TWM559016U - Fan connector capable of integrating chip terminals and cable terminals - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a fan connector capable of integrating a chip terminal and a terminal, and can be electrically connected to a fan and a circuit board respectively, and includes a connector body, a wafer holder, a plurality of chip terminals, and a plurality of terminal blocks. Wherein, the wafer holder can accommodate a control wafer and can be assembled to the connector body, one end of the wafer terminals is fixed to the wafer holder, and is electrically connected to the control wafer, and one end of the terminals is assembled to The connector body can transmit power to the fan, and when the fan connector is assembled with one of the circuit boards, the power and control signals from the circuit board can be received, so that the fan connector can be integrated The chip terminals and the terminal blocks can effectively reduce the assembly station produced by the manufacturer.

Description

Fan connector capable of integrating chip terminals and terminal blocks

This creation relates to a fan connector, and more particularly to a fan connector that concentrates a wafer terminal and a terminal block in the same housing.

According to the advancement of the information industry and the development trend of cloud and big data computing, a large amount of information data needs to be calculated, integrated, transmitted and stored. Therefore, today's desktop computers, notebook computers, servers.. Other electronic products have more and more excellent processing capabilities. However, when the aforementioned electronic products are in operation, their internal components generate heat. In particular, the central processing unit (CPU) with better processing power will generate a large amount of power. At this time, if the heat cannot be effectively discharged to the outside world, the internal temperature of the electronic product may be too high, which not only affects the service life of the components therein, but may even damage or fail to operate the electronic product due to overheating. Most electronic products will have a fan installed in it to keep the electronic product operating at a certain operating temperature range.

According to the above, with the different types of electronic products, the relevant configuration of the fan will also be different, as briefly explained as follows:

(1) Check that the fan used in the host computer of the desktop computer usually helps the central processor to cool down. Therefore, the fan can only blow the heat energy of the central processing unit to other places in the casing, but it is helpless. In order to discharge heat to the outside of the casing, the operator usually has a front, rear or side of the casing. In addition, a fan is installed to discharge the heat generated by the electronic components of the central processing unit and the motherboard to the outside of the casing to reduce the overall temperature of the main engine during operation.

(2) The second check, because cloud devices (usually high-density large servers) mostly operate 24 hours a day, and the density of operation on the unit is extremely high, while the operating conditions of the chassis and power supply are better than other electronic products. The operating environment is more rigorous. Therefore, cloud devices usually use fan trays (Fan Tray) to generate powerful airflow, so that the internal hard disk, central processing unit, graphics processing unit (GPU), and memory model of the cloud device can be used. The heat generated by the devices such as the group, the control panel, etc. is quickly discharged to the outside of the cloud device.

However, the applicant found that there are still some missing parts in the current use of the fan. First, as the state of use of the computer (eg, dormancy, word processing, cloud computing, etc.) is different, the temperature of each device within it will be generated. Change, therefore, the fan can usually adjust the speed according to the temperature change. Generally speaking, the temperature of the fan installed in different positions will also be different, so that each fan must have a corresponding speed, that is, the operator It is often necessary to add additional components to the board to achieve the effect of controlling the fan speed. This will result in a significant reduction in the available space on the board, and the pursuit of a "light, thin, short, small" design concept. The product obviously increases the difficulty of the operator planning the component configuration on the circuit board. Secondly, in order to keep the fan running and can adjust the speed, the fan usually has two connectors, one of which is a control connector, mainly receiving The control signal from the board is used to adjust the speed, and the other is the line connector, which mainly receives power from the board. So that the fans remain in operation and capable of receiving power, the structure of the two connectors will not only increase production of the assembly station, and the additional body parts assembled with each other may also cause an increase in cost.

In summary, it can be seen that there are still improvements in the structure used by existing fans, because Therefore, in order to have a place in the market, the relevant operators are all concerned with the detailed design or optimization of the detailed structure of each part of the fan, so as to improve their own market competitiveness, therefore, how to provide a better one. The structural design is an important issue that this creation is intended to solve here.

In view of the fact that the existing connecting components between the fan and the circuit board are still lacking in use, the creator has, after many years of practical experience, finally designed an integrated chip terminal of the present invention after many experiments and researches. The fan connector with the terminal block can be used to improve the lack of the prior art by the fan connector.

One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide a fan connector capable of integrating a chip terminal and a terminal block, the fan connector being electrically connectable to a fan and a circuit board, respectively, comprising a connector body, a wafer holder, and a plurality of branches a chip terminal and a plurality of terminal blocks, wherein the connector body is provided with a receiving space, and a front end of the connector body is provided with a connecting port, the connecting port is connected to the receiving space, and can be assembled with a connecting port of the circuit board The wafer holder is assembled to the connector body, and is provided with a wafer space for accommodating a control wafer, one end of the wafer terminals is assembled to the wafer holder, and can be electrically connected to the control wafer The other end of the wafer terminals is located in the receiving space and extends toward the connecting port. One end of the connecting terminals is assembled to the connector body and can be electrically connected to the fan to transmit power to the fan. The other end of the terminal is located in the receiving space and extends toward the connecting port, when the fan connector is connected to the circuit board When mounted, the chip terminals can be electrically connected to the signal terminals in the connection port of the circuit board, and the terminals can be electrically connected to the power terminals in the connection port of the circuit board to receive the circuit board transmission. Power and make this The fan can operate with power and can adjust the speed based on the command of the control chip.

For the sake of your review, you can make a further understanding and understanding of the purpose, technical features and efficacy of this creation. The examples are shown in the following diagram:

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1‧‧‧Fan Connector

11‧‧‧Connector body

110‧‧‧ accommodation space

111‧‧‧Connecting port

13‧‧‧ Wafer holder

130‧‧‧chip space

13A‧‧‧Upper body

13B‧‧‧ Lower body

131A‧‧‧First pivotal

131B‧‧‧Second pivotal

132A‧‧‧The first embedded card department

132B‧‧‧Second embedded card department

15‧‧‧ wafer terminal

17‧‧‧ Terminals

19‧‧‧ spoiler

191‧‧‧ Guided slope

21‧‧‧Control chip

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fan connector of the present invention; Figure 2 is a schematic exploded view of the fan connector of the present invention; Figure 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the fan connector of the present invention; Schematic diagram of the explosion of the socket and the wafer terminal; and Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the assembly of the wafer holder and the wafer terminal of the present invention.

The present invention is a fan connector capable of integrating a chip terminal and a terminal. In an embodiment, the fan connector 1 can be electrically connected to a fan and a circuit board, respectively, as shown in FIGS. 1~3. The fan connector 1 includes a connector body 11, a wafer holder 13, a plurality of chip terminals 15, and a plurality of terminal blocks 17. In particular, the present invention mainly refers to "wafer terminal 15" and "terminal block". 17" is integrated into the structure of the same fan connector 1. As for its configuration, it can be adjusted according to the actual fan and circuit board. It is not limited to the appearance configuration drawn in Figure 1. Bright.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, for convenience of explanation, the left side of FIG. 3 is referred to as the front side of the component, and the right side of FIG. 3 is referred to as the rear of the component, and the connector body 11 is made of a plastic material. The front end is provided with a connecting port 111, and the connecting port 111 extends inwardly to form a receiving space 110, so that the connecting port 111 communicates with the receiving space 110, and the configuration of the connecting port 111 is The configuration of the connection pads of the circuit board is matched so that the connection port 111 can be assembled with the connection port of the circuit board. In addition, the wafer holder 13 can also be made of a plastic material, and has a wafer space 130 therein. The wafer space 130 can accommodate a control wafer 21. In this embodiment, the top surface of the connector body 11 is opened. An assembly hole is provided to enable the wafer holder 13 to be fixed to the connector body 11 via the assembly hole. However, in other embodiments of the present invention, the connector body 11 and the wafer can be adjusted according to design requirements. The assembled structure of both seats 13.

Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, in the embodiment, the wafer holder 13 includes a top body 13A and a lower body 13B. The rear end of the upper body 13A is provided with a first pivoting portion 131A. The front end is provided with a first engaging portion 132A. Further, the top surface of the lower base 13B is recessed with the wafer space 130, and a top surface of the lower portion 13B is provided with a second pivoting portion 131B. A second latching portion 132B is disposed adjacent to the front end of the top surface. When the first pivoting portion 131A and the second pivoting portion 131B are pivotally connected to each other, the upper base 13A and the lower base 13B can be assembled into one body. After the user inserts the control wafer 21 into the wafer space 130, the upper body 13A can be rotated toward the wafer space 130 to shield the control wafer 21 in the wafer space 130, and the first embedded portion 132A is shielded. And the second embedding portion 132B is embedded with each other, so that the upper seat 13A is stably fixed to the lower seat 13B. However, in other embodiments of the present invention, the manufacturer can adjust the wafer holder 13 according to the product requirements. Configuration and number of components, not just limited to two components (eg: upper body 13A, lower The body 13B) is composed of.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, one end of the wafer terminals 15 is assembled to the wafer holder 13 and extends into the wafer space 130 for electrical connection with the control wafer 21, the wafer terminals. The other end of the 15 is located in the accommodating space 110 and extends toward the connecting port 111. When the fan connector 1 is assembled with the circuit board, the chip terminals 15 can be connected to the circuit. The signal terminals in the connection ports of the board are electrically connected to enable the control chip 21 to pass control signals to the circuit board (such as a microprocessor on the circuit board) via the wafer terminals 15. Furthermore, one end of the terminals 17 is assembled to the connector body 11 and extends toward the rear end of the connector body 11 (as shown in FIG. 2) to be electrically connected to the fan and transmit power. To the fan, the other end of the terminal 17 is located in the accommodating space 110 and extends toward the connecting port 111, and the terminals 17 do not touch the chip terminals 15, and when the fan is connected When the device 1 is assembled with the circuit board, the terminals 17 can be electrically connected to the power terminals in the connection port of the circuit board to receive power from the circuit board and transmit power to the circuit board. The fan is configured to enable the fan to operate normally. In addition, in this embodiment, the circuit board can adjust the power input to the terminal 17 according to the control signal of the control chip 21, thereby adjusting the rotation speed of the fan. For example: adjusting the power strength or intermittent power supply to change the wind of the fan or make it intermittently rotate.

Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, in this embodiment, the wafer holder 13 can be integrally formed on the wafer terminals 15 by injection molding, so that the wafer holder 13 can be easily used by the manufacturer. The wafer terminals 15 are assembled together on the connector body 11, and the stability of the wafer terminals 15 to the wafer holder 13 can be improved, and the wafer terminals 15 can be released from the wafer due to prolonged use or extraction. Block 13. In addition, a spoiler 19 can be assembled at the rear end of the connector body 11. The spoiler 19 has a guiding slope 191. When the fan is running, the guiding slope 191 can guide the air flow. In the operation of the fan, it is convenient to discharge air or inhale air.

In summary, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, since the wafer terminal 15 and the terminal 17 of the present invention are integrated into the connector body 11, the control wafer 21 can also be The user's needs are assembled to the connector body 11 (ie, the wafer holder 13), so that no excessive space is occupied by the circuit board, and at the same time, the manufacturer does not need to be as conventional in producing the fan connector 1. In general, the control connector and the line connector need to be separately assembled to reduce the production assembly station, thereby reducing the production cost of the manufacturer. In addition, the fan connector 1 of the present invention can also be based on product design or production requirements of the manufacturer. It is integrally formed on the fan, or is fixed to the fan in a combined manner.

According to the above description, it is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the claims claimed by the present invention is not limited thereto, and according to those skilled in the art, according to the technical content disclosed in the present invention, Equivalent changes that are easily thought of should be in the protection of this creation.

Claims (5)

A fan connector capable of integrating a chip terminal and a terminal block, which can be electrically connected to a fan and a circuit board, respectively, comprising: a connector body having a receiving space therein, the front end of which is provided with a connection port, the connection The interface is in communication with the receiving space and can be assembled with a connection port of the circuit board; a wafer holder is assembled to the connector body and is provided with a wafer space, the wafer space can be used to accommodate a control wafer; a plurality of wafer terminals, one end of which is assembled to the wafer holder and electrically connectable to the control wafer, and the other end of which is located in the receiving space and extends toward the connection port, and the fan connector and the circuit board The chip terminals can be electrically connected to the signal terminals in the connection port of the circuit board in a state in which the phase is assembled, and the plurality of terminal blocks are assembled to the connector body at one end and can be electrically connected thereto. The other end of the fan is located in the receiving space and extends toward the connecting port. In a state where the fan connector and the circuit board are assembled, the Terminal can receive power, and supplies power to the fan. The fan connector of claim 1, wherein the wafer holder is integrally formed on the wafer terminals in an injection molding manner. The fan connector of claim 2, wherein a spoiler is further assembled at a rear end of the connector body. The fan connector according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the wafer holder comprises an upper body and a lower body, and a rear end of the upper body is provided with a first pivoting portion, and a top surface of the lower body The wafer space is recessed downwardly, and a second pivoting portion is disposed on a top surface of the top surface adjacent to the rear end position. In a state where the first pivoting portion and the second pivoting portion are pivotally connected to each other, the upper seat body is Rotating toward the wafer in the spatial direction can shield the wafer space. The fan connector of claim 4, wherein the front end of the upper body is provided with a first engaging portion, and the front end of the lower body is provided with a second engaging portion, wherein the upper body is approaching the In a state in which the wafer is rotated in the spatial direction and the wafer space is shielded, the first card portion and the second card portion are mutually inserted.