US 12,274,033 B2
Apparatus comprising a heat sink for a pluggable module
Reinhold Seitz, Hilpoltstein (DE); and Erwin Ruttmann, Petersaurach (DE)
Assigned to NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed by NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/818,893.
Claims priority of application No. 21190932 (EP), filed on Aug. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0050895 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20409 (2013.01) [H05K 7/2049 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising;
a base plate;
a guide rail being disposed on the base plate;
a sliding bar with a first side being disposed on the guide rail, wherein the sliding bar includes a wedge on a second side of the sliding bar opposite the first side; and
a heat sink rotatably connected to the base plate,
wherein the base plate and the heat sink form a slot for insertion of a pluggable module at a front of the slot;
further comprising at least one hinge coupled to the base plate and to the heat sink; and
wherein the sliding bar comprises an aperture with an internal thread for a thumb screw, wherein screwing the thumb screw into the internal thread of the aperture causes the sliding bar to be pulled towards the front of the slot.