flexing portions of the clip although any portion of the clip may be temporarily deformed during the assembly process as long as the material is not deformed past its elasticity point the arm 102 extends to a bit portion 106 which bit portion conforms to an area at an edge of the heat sink in a similar manner the arm 104 extends to a bit portion 108 a component holding or clamping arm 112 extends at an angle to the bit portion 106 in a direction to hold a component stationary against the non finned side of a heat sink a further component holding or clamping arm 110 extends at an angle to the bit portion 108 in a direction to hold the component stationary against the non finned side of a heat sink a further portion of the clip 100 designated as 114 completes an extension of the arms 110 and 112 and acts as the clip contact point for applying a substantial pressure against a component to maintain good heat transmitting contact between the component and the heat sink as will be realized a thermally conductive but electrically isolating insulator may need to be used between the component and the heat sink with some component packaging designs as may be further noted a bent portion of arm 104 is labeled 116 and a similar bent portion of arm 102 is labeled 118 the portions 116 and 118 provide the contact points of the clip on the fin side of the heat sink in a typical design of the clip the vertical distance from bit portions 106 and 108 on the edge of the heat sink to contact points 118 and 116 respectively will be substantially the same as the vertical distance from these same bit portions.