IP Library Granted Patent US 7,724,522
Granted Patent B2
US 7,724,522 · App. 12/314,939 · Granted May 25, 2010

Heat sink device for a display card

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Patent No.
US 7,724,522
App. No.
12/314,939
Granted
May 25, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat sink device for a display card includes a heat sink, the heat sink having a base and a plurality of heat-dissipating fins on the base, the base having two hooks respectively beside two lateral sides of the groove; a heat-dissipating fan, having a blade wheel and a power wire for the blade wheel, the blade wheel being on the base and the power wire being inside the groove of the base; and a fastener, having two engagement parts respectively corresponding to the hooks, wherein the fastener covers the groove so as to position the power wire by means of engagement of the hooks with the engagement parts. Therefore, the power wire of the heat-dissipating fan can be properly arranged on the heat sink.

Claims (9)

1. A heat sink device for a display card, comprising:

a heat sink, having a base and a plurality of heat-dissipating fins on the base, the base having a groove and two hooks respectively beside two lateral sides of the groove;

a heat-dissipating fan, having a blade wheel and a power wire for the blade wheel, the blade wheel being on the base and the power wire being inside the groove of the base; and

a fastener, having two engagement parts respectively corresponding to the hooks, wherein the fastener covers the groove to position the power wire by means of engagement of the hooks with the engagement parts.

2. The heat sink device of claim 1 , wherein the base has an accommodating trough for receiving the fastener.

3. The heat sink device of claim 2 , wherein the groove is formed concavely on a wall of the accommodating trough.

4. The heat sink device of claim 1 , wherein the base has two through holes beside two lateral sides of the groove, and each of the hooks is next to the corresponding through hole.

5. The heat sink device of claim 1 , further comprising a mask, wherein the mask covers the base, and the heat-dissipating fan is between the mask and the base.

6. The heat sink device of claim 5 , wherein the mask has an aperture corresponding to the blade wheel of the heat-dissipating fan.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2012
From: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
To: CHEMTRON RESEARCH LLC
Reel/Frame 027567/0332 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2009
From: LAN, TZU-LUN
To: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022051/0997 →