Removable mounting clip attaches a motorized fan to an active heat sink and then the entire assembly to a part to be cooled

摘要

A decrease in the cost and an increase in the ease and reliability of reversibly mounting a motorized fan to either of a generic or a Wagner active heat sink, and then mounting the complete active heat sink to a part to be cooled, is obtained by: (1) The use a motorized fan that engages and registers itself upon and against a top peripheral surface surrounding a cavity where the fan is to be located; (2) Holding the fan in place with one or more resilient mounting clips that span the distance from the top of the motorized fan and an opposing outside bottom surface of the active heat sink; and, (3) Providing the resilient mounting clips with outward projecting mounting tabs that are flexible and resilient and that have mounting holes through which the resilient mounting clips (and the active heat sink they grip) can be attached to an assembly carrying the part to be cooled, such that the bottom of the active heat sink is in good thermal contact with that part. The resilient removable mounting clip or clips may be formed of stainless steel strips suitably punched with holes and bent to shape.