Patent ID: 7133288

Claim:
A heat sink retention module for an electronic device, said retention module comprising: a base comprising mounting lugs configured to be mounted to a circuit board; frame elements extending between said mounting lugs to define at least one keep out area interior to said frame elements and at least one keep out area exterior to said frame elements, said frame elements including first and second frame elements intersecting at a corner and extending from said corner substantially perpendicular to one another and said frame elements including an angled frame element extending at an oblique angle to said first and second frame elements; and a first heat sink retention posts located at said corner and extending vertically upward from an intersection of said first and second frame elements; and a second heat sink retention post, extending upward from an outer end of said angled frame element at a location that is closer to said keep out area exterior to said frame element than a distance of said first heat sink retention post from said keep out area exterior to said frame elements.