Patent ID: 6243266
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking device for locking a heat sink to electronic packages of a range of thicknesses, comprising:a plurality of pegs each including a stanchion, a neck extending from an end of the stanchion and a head protruding from the neck; anda bracket having a base and a plurality of cantilever parts extending from the base, the cantilever parts each having a body portion continuing the base, a pair of inclined portions respectively depending from opposite ends of the body portion, a pair of locking recesses each continuing an associated inclined portion and spaced a different height from the base, a pair of sustaining flanges each continuing an associated locking recess for pressing against the package, a slot extending across the base, the pair of inclined portions and the pair of locking recesses, and an engaging hole defined through the slot for extension of the head of the peg and for a sliding movement of the bracket relative to the pegs to selectively engage the neck of the peg with a selected one of the associated pair of locking recesses.