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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2004
Hsieh Kun Lee, Tu-Chen, TW;
Wan-lin Xia, Shenzhen, CN;
Xue-wen Peng, Shenzhen, CN;
Jin-song Feng, Shenzhen, CN;
Hsieh Kun Lee, Tu-Chen, TW;
Wan-Lin Xia, Shenzhen, CN;
Xue-Wen Peng, Shenzhen, CN;
Jin-Song Feng, Shenzhen, CN;
Fu Zhun Precision Ind (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd., Tu-Cheng, TW;
Abstract
A fastener () for mounting a heat-radiator () to an electronic device () on a circuit board () is disclosed. The heat-radiator and the circuit board have aligned holes (). The fastener includes a head () having an upper portion () with a large diameter and a lower portion () with a smaller diameter, a cylindrical spring () captured around the lower portion of the head for exerting a spring force against the heat-radiator, and a metallic wire () having a first end portion fixed on said head and a second end portion bent to form an engaging portion (). The engaging portion of the metallic wire compressively passes through the aligned holes of the heat-radiator and the circuit board and is engaged with an underside of the circuit board.