Heat dissipation device with clip for mounting a fan to a heat sink thereof
AssigneesFu Zhun Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorJing Zhang
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Abstract
A clip is capable of engaging with a heat sink for securing a fan to the heat sink. The clip includes a mounting plate, a supporting plate, a spring fastener and a spring positioning plate. The supporting plate extends from the mounting plate. The spring fastener extends from the supporting plate and spaced from the mounting plate for pressing the fan toward the heat sink. The spring positioning plate extends from the mounting plate. The mounting plate is horizontally inserted into the heat sink and the spring positioning plate is V-shaped and resiliently engaged in a V-shaped receiving space of the heat sink, thereby securing the clip to the heat sink.
Claims16
A heat dissipation device comprising:
- a heat sink comprising two first receiving spaces and two second receiving spaces;
- a fan;
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- two clips each engaging with both the heat sink and the fan to secure the fan on the heat sink, each clip comprising:
- a mounting plate inserted in one corresponding first receiving space;
- a supporting plate extending from the mounting plate;
- a spring fastener connected to the supporting plate and spaced from the mounting plate;
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- a spring positioning plate extending from one of the mounting plate, the spring fastener and the supporting plate, the spring positioning plate received in one corresponding second receiving space to restrict the mounting plate in the corresponding first receiving space to secure the each clip to the heat sink;
- wherein after the clips are mounted on the heat sink, the spring fasteners press the fan towards the mounting plates to secure the fan on the heat sink.
A clip capable of engaging with a heat sink for securing a fan to the heat sink the clip comprising:
- a mounting plate;
- a supporting plate extending from the mounting plate;
- a spring fastener extending from the supporting plate and spaced from the mounting plate, adapted for pressing the fan toward the heat sink;
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- a spring positioning plate extending from one of the mounting plate, the supporting plate and the spring fastener;
- wherein the mounting plate is adapted for horizontally inserting into the heat sink and the spring positioning plate is squeezable and adapted for resiliently engaging in the heat sink to thereby secure the clip to the heat sink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.