Flexible glove-like heat sink

A method of installing a heat sink assembly on an object to be cooled, comprising the steps of:

• providing a main body of thermally conductive elastic material with an object receiving seat having an inner surface and an open end with a free edge;
• providing a plurality of heat dissipation members from the outer surface of the main body and integrally connected thereto;
• providing at least one flexible securing tab of thermally conductive elastic material at the free edge of the main body and emanating into the open end of the main body;
• providing an object to be cooled having an outer heat generating surface;
• flexing the at least one flexible securing tab to clear the at least one flexible securing tab away from the open end of the main body;
• inserting the object to be cooled into the object receiving seat;
• and
• placing the outer heat generating surface of the object to be cooled into thermal communication with the inner surface of the object receiving seat.

A method of manufacturing a heat sink assembly, comprising the steps of:

• forming a main body of thermally conductive elastic material with an object receiving seat having an inner surface, an outer surface and an open end with a free edge;
• forming a plurality of heat dissipation members from the outer surface of the main body and integrally connected thereto;
• and
• forming at least one flexible securing tab of thermally conductive elastic material at the free edge of the main body and emanating into the open end of the main body.