Patent ID: 6508300
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A spring clip for mounting a cooling device to a component carried by a connector, comprising:a plurality of spaced apart ribs that are substantially parallel and coplanar to each other, the ribs including a latch arm and a hinge arm positioned astride a rocking axis disposed substantially perpendicular to the ribs and lying on a base plane, the latch and hinge arms are inclined at a rocking angle having a vertex at the rocking axis, each hinge arm including a first segment inclined at a first angle, a hinge declined at a bend distance from the rocking axis so that the hinge is positioned on a hinge plane, the ribs in the hinge converge on each other defining an aperture adapted to be movably hinged on the connector, and at least one notch formed in the ribs and adapted to receive a removable locking rib operative to lock the cooling device in the spring clip, each latch arm including a first section inclined at a first pressure angle having a vertex at a first distance from the rocking axis, a second section inclined at a second pressure angle having a vertex at a second distance from the rocking axis; a bridge substantially parallel to the rocking axis and connected With the latch arms and defining an opening through which the cooling device is inserted; and a latch assembly connected with the ribs of the latch arms and inclined at a third distance from the rocking axis so that the latch assembly is positioned on a latch plane, the latch assembly including a latch having an aperture therein adapted to removably latch the spring clip with the connector, and a handle inclined at a second angle with respect to the latch plane.