Electrical connector with heat sink securing structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11303059-B2
Application number	US-202017028219-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2020
Priority date	Sep 30, 2019
Publication date	Apr 12, 2022
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an electrical connector comprising: an electrical connector housing comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, and two opposite sidewalls; at least one positioning component disposed on an upper surface of the electrical connector housing; a plurality of heat sinks are disposed on the upper surface of the electrical connector housing; the plurality of the heat sinks are respectively disposed on two sides of the corresponding positioning component; each heat sink comprises at least one securing groove; the securing grooves of the heat sinks disposed correspondingly; the plurality of securing grooves correspond to the positioning components; and a securing structure is secured to the at least one the positioning component and the two sidewalls of the electrical connector housing. The securing structure presses the plurality of the heat sinks against the upper surface of the electrical connector housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, comprising:
an electrical connector housing comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, and two opposite sidewalls;
at least one positioning component disposed on the upper surface of the electrical connector housing;
a plurality of heat sinks disposed on the upper surface of the electrical connector housing; the plurality of the heat sinks being respectively disposed on two sides of the corresponding positioning component; each heat sink comprising at least one securing groove; the securing grooves of the heat sinks disposed correspondingly; the plurality of the securing grooves corresponding to the positioning components; and
a securing structure secured to the at least one the positioning component and the two sidewalls of the electrical connector housing; the securing structure presses the plurality of the heat sinks against the upper surface of the electrical connector housing;
wherein the securing structure comprises a securing component comprising a first securing plate, and the first securing plate is secured to the positioning component, and
wherein the positioning component comprises a positioning body and an elastic plate, the positioning body comprises a retaining hole; the elastic plate comprises a connecting end and a movable end; the connecting end is connected to the side of the retaining hole away from the electrical connector housing; the elastic plate extends toward the electrical connector housing; the movable end is away from the surface of the positioning body; the movable end is disposed on one side of the surface of the positioning body; one end surface of the movable end of the elastic plate abuts against the surface of the first securing plate when the first securing plate is secured to the positioning component.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the securing component further comprises:
two pressing plates; and
two second securing plates;
wherein the two pressing plates are disposed on both sides of the first securing plate; each second securing plates is disposed on one end of the corresponding pressing plate away from the first securing plate; two second securing plates are respectively secured to the corresponding sidewalls; the two pressing plates respectively press against the bottom surface of the corresponding securing grooves.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 2 , wherein the first securing plate and the two pressing plates are in the same plane; the gap between the end surface of the movable end of the elastic plate and the bottom surface of the securing groove is smaller than or equal to the thickness of the pressing plate.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 2 , wherein the first securing plate is U-shaped; the first securing plate comprises a first main securing elastic plate and two first side securing elastic plates; the end surface of the movable end of the elastic plate abuts against the first main securing elastic plate; the gap between the end surface of the movable end of the elastic plate and the upper surface of the electrical connector housing is smaller than the gap between the bottom surface of the securing groove and the upper surface of the electrical connector housing.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 4 , wherein each pressing plate comprises a pressing bump pressed against the bottom surface of the corresponding securing groove.

6. The electrical connector according to claim 2 , wherein the extending direction of the second securing plate forms an angle with the extending direction of the pressing plate; the angle is smaller than or equal to 90 degrees.

7. The electrical connector according to claim 2 , wherein the securing structure further comprises two securing blocks; the two securing blocks are respectively disposed on the two sidewalls; the two securing blocks correspond to the securing grooves; the two second securing plates are respectively secured to the corresponding securing blocks.

8. The electrical connector according to claim 7 , wherein one end of the second securing plate away from the pressing plate comprises a securing notch; the securing block is buckled into the securing notch.

9. The electrical connector according to claim 7 , wherein each securing block comprises an inclined surface close to the upper surface of the electrical connector housing.

10. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the first securing plate comprises a securing hole; the positioning component passes through the securing hole.

11. The electrical connector according to claim 10 , wherein the width of the securing hole perpendicular to the surface of the positioning body is greater than or equal to the thickness of the positioning body.

12. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein each heat sink comprises a cooling base and a plurality of cooling fin sets disposed on the cooling base at intervals; the securing groove is between the two adjacent cooling fin sets.

13. The electrical connector according to claim 12 , wherein the upper surface of the electrical connector housing comprises two positioning holes; the cooling base of each heat sink comprises positioning bumps on a surface facing the electrical connector housing; each positioning bump is disposed in the corresponding positioning hole.

14. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , further comprising: a partition plate disposed in the electrical connector housing; the upper side of the partition plate being connected to the upper surface of the electrical connector housing; the lower side of the partition plate being connected to the lower surface of the electrical connector housing; the partition plate being parallel to the sidewalls of the electrical connector housing.

15. The electrical connector according to claim 14 , wherein the positioning component is disposed on one side where the partition plate connected to the upper surface of the electrical connector housing; the positioning component is integrally formed with the partition plate; the positioning component penetrates from the upper surface.

Assignees

• Dongguan Luxshare Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Duan Baiyu
• Luo Zhen
• Wang Xiaokai
• Wu Xiaoping

Classifications

• H01R13/46 Primary

  Bases; Cases · CPC title

• H05K7/20418 Primary

  the radiating structures being additional and fastened onto the housing · CPC title