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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2014
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Paul Jerome Grosskreuz, West Bend, WI (US);
Rui Zhou, West Bend, WI (US);
Kelly James Bronk, Kewaskum, WI (US);
Jeremiah John Kopiness, Saukville, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A system includes a heat sink, a semiconductor device, and a layer of thermal interface material (TIM) disposed between the heat sink and the semiconductor device. The TIM may facilitate dissipation of heat generated by the semiconductor device via the heat sink. The system also includes a fastener system that couples the semiconductor device to the heat sink about the layer of TIM. The system also includes one or more washers of the fastener system that maintain a coupling force between the semiconductor device and the heat sink after the TIM flows.