Patent ID: 7764500

Claim:
An electronic system comprising: an enclosure comprising a first panel and a second panel connecting with the first panel; a printed circuit board mounted on the first panel of the enclosure; and a heat sink assembly having a first end mounted on the printed circuit board for contacting a heat-generating electronic device on the printed circuit board, a second end opposite to the first end, and a holding member connecting the second panel of the enclosure with the second end of the heat sink assembly; wherein the holding member comprises a mounting plate secured on the second panel of the enclosure and a receiving plate perpendicularly extending from the mounting plate; wherein the heat sink assembly comprises a connecting member at the second end thereof, the connecting member connecting with the receiving plate of the holding member; and wherein the connecting member of the heat sink assembly has at least a column extending therefrom and soldered in the receiving plate of the holding member, wherein the heat sink assembly further comprises a heat pipe extending from the first end to the second end thereof, the connecting member comprising a base, the heat pipe engaging with the base of the connecting member, the at least a column extending from the base.