63, 65) for holding captive fasteners (20, 22), which secure motherboard (18) to chassis (24) and provide electrical ground points. Side rails (56, 58) capture side edges of CPU module (14), which includes an enclosure housing (16) for directing cooling air flow past the CPU.