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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
May. 17, 1999
Yoshikiyo Watanabe, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
The electronic device of the present invention includes a printed wiring board having wiring patterns, a heat generating component connected to the wiring patterns, a heat radiating member formed of a metal, the heat radiating member having a base portion, a tongue piece formed by cutting the base portion and raising the cut portion, and a pair of mounting legs, and a frame for mounting the printed wiring board, the mounting legs of the heat radiating member being positioned at both opposed sides of the printed wiring board so that the base portion of the heat radiating member is located above the printed wiring board and so that the heat radiating member straddles the printed wiring board, and the tongue piece of the heat radiating member being in elastic contact with the heat generating component.