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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:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1997
Gary F Kuzmin, Plano, TX (US);
Donald Lynn Clemens, The Colony, TX (US);
Thermalloy Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A mounting assembly for thermally coupling a heat sink to a surface mounted heat generating electronic device package. The mounting assembly essentially comprises a heat generating device package, a mounting attachment, and a heat sink. The mounting attachment and heat generating device package are surface mounted to a PCB or other substrate in mutual thermal communication with a thermal pad on the substrate. The mounting attachment is adapted to facilitate the effective dissipation of heat from surface mounted heat generating electronic device packages while allowing for the post-manufacture installation and exchange of heat sinks.