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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
May. 19, 2004
Stephen Damian Delprete, Rehoboth, MA (US);
Donald Phillip Amaral, Jr., Seekonk, MA (US);
Stephen Damian DelPrete, Rehoboth, MA (US);
Donald Phillip Amaral, Jr., Seekonk, MA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
A heat sink retention module for an electronic device includes a base comprising mounting lugs configured to be mounted to a circuit board, and frame elements extending between the mounting lugs to define at least one keep out area interior to the frame elements and at least one keep out area exterior to the frame elements. The frame elements include at least one frame element extending at an oblique angle to another of the frame elements, and heat sink retention posts extend vertically upward from the frame elements.