ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,960, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Reusable holding component for heatsink" was invented by Ming-Cheng Lin (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed example reusable holding components include: a frame with a fastener receiving opening surrounding by a fastener guiding wall and extending from a first surface of the frame to a second surface of the frame; at least two pins located on opposite sides of the fastener receiving opening; each of the pins having a first end disposed on the second surface of the frame, each pin extending away from the second surface to a se...