Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Casimer K. Salye
  • Patent number: 6449162
    Abstract: A land grid array (LGA) cooling assembly and method of a cooling member assembly are provided. The LGA assembly includes a card, a module electrically connected to the card, a plurality of load posts operably attached to the card, a load frame operably attached to the load posts, and a cooling member operably attached to the load frame to allow removal of the cooling member from the assembly without disrupting the electrical connection between the module and the card. The method of assembling a land grid array cooling member assembly includes electrically connecting a module and a card, operably connecting a load frame to the card, and removably attaching a cooling member the load frame without affecting the electrical connection between the module and the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Corbin, Jr., Victor H. Mahaney, Jr., Roger R Schmidt