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US 6,381,813 B1Granted
Device for retaining cooling piece
OwnerYaw-Huey Laiinventor
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Abstract
A device is designed to retain a cooling piece. The device comprises a main body provided with a press portion having two elastic portion on both side, on end of each said elastic portion extend downward to form a leg portion with a retaining portion; one leg portion stretches inward and upward to form a hook, and the leg portion has an operation hole located on the upside of the hook.
Claims2
A device for retaining a cooling piece on a CPU mounted on a connector which has two lugs, said device comprising:
- a unitary main body having a press portion for pressing the cooling piece onto the CPU;
- at least two elastic portions extending linearly upward from opposite sides of the press portion;
- a pair of leg portions respectively engaged to ends of the elastic portions extending down toward the connector;
- a retaining hole in each of the leg portions adapted for respective engagement to the lugs;
- a hook opening upward from the connector formed on an interior side of one of the leg portions above the corresponding retaining hole;
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- an operation hole formed in said one of the leg portions above the hook adapted to permit insertion of a lever to engage the hook within the device;
- wherein when the device is engaged to the lugs, the cooling piece extends upward between the elastic portions.
5 more elements
The device according to claim having three elastic portions extending upward from opposite sides of the press portion;
- wherein when the device is engaged to the lugs, the cooling piece extends upward between the three elastic portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.