Patent ID: 7746647

Claim:
A clip for securing a heat dissipating device to a heat source, comprising: a spring arm comprising two wires substantially parallel to each other, a hook formed at one end of the spring arm to connect ends of the wires and two barbs each formed at another end of each of the wires, a central portion of each of the wires projecting downwardly; and an ear comprising a main body, two notches in an upside of the main body and a clamping unit at a downside of the main body, each of the notches comprising from above to below an insertion slot, an elongated sliding slot and a retaining slot; wherein a block portion extends from the main body of the ear into the notch and is located between the sliding slot and the retaining slot; and wherein the spring arm engages with the ear with the barbs extending into the insertion slots, and the wires are slideable downwardly along the sliding slots to be fixed in the retaining slots.