CN213071628U

CN213071628U - Heat dissipation shell and electric connector module

Info

Publication number: CN213071628U
Application number: CN202022001077.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王晓凯; 李铁生; 吴小平; 段白玉
Original assignee: Dongguan Luxshare Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Dongguan Luxshare Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-14
Filing date: 2020-09-14
Publication date: 2021-04-27
Anticipated expiration: 2030-09-14

Abstract

The application discloses heat dissipation shell and electric connector module, the heat dissipation shell includes metal casing, a plurality of heat dissipation piece and a plurality of buckle spare. The metal casing has shell body and a plurality of setting element, and the shell body is including setting up face, accommodation space and a plurality of opening, and a plurality of openings set up and just communicate in the accommodation space setting face, and every open-ended two respectively are connected with at least one setting element relatively to the side respectively. The plurality of electric connectors are arranged in the accommodating space of the shell body and respectively correspond to the plurality of openings. A plurality of heat dissipation members are respectively disposed in the plurality of openings and in thermal contact with the plurality of electrical connectors through the plurality of openings, each heat dissipation member being positioned between two positioning members disposed on two opposite sides of each opening. Each fastener enables each heat dissipation piece to be connected with and positioned at two positioning pieces arranged at two opposite side edges of each opening. Even if the metal housings have different sizes corresponding to the number of the electrical connectors, the same size of the snaps can be used.

Description

Heat dissipation shell and electric connector module

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of electrical connectors, and more particularly to an electrical connector module having a heat dissipation housing with a plurality of openings of a metal housing folded upward for positioning a plurality of heat dissipation members for dissipating heat from the electrical connector and an electrical connector module having the heat dissipation housing.

Background

Existing electrical connector modules having a plurality of high power electrical connectors typically have a metal housing for receiving the plurality of electrical connectors and for supporting mounting of a plurality of heat sinks for dissipating heat from the electrical connectors, while the metal housing also serves as an electromagnetic shield. In order to fix a plurality of heat dissipation members on a metal shell and maintain thermal contact with an electrical connector, a conventional structure is to provide positioning protrusions on two opposite outer side surfaces of the metal shell, and a fastening member abuts against the plurality of heat dissipation members at the same time and two ends of the fastening member are respectively positioned and fastened on the positioning protrusions on the two opposite outer side surfaces of the metal shell, so that the heat dissipation members are positioned on the metal shell and exert pressure on the heat dissipation members, and the heat dissipation members are pressed against the electrical connector to form a thermal contact structure with good thermal conductivity. However, since the conventional latch is configured to press all heat dissipating members at a time and must be located according to the size of the metal housing, when the number of the electrical connectors is different and the metal housings with different sizes are used correspondingly, the latch corresponding to the size of the metal housing must be additionally manufactured, which increases the manufacturing cost of the overall electrical connector module or reduces the design flexibility.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a heat dissipation shell and an electric connector module, and solves the problems that the cost is increased and the design elasticity is reduced because a buckle piece of the existing electric connector module needs to correspond to the size of a metal shell.

In order to solve the technical problem, the present application is implemented as follows:

a heat dissipation housing is provided that includes a metal shell, a plurality of heat dissipation members, and a plurality of snaps. The metal casing has shell body and a plurality of setting element, and the shell body is including setting up face, accommodation space and a plurality of opening, and a plurality of openings set up and just communicate in the accommodation space setting face, and every open-ended two respectively are connected with at least one setting element relatively to the side respectively. A plurality of heat dissipation members are respectively disposed in the plurality of openings and in thermal contact with the plurality of electrical connectors through the plurality of openings, each heat dissipation member being positioned between two positioning members disposed on two opposite sides of each opening. Each fastener enables each heat dissipation piece to be connected with and positioned at two positioning pieces arranged at two opposite side edges of each opening.

The electric connector module comprises the heat dissipation shell and a plurality of electric connectors, wherein the electric connectors are arranged in the accommodating space of the shell body and respectively correspond to the openings. The plurality of heat dissipation members are in thermal contact with the plurality of electrical connectors through the plurality of openings.

In this application embodiment, set up the setting element through two relative sides that set up every opening of radiating piece at metal casing to buckle spare as long as correspond to the size preparation of opening can. Even if the metal shell has different sizes corresponding to the number of the electric connectors, the buckling pieces with the same size can be used, the number of the buckling pieces can be increased or decreased, and different buckling pieces do not need to be manufactured corresponding to the size of the metal shell as in the prior art, so that the manufacturing cost is reduced, and the design elasticity is provided.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the application and together with the description serve to explain the application and not to limit the application. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a perspective view of an electrical connector module and its heat dissipating housing according to one embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion a of fig. 1;

fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector module of fig. 1 and its heat dissipation housing;

fig. 4 is a top view of the electrical connector module of fig. 1 and its heat dissipation housing.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3 and fig. 4, wherein fig. 1 is a perspective view of an electrical connector module and a heat dissipation housing thereof according to an embodiment of the present application, fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion a of fig. 1, fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector module and the heat dissipation housing thereof of fig. 1, and fig. 4 is a top view of the electrical connector module and the heat dissipation housing thereof of fig. 1; as shown, the present embodiment provides an electrical connector module, which includes a heat dissipation housing and a plurality of electrical connectors. The heat dissipation housing includes a metal case 10, a plurality of heat dissipation members 20, and a plurality of latches 30. The electrical connector is disposed in the metal housing 10, a plurality of heat dissipation members 20 are disposed on the metal housing 10, each heat dissipation member 20 is positioned on the metal housing 10 by a fastener 30, and the fastener 30 applies pressure to the heat dissipation member 20 to keep the heat dissipation member 20 in good thermal contact with the electrical connector. In fig. 1 to 4, the electrical connector is omitted for clarity of showing the structures of the metal case 10, the heat sink 20, and the clip 30.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, the metal shell 10 has a shell body 11 and a plurality of positioning members 12, the shell body 11 includes a setting surface 111, an accommodating space 112 and a plurality of openings 113, and the plurality of openings 113 are provided on the setting surface 111 and communicate with the accommodating space 112. In the present embodiment, the housing body 11 is a rectangular parallelepiped, the top surface of the rectangular parallelepiped is a setting surface 111, and a plurality of openings 113 are formed on the setting surface 111, and the shape of the openings 113 can match the shape of the electric connector and the heat sink 20. In the present embodiment, each opening 113 has a rectangular shape, and each opening 113 has two opposite long sides 1131 and two opposite short sides 1132, and each of the two opposite long sides 1131 of each opening 113 is connected to at least one positioning member 12. The length of the long side 1131 is here greater than the length of the short side 1132. In this embodiment, each long side 1131 of the opening 113 is connected to two positioning members 12.

In the present embodiment, the positioning element 12 is a sheet-like structure formed by bending upward a portion of the metal housing 10 located on the long side 1131 of the opening 113, so that the positioning element 12 and the housing body 11 of the present embodiment are integrally formed. Each positioning member 12 includes a positioning sheet 121 and a positioning protrusion 122, the positioning sheet 121 is connected to two opposite long sides 1131 of the opening 113 and extends in a direction away from the installation surface 111, the positioning protrusion 122 is disposed on a surface of the positioning sheet 121 away from the opening 113 and protrudes in a direction away from the opening 113, and the locking member 30 is locked to the positioning protrusion 122.

A plurality of electrical connectors are disposed in the accommodating space 112 of the housing body 11 and respectively correspond to the plurality of openings 113. In the present embodiment, the plurality of electrical connectors are arranged in parallel in the accommodating space 112, the long sides 1131 of the plurality of openings 113 are also arranged in parallel, and the positions of the openings 113 correspond to the electrical connectors, so that the housing of the electrical connectors can be exposed through the openings 113. The metal housing 10 further has a socket 114, the socket 114 is located on a plane orthogonal to the setting surface 111, and the interfaces of the electrical connectors can be exposed through the socket 114, each electrical connector includes a plurality of terminals, and the plurality of terminals correspond to the socket 114 so that another corresponding plurality of electrical connectors pass through the socket 114 to be plugged with the electrical connectors disposed in the metal housing 10. In the present embodiment, the electrical connector disposed in the metal housing 10 is a female-end electrical connector.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, a plurality of heat dissipation members 20 are respectively disposed at the plurality of openings 113 and are respectively in thermal contact with the plurality of electrical connectors through the plurality of openings 113, and each heat dissipation member 20 is located between two positioning members 12 disposed at two opposite long sides 1131 of each opening 113. In the present embodiment, each heat sink 20 includes a substrate 21 and a plurality of heat dissipation fins 22, the substrate 21 is rectangular and disposed on the disposing surface 111 of the housing body 11, and the substrate 21 covers the opening 113 and contacts the housing of the electrical connector exposed from the opening 113 through the opening 113, thereby forming a heat conduction structure. Heat generated by the electrical connector as a result of transmitting high frequency signals is conducted from the housing of the electrical connector to the base 21 and the heat dissipating fins 22 of the heat sink 20 and then carried away by the airflow through the heat dissipating fins 22 by way of thermal convection through the heat dissipating fins 22.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, each catch 30 connects and positions each heat sink 20 to two positioning members 12 provided on two opposite long sides 1131 of each opening 113. As shown in fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the locking member 30 includes two positioning portions 31 and at least one limiting portion 32, the two positioning portions 31 respectively correspond to the two positioning members 12 disposed on the two opposite long sides 1131 of each opening 113, the two positioning portions 31 are respectively engaged with the positioning protrusions 122 of the positioning members 12, and the limiting portion 32 connects the two positioning portions 31. In the present embodiment, the number of the stopper portions 32 is two. The positioning portion 31 is parallel to the long side 1131 of the opening 113, and the limiting portion 32 is parallel to the short side 1132 of the opening 113.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, each heat sink 20 is disposed between the two positioning portions 31 and between the stopper portion 32 and the opening 113. After the positioning portion 31 is engaged with the positioning convex portion 122 of the positioning member 12, the stopper portion 32 is pressed against the heat sink 20, so that the heat sink 20 is held in contact with the electrical connector, thereby forming the aforementioned heat conduction structure. As shown in fig. 3, the stopper portion 32 has an approximately shallow U-shaped structure, and a depressed portion of the center of the stopper portion 32 can be crimped onto the heat sink 20. Each heat sink 20 has a limiting recess 23, the limiting recess 23 is disposed between two adjacent sets of heat sink fins 22, and the limiting portion 32 of the positioning member 30 passes through the limiting recess 23 and is pressed against the base 21 of the heat sink 20. The extending direction of the stopper groove 23 is parallel to the short side 1132 of the opening 113.

As shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the two positioning portions 31 are sheet-shaped structures, one side of each positioning portion 31 abuts against the installation surface 111 of the housing body 11, and a side of each positioning portion that is far away from the installation surface 111 has at least one positioning notch 311, and at least one positioning notch 311 is engaged with the positioning protrusion 122 from one end of the positioning protrusion 122 that is close to the installation surface 111, so that the positioning protrusion 122 limits the positioning portion 31 to prevent the latch 30 from disengaging from the positioning member 12, thereby playing a role of positioning the latch 30 on the positioning member 12. In the present embodiment, each positioning portion 31 has two positioning notches 311.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, each positioning portion 31 of the snap 30 further includes a positioning notch 312, the positioning notch 312 is disposed on the same side as the positioning notch 311, and the positioning notch 312 is used to position the light pipe passing above the heat sink 20. The heat sink 20 is provided with a guide groove 24 between the two stopper grooves 23, and the guide groove 24 allows the light pipe to extend through the heat sink 20 and to be positioned in the positioning recess 312 of the positioning portion 31 of the grommet 30.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, the electrical connector module of the present embodiment further includes a plurality of partition plates 40 disposed in the accommodating space 112 of the housing body 11 to partition the accommodating space 112 into a plurality of partitioned spaces, and each electrical connector is disposed in a partitioned space between two adjacent partition plates 40. The spacer 40 may be made of a conductive material so as to provide an electromagnetic shield for the adjacent electrical connectors. Each partition plate 40 has a plurality of fixing portions 41, and the plurality of fixing portions 41 pass through the case body 11 and are fixed on the installation surface 111 between two adjacent openings 113. Since the positioning portion 31 of the grommet 30 abuts on the installation surface 111, in the present embodiment, the fixing portions 41 of the partition plate 40 extend toward the positioning members 12 in opposite directions, respectively, so that the positioning portion 31 of the grommet 30 is pressed against the fixing portions 41.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, the electrical connector module of the present embodiment further includes a circuit board 50, and the metal housing 10 is disposed on the circuit board 50 and fixed to the circuit board 50 by, for example, a plug connector having a fisheye structure. The terminals of the plurality of electrical connectors are electrically connected to the circuit board 50 by soldering to the circuit board 50.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, the electrical connector module of the present embodiment further includes a latch 60, and the latch 60 is disposed on the mounting surface 111 of the housing body 11. The elastic fastener 60 is used for abutting and positioning the metal shell 10 to a housing of an electronic device when the metal shell 10 is inserted into the housing of the electronic device.

To sum up, this application provides a heat dissipation shell and electric connector module, sets up the setting element through every open-ended two relative sides that set up the radiating piece at metal casing to buckle spare only need to correspond to open-ended size preparation can. Even if the metal shell has different sizes corresponding to the number of the electric connectors, the buckling pieces with the same size can be used, the number of the buckling pieces can be increased or decreased, and different buckling pieces do not need to be manufactured corresponding to the size of the metal shell as in the prior art, so that the manufacturing cost is reduced, and the design elasticity is provided.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A heat-dissipating housing, comprising:

the metal shell is provided with a shell body and a plurality of positioning pieces, the shell body comprises a setting surface, an accommodating space and a plurality of openings, the plurality of openings are arranged on the setting surface and are communicated with the accommodating space, and two oppositely arranged side edges of each opening are respectively connected with at least one positioning piece;

a plurality of heat dissipation members respectively disposed at and passing through the plurality of openings, each of the heat dissipation members being located between two of the positioning members disposed at the two sides of each of the openings;

each fastener enables each heat dissipation piece to be connected and positioned on the two positioning pieces arranged on the two side edges of each opening.

2. The heat dissipating housing of claim 1, wherein each of the positioning members comprises a positioning sheet and a positioning protrusion, the positioning sheet is connected to two of the sides of the opening and extends in a direction away from the installation surface, the positioning protrusion is disposed on the surface of the positioning sheet away from the opening, and the locking member is locked to the positioning protrusion.

3. The heat dissipating housing of claim 2, wherein a plurality of the positioning members are integrally formed with the housing body.

4. The heat dissipation housing as claimed in claim 2, wherein the fastening member includes two positioning portions and at least one limiting portion, the two positioning portions respectively correspond to the two positioning portions disposed at the two side edges of each opening and are engaged with the positioning protrusions, the limiting portion connects the two positioning portions, and each heat dissipation member is disposed between the two positioning portions and between the limiting portion and the opening.

5. The heat dissipating housing of claim 4, wherein each of the positioning portions has at least one positioning notch, and at least one of the positioning notches engages with the positioning protrusion.

6. The heat dissipation casing of claim 5, wherein each positioning portion abuts against the installation surface, and at least one positioning notch is disposed on an edge of the positioning portion away from the installation surface.

7. The heat dissipation housing of claim 4, wherein each of the heat dissipation members has a retaining groove through which the retaining portion passes.

8. An electrical connector module, comprising:

the heat dissipating housing of any of claims 1-7;

a plurality of electrical connectors disposed in the accommodating space of the housing body and respectively corresponding to the plurality of openings;

wherein a plurality of said heat dissipation members are in thermal contact with a plurality of said electrical connectors through a plurality of said openings.

9. The electrical connector module of claim 8, further comprising a circuit board, wherein the metal shell is disposed on the circuit board, and wherein a plurality of the electrical connectors are electrically connected to the circuit board.

10. The electrical connector module of claim 8, wherein said heat dissipating housing further comprises a plurality of spaced plates disposed in said receiving space of said housing body, each of said electrical connectors being disposed between two of said spaced plates.

11. The electrical connector module of claim 10, wherein each of the spacer plates has a plurality of securing portions that pass through the housing body and are secured to the mounting surface between two adjacent ones of the openings.