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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Accelerated Systems Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Stanley Arthur Baer, Waterloo, CA;
Desmond Mark Robertson Smyth, Waterloo, CA;
Ransom Thomas Green, Waterloo, CA;
Christopher Keith Derbecker, Waterloo, CA;
Robert Gordon Lankin, Waterloo, CA;
Accelerated Systems Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
An enclosure includes a housing defining an interior chamber for receiving an electronic assembly. The housing is made of a thermally conductive material so as to operate as a heat sink. The housing has a heat transfer surface within the interior chamber for receiving heat generating components thereon, and an interior groove within the interior chamber. The enclosure also includes a retaining clip having a clip length, a first portion extending along the clip length for engaging the interior groove, and a second portion extending along the clip length for engaging the heat generating components. The retaining clip is made from a resilient material and is sized and shaped such that positioning the first portion in the interior groove flexes the retaining clip and presses the second portion against the heat generating components so as to bias the heat generating components into thermal contact with the heat transfer surface.