Patent ID: 6312338
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: A63F,H05K

Abstract:
An electronic accessory for being loaded into a formed connector defined in a game machine body, the electronic accessory comprising:a housing;a board supported in the housing, said board having first and second major surfaces, at least one electronic component being disposed on at least said second surface of said board, and a connector being defined at one longitudinal end of said board for being received in and engaged with corresponding components in the formed connector of the game machine body;said housing having an aperture defined therein for exposing said connector for connection to the corresponding components of the game machine;a heat radiation assembly disposed within said housing and including a first heat radiation part disposed in parallel spaced relation to said second surface of said board for conducting heat generated by said electronic components from a vicinity of said electronic components to a region remote from said electronic components, at least a portion of said housing disposed in opposed facing relation to said first heat radiation part having a plurality of apertures defined therein for providing for dissipation of heat to an exterior of said housing, and a second heat radiation part disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to a plane of said first radiation part and disposed in heat transfer relation thereto.