member 108 illustrated may be used to apply such a force to the cooling apparatus 112 in such embodiments in the illustrated embodiment there is a tab 114 connected to an axle 116 the tab 114 rotates about the axle 114 to force the loading member 108 down and cause the force 118 on the cooling apparatus 112 and integrated circuit package 106 the tab 114 also keeps the loading member 108 in place in other embodiments other structures may be used to cause the force 118 on the cooling apparatus 112 and integrated circuit package 106 fig1 b is atop view that further illustrates an embodiment of the device 100 described above with respect to fig1 a in the embodiment shown in fig1 b the loading member 108 is a piece of metal or other stiff material suitable to apply an appropriate force the loading member 108 includes an outer frame and a central opening obscured in fig1 b by the cooling apparatus 112 through which the cooling apparatus 112 may contact the integrated circuit package 106 so that heat may be conducted away from the integrated circuit package 106 in other embodiments the loading member 108 may have other.