Patents by Inventor Gary F. Kuzmin

Gary F. Kuzmin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Heat sink mounting assembly for surface mount electronic device packages
    Patent number: 5930114
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for thermally coupling a heat sink to a surface mounted heat generating electronic device package. The mounting assembly essentially comprises a heat generating device package, a mounting attachment, and a heat sink. The mounting attachment and heat generating device package are surface mounted to a PCB or other substrate in mutual thermal communication with a thermal pad on the substrate. The mounting attachment is adapted to facilitate the effective dissipation of heat from surface mounted heat generating electronic device packages while allowing for the post-manufacture installation and exchange of heat sinks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Thermalloy Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary F. Kuzmin, Donald Lynn Clemens
  • Self-locking heat sinks for surface mount devices
    Patent number: 5384940
    Abstract: A device for attaching a heat sink to an electronic package comprises a pin having a compressible point, the point being adapted to pass through aligned holes in a heat sink and a printed circuit board so that the point compresses as it passes into two holes and flexes back to an expanded position after it exits the printed circuit board hole opposite the heat sink thereby holding the heat sink to the board with the electronic package therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Aavid Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Soule, Gary F. Kuzmin