CN211789721U

CN211789721U - Connector cover body

Info

Publication number: CN211789721U
Application number: CN202020558620.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 程毅; 肖扬龙; 张倩丽
Original assignee: Guangzhou Lianjie Precision Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Lianjie Precision Technology Co.,Ltd.
Priority date: 2020-04-15
Filing date: 2020-04-15
Publication date: 2020-10-27
Anticipated expiration: 2030-04-15

Abstract

The utility model discloses a connector cover body for accept the connector, it includes: a main body part which defines a hollow accommodating space; the middle part is accommodated in the accommodating space and is provided with an upper wall and a lower wall, and the upper wall and the lower wall divide the accommodating space of the main body part into a first accommodating cavity and a second accommodating cavity; the first heat dissipation assembly is arranged corresponding to the first accommodating cavity and is provided with a first extension wall and a second extension wall which respectively extend along the top wall and the side wall of the main body part; and the second heat dissipation assembly is arranged corresponding to the second accommodating cavity and is provided with a third extending wall and a fourth extending wall which respectively extend along the lower wall of the middle part and the side wall of the main body part. The connector cover body provided by the utility model can not only improve the heat dissipation problem of the connector; and first radiator unit and second radiator unit adopt split type setting, can make things convenient for first radiator unit and second radiator unit's installation to the problem that easily takes place deformation when solving first radiator unit and second radiator unit and main part butt joint.

Description

Connector cover body

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the connector, concretely relates to connector cover body with heat dissipation function.

Background

High speed connectors are used in many data transmission applications, particularly in the telecommunications industry. Signal integrity is an important concern in the field of high-speed data transmission because components need to reliably transmit data signals. The market for high speed data transmission is also moving towards reducing component size and increasing signal density.

High speed data transmission is used for telecommunications to transmit data received from a data store or component transmitter, such transmission most commonly occurring in routers and servers. Due to industry trends toward increased signal density, signal terminations in high-speed connectors will be more dense. As data transfer rates increase, connector heating increases.

Therefore, in view of the above technical problems, it is desirable to provide a connector cover with a heat dissipation function.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a simple to operate just has the connector cover body of heat dissipation function to solve the problem among the prior art.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

a connector cage for receiving a connector, comprising:

the main body part comprises a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, and a hollow accommodating space is defined;

the middle part is accommodated in the accommodating space and is provided with an upper wall and a lower wall, and the upper wall and the lower wall divide the accommodating space of the main body part into a first accommodating cavity and a second accommodating cavity;

the first heat dissipation assembly is arranged corresponding to the first accommodating cavity and is provided with a first extension wall and a second extension wall which respectively extend along the top wall and the first side wall of the main body part;

and the second heat dissipation assembly is arranged corresponding to the second accommodating cavity and is provided with a third extending wall and a fourth extending wall which respectively extend along the lower wall of the middle part and the first side wall of the main body part.

Furthermore, a first elastic piece carrier plate is arranged on one surface, adjacent to the first accommodating cavity, of the first extending wall, and a plurality of first elastic pieces are arranged on the first elastic piece carrier plate; and a second elastic piece carrier plate is arranged on one surface of the third extending wall, which is adjacent to the second accommodating cavity, and a plurality of second elastic pieces are arranged on the second elastic piece carrier plate.

Furthermore, a first heat dissipation port matched with the first spring plate carrier plate is formed in the top wall of the main body part, and a second heat dissipation port matched with the second spring plate carrier plate is formed in the lower wall of the middle part.

Further, the first elastic sheet protrudes into the first accommodating cavity through the first heat dissipation port to be jointed with the docking module inserted into the first accommodating cavity; the second elastic sheet protrudes into the second accommodating cavity through the second heat dissipation port so as to be jointed with the butt joint module inserted into the second accommodating cavity.

Furthermore, a plurality of first radiating fins protruding in the first direction are arranged on one surface, away from the first accommodating cavity, of the first extending wall, a plurality of second radiating fins protruding in the second direction are arranged on one surface, away from the first accommodating cavity, of the second extending wall, and a plurality of third radiating fins protruding in the second direction are arranged on one surface, away from the second accommodating cavity, of the fourth extending wall.

Further, the first and second fins are perpendicular to each other.

Further, the first extending wall and the plurality of first cooling fins arranged on the first extending wall extend backwards along the top wall of the main body part until the first extending wall exceeds the rear end of the accommodating space.

Further, the rear end of the accommodating space is provided with a rear cover connected with the main body in a clamped mode, and the rear cover is provided with a first bending portion and a second bending portion which are used for being connected with the top wall and the first side wall of the main body in a matched and clamped mode.

Further, be equipped with first lug and second lug on the surface of the roof of main part and first lateral wall respectively, be equipped with respectively on first kink and the second kink with first lug and the cooperation joint hole of second lug and second joint hole.

Furthermore, a groove matched with the first bending part is formed in the first extending wall, so that the first extending wall can be fully attached to the top wall of the main body part.

The utility model discloses beneficial effect:

compared with the prior art, the connector cover body provided by the utility model can not only improve the heat dissipation problem of the connector; and first radiator unit and second radiator unit adopt split type setting, can make things convenient for first radiator unit and second radiator unit's installation to the problem that easily takes place deformation when solving first radiator unit and second radiator unit and main part butt joint.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments described in the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an intermediate portion of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a first heat sink assembly of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

fig. 6 is a perspective view of a second heat dissipation assembly in the embodiment of fig. 1.

Description of reference numerals: 10. a main body portion; 11. a top wall; 12. a bottom wall; 13. a first side wall; 14. a first receiving cavity; 15. a second receiving cavity; 16. a first heat dissipation port; 17. a side opening; 20. an intermediate portion; 21. an upper wall; 22. a lower wall; 23. a middle space; 24. a second heat dissipation port; 30. a rear cover; 31. a first bent portion; 32. a second bent portion; 40. a first heat dissipation assembly; 41. a first extension wall; 42. a second extension wall; 43. a first spring plate carrier plate; 44. a first spring plate; 45. a first heat sink; 46. a second heat sink; 47. a groove; 50. a second heat dissipation assembly; 51. a third extension wall; 52. a fourth extension wall; 53. a second spring plate carrier plate; 54. a second elastic sheet; 55. and a third heat sink.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and the structural, method, or functional changes made by those skilled in the art according to the embodiments are all included in the scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. In the illustrated embodiment, directional references, i.e., up, down, left, right, front, rear, etc., are relative to each other and are used to explain the relative structure and movement of the various components in the present application. These representations are appropriate when the components are in the positions shown in the figures. However, if the description of the location of an element changes, it is believed that these representations will change accordingly.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, a connector cover according to an embodiment of the present invention is used for accommodating a connector, and includes: main body 10, intermediate portion 20, rear cover 30, first heat dissipating component 40, and second heat dissipating component 50.

The main body portion 10 includes a top wall 11, a bottom wall 12, and a pair of oppositely disposed first and second side walls 13 and 12 connecting the top and

bottom walls

11 and 12. The top wall 11, the bottom wall 12, the first side wall 13 and the second side wall jointly enclose and define a hollow cuboid-shaped accommodating space, the front end of the accommodating space is provided with a front end opening used for being butted with the butting module, and a space used for accommodating a connector is arranged in the accommodating space and is close to the rear end, and the connector is used for being butted with the butting module.

Referring to fig. 4, the middle portion 20 is accommodated in the main body 10, and has an upper wall 21 and a lower wall 22, and the upper wall 21 and the lower wall 22 divide the accommodating space of the main body 10 into a first accommodating cavity 14 and a second accommodating cavity 15. The upper wall 21 of the middle portion 20 and the top wall 11 and the first and second side walls 13 and 13 of the main body 10 together define a first receiving cavity 14, and the lower wall 22 of the middle portion 20 and the bottom wall 12 and the first and second side walls 13 and 15 of the main body 10 together define a second receiving cavity 15. The upper and

lower walls

21, 22 of the intermediate portion 20 also define an intermediate space 23 between the first and second receiving cavities 14, 15.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3 again, the rear cover 30 is disposed at the rear end of the accommodating space of the main body 10 and is clamped with the main body 10. The rear cover 30 has a first bending portion 31 and a second bending portion 32 for matching and clamping with the top wall 11 and the first side wall 13 of the main body 10, and the outer surfaces of the top wall 11 and the first side wall 13 of the main body 10 are respectively provided with a first bump and a second bump. A first clamping hole and a second clamping hole which are matched and clamped with the first convex block and the second convex block are respectively arranged on the first bending part 31 and the second bending part 32 so as to limit the rear cover 30 on the main body part 10.

Referring to fig. 1, 2, 3 and 5, the first heat dissipation assembly 40 includes: the heat sink comprises a first extending wall 41, a second extending wall 42, a first spring carrier 43, a first spring 44, a first heat sink 45 and a second heat sink 46.

The first heat dissipating member is disposed corresponding to the first receiving cavity 14 and has a first extending wall 41 and a second extending wall 42 extending along the top wall 11 and the first side wall 13 of the main body 10, respectively. A first spring carrier 43 is disposed on a surface of the first extending wall 41 adjacent to the first receiving cavity 14, and a plurality of first springs 44 are disposed on the first spring carrier 43. Preferably, the first dome carrier 43 is fixed to the first extension wall 41 of the first heat dissipation assembly by welding, which helps to reduce the thermal resistance between the first dome carrier 43 and the first extension wall 41.

A first heat sink 16 matching with the first spring carrier 43 is disposed on the top wall 11 of the main body 10, and the first spring 44 is configured to protrude into the first receiving cavity 14 through the first heat sink 16 to engage with the docking module inserted into the first receiving cavity 14. The contact force provided by each first spring 44 to the docking module may be adjusted according to the desired thermal resistance (increasing contact force helps to conduct heat) and the insertion force of the docking module (increasing contact force increases insertion force). Preferably, the plurality of first resilient tabs 44 are arranged in a row, which facilitates alignment of the docking module.

A plurality of first heat dissipation fins 45 protruding along the first direction (y-axis direction in fig. 2) are disposed on one surface of the first extension wall 41 away from the first accommodating cavity 14, and a plurality of second heat dissipation fins 46 protruding along the second direction (x-axis direction in fig. 2) are disposed on one surface of the second extension wall 42 away from the first accommodating cavity 14. Wherein the protruding height of the second heat dissipation fin 46 is greater than the protruding height of the first heat dissipation fin 45. The arrangement of the first and second

heat dissipation fins

45 and 46 can increase the surface area of the first heat dissipation assembly 40 to increase the heat dissipation effect of the first heat dissipation assembly 40. Preferably, the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other, so that the first heat dissipation fin 45 and the second heat dissipation fin 46 are perpendicular to each other, which facilitates integral molding of a part of the structure in the first heat dissipation assembly 40.

Specifically, the first extending wall 41 and the plurality of first heat dissipating fins 45 provided on the first extending wall 41 extend rearward along the top wall 11 of the main body 10 to beyond the rear end of the accommodating space of the main body 10. Such an arrangement can further increase the surface area of the first heat dissipation assembly 40 to achieve better heat dissipation. The first extending wall 41 is further provided with a groove 47 matched with the first bending portion 31 of the rear cover 30, and the first bending portion 31 is abutted in the groove 47, so that the first extending wall 41 can be fully attached to the top wall 11 of the main body portion 10, and the first heat dissipation assembly 40 is limited.

Referring to fig. 1, 2, 3 and 6, the second heat dissipation assembly 50 includes: a third extending wall 51, a fourth extending wall 52, a second spring carrier 53, a second spring 54 and a third heat sink 55.

The second heat dissipating member is disposed corresponding to the second receiving cavity 15 and has a third extending wall 51 and a fourth extending wall 52 extending along the lower wall 22 of the middle portion 20 and the first side wall 13 of the main body portion 10, respectively. A second spring plate carrier 53 is disposed on a surface of the third extending wall 51 adjacent to the second accommodating cavity 15, and a plurality of second spring plates 54 are disposed on the second spring plate carrier 53. Preferably, the second dome carrier 53 is fixed to the third extension wall 51 of the second heat dissipation assembly 50 by welding, which helps to reduce the thermal resistance between the second dome carrier 53 and the third extension wall 51.

A second heat sink 24 matching with the second spring carrier 53 is disposed on the lower wall 22 of the middle portion 20, and the second spring 54 is configured to protrude into the second receiving cavity 15 through the second heat sink 24 to engage with the docking module inserted into the second receiving cavity 15. The contact force provided by each second spring 54 to the docking module may be adjusted according to the desired thermal resistance (increasing contact force helps to conduct heat) and the insertion force of the docking module (increasing contact force increases insertion force). Preferably, the plurality of second resilient tabs 54 are arranged in a row, which facilitates alignment of the docking module.

A side opening 17 corresponding to the position of the middle space 23 of the middle part 20 is opened on the first side wall 13 of the main body part 10, and the side opening 17 is configured to match with the third extension wall 51 and the second carrier plate provided on the third extension wall 51 so that they can be inserted into the middle space 23 of the middle part 20 through the side opening 17.

A plurality of third heat radiation fins 55 protruding in the second direction (x-axis direction in fig. 2) on a face of the fourth extension wall 52 away from the second receiving cavity 15, the protruding height of the third heat radiation fins 55 is configured to be consistent with that of the second heat radiation fins 46, and the third heat radiation fins 55 are arranged in parallel with the second heat radiation fins 46. Similarly, the third heat sink 55 can increase the surface area of the second heat dissipation assembly 50 to increase the heat dissipation effect of the second heat dissipation assembly 50.

Preferably, the first heat dissipation assembly 40 and the second heat dissipation assembly 50 are separately disposed and made of copper, and the copper is used as a material for manufacturing the heat dissipation assembly, considering that the copper has excellent heat conduction performance and is low in cost.

The present invention will be further described with reference to specific use scenarios.

When the docking module is docked with the connector installed in the receiving space of the main body 10, the heat generated by the docking module is conducted to the first heat dissipation assembly 40 and the second heat dissipation assembly 50 through the first elastic sheet 44 and the second elastic sheet 54, and the first heat dissipation assembly 40 and the second heat dissipation assembly 50 conduct the heat to the exterior of the connector cover body, so as to dissipate the heat of the elements inside the connector cover body.

The connector cover body provided by the utility model can not only improve the heat dissipation problem of the connector; and first radiator unit 40 and second radiator unit 50 adopt split type setting, can make things convenient for first radiator unit 40 and second radiator unit 50's installation to the problem that easily takes place deformation when docking first radiator unit 40 and second radiator unit 50 with main part 10 is solved.

It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that the invention is not restricted to details of the above-described exemplary embodiments, but that it can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the invention. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.

Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. A connector cage for housing a connector, comprising:

2. The connector cage according to claim 1, wherein a first spring plate carrier is disposed on a surface of the first extending wall adjacent to the first receiving cavity, and a plurality of first spring plates are disposed on the first spring plate carrier; and a second elastic piece carrier plate is arranged on one surface of the third extending wall, which is adjacent to the second accommodating cavity, and a plurality of second elastic pieces are arranged on the second elastic piece carrier plate.

3. The connector shell according to claim 2, wherein a first heat sink matching the first spring carrier is disposed on a top wall of the main body, and a second heat sink matching the second spring carrier is disposed on a lower wall of the middle portion.

4. The connector cage according to claim 3, wherein the first resilient tab protrudes into the first receiving cavity through the first heat-dissipating opening to engage the mating module inserted into the first receiving cavity; the second elastic sheet protrudes into the second accommodating cavity through the second heat dissipation port so as to be jointed with the butt joint module inserted into the second accommodating cavity.

5. The connector cage according to claim 1, wherein a first plurality of fins protruding in the first direction are disposed on a surface of the first extending wall away from the first receiving cavity, a second plurality of fins protruding in the second direction are disposed on a surface of the second extending wall away from the first receiving cavity, and a third plurality of fins protruding in the second direction are disposed on a surface of the fourth extending wall away from the second receiving cavity.

6. The connector cage of claim 5, wherein the first and second fins are perpendicular to each other.

7. The connector cage of claim 5, wherein the first extension wall and the first plurality of fins disposed thereon extend rearwardly along the top wall of the main body portion to beyond the rear end of the receiving space.

8. The connector shell according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a rear cover is disposed at a rear end of the accommodating space and is clamped to the main body, and the rear cover has a first bending portion and a second bending portion for being clamped to the top wall and the first side wall of the main body in a matching manner.

9. The connector cover according to claim 8, wherein the outer surfaces of the top wall and the first side wall of the main body are respectively provided with a first protrusion and a second protrusion, and the first bent portion and the second bent portion are respectively provided with a first engaging hole and a second engaging hole for engaging with the first protrusion and the second protrusion.

10. The connector shell according to claim 9, wherein the first extending wall is provided with a groove matching with the first bending portion, so that the first extending wall can be fully attached to the top wall of the main body.