Patent ID: 6883592

Claim:
A heatsink for an electronic component comprising: a plurality of heatsink plates, each of the heatsink plates having a binding portion and a heat-dissipating portion, each heat-dissipating portion including a plurality of heat-dissipating fins joined to the binding portion, wherein the heatsink plates are bound together at the binding portions to form a heat-absorbing portion for contacting a heat-dissipating surface of an electronic component, and at least some of the heat-dissipating portions of the heatsink plates are bent at respective angles relative to the respective binding portions of the heatsink plates to increase separation between adjacent heat-dissipating portions; and means for binding the plurality of heatsink plates together, wherein the plurality of heat-dissipating fins on each heat-dissipating portion are grouped into at least two groups of fins and the groups are separated from each other for mounting of the heatsink on an electronic component with a clip fitting on the electronic component between the groups of the fins, and each heat-dissipating portion of each heatsink plate has one separating protrusion which contacts the heat-dissipating portion of an adjacent heatsink plate so that the heat-dissipating portion of each heatsink plate is displaced at an angle from the heat-dissipating portions of adjacent heatsink plates.