Patent ID: 9560736
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: F16B,H05K

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a printed circuit board having a hole, the hole having a longest extent on a surface of the printed circuit board; a clip held in the hole by feet of prongs of the clip, the feet being extensions each having a length that is more than half the longest extent of the hole; and a heat sink held, in part, relative to the printed circuit board by the clip, an arm of the heat sink contacting a loop of the clip and applying a force on the clip directed away from the printed circuit board, the feet of the clip on an opposite side of the printed circuit board than the heat sink and holding the clip to the printed circuit board to counteract the force; wherein the prongs offset the feet such that the extensions overlap with the lengths extending along the longest extent of the hole by less than a sum of the lengths of the feet and less than the longest extent for insertion through the hole and wherein the feet and corresponding extensions are in parallel planes with a plane of the loop.