Connector device

Abstract

A connector device includes a housing, a heat sink, and a resilient clip. The heat sink includes a heat-conducting block, a plurality of heat sink fins, and a plurality of vertical slots. Each pair of adjacent heat sink fins defines a longitudinally communicating first air passage. Each vertical slot extends laterally through the heat sink fins and has two side openings and a top opening. The resilient clip includes two side plates fixed to the housing and a plurality of resilient crossbeams respectively received in the vertical slots and elastically pressing the heat sink against the housing. Each side plate is spaced apart from the heat sink and defines a second air passage communicating with the side openings. Each resilient crossbeam has a spring-loaded plate connected between the side plates and two guide plates respectively connected to both sides of the spring-loaded plate and extending towards the top of the heat sink fins. This connector device, through the design of the resilient clip, can increase heat dissipation capacity and save time and labor.

Claims

1. A connector device comprising: a housing; a heat sink including a heat-conducting block disposed on the top surface of the housing; a plurality of vertical heat sink fins, parallel to each other and extending along a longitudinal direction, the bottoms of the heat sink fins disposed on the heat-conducting block, each pair of adjacent heat sink fins defining a first air passage communicating along the longitudinal direction, the first air passage allowing airflow to pass through; and a plurality of vertical slots spaced apart along the longitudinal direction and extending through the tops of the heat sink fins along a transverse direction intersecting the longitudinal direction, and communicating with the first air passage, each of the vertical slots having two side openings and a top opening; and a resilient clip including two side plates spaced apart along the transverse direction, respectively located on both sides of the heat sink, and locked to the housing, each of the... Each side panel is spaced apart from the radiator and defines a second air channel extending along the longitudinal direction. The second air channel connects to the side openings corresponding to the vertical slots and allows airflow to enter the radiator through the side openings. Several elastic beams are respectively housed in the vertical slots and are used to elastically press the radiator onto the housing. Each elastic beam has a spring plate extending along the transverse direction and connected between the tops of the side panels, and two guide plates spaced apart along the longitudinal direction and respectively connected to both sides of the spring plate. The guide plates extend toward the top of the radiator to guide the air flowing into the first air channel.

2. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, The elastic clip also includes two baffles respectively disposed at the rear end of the side plates and respectively blocking the rear end of the second air channels. The baffles are used to block the air flowing into the second air channels, so that the air flows into the radiator through the side opening.

3. The connector device as claimed in claim 2, wherein, Each baffle is formed by integrally bending the rear end of the adjacent side plate toward the rear end of the corresponding second air passage.

4. The connector device as described in claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein, The guide plates of each elastic beam are parallel and extend vertically upward from both sides of the pressure plate.

5. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein, The guide plates of each elastic beam are inclined and gradually expand upward from both sides of the pressure plate.

6. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein, Each of the elastic beams also has a central through-hole that runs through the center of the baffles along the longitudinal direction, the central through-hole being connected to the corresponding first air passage.

7. The connector device as claimed in claim 6, wherein, Each of the elastic crossbeams also has a top cover plate spaced above the pressure plate and connected to the top edge of the guide plates.

8. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein, The elastic clamp also includes at least one upper spring disposed between the elastic crossbeams and having an up-and-down compressive force.

9. The connector device as claimed in claim 8, wherein, The elastic clip includes several upper springs that are staggered on the elastic beams. Each upper spring has a connecting end connected to the corresponding elastic beam and a free end opposite to the connecting end and spaced at a height from the other elastic beam. The upper spring gradually extends upward from the connecting end toward the free end.

10. The connector device as claimed in claim 9, wherein, The elastic clip also includes a thermal interface material and is disposed above the upper spring.

11. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, The tops of these heat sinks are at least partially connected to each other.

12. The connector device as claimed in claim 11, wherein, The tops of the heat sinks within these vertical slots are not connected to each other.

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