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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:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Lee, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Foxconn Precision Components Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ; F16B / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
24458 ; 24453 ; 24457 ; 257718 ; 361704 ; 174 163 ; 165 803 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a fastening device for attaching a heat sink to an electronic device package. The fastening device is unitarily formed to include a fastener and a C-shaped spring member. The spring member includes a center section and a pair of arcuate arms extending from opposite ends of the center section. The fastener perpendicularly extends from the center section. The spring member has a depressed surface for facilitating manual actuation. Each arm has a C-shaped flange at a distal end thereof.