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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:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald L Clemens, The Colony, TX (US);
Steven F Edwards, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Thermalloy, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361704 ; 361707 ; 361709 ; 361712 ; 361714 ; 361719 ; 257718 ; 257719 ; 257727 ; 174 163 ; 165 802 ; 165 803 ;
Abstract
A heat sink having a support base which supports a base plate is used to mount one or more device packages on a circuit board or the like. The support base is adapted to be secured to the circuit board. The base plate has opposed major faces adapted for mating with device packages. Tongues or clips secure individual device packages on the major faces of the base plate independently to that device packages may be removeably attached to either or both sides of the base plate.