US 10,882,147 B2 · Heatsink with retention mechanisms

Abstract

Examples described herein include an assembly. The assembly may be a heatsink assembly or some other cooling assembly (for example, a liquid cooling assembly). The heatsink or cooling assembly may include a heatsink or some other cooling means, such as a liquid cooling device. The heatsink or cooling assembly may include a base. The heatsink itself may connect to a base or the bottom of the heatsink may form the base. The base may interface or connect to a bolster plate. The base may interface or connect to a bolster plate via apertures in the base and fasteners included on the base and the bolster plate. The heatsink or cooling assembly may include one or more apertures to accept one or more guide pins and/or retention pins on the bolster plate. The base may include retention mechanisms positioned over the apertures to attach to retention pins on the bolster plate. The retention pins may be the guide pins with retention features.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a heatsink assembly, including:
a heatsink with a base, the base including two apertures;
retention mechanisms positioned over the two apertures to lock onto retention pins of a bolster plate, wherein the retention mechanisms each include:
a retainer;
a lock ring positioned over the retainer;
and
a push button inserted into the retainer and attached to the lock ring, wherein actuation of the push button downwards pushes the lock ring into a down position to lock the retainer onto the retention pin and actuation upwards lifts the lock ring into an up position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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