Liquid cooling heat dissipation joint assembly and liquid cooling system of server
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of servers, in particular to a liquid cooling heat dissipation joint assembly of a server and a liquid cooling system.
Background
While electronic products and data centers continue to pursue higher performance today, heat dissipation from related components such as processors and servers is also a critical issue in design. With the increasing popularity of liquid cooling technology due to its high-efficiency heat dissipation performance, liquid cooling systems and components thereof are increasingly widely used in the fields of high-performance computing and data centers, and reasonable liquid cooling pipeline joint designs become an important factor for guaranteeing stable, reliable and continuous operation of the system.
In the prior art, most of server liquid cooling pipeline joints are of a fixed design, for example, connection and liquid conduction are realized through fastening and combining threads, and in the daily maintenance work of the server of the design, the two joints are easy to wear in the processes of connecting and disconnecting for many times, so that the sealing performance is influenced, and the leakage risk is caused; at present, the liquid cooling joint with the self-locking function adopts a movable inserted buckle flow blocking piece to realize pipeline closing, and the operation of a driving piece or an operator is required to be additionally used for pushing the buckle flow blocking piece to be inserted into a runner, so that the maintenance complexity and the time cost are greatly increased, the inconvenience is brought to the connection work of the pipeline, and the inconvenience is also brought to the maintenance of the whole liquid cooling system.
In view of this, there is a need for an improvement in the server liquid cooling pipe joint technology in the prior art to solve the technical problem of inconvenient plugging operation.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a server liquid cooling heat dissipation joint assembly and a liquid cooling system, which solve the technical problems.
To achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
The liquid cooling heat dissipation connector assembly of the server comprises a first connector and a second connector which are mutually spliced, wherein the first connector is provided with a first liquid flow channel, a preset position of the first liquid flow channel is provided with a flow limiting part, and the diameter of the flow limiting part is smaller than that of the first liquid flow channel;
A piston bead is connected in the flow limiting part in a sliding way, and the piston bead is connected with a reset spring; wherein the diameter of the piston bead matches the diameter of the flow restrictor;
a connecting part is arranged on the inner wall of the first liquid flow channel, and one end of the return spring is connected with the connecting part;
the second joint is provided with a tongue tube, a second liquid flow channel is arranged in the tongue tube, and a through hole and an avoidance groove for avoiding the connecting part are arranged on the side wall of one end of the tongue tube.
Optionally, the first connector comprises a main body end cover with an internal cavity, two ends of the internal cavity of the main body end cover are respectively connected with a connecting pipe body and a clamping assembly, the connecting pipe body is used for connecting a liquid cooling pipeline, and the clamping assembly is used for clamping the tongue tube;
wherein the first flow channel and the flow restrictor are respectively arranged in the connecting pipe body;
A floating assembly is arranged between the connecting pipe body and the clamping assembly, a pushing spring is arranged on the floating assembly and used for pushing the connecting pipe body and the clamping assembly to move away from each other.
Optionally, the clamping assembly comprises an elastic clamping body and a clamping pipe body sleeved outside the elastic clamping body;
The elastic clamping body comprises an elastic main body part, a plurality of elastic support arms and a plurality of elastic support arms, wherein the elastic support arms are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of one end of the elastic main body part, and through holes for the tongue tube to pass through are formed in the middle of the elastic support arms;
The outer side wall of each elastic support arm is provided with a first inclined surface, and the first inclined surfaces are gradually inclined towards the middle along a first direction; setting the plugging direction of the second connector as a first direction;
The elastic clamping body is characterized in that an annular inclined surface is arranged on the inner side wall of the clamping body, the first inclined surface is matched with the annular inclined surface and drives the elastic clamping body to move along a first direction, and the annular inclined surface is matched with the first inclined surface so as to extrude the elastic support arm to gather towards the middle to clamp the tongue tube.
Optionally, the clamping assembly further comprises an adjusting end cover, and the adjusting end cover is connected to one end of the clamping pipe body in a threaded manner;
the inner wall of the adjusting end cover is provided with a connecting ring, the outer side wall of the elastic main body part is provided with a connecting groove, and the connecting ring is rotationally connected in the connecting groove so as to rotationally connect the adjusting end cover and the elastic clamping body;
During adjustment, the adjusting end cover is rotated, and the adjusting end cover pushes the clamping pipe body to move relative to the elastic clamping body through threads, so that the elastic clamping body is driven to clamp or open.
Optionally, one end of the connecting pipe body is in threaded connection with the main body end cover;
A first limiting inclined plane is arranged on the inner wall of one end, close to the clamping assembly, of the main body end cover, and the first limiting inclined plane is gradually and outwards inclined along the first direction; one end of the clamping pipe body is provided with a second limiting inclined plane matched with the limiting inclined plane.
Optionally, the floating assembly comprises a floating block, a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole are respectively formed in two end faces of the floating block, a first pin body is arranged in the first mounting hole in a sliding connection mode, the pushing spring is sleeved on the first pin body, and one end of the first pin body is connected with the connecting pipe body;
The second mounting hole is slidably connected with a second pin body, and the second pin body is sleeved with another pushing spring, and one end of the pushing spring is connected with the clamping assembly.
Optionally, the second connector comprises a connector main body and a connecting cover, one end of the connector main body is provided with the tongue tube, and the connector main body is externally provided with an annular rotating groove;
An annular bulge is arranged on the inner wall of the connecting cover and is rotationally connected in the annular rotating groove;
wherein, be provided with on the lateral wall of connecting the lid be used for with first joint threaded connection's first screw thread portion.
Optionally, the tongue tube includes a first tube body and a second tube body sequentially arranged along the plugging direction of the second joint, and the diameter of the first tube body is larger than that of the second tube body so as to form a step part between the first tube body and the second tube body;
the inner wall of the first joint is provided with a limiting protrusion, and the limiting protrusion is clamped to the step part.
Optionally, a plurality of through holes are formed in the side wall of the tongue tube along the circumferential direction of the tongue tube, wherein the through holes are one of round holes, elliptical holes or square holes.
The invention also provides a liquid cooling system which comprises the server liquid cooling heat dissipation joint assembly.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects: when the tongue tube is connected, the second joint is aligned with the first joint for plugging, so that one end of the tongue tube enters the flow limiting part and pushes the piston beads to move into the first liquid flow channel along the flow limiting part, the second liquid flow channel is communicated with the first liquid flow channel through the through hole at the front end of the tongue tube, and the groove is avoided from the connecting part during the connection, so that the tongue tube is smoothly inserted, and the circulation of pipeline liquid is realized; when the second joint is pulled out, one end of the tongue tube withdraws from the first liquid flow channel, and the return spring pulls the piston bead to return to the flow limiting part, so that the first liquid flow channel is blocked, and the liquid sealing of the joint is realized; according to the scheme, through the design of the built-in piston beads and the reset springs, quick connection and disconnection are realized, the through holes of the sliding fit tongue tube of the piston beads in the flow limiting part are conveniently connected in the plugging process, meanwhile, the piston beads automatically reset to block the liquid flow channel when disconnected, the liquid is prevented from leaking, and the server liquid cooling pipeline connection solution which is convenient to plug and pull and has a self-sealing function is provided.
Drawings
In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the invention or the technical solutions of the prior art, the drawings which are used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the description below are only some embodiments of the invention, and that other drawings can be obtained from these drawings without inventive faculty for a person skilled in the art.
The structures, proportions, sizes, etc. shown in the drawings are shown only in connection with the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention, since any modification, variation in proportions, or adjustment of the size, etc. of the structures, proportions, etc. should be considered as falling within the spirit and scope of the invention, without affecting the effect or achievement of the objective.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a first connector of a server liquid-cooled heat sink connector assembly;
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a first connector and a second connector of a server liquid-cooled heat sink connector assembly;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a cross-sectional connection of the front end portions of the first and second connectors of the server liquid-cooled heat sink connector assembly;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a rear end portion connection cross-section of a first joint and a second joint of a server liquid cooled heat sink joint assembly;
FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of an exploded view of a first connector of a server liquid cooled heat dissipating connector assembly;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an elastic clamping body of a first connector of a server liquid cooling heat dissipation connector assembly;
Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a tongue tube of a second connector of the server liquid-cooled heat-dissipating connector assembly.
Illustration of: a first joint 100, a first flow channel 101, a flow restrictor 102, a connecting portion 103, and a limiting projection 104;
The piston bead 110, the return spring 120, the body end cap 130, the connection pipe body 140, the clamp assembly 150, the floating assembly 160, the elastic clamp body 151, the clamp pipe body 152, the elastic body portion 1511, the elastic support arm 1512, the through hole 1513, the first inclined surface 1514, the annular inclined surface 1521, the adjustment end cap 153, the connection ring 154, the connection groove 1515, the first limiting inclined surface 131, the second limiting inclined surface 1522, the floating block 161, the first mounting hole 162, the first pin 163, and the second pin 164;
The second joint 200, the tongue tube 210, the second flow channel 211, the through-flow hole 212, the avoidance groove 213, the first tube 214, the second tube 215, the stepped portion 216, the joint main body 220, the connection cap 230, and the annular protrusion 240.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the embodiments described below are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. It is noted that when one component is referred to as being "connected" to another component, it can be directly connected to the other component or intervening components may also be present.
The technical scheme of the invention is further described below by the specific embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Embodiment one:
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, an embodiment of the present invention provides a server liquid cooling heat dissipation joint assembly, which includes a first joint 100 and a second joint 200 that are mutually inserted, wherein the first joint 100 is provided with a first flow channel 101, a preset position of the first flow channel 101 is provided with a flow restriction 102, and a diameter of the flow restriction 102 is smaller than a diameter of the first flow channel 101; a piston bead 110 is connected in a sliding manner in the flow limiting part 102, and the piston bead 110 is connected with a return spring 120; wherein the diameter of the piston bead 110 matches the diameter of the flow restrictor 102.
It should be noted that the innovation of the present solution is the unique flow restrictor 102 provided by the first joint 100 and the design of the piston bead 110 and the return spring 120 operating therein. The first flow channel 101 is provided with a smaller diameter restriction 102 at a predetermined location, the reduction in size being advantageous for controlling the fluid switch through the location in cooperation with the piston bead 110; the diameter of the piston bead 110 is matched with that of the flow-limiting part 102, and the piston bead can slide in the flow-limiting part 102, and is connected with the connecting part 103 on the inner wall of the first liquid flow channel 101 by the return spring 120. The advantage of this design is that it provides self-sealing capability when the liquid cooling system needs to be disconnected or connected quickly, and the piston beads 110 are automatically blocked by the flow restrictor 102, so that leakage of liquid in the unconnected state of the system can be effectively prevented.
A connecting part 103 is arranged on the inner wall of the first liquid flow channel 101, and one end of a return spring 120 is connected with the connecting part 103; the second joint 200 is provided with a tongue tube 210, a second flow channel 211 is arranged in the tongue tube 210, and a through hole 212 connected with the second flow channel 211 and an avoidance groove 213 for avoiding the connecting part 103 are arranged on one end side wall of the tongue tube 210.
Wherein, the second flow channel 211 inside the tongue tube 210 can be correspondingly matched with the first flow channel 101 of the first joint 100, and the through hole 212 on the side wall of one end of the tongue tube 210 plays a key role in fluid transfer, so that the fluid of the second flow channel 211 enters the flow channel of the first joint 100; in addition, the avoiding groove 213 of the tongue tube 210 can avoid the connecting portion 103 on the inner wall of the first joint 100 during the connection process, so that the tongue tube 210 can be smoothly inserted and connected without worrying about interference with the connecting end of the return spring 120, and the connection reliability and the operation convenience are improved.
The working principle of the invention is as follows: during connection, the second connector 200 is aligned with the first connector 100 for plugging, so that one end of the tongue tube 210 enters the flow-limiting part 102 and pushes the piston beads 110 to move into the first liquid flow channel 101 along the flow-limiting part 102, the second liquid flow channel 211 is communicated with the first liquid flow channel 101 through the through hole 212 at the front end of the tongue tube 210, and the avoidance groove 213 is used for avoiding the connecting part 103 during the period, so that the tongue tube 210 is smoothly inserted, and the circulation of pipeline liquid is realized; when the second connector 200 is pulled out, one end of the tongue tube 210 withdraws from the first flow channel 101, and the return spring 120 pulls the piston bead 110 to return to the flow restrictor 102, so that the first flow channel 101 is blocked, and the liquid of the connector is closed; the design of this scheme through built-in piston pearl 110 and reset spring 120 has realized quick intercommunication and disconnection, and the through-hole 212 of sliding fit tongue pipe 210 in flow restrictor 102 at grafting in-process piston pearl 110 has accomplished the switch-on of liquid flow conveniently, simultaneously, and piston pearl 110 automatic re-setting blocks up the flow channel when breaking, ensures that liquid can not leak, provides one kind and is convenient for pull out the connection solution of plug operation and have self sealss function.
In this embodiment, the first connector 100 includes a main body end cover 130 having an internal cavity, two ends of the internal cavity of the main body end cover 130 are respectively connected to a connecting pipe body 140 and a clamping assembly 150, the connecting pipe body 140 is used for connecting a liquid cooling pipeline, and the clamping assembly 150 is used for clamping a tongue tube 210; wherein the first flow channel 101 and the flow restrictor 102 are respectively disposed in the connecting pipe body 140; a floating assembly 160 is disposed between the connecting pipe body 140 and the clamping assembly 150, and a pushing spring (not shown) is disposed on the floating assembly 160, and the pushing spring is used for pushing the connecting pipe body 140 and the clamping assembly 150 to move away from each other.
Further, in the present embodiment, one end of the connection pipe body 140 is screwed to the main body end cap 130; a first limiting inclined surface 131 is arranged on the inner wall of one end, close to the clamping assembly 150, of the main body end cover 130, and the first limiting inclined surface 131 is gradually and outwards inclined along a first direction; one end of the clamping tube 152 is provided with a second limiting ramp 1522 that mates with the limiting ramp.
During operation, the clamping assembly 150 is inserted into the main body end cover 130 along the reverse plugging direction, then the floating assembly 160 is installed in the main body end cover 130, and then the connecting pipe body 140 is assembled at one end of the floating assembly 160, because the connecting pipe body 140 pipeline plays a role in connecting a liquid cooling pipeline (the structure of the assembly is not the pipeline of a liquid cooling system), in order to adapt to the lengths of liquid cooling pipelines in different installation environments, the connecting pipe body 140 and the clamping assembly 150 are pushed to deviate from each other by the floating assembly 160, the first limiting inclined plane 131 and the second limiting inclined plane 1522 are kept in contact and are abutted against each other, so that the clamping assembly 150 is always abutted against the main body end cover 130, a certain tensioning force is kept, the loosening of the clamping assembly 150 is avoided, and the sealing of the pipeline is facilitated. In addition, since the different liquid cooling pipes are screwed together, the connection pipe body 140 is screwed together to adjust the installation position of the pipes, and the floating assembly 160 is matched to ensure the stability of the connection position.
In this embodiment, it is specifically described that the clamping assembly 150 includes an elastic clamping body 151 and a clamping tube 152 sleeved outside the elastic clamping body 151; the elastic clamping body 151 includes an elastic body portion 1511, and a plurality of elastic arms 1512 disposed at intervals along a circumferential direction of one end of the elastic body portion 1511, and a through hole 1513 for passing the tongue tube 210 is formed in the middle of the plurality of elastic arms 1512.
The outer side wall of each elastic support arm 1512 is provided with a first inclined surface 1514, and the first inclined surface 1514 is gradually inclined towards the middle along the first direction; setting the plugging direction of the second connector 200 as a first direction; an annular inclined surface 1521 is arranged on the inner side wall of the clamping tube body 152, the first inclined surface 1514 is matched with the annular inclined surface 1521, the elastic clamping body 151 is driven to move along the first direction, and the annular inclined surface 1521 is matched with the first inclined surface 1514 so as to squeeze the elastic support arm 1512 to gather towards the middle to clamp the tongue tube 210.
In this embodiment, it is further illustrated that the clamping assembly 150 further includes an adjustment end cap 153, the adjustment end cap 153 being threadably coupled to one end of the clamping tube 152; the inner wall of the adjusting end cover 153 is provided with a connecting ring 154, the outer side wall of the elastic main body part 1511 is provided with a connecting groove 1515, and the connecting ring 154 is rotationally connected in the connecting groove 1515 so as to rotationally connect the adjusting end cover 153 with the elastic clamping body 151; during adjustment, the adjusting end cover 153 is rotated, and the adjusting end cover 153 pushes the clamping tube body 152 to move relative to the elastic clamping body 151 through threads, so that the elastic clamping body 151 is driven to clamp or open.
When the tongue tube 210 is in operation, the tongue tube 210 is inserted into the first joint 100, after the two joints are conducted, the adjusting end cover 153 is rotated, and the adjusting end cover 153 can push the clamping tube 152 to move (approach each other) relative to the elastic clamping body 151 due to the action of threads, so that the annular inclined surface 1521 moves towards the elastic clamping body 151, and in the moving process, the annular inclined surface 1521 can squeeze the elastic support arm 1512 to gather towards the middle, so that the diameter of the through hole 1513 in the middle of the elastic clamping body 151 is reduced, and the tongue tube 210 is clamped; when the second connector 200 needs to be disassembled, the adjusting end cover 153 is reversely rotated, so that the tongue tube 210 can be released.
In this embodiment, the floating assembly 160 includes a floating block 161, two end surfaces of the floating block 161 are respectively provided with a first mounting hole 162 and a second mounting hole, a first pin 163 is slidably connected in the first mounting hole 162, a pushing spring is sleeved on the first pin 163, and one end of the first pin 163 is connected with the connecting pipe 140; a second pin body 164 is slidably connected in the second mounting hole, and the second pin body 164 is sleeved with another pushing spring, and one end of the pushing spring is connected with the clamping assembly 150. In this scheme, the floating assembly 160 is used for pushing the main body end cover 130, the connecting pipe body 140 and the clamping assembly 150 to maintain stability, so that the pin body and the pushing spring are matched, the pin body can ensure the position accuracy in the central axis direction in the moving process, and plays a limiting role, for example, when the pushing spring is compressed to a certain position, the pin body is respectively abutted with the connecting pipe body 140 and the clamping assembly 150, so that the pin body cannot be further compressed, and excessive adjustment of a pipeline is avoided.
In this embodiment, specifically, the second connector 200 includes a connector main body 220 and a connection cover 230, one end of the connector main body 220 is provided with a tongue tube 210, and an annular rotation groove is formed outside the connector main body 220; an annular protrusion 240 is provided on the inner wall of the connection cover 230, and the annular protrusion 240 is rotatably connected in the annular rotation groove; wherein, a first screw part for screw-coupling with the first joint 100 is provided on the outer sidewall of the coupling cap 230.
In order to further ensure the connection stability of the first connector 100 and the second connector 200, the second connector 200 of the present embodiment further provides a connection cover 230, and the connection cover 230 and the first connector 100 are screwed to connect the two, and the annular protrusion 240 and the annular rotating groove are matched to avoid interference to the tongue tube 210 and the connected liquid cooling pipeline.
In this embodiment, it is specifically described that the tongue tube 210 includes a first tube body 214 and a second tube body 215 sequentially disposed along the plugging direction of the second joint 200, the diameter of the first tube body 214 is larger than that of the second tube body 215 to form a step 216 therebetween; the inner wall of the first connector 100 is provided with a limiting protrusion 104, and the limiting protrusion 104 is clamped to the step part 216. Wherein, spacing protrusion 104 and step 216 play a spacing and positioning role, avoid excessive insertion of tongue tube 210, and protect internal devices.
As an alternative of this embodiment, a plurality of through holes 212 are formed on the side wall of the tongue tube 210 along the circumferential direction, wherein the through holes 212 are one of round holes, elliptical holes or square holes. The appropriate hole pattern is selected according to different design requirements to provide control of flow characteristics. For example, differently shaped through-flow apertures 212 may be optimized for a particular flow rate, pressure loss, or flow pattern. Such design considerations add flexibility and versatility to the tongue tube 210 to enable it to function in different liquid cooling systems.
Embodiment two:
The invention also provides a liquid cooling system, which comprises the server liquid cooling heat dissipation joint assembly as in the first embodiment. Wherein, first joint 100 and second joint 200 are connected with respective liquid cooling pipeline respectively, realize the quick switch and the disconnection of liquid cooling pipeline through the joint assembly of this scheme.
The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention, and not for limiting the same; although the invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.