Patent ID: 8327922

Claim:
A heat sink comprising: a plurality of individual plates, each of the plates comprising a heat-dissipating portion and a binding portion connecting with the heat-dissipating portion, the binding portions being stacked together on each other to form a heat-absorbing portion, and at least some of the heat-dissipating portions being bent at angles relative to the respective binding portions so that the heat-dissipating portions are divergent from each other; two holders each comprising a contacting base attached to one of two opposite sides of the heat-absorbing portion; and at least a hoop enclosing the heat-absorbing portion, wherein the at least a hoop encloses a circumference of the heat-absorbing portion and the contacting bases of the holders to secure the holders on the heat-absorbing portion; and wherein the at least a hoop comprises a strip and a retainer, the strip being bent to have a rectangular configuration enclosing the heat-absorbing portion, and two mounting pieces extending outwardly from the two opposite ends of the strip, the retainer extending through the mounting pieces and locking them together to bind the contacting bases on the heat-absorbing portion.