Patents by Inventor Steven Fields Edwards

Steven Fields Edwards 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 for direct attachment to surface mount electronic device packages
    Patent number: 6097603
    Abstract: A heat sink adapted to thermally couple to a surface mounted heat generating electronic device package in a manner which provides an increased thermal path between the heat sink and the electronic device package. The heat sink is typically mounted piggyback on a heat generating electronic device package which is surface mounted to a printed circuit board or other substrate. The heat sink comprises thermal legs which extend from the heat sink body and are thermally coupled to thermal leads of the heat generating electronic device package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Thermalloy, Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven Fields Edwards, Donald Lynn Clemens, Gary Kuzmin