Fiber guide connected to a heatsink fastener

A method of using a single device to support multiple items on a printed circuit board, the method comprising:

• attaching a heatsink to an electronic component using said device;
• and
• routing a fiber optic cable through a channel within said device, forming a heatsink clip and a fiber guide as two portions of said device, in a single operation.

A device for fastening a heatsink and supporting a fiber optic cable on a printed circuit board, the device comprising:

• a heatsink clip comprising a rectangular frame surrounding a rectangular hole, and four fasteners connected to four sides of the rectangular frame;
• and
• four fiber guides, each fiber guide being connected to a corner of the rectangular frame, each fiber guide being formed as an integral extension of the heatsink clip, each fiber guide having a plurality of walls enclosing a channel of sufficient dimensions to hold at least said fiber optic cable.

A device for fastening a heatsink and supporting a fiber optic cable on a printed circuit board, the device comprising:

• a heat sink fastening mechanism unitary with the heat sink;
• and
• a plurality of fiber guides, each fiber guide being formed as an integral extension of the fastening mechanism, each fiber guide having a plurality of walls defining a channel of sufficient dimensions to allow routing of the fiber optic cable therethrough, the channel having a curvature less than a minimum bend radius of the fiber optic cable.

A device for supporting multiple items on a printed circuit board, the device comprising:

• a heatsink means for attaching the heatsink to an electronic component;
• and
• means for routing a fiber optic cable, the means for routing being supported by the means for attaching, the means for routing having a channel of sufficient dimensions to allow routing of the fiber optic cable therethrough, the heat sink and the means for routing being unitary.