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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. 11, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kurt H Petersen, Austin, TX (US);
David L Harper, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361720 ; 361704 ; 361707 ; 361709 ; 361710 ; 361719 ; 361752 ; 361759 ; 165 802 ; 165 803 ; 165185 ; 174 161 ; 174 163 ;
Abstract
A heat dissipating element, positioned inside a protective cover, removes heat from the vicinity of a multi-chip module comprising active semiconductor devices attached to a printed circuit board. Attachment of the protective cover to the printed circuit board uses a latching mechanism with minimum board space requirements.