Patent ID: 7554810
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A mounting apparatus for securing a heat dissipation module to a circuit board with a socket mounted thereon, the socket adapted for receiving a heat-generating component therein, the mounting apparatus comprising: a plurality of posts adapted for being detachably attached to the circuit board adjacent the socket; a mounting frame adapted for attachment to the heat dissipation module, a plurality of hollow poles extending down from a lower surface of the mounting frame; a plurality of support devices each comprising an enlarged flange portion supporting a corresponding one of the plurality of poles, a support portion extending up from an upper surface of the flange portion and being received in the corresponding pole, and a coupling portion extending down from a lower surface of the flange portion and detachably installable to a corresponding post, thereby suspending the heat dissipation module over the socket; a plurality of sleeve bodies, each sleeve body for respectively receiving the a corresponding post, and configured for being sandwiched between the corresponding flange portions and the circuit board; and a plurality of fasteners, each fastener extending from the mounting frame and engagable with a corresponding support portion.