Patent ID: 7054158

Claim:
A heat sink with a main body for accommodating at least one electronic structural element, and with a spring element for pressing the structural element against the main body, whereby the spring element is held on the main body by a connecting means, wherein, the connecting means are configured as a push-on connection ( 15 ) and have a projection ( 7 ) on the main body ( 2 ) and a mounting opening ( 14 ) in the spring element ( 3 ) for the projection ( 7 ), whereby an opening edge ( 23 ) of the mounting opening ( 14 ) bears, at least in sections, against a lateral surface of the projection ( 7 ) under preload resulting from intrinsic elasticity of the spring element ( 3 ) and/or the projection ( 7 ), and wherein a diameter ( 16 ) of the mounting opening ( 14 ) is greater than an associated diameter ( 17 ) of the projection ( 7 ).