US 11,903,157 B2
Reusable holding component for heatsink
Ming-Cheng Lin, Kaohsiung (TW)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/282,997.
Prior Publication US 2020/0275572 A1, Aug. 27, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 7/12 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/12 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0286 (2013.01); H05K 7/20163 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reusable holding component, comprising:
a frame with a fastener receiving opening extending from a first surface of the frame through the frame to a second surface of the frame;
a fastener guiding wall disposed on and extending away from the first surface of the frame, wherein an internal surface of the fastener guiding wall surrounds the fastener receiving opening of the frame, and wherein the fastener guiding wall guides a fastener into the fastener receiving opening and includes one or more tabs positioned on the internal surface and located on an opposite end of the fastener guiding wall from the first surface of the frame, the tabs include a bottom surface facing to the fastener receiving opening and an opposite top surface inclined toward a center line of the fastener receiving opening; and
at least one pin extending away from the second surface to a distal end of the at least one pin, wherein the distal end of the at least one pin includes at least two elongated segments with hooks disposed on a head portion of each of the at least two elongated segments, the at least two elongated segments being disposed on the second surface of the frame.