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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:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Shia, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thomas J. Wong, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 ;
Abstract
A heat sink retention frame is disposed about an electronic package, and a heat sink is disposed within the heat sink retention frame above the electronic package. A clip is mounted across a lateral edge surface of the heat sink and fastened to the heat sink retention frame. The clip can help hold the heat sink in place during normal operation and can retain the heat sink in the retention frame during mechanical shocks.