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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2000
Eric C. Peterson, McKinney, TX (US);
William K. Coxe, Dallas, TX (US);
Paul T. Artman, Dallas, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A cooling device having a handle movably attached to a heat sink. The handle is attached to the heat sink by the use of captive fasteners. The captive fasteners serve the additional function of securing the cooling device to a heat-generating device. Springs are located between the handle and the heat sink and compress when the cooling device is attached to the heat-generating device. The springs cause a spring force to be applied between the cooling device and the heat-generating device which is maintained as the heat-generating device and the cooling device undergo thermal expansion and contraction.