Patent ID: 7819173

Claim:
A base plate for receiving heatsink fins, said base plate comprising: a generally planar heat conducting base unit, said base unit having a primary surface with a plurality of elongate, heat-conducting jaw pairs depending from said primary surface, each of said jaw pairs separated by an elongate channel for receiving a respective end of one of said fins, each of said jaw pairs having a first jaw and a second jaw, each of said first and second jaws having a side surface and an opposite side surface, said side surface meeting said primary surface to form an angled corner of said channel, said opposite side surface of said first jaw facing said opposite side surface of said second jaw, each of said opposite side surfaces shaped so that a cross section of said each of said first and second jaws first progressively widens to decrease the distance between said first jaw and said second jaw and then narrows from its distal end toward the primary surface, to increase flexibility of each of said jaws.