FREELY DETACHABLE SUPPORTING/HEAT SINK DEVICE CONNECTABLE TO COMPUTER PROCESSOR WITHOUT USE OF TOOL

• Main Authors: JANSEN KENNETH A, KOENEN DAVID J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.12.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CALCULATING; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; PHYSICS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attachably/detachably fit a cooling device to an electric element without the need for a tool. SOLUTION: A supporting/heat sink device 10 is provided with a pair of cooling boards and it is fitted in a housing 14, so that it is pivotable between a connection position and a cut position. One cooling board 24 is an air-cooling system, and the other is a water-cooling system. They are detached and supported in parallel. The two cooling boards can move in mutually facing direction/detaching direction. A processor card 12 is sandwiched and fixed by the cooling boards, so that they are freely detachable by a pair of spring clip members 106 and 108 which can be operated manually. When a device 102 is pivoted in a direction opposite to an arrow 126, the connection edge part of the card is inserted into an adjacent back connection socket 18. When it is pivoted in the direction of the arrow 126, the connection edge part of the card moves linearly outside from the socket. When it reaches the cut position, the fastening of the spring clip members is released. Thus, a tool is not required for the attachment/detachment of the card.