Heat sink clip
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorChih-Hao Yang
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Abstract
A heat sink assembly (100) and a heat sink clip (20) are provided. The heat sink clip (20) includes a pin (22) and a spring (24) disposed around the pin (22). The pin (22) includes an upper section (22a) and a lower section (22b). The upper section (22a) has a head (222) thereon, and the lower section (22a) has a clamping portion (224) and an abutting portion (226) which is located between the head (222) and the clamping portion (224) and is in the form of an annular flange extending radially outwardly from an outer surface of the pin (22). A plurality of slots (22c) are defined through the clamping portion (224) and the lower section (22b) of the pin. The abutting portion (226) engages with a bottom surface of a heat sink (10) before the clip (20) secures the heat sink assembly (100) to a circuit board (40).
Claims16
A heat sink clip comprising:
- a pin having an upper section and a lower section;
- a spring being disposed around said pin;
- the upper section of said pin having a head thereon, the lower section of said pin having a clamping portion thereon, an abutting portion being formed between the head and the clamping portion, the spring being located between the head and the abutting portion, the abutting portion being in the form of an annular flange extending radially outwardly from an outer surface of said pin, a plurality of slots being defined through the clamping portion and the lower section of said pin.
A heat sink assembly comprising:
- a heat sink defining at least a hole therein;
- at least one clip comprising a pin and a spring being disposed around the pin, a top end of said pin having a head thereon, a bottom end of said pin having a clamping portion thereon adapted for engaging with a circuit board, an abutting portion being formed between the head and the clamping portion, the spring being located between the head and the abutting portion, the abutting portion being in the form of an annular flange extending radially outwardly from an outer surface of said pin, the abutting portion of said pin being capable of deformably passing through the at least a hole of said heat sink and abutting against a bottom surface of the heat sink when the abutting portion has passed though the at least a hole of said heat sink, wherein the spring is compressed between the head of said pin and the heat sink.
A heat sink assembly comprising:
- a circuit board;
- a heat generating unit mounted on the circuit board;
- a heat sink;
- a plurality of clips attached to the heat sink, each of the clips including a pin and a spring surrounding the pin;
- wherein the pin has a top head, a bottom clamping portion for extending through the circuit board and engaging a bottom of the circuit board so that the heat sink is secured to the heat generating unit, and an abutting portion between the head and the clamping portion, and wherein the abutting portion engages a bottom of the heat sink and the spring is located between the top head and the heat sink before the clamping portion is extended through the circuit board to engage with the bottom of the circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.