Multiple spring-retention device and method for manufacturing it
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorGilles Jurek
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Abstract
The device comprises a small connecting bar (1) and a plurality of elastic tabs (2) fastened at (3) on the small bar. Screws 8 fasten the device onto the base (6) of a housing which receives an electronic circuit board (5) associated with electronic power components (4). The tabs (2) squeeze the components (4) against a radiator (7). The device has a modular nature permitting the production of a family of devices of this type adapted to varied distributions of components (4). Application to the cooling of electronic power components in a command housing of automobile electronics.
Claims15
A modular spring-retention device, comprising:
- a support,
- a plurality of mutually aligned elastic tab means cooperating with said support for clamping a plurality of mutually aligned components between respective ones of said tabs and said support,
- a connecting bar interconnecting said elastic tabs, said bar being formed separately from said support and said bar and said tabs being formed individually and separately, and
- a plurality of fastening means for individually fastening each of said tabs to said connecting bar in a predetermined position corresponding to respective individual positions of said components.
Method of manufacturing a multiple spring retention device, comprising:
- forming a connecting bar having a longitudinal axis,
- producing a plurality of elastic tabs,
- defining receiving and fastening locations for the elastic tabs on the connecting bar,
- fastening a plurality of the tabs to the connecting bar in at least some of the defined locations and forming a device for individually clamping a plurality of aligned components onto a support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.