Patent ID: 7035107
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a spring cage having a rectangular frame with four sides and four corners, having a first spring tab to engage a heatsink attached to a first side of the rectangular frame by a first spring portion, having a second spring tab to engage a heatsink attached to a second side of the rectangular frame by a second spring portion wherein the second side is opposite the first side, having a first retention point formed at a first corner of the rectangular frame, and having a second retention point formed at a second corner of the rectangular frame that is adjacent to the first corner; an actuation lever having a first and second actuator portions, wherein both first and second actuator portions are of elongate shape having a first end and a second end, wherein the first ends of both the first and second actuator portions are connected together by a lever portion, wherein a first retention point is formed at the second end of the first actuator portion, wherein a second retention point is formed at the second end of the second actuator portion, and wherein pivot points are provided on both first and second actuator portions to cooperate with corresponding pivot points provided on the rectangular frame of the spring cage to form a pivoting connection between the actuation lever and the spring cage; and a retention module having a rectangular frame having at least two circuitboard tabs to engage a circuitboard, having a first pair of retention points on the rectangular frame of the retention module to engage the first and second retention points of the rectangular frame of the spring cage, and having a second pair of retention points on the rectangular frame of the retention module to engage the first and second retention points of the actuator portions of the actuation lever.