Cage assembly and receptacle assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12422200-B2
Application number	US-202318372841-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2023
Priority date	Sep 26, 2023
Publication date	Sep 23, 2025
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025

Abstract

Provided are a cage assembly and a receptacle assembly that can efficiently cool a heat sink. An embodiment includes: a cage 100 configured to house an optical module 310 ; and a heat sink 50 configured to thermally contact with the optical module 310 , the cage 100 has a port wall 110 defining a port Sp in which the optical module 310 is housed, a first adjacent wall 120 defining a first adjacent space S 1 that is adjacent to the port Sp in the second direction, and a second adjacent wall 130 defining a second adjacent space S 2 that is adjacent to the port Sp in the third direction and in which the optical module 310 is not housed, and the heat sink 50 is housed in the first adjacent space S 1.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cage assembly configured to be attached to a first face of an external circuit board and house an external module, the external module being inserted in the cage assembly along a first direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first face, the cage assembly comprising:
when a direction orthogonal to the first direction is defined as a second direction, and a direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction is defined as a third direction,
a cage configured to house the external module; and
a heat sink configured to thermally contact with the external module,
wherein the cage includes
a port wall defining a port in which the external module is housed,
a first adjacent wall defining a first adjacent space that is adjacent to the port in the second direction, and
a second adjacent wall defining a second adjacent space that is adjacent to the port in the third direction and in which the external module is not housed, and

wherein the heat sink is housed in the first adjacent space.

2. The cage assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first adjacent space is larger than the port in the third direction.

3. The cage assembly according to claim 1 , wherein at least any one of the port wall, the first adjacent wall, and the second adjacent wall includes a plurality of holes.

4. The cage assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of holes are arranged in a region close to the external circuit board.

5. The cage assembly according to claim 1 further comprising:
a first shield member; and
a second shield member,
wherein the first adjacent space includes a first opening on the opposite side from the external circuit board,
wherein the second adjacent space includes a second opening on the opposite side from the external circuit board,
wherein the first shield member covers the first opening,
wherein the second shield member covers the second opening,
wherein the first shield member includes a plurality of holes,
wherein the plurality of holes are arranged in only a portion of the first shield member, the portion covering the first opening,
wherein the second shield member includes a plurality of holes, and
wherein the plurality of holes are arranged in only a portion of the second shield member, the portion covering the second opening.

6. The cage assembly according to claim 1 further comprising a heat dissipation material provided on a face of the heat sink facing the external module.

7. The cage assembly according to claim 1 ,
wherein the port wall includes a latch part configured to latch the external module, and
wherein the second adjacent wall includes a hole through which the latch part is visible in the third direction.

8. The cage assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the second adjacent wall including the hole is arranged only both sides in the third direction.

9. The cage assembly according to claim 1 ,
wherein the external module is a module connected to an external connector mounted on the external circuit board, and
wherein the port wall includes a first cutout formed in an edge facing the external circuit board such that the first cutout is apart from the external circuit board and is adapted to a shape of the external connector.

10. The cage assembly according to claim 1 further comprising a protective plate arranged between the heat sink and the first adjacent wall,
wherein the first adjacent wall includes a pressing part, and
wherein the pressing part extends from the first adjacent wall toward the protective plate and presses the heat sink against the port by being in contact with the protective plate.

11. The cage assembly according to claim 1 further comprising a protective plate arranged between the heat sink and the first adjacent wall,
wherein the protective plate includes a pushing part, and
wherein the pushing part extends from the protective plate toward the first adjacent wall and pushes the heat sink against the port by being in contact with the first adjacent wall.

12. The cage assembly according to claim 10 ,
wherein the first adjacent wall includes
two second-direction plates extending in the second direction and facing each other in the third direction, and
two third-direction plates extending in the third direction and facing each other in the second direction,

wherein the first adjacent wall is configured with the two second-direction plates being arranged between the two third-direction plates and being latched to the third-direction plates by a latch part, and
wherein the pressing part is located in the third-direction plates near the latch part.

13. The cage assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the heat sink includes a protruding part contacted with the external module on a bottom face of the heat sink,
wherein the first adjacent wall includes two third-direction plates extending in the third direction and facing each other in the second direction,
wherein one of the third-direction plates which is in contact with the bottom face of the heat sink includes a through-part that the protruding part of the heat sink enters, and
wherein another one of the third-direction plates which is not in contact with the bottom face of the heat sink includes the pressing part.

14. The cage assembly according to claim 11 , wherein the heat sink includes a protruding part contacted with the external module on a bottom face of the heat sink,
wherein the first adjacent wall includes two third-direction plates extending in the third direction and facing each other in the second direction,
wherein one of the third-direction plates which is in contact with the bottom face of the heat sink includes a through-part that the protruding part of the heat sink enters, and
wherein another one of the third-direction plates which is not in contact with the bottom face of the heat sink faces the protective plate and is in contact with the pushing part of the protective plate.

15. The cage assembly according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first adjacent wall includes two third-direction plates extending in the third direction and facing each other in the second direction, and
wherein one of the third-direction plates which is not in contact with the bottom face of the heat sink includes a second cutout in an edge facing the external circuit board, the second cutout being formed so as to be apart from the external circuit board.

16. A receptacle assembly comprising:
the cage assembly according to claim 1 ;
a circuit board as the external circuit board; and
a connector mounted on the first face of the circuit board,
wherein the circuit board includes a circuit board through-opening penetrating in the first direction, and
wherein the circuit board through-opening overlaps the first adjacent space when viewed in the first direction.

17. The receptacle assembly according to claim 16 ,
wherein the external module includes a module board inserted into the connector and a protective wall configured to protect the module board, and
wherein the connector includes a recess adapted to a shape of the protective wall.

18. The receptacle assembly according to claim 16 further comprising a backplate provided on a second face that is the backside of the first face of the circuit board,
wherein the backplate is in close contact with the second face.

19. The receptacle assembly according to claim 16 further comprising a backplate provided on a second face that is the backside of the first face of the circuit board,
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Assignees

• Yamaichi Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ito Toshiyasu
• Saito Masaaki

Classifications

• H05K7/20418

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

• G02B6/4269

  with heat sinks or radiation fins · CPC title

• F28F2265/02

  in the form of screens or covers · CPC title

• F28F2009/004

  Common frame elements for multiple cores · CPC title

• F28F9/0278

  in the form of stacked distribution plates or perforated plates arranged over end plates · CPC title