Patent ID: 7532477
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A memory module and heat sink arrangement comprising two heat sinks, a memory module sandwiched between said two heat sinks and carrying a memory chip, and a plurality of clamps that secure said two heat sinks together, wherein said two heat sinks each comprise a flat base, a bonding surface formed on said flat base at an inner side and bonded to one of two opposite sides of said memory chip, a mounting unit disposed at a top side of said flat base, and a plurality of retaining spring strips respectively extended from said flat base for securing said clamps, said mounting unit of one of said heat sinks being connectable to said mounting unit of the other of said heat sinks; said clamps are clamped on said two heat sinks at a top side, said clamps each having two clamping arms respectively clamped on one retaining spring strip of each of said two heat sinks, said clamping arms each having a retaining hole for the engagement of the associating retaining spring strip, wherein said flat base of each of said two heat sinks has a plurality of openings; said retaining spring strips of said two heat sinks are respectively suspended in said openings on said flat base of each of said two heat sinks.