Patent ID: 7321493

Claim:
A circuit board module, comprising: a circuit board; a circuit board component mounted to the circuit board; a heatsink; and an attachment assembly for attaching the heatsink to the circuit board over the circuit board component, the assembly including: a first anchor configured to secure to a first location of the circuit board, a second anchor configured to secure to a second location of the circuit board, each of the first and second anchors including a set of legs, each leg having a looped end portion configured to contact the circuit board, and a heatsink clip configured to concurrently (i) fasten to the first and second anchors when the first and second anchors secure to the first and second locations of the circuit board, and (ii) hold the heatsink to against the circuit board component of the circuit board; wherein the looped end portion of each leg extends substantially 360 degrees or more around a central area defined by that looped end portion.