Connector housing assembly and connector having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9696506-B2
Application number	US-201514683843-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2015
Priority date	Apr 10, 2014
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

A connector housing assembly is disclosed having a housing, a plurality of compressible heat conducting members and a monolithic heat sink. The housing has a first direction corresponding to a height direction of the housing, a second direction parallel to a heat generating module insertion direction, and a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The housing includes a plurality of module receiving ports positioned side by side in the third direction, a plurality of conductor receiving spaces corresponding to the plurality of module receiving ports respectively, and a heat sink installation surface. The plurality of compressible heat conducting members are positioned in the plurality of conductor receiving spaces respectively, each having an elasticity in the first direction. The monolithic heat sink is positioned on a heat sink installation surface of the housing, covering and in surface-contact with the plurality of compressible heat conducting members.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector housing assembly, comprising:
a housing with a first direction corresponding to a height direction of the housing, a second direction parallel to a heat generating module insertion direction, and a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, the housing having
a plurality of module receiving ports positioned side by side in the third direction,
a plurality of conductor receiving spaces corresponding to the plurality of module receiving ports respectively, and
a heat sink installation surface;

a plurality of compressible planar heat conducting members positioned in the plurality of conductor receiving spaces respectively, each of the compressible planar heat conducting members having an elasticity in the first direction;
a monolithic heat sink positioned on a heat sink installation surface of the housing, covering and in surface-contact with the plurality of compressible heat conducting members, the heat sink having at least one heat sink connecting protrusion positioned on each side of the heat sink parallel to the third direction and protruding outward in the second direction; and
a heat sink positioning device having a plurality of protrusion receiving members positioned on the heat sink installation surface outside each side of the heat sink parallel to the third direction, each heat sink connecting protrusion inserted into one respective protrusion receiving member in the second or third direction, the protrusion receiving member limiting a movement of the heat sink in the first direction, the heat sink detachably mounted to the housing at the heat sink positioning device.

2. The connector housing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein each heat sink connecting protrusion is inserted into one respective protrusion receiving member in the second direction.

3. The connector housing assembly according to claim 2 , wherein each side of the conductor receiving space parallel to the third direction is positioned with the protrusion receiving member.

4. The connector housing assembly according to claim 3 , wherein when the heat sink connecting protrusions on one side of the heat sink are fully inserted into the respective protrusion receiving members, the extending ends of the heat sink connecting protrusions on the other side of the heat sink are not inserted into the respective protrusion receiving members, and in the second direction, a distance between two protrusion receiving members on both sides of each of the conductor receiving spaces is less than a distance between extending ends of two heat sink connecting protrusions corresponding to the two protrusion receiving members.

5. The connector housing assembly according to claim 4 , wherein: at least one protrusion receiving member limits a movement of the respective heat sink connecting protrusion in the third direction.

6. The connector housing assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the heat sink positioning device further comprises a plurality of positioning tongues positioned on the heat sink installation surface outside each side of the heat sink parallel to the third direction.

7. The connector housing assembly according to claim 6 , wherein each positioning tongue elastically deforms from a first state where the positioning tongue is flush with the heat sink installation surface to a second state where a tip of the positioning tongue protrudes outside the heat sink installation surface.

8. The connector housing assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the positioning tongues in the second state engage two sides of the heat sink parallel to the third direction to limit the movement of the heat sink in the second direction.

9. The connector housing assembly according to claim 7 , wherein at least one bending projection is positioned on each side of the heat sink parallel to the third direction at a location different from the heat sink connecting protrusion, each bending projection corresponding to each positioning tongue and having a first stopping surface facing the side of the heat sink on which the bending projection is positioned.

10. The connector housing assembly according to claim 9 , wherein each positioning tongue in the second state engages the first stopping surface of the respective bending projection, limiting the movement of the heat sink in the second direction.

11. The connector housing assembly according to claim 10 , wherein two bending projections are positioned on each side of the heat sink parallel to the third direction, and the first stopping surface of each bending projection is parallel to the third direction.

12. The connector housing assembly according to claim 11 , wherein each bending projection further comprises a second stopping surface perpendicularly intersecting with the first stopping surface, with the two second stopping surfaces on each side of the heat sink being positioned opposite to each other.

13. The connector housing assembly according to claim 12 , wherein the positioning tongue has a rectangular, planar structure, with two edges of each positioning tongue being perpendicular to each other and engaging the first stopping surface and the second stopping surface of the respective bending projection, respectively.

14. The connector housing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein each heat sink connecting protrusion is inserted into the respective protrusion receiving member in the third direction.

15. The connector housing assembly according to claim 14 , wherein a total length of the at least one heat sink connecting protrusion in the third direction is less than a length of the heat sink in the third direction.

16. The connector housing assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the protrusion receiving member limits a movement of the heat sink in the second direction.

17. The connector housing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor receiving space is concave, having an elastic planar structure positioned on the heat sink installation surface of the housing, and a bottom surface of the conductor receiving space in surface-contact with an inserted heat generating module.

18. The connector housing assembly according to claim 17 , wherein the compressible heat conducting member is positioned in the concave surface of the elastic planar structure.

19. The connector housing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor receiving space has a substantially rectangular opening in the housing.

20. The connector housing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the heat generating module is an optical module.

21. A connector comprising a connector housing assembly having:
a housing with a first direction corresponding to a height direction of the housing, a second direction parallel to a heat generating module insertion direction, and a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, the housing having
a plurality of module receiving ports positioned side by side in the third direction,
a plurality of conductor receiving spaces corresponding to the plurality of module receiving ports respectively, and
a heat sink installation surface;

a plurality of compressible planar heat conducting members positioned in the plurality of conductor receiving spaces respectively, each of the compressible planar heat conducting members having an elasticity in the first direction;
a monolithic heat sink positioned on a heat sink installation surface of the housing, covering and in surface-contact with th

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Shanghai Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Honghao
• Chen Marshall
• Xue Tim
• Liu Polly
• Sun Helena

Classifications

• G02B6/4261

  Packages with mounting structures to be pluggable or detachable, e.g. having latches or rails · CPC title

• G02B6/4269 Primary

  with heat sinks or radiation fins · CPC title

• G02B6/4249

  comprising arrays of active devices and fibres · CPC title

• H05K7/20409

  Outer radiating structures on heat dissipating housings, e.g. fins integrated with the housing · CPC title