Patent ID: 7269010

Claim:
A heat dissipation device for dissipating heat from an electronic package, comprising: a heat sink comprising a main body, the main body comprising a thermal conduct base and a plurality of space apart fins being perpendicular to the thermal conduct base, and a cutout defined only on top of each corner of the main body; a fan mounting structure mounted to the fins of the heat sink and comprising a pair of fan fasteners, each fan fastener comprising an upper plate, a plurality of fixing holes in the upper plate, a pair of side plates extending downward from opposite sides of the upper plate, a back plate extending downward from a back side of the upper plate, and a lower plate extending perpendicularly inward from the back plate and paralleling to the upper plate; a fan; and a plurality of fixing devices attaching the fan to the fan mounting structure; wherein the fixing devices extend through the fixing holes of the upper plate into the cutouts.