Patent ID: 6381813
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for retaining a cooling piece on a CPU mounted on a connector which has two lugs, said device comprising:a unitary main body having a press portion for pressing the cooling piece onto the CPU; at least two elastic portions extending linearly upward from opposite sides of the press portion; a pair of leg portions respectively engaged to ends of the elastic portions extending down toward the connector; a retaining hole in each of the leg portions adapted for respective engagement to the lugs; a hook opening upward from the connector formed on an interior side of one of the leg portions above the corresponding retaining hole; and an operation hole formed in said one of the leg portions above the hook adapted to permit insertion of a lever to engage the hook within the device; wherein when the device is engaged to the lugs, the cooling piece extends upward between the elastic portions.