Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11143830-B2
Application number	US-202016733673-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2020
Priority date	Nov 7, 2018
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

Disclosed are a heat radiating assembly and a connector. The heat radiating assembly is disposed on the connector used to mate with a docking connector having a heat generating portion. The heat radiating assembly includes a heat radiating member and a heat conduction member. The heat radiating member is provided with a trough. The heat conduction member is disposed in the trough and is configured to transfer heat of the heat generating portion to the heat radiating member, allowing the heat to be radiated through the heat radiating member. The connector includes the heat radiating assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector, used to mate with a docking connector having a heat generating portion, the connector comprising:
a heat radiating assembly, comprising:
a heat radiating member provided with a trough and configured to radiate heat; and
a heat conduction member disposed in the trough and configured to transfer heat of the heat generating portion to the heat radiating member;
wherein the connector comprises a metal housing and a printed circuit board (PCB), the heat generating portion is housed in the metal housing, and the PCB is coupled to the heat generating portion;
wherein the connector further comprises: a light guide member coupled to a light emitting assembly disposed on the PCB;
wherein the light guide member is provided with a first fixing column, wherein the first fixing column is provided with at least one second fixing block, and the metal housing is provided with a fixing groove matching the at least one second fixing block;
wherein a cross section of the at least one second fixing block is semicircular, the at least one second fixing block is provided with a barb structure extending downwards therefrom and a guide incline on its end.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the metal housing is provided with an opening, the heat radiating assembly further comprises a heat radiating block disposed between the heat conduction member and the heat generating portion and configured to transfer the heat of the heat generating portion to the heat conduction member, the heating radiating block is disposed in the opening, and one side of the heating radiating block is attached to the heat conduction member, and another side of the heat radiating block is attached to the heat generating portion.

3. The connector of claim 2 , wherein the heat radiating member and the heat conduction member are each fixed to the connector through a fixing member.

4. The connector of claim 3 , wherein the heat radiating member is provided with a first groove, the fixing member is an elastic clip, which is clamped in the first groove and is fixed to the metal housing.

5. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the light guide member is provided with a first fixing portion, and the metal housing is provided with a second fixing portion which is configured to be interlocked with the first fixing portion.

6. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the fixing groove is semicircular and comprises a diameter side and a curved side, the at least one second fixing block comprises a plane side, and wherein a fixing protrusion is disposed on the diameter side of the fixing groove and abuts against the plane side of the at least one second fixing block, and the barb structure is clamped inside the metal housing by the curved side of the fixing groove.

7. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the first fixing column is further provided with at least one third fixing block having a semi-circular cross section, the at least one third fixing block comprises a fixing segment and an inserting segment, the metal housing is further provided with an additional fixing groove corresponding to the at least one third fixing block, and the inserting segment of the at least one third fixing block is configured to be inserted into the additional fixing groove, wherein the inserting segment has a width that is less than or equal to a width of the fixing segment and is farther away from the first fixing column than the fixing segment.

8. The connector of claim 7 , wherein the at least one second fixing block is disposed relatively nearer to the PCB than the at least one third fixing block.

9. The connector of claim 7 , wherein the at least one second fixing block is disposed relatively farther away from the PCB than the at least one third fixing block.

10. The connector of claim 1 , further comprising:
a cushion block disposed on the PCB, wherein the light guide member is provided with a second fixing column fixed to the cushion block; and
the cushion block is provided with a communicating hole, wherein the light emitting assembly is disposed in the communicating hole, and the second fixing column is partially accommodated in the communicating hole and is coupled to the light emitting assembly.

11. A connector, comprising:
a metal housing; and
a light guide member provided with a first fixing column, wherein the first fixing column is provided with at least one second fixing block, the metal housing is provided with a fixing groove matching the at least one second fixing block, a cross section of the at least one second fixing block is semicircular, the at least one second fixing block is provided with a barb structure extending downwards therefrom and a guide incline on its end, the fixing groove is semicircular, a fixing protrusion is disposed on a diameter side of the fixing groove and abuts against a plane side of the at least one second fixing block, and the barb structure is clamped inside the metal housing by a curved side of the fixing groove.

12. The connector of claim 11 , wherein the first fixing column is further provided with at least one third fixing block having a semi-circular cross section, the at least one third fixing block comprises a fixing segment and an inserting segment, the metal housing is further provided with an additional fixing groove corresponding to the at least one third fixing block, and the inserting segment of the at least one third fixing block is configured to be inserted into the additional fixing groove, and the inserting segment has a width that is less than or equal to a width of the fixing segment and is farther away from the first fixing column than the fixing segment.

Assignees

• Dongguan Luxshare Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Luo Zhen
• Wang Xiaokai

Classifications

• G02B6/4269 Primary

  with heat sinks or radiation fins · CPC title

• H01R13/717

  with built-in light source · CPC title

• G02B6/4278

  related to pluggable or demountable opto-electronic or electronic elements · CPC title

• G02B6/428

  containing printed circuit boards [PCB] · CPC title

• H05K7/2039

  characterised by the heat transfer by conduction from the heat generating element to a dissipating body (arrangements for increasing/decreasing heat-transfer, e.g. fins details, F28F13/00) · CPC title