EASILY DETACHABLE CPU CLIP

• US 20180190561A1
• Filed: 12/28/2017
• Published: 07/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2016
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Granted Patent: US 10,276,473 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 23/32 Holders for supporting the complete device in operation, i.e. detachable fixtures H01L23/40 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/7058 characterised by the movement, e.g. pivoting, camming or translating parallel to the PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/7076 for connection between PCB and component, e.g. display
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/22 Contacts for co-operating by abutting
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/635 by mechanical pressure, e.g. spring force
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/181 associated with surface mounted components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10393 Clamping a component by an element or a set of elements
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10424 Frame holders
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/10 Plug-in assemblages of components , e.g. IC sockets

Abstract

A clip for use with an electronic package, includes a frame structure with a pair of first side bars and a pair of second side bars commonly defining a receiving cavity. An ejection device is formed on one first side bar, including a stopper/kicker and a presser interlinked with each other in a co-movement manner. A latch is located around the ejection device so as to cooperate with the stopper/kicker to secure the electronic package therebetween in a vertical direction and retain the electronic package in the receiving cavity to result in an electrical assembly.

Claims

1. An electrical assembly comprising:

an electronic package received within a clip;

said clip including;

a frame structure defining a receiving cavity in which the electronic package is received, and including a latch and a stopper/kicker commonly extending into the receiving cavity and locking/sandwiching the electronic package therebetween in a vertical direction;

wherein

the frame further includes a presser and interlinked with the stopper/kicker so as to upwardly move the stopper/kicker for ejecting the electronic package from the clip by downwardly deflecting the presser.

2. The electrical assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stopper/kicker is essentially aligned with the presser in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said vertical direction.

3. The electrical assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said frame structure includes a pair of long bars and a pair of short bar, and the presser and the stopper/kicker are located on one of the short bars.

4. The electrical assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein each of the long bars extends along the front-to-back direction.

5. The electrical assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the latch is located on the same short bar with the presser and the stopper/kicker.

6. The electrical assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein a rib is formed on the latch to be received within a notch of the electronic package.

7. The electrical assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the frame structure includes a groove behind the presser so as to have the presser and the stopper/kicker interact with each other in a lever manner.

8. The electrical assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein the latch is on a same side of the frame structure with the presser and the stopper/kicker, and the end of the groove extends in a transverse direction, which is perpendicular to the vertical direction, toward and close to the latch so as to have the latch interact with the presser in a twisting operation when the presser is downward moved.

9. The electrical assembly as claimed in claim 8, wherein said latch and said stopper/kicker commonly extend into the receiving cavity in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to both the vertical direction and the transverse direction.

10. The electrical assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein the latch and the stopper/kicker are arranged with three point retention to the electronic package.

11. A clip for use with an electronic package, comprising

a frame structure including a pair of long bars each extending along a front-to-back direction, and a pair of short bars each extending along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction, said long bars and said short bars commonly forming a receiving cavity therein;

in one of said short bars, a latch and a stopper/ejector being formed thereon and space from each other in the transverse direction, the latch and the stopper/kicker commonly extending into the receiving cavity in the front-to-back direction for locking/sandwiching the electronic package therebetween in a vertical direction perpendicular to both the front-to-back direction and said transverse direction;

wherein

a presser is formed on said one of the short bars aligned with the stopper/kicker in the front-to-back direction and equipped with a corresponding groove in said one of the short bars thereabouts for increasing flexibility thereabouts so as to have the stopper/kicker interact with each other when the presser is deflected.

12. The clip as claimed in claim 11, wherein the latch and the stopper/kicker commonly form a three points retention with regard to the electronic package.

13. The clip as claimed in claim 12, wherein there are a pair of stoppers/kickers respectively located by two sides of the latch in the transverse direction.

14. The clip as claimed in claim 11, wherein an transverse end of the groove is terminated around the latch so as to have the latch interface with the presser in a twisting manner when the presser is downwardly.

15. The clip as claimed in claim 11, wherein a rib is formed with the latch for compliance with a notch formed in the electronic package.

16. A combination comprising:

a clip mounted upon a printed circuit board assembly, the printed circuit board assembly including a printed circuit board with a metallic frame mounted on the printed circuit board;

said clip mounting upon the metallic frame and including a frame structure defining a receiving cavity for receiving the electronic package therein, and including a latch and a stopper/kicker commonly extending into the receiving cavity for locking/sandwiching the electronic package therebetween;

wherein

the frame further includes a presser and interlinked with the stopper/kicker so as to move the stopper/kicker in a first vertical direction for ejecting the electronic package from the clip by downwardly deflecting the presser in a second vertical direction opposite to the first vertical direction;

wherein the metallic frame define a space vertically aligned with the presser.

17. The combination as claimed in claim 16, wherein the latch and the stopper/kicker are formed on a same side of the frame structure while being spaced from each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to both said first vertical direction and said second vertical direction.

18. The combination as claimed in claim 16, wherein the presser and the stopper/kicker are aligned with each other along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to all said first vertical direction, said second vertical direction and said transverse direction.

19. The combination as claimed in claim 18, wherein the frame structure forms a groove adjacent to the presser to enhance flexibility of the presser and the .

20. The combination as claimed in claim 19, wherein a transverse end of said groove is terminated around the latch for enhancing flexibility of the latch.