Patent · US Expired

Heat sink header assembly

US5469330A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
3References
21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 23, 1995
Grant dateNov 21, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 23, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K3/366
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a header assembly, for interconnecting an electronic module to a mother board, including an insulating strip and at least one row of spaced-apart pins inserted through holes between an upper face and a lower face of the strip, each of the pins having an upper portion projecting from the upper face and being shaped and dimensioned to interconnect with the module, and a lower portion projecting from the lower face and being shaped and dimensioned to interconnect with the mother board, any adjacent two of the pins being separated by a length of the strip, the improvement which includes a plurality of collars of heat-dissipating material, one of the collars mounted around and in intimate contact with each of the pins, the collars having a peripheral outline shaped and dimensioned to avoid electrical contact with an adjacent pin.

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