Electrical Connector Heat Dissipation Housing With Universal Buckling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electrical connector modules require multiple buckling members corresponding to different metal housing sizes, increasing manufacturing costs and limiting design flexibility due to the need for precise sizing of heat dissipation components.
Innovation Solution
A heat dissipation housing design featuring a positioning component with second openings on its edges, allowing a single size of buckling member to be used across various metal housing sizes, with the positioning members adjusting to accommodate different configurations, enabling flexible design without the need for multiple buckling member sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If buckling members are designed to correspond to specific metal housing sizes, then thermal contact and positioning accuracy are improved, but manufacturing cost increases and design flexibility decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The buckling member is designed with a universal structure that can be used across different metal housing sizes. The positioning bump on the buckling member can buckles with positioning openings of different sizes, allowing one buckling member design to serve multiple housing configurations without compromising positioning accuracy or thermal contact.
Solution Approach 2:
The buckling member incorporates a flexible positioning bump that can adapt to different positioning opening sizes. This dynamic element allows the rigid buckling member to achieve proper engagement and positioning accuracy across various housing dimensions while maintaining structural integrity.
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple sizes of buckling members are produced for different metal housing sizes, then positioning accuracy is improved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
A single buckling member design with a standardized positioning bump structure can be universally applied to different metal housing sizes. This eliminates the need to manufacture multiple sizes of buckling members, reducing manufacturing complexity and cost while maintaining positioning accuracy through the adaptive positioning mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning accuracy is maintained not by changing the buckling member dimensions, but by adapting the engagement parameters between the positioning bump and positioning openings. The buckling member's positioning bump can engage with positioning openings of varying sizes through elastic deformation or geometric adaptation, allowing one design to achieve precise positioning across different scales.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution reduces manufacturing costs and enhances design flexibility by allowing a single buckling member to be used across various metal housing sizes, maintaining effective thermal contact and electromagnetic shielding while accommodating different electrical connector configurations.
Implementation Method 1
The plurality of heat dissipating members are in thermal contact with the plurality of electrical connectors through the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provide an electrical connector module and a heat dissipation housing. The electrical connector module comprises a heat dissipation housing and a plurality of electrical connectors. The heat dissipation housing comprises a metal housing, a positioning component, a plurality of heat dissipating members, and a plurality of buckling members. The metal housing comprises a housing body, which comprises a disposing surface, an accommodating space, and a plurality of first openings. The plurality of first openings is disposed on the disposing surface and is in communicating with the accommodating space. The positioning component comprises a component body and a plurality of positioning members. The component body is disposed on the disposing surface and comprises a plurality of second openings corresponding to the plurality of first openings respectively. Two opposite side edges of each of the second openings are respectively connected with at least one of the positioning members.