Patent ID: 9736968
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H05K,Y10T

Claim:
1. A device for clamping a printed circuit board module in a mounting groove of a cold plate, comprising: an elongated housing made of metal, a cross-section of the housing having the shape of a horizontal U having a back, U limbs and a front side, wherein the back of the U is formed by a back wall, the U limbs are formed by lateral walls and the front side is substantially open; a pressure piece made of metal and having a thickness that is significantly greater than the thickness of the walls of the housing, the pressure piece being mounted between the lateral walls of the housing so as to be transversely displaceable relative to a longitudinal axis of the housing and having a flat clamping surface at a front side that extends along an entire length of the pressure piece and substantially an entire length of the housing, the flat clamping surface extending parallel to the back wall of the housing; and a drive mechanism, which is independent of and disposed between the back wall of the housing and the pressure piece and which pushes the pressure piece forward through the open front side of the housing at least so far that the pressure piece protrudes beyond the parallel lateral walls of the housing and an entire length of the flat clamping surface thereof can be seated against an opposing wall of the mounting groove wherein a line of contact between a back side of the pressure piece and the drive mechanism is in a plane parallel to the back wall.