Radiator Hub Assembly With Clamp-On Peripheral Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional liquid cooling radiators lack additional connectivity or interface options, necessitating time-consuming welding processes that risk damage and increase manufacturing costs.
Innovation Solution
A hub assembly for liquid cooling radiators featuring a hub base with clamping structures that secure pipeline joints, allowing for the integration of peripheral interfaces without welding, using a hub base with U-shaped clamping channels and clamping structures to attach a hub box providing USB ports and other connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If welding processes are used to integrate peripheral interfaces, then connectivity is achieved, but manufacturing time increases and risk of damage rises
Solution Approach 1:
The hub assembly is divided into separate components: a hub base that attaches to the radiator without welding, and a hub box that can be independently mounted. This segmentation allows the peripheral interface integration to be achieved through mechanical assembly rather than welding, reducing manufacturing time and damage risk.
Solution Approach 2:
The hub base acts as an intermediary component between the radiator and the hub box. It provides mounting surfaces and structural support, enabling the hub box with peripheral interfaces to be integrated without direct welding to the radiator, thus avoiding welding-related time loss and damage risks.
2Adaptability or versatility
If welding processes are used to integrate peripheral interfaces, then connectivity is achieved, but manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the hub assembly into a hub base and hub box, the design eliminates welding operations. The hub base can be manufactured separately and attached to the radiator using simpler, less costly methods, while the hub box is independently manufactured and then assembled, reducing overall manufacturing costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The hub base and hub box are designed as separate, replaceable components rather than permanently welded assemblies. This allows for easier repair and replacement, reducing long-term manufacturing costs associated with welding repairs and modifications.
3Temperature
If conventional radiators are used, then heat dissipation is achieved, but additional connectivity options are lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the heat dissipation function of the radiator with the connectivity function of the hub assembly. The hub base is integrated onto the radiator structure, and the hub box provides peripheral interfaces, creating a unified component that performs both thermal management and connectivity functions simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The hub assembly serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for peripheral devices, enables connectivity through various interfaces, and maintains the heat dissipation capability of the radiator. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate welding operations to add connectivity.
4Ease of manufacture
If welding is avoided, then manufacturing costs and time are reduced, but secure attachment of components becomes challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The hub base is designed with multiple attachment points and mounting surfaces that distribute mechanical loads across the radiator structure. This segmentation approach creates multiple load paths, compensating for the absence of welding and ensuring secure attachment through mechanical means.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment mechanism extends into the third dimension by using vertically oriented mounting surfaces and depth-based securing features. This dimensional approach allows for robust mechanical attachment that distributes forces across multiple planes, achieving attachment strength without welding.
Data Source
AI summary
A hub assembly for a liquid cooling radiator having two pipeline joints that each includes a ring groove on an outer surface. The hub assembly including a hub base having a mounting portion that is disposed between two connecting portions, each connecting portion being configured to partially surround one of the pipeline joints at the respective ring groove, and two clamping structures that each connect to one of the connecting portions and are configured to partially surround one of the pipeline joints at the respective ring groove, wherein the hub base is secured to the liquid cooling radiator by clamping the pipeline joints between the respective clamping structures and the respective connection portions.