Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7104546 | Clip gasket termination A hollow oven gasket has a flexible tubular member with tubular wall and fasteners in the form of clips that are captured within and extend through the wall. First and second free ends of a length of the gasket material are brought together in a termination to form ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106591 | Locking device for heat sink A locking device, for locking a heat sink (30) to a socket (10) on which an electronic component (20) is mounted, includes a pair of clips (60) each having a handle (62) and a ring (66). The handle includes a pair of first t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102889 | Method and apparatus for attaching heat sink to a component with a flexible leaf spring mount The apparatus and method may have the following: a spring element that pivots about a pivot axis; a flexible mount coupled to the spring element such that the pivot axis of the spring element is constrained; and at least one portion of the spring element contacting ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093838 | Gaskets and gasket-like devices including fasteners for gaskets and a method of making and using the same A gasket for sealing between a wall and a gasket support surface, such as between an oven housing and an oven door. The gasket includes a clip, the clip typically being made from a single strand of wire. The wire is bent into a head and a base, the base for engaging... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6988871 | Heat sink attachment clip A heat sink attachment clip for attaching a heat sink assembly to a frame, the heat sink attachment clip includes a pair of attachment brackets. Each attachment bracket has one or more attachment legs and each attachment leg has a clip attachment means for engagemen... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6924984 | Heat sink clip with pivoting locking portions A heat sink clip comprises a connecting member (12), two pressing members (14) connecting to the connection member, each of the pressing members comprising a pressing portion (141) and two spring portions (142, 143) extending from opposit... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6893025 | Gaskets and gasket-like devices including fasteners for gaskets and a method of making and using the same A gasket for sealing between a wall and a gasket support surface, such as between an oven housing and an oven door. The gasket includes a clip, the clip typically being made from a single strand of wire. The wire is bent into a head and a base, the base for engaging... | 05/17/2005 |
| RE38677 | Cam-type retainer clip for heat sinks for electronic integrated circuits A heat sink assembly comprises a heat sink and a retainer clip for attachment to an electronic package or semiconductor device so as to dissipate heat from such device. The heat sink may comprise a flat base with a plurality of upwardly extending fins. The fins will... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6741452 | Retaining device for switch A retaining device (20) for mounting a switch (10) to a computer enclosure (30) includes a main wall (22) and left and right side walls (24) cooperatively defining a space therebetween for accommodating the switch therein. A pair o... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6731506 | Retaining device for heat sink A retaining device includes a retention frame (20), a back plate (40), a clip (10) and a wire arm (30). The retention frame forms a pair of protrusions (24, 25) at respective opposite sides thereof and an ear (26) at one of ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6728107 | Mounting assembly for heat sink A mounting a heat sink (60) in a mounting frame (80) includes two clips (20) and an operating body (40). Each clip has a central portion (22) and two arms (24) depending from opposite ends of the central portion respectively... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6717814 | Heat dissipation assembly A heat dissipation assembly includes a fan (10), a mounting bracket (20), a clip (30), a heat sink (40), and a mounting frame (50). The fan is mounted to the mounting bracket. The clip is bent from an elongated thread or rod of wir... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6714416 | Mechanisms and techniques for fastening a heat sink to a circuit board component A heat sink apparatus includes a heat sink having a plurality of circuit board component contact portions and a plurality of fin portions extending from the contact portions. The circuit board component contact portions of the heat sink conform to a surface of the c... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6711019 | Mounting fitting of heat sink and method of removing the same A mounting fitting of a heat sink of the present invention is unitarily formed of a first spring, a second spring, a central part disposed in the boundary between the first and second springs, a first arm connected to an end of the first spring on the opposite side ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6704976 | Fastener for a heat-radiator A fastener for a heat-radiator is composed of a frame and two strips. The frame has two parallel first sides and two parallel second sides perpendicular to the first sides. Each first side has a bottom part and two bevel parts respectively extending outwards and upw... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6668431 | Easily removed heatsink clip A clip is disclosed which is capable of applying significant retention force via a rotatable cam arm while being easily removable due to the cam arm and a separate removal arm. A method of using the clip is also disclosed which uses the advantages of the ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6590771 | Heat sink assembly and method A heat sink assembly includes an electronic device, a heat sink and a clip that compresses the heat sink against the electronic device. A spacer is mounted on the clip to restrain motion of the heat sink relative to the electronic device. A method of secu... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6421242 | Heat sink clip with pressing cam A heat sink clip (1) includes a handle portion (10), a connecting portion (20) and a sliding portion (30). The handle portion has two side plates (14), a hook (19) extending perpendicularly from one of the side plates, and a pressing cam (15) formed at a ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6175499 | Heat sink clamping string additionally holding a ZIF socket locked The locking member of a ZIF socket, which is movable between a locked position, in which high contact forces are present between contact springs within the socket and pins extending from an electronic module into the socket, and an unlocked position, in w... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6061239 | Cam-type retainer clip for heat sinks for electronic integrated circuits A heat sink assembly comprises a heat sink and a retainer clip for attachment to an electronic package or semiconductor device so as to dissipate heat from such device. The heat sink may comprise a flat base with a plurality of upwardly extending fins. Th... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5915698 | Resilient wire clips with multiple pair sections and crossed ends for attaching a tubular braided gasket to an oven door having groups of clip receiving apertures at variable intervals An oven door seal comprises a braided tubular gasket of wire and a mineral fiber, such as glass fiber, a ceramic or quartz or mixtures thereof. The gasket has the characteristic of a braided structure of radial expansion upon axial compression and radial ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5806149 | Bent wire spring clip fasteners Improved spring fasteners are formed from a single length of at least partially hardened wire bent to form a generally planar base and a generally diamond-shape engagement portion or dart extending generally perpendicularly from the center of the base. Th... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5803532 | Energy absorbing molding assembly A molded plastic molding has a plurality of blades extending generally perpendicularly off the back side thereof and spaced along the length of the molding. A plurality of openings are provided in a body panel for receiving the blades of the molding. A fa... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5604661 | Structure for mounting switch or the like to electric apparatus A structure for mounting a switch to a front panel of an electric apparatus. Supporting members are arranged on the front panel to support an elastic member which can hold the switch under the elastic deformation of the elastic member. One support member ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5448449 | Retainer for securing a heat sink to a socket A retainer is disclosed for securing a heat sink having a plurality of parallel vertical fins above an electronic package which is mounted on a socket. The retainer comprises a clip assembly including a clip having a pair of spaced apart beams dimensioned... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5197167 | Trim fastenings A fastening for securing a trim panel to a support panel includes an elongate element defining a plurality of transverse detent members spaced along its length, the elongate element being secured to the trim panel with the detent members spaced from the t... | 03/30/1993 |
| 4716632 | Panel mounting fastener system A mounting fastener 2 which includes various combinations of base plate 30, mounting bracket 4, and fastener 18 is disclosed. The mounting bracket 4 is a formed wire bracket to provide the stand-off distance between a supporting structure and a mounted pa... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4534486 | Cover plate fastening device A fastener for connecting a cover plate to an electrical box housing comprises a prong secured to a base which is attached to the rear face of the cover plate. The fastener comprises a prong having a compressible, radially expanded portion which is receiv... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4210367 | Wheel trim assembly A wheel trim assembly for attachment to vehicle wheels including a mounting member and a cup-shaped decorative trim member wherein the mounting member supports a plurality of resilient retainers formed of wire such that the resiliency of the retainers hol... | 07/01/1980 |
