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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Netgear, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
John Ramones, San Ramon, CA (US);
Arun Raghupathy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Netgear, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A heat sink assembly uses a pin and a spring arrangement to bias a heat sink against an underlying support with an electrical component in between. A lock cap, mounted on a head of the pin, selectively engages a retainer formed beneath an upper end of a heat dissipating element or fin of the heat sink to precompress the spring. When the lock cap is engaged and the spring is precompressed, the pin may be attached to the underlying support without opposing the force of the spring. When the attachment is complete and the lock cap is disengaged, the spring is allowed to act against the head of the pin and the base of the heat sink to operatively bias the heat sink against the underlying support.