ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MODULE AND HEAT DISSIPATION HOUSING

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the priority benefit of Chinese Patent Application Serial Number 202010961806.2, filed on Sep. 14, 2020, the full disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of electrical connector, particularly to a positioning component that folds the edge of a plurality of second opening of a metal housing upward for positioning heat dissipating housing of a plurality of heat dissipating members that dissipates the heat of an electrical connector and for positioning the electrical connector module comprising the heat dissipation housing.

Related Art

Conventional electrical connector module having a plurality of high power electrical connectors are usually provided with a metal housing for accommodating the plurality of electrical connectors and supporting the installation of a plurality of heat dissipating members for dissipating heat from electrical connectors. The metal housing also performs electromagnetic shielding. To secure a plurality of heat dissipating members on the metal housing and maintain thermal contact with electrical connector, a positioning bump is provided on two opposite outer side surfaces of the metal housing in conventional configurations, wherein one buckling member simultaneously abuts against a plurality of heat dissipating members while two ends of the buckling member are respectively positioned and buckled with the positioning bumps disposed on two opposite outer side surfaces of the metal housing to position the heat dissipating member on the metal housing and to apply pressure onto the heat dissipating member. Thus, the heat dissipating member can be pressed against the electrical connector to form a thermal contact configuration with excellent thermal conductivity. However, conventional buckling members press-fit all the heat dissipating members at one time and must be positioned in accordance with the specific size of the corresponding metal housing, so buckling members corresponding to different sizes of metal housing must be produced individually when the number of electrical connectors varies and metal housing of different sizes are used accordingly. Apparently, it can be seen that the overall cost for electrical connector manufacturing would be increased and the flexibility of design would be very limited.

SUMMARY

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electrical connector module and a heat dissipation housing to solve the problem of increased cost and limited design flexibility due to buckling members of conventional heat dissipation housing that should correspond to the size of the metal housing.

The present disclosure provides a heat dissipation housing, comprising 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. The plurality of heat dissipating members are disposed in the plurality of second openings, respectively. The plurality of heat dissipating members pass through the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings. Each of the heat dissipating members is disposed between the two positioning members on the two side edges of each of the second openings. Each of the plurality of buckling members allows each of the heat dissipating members to be connected with and positioned at the two positioning members on two side edges of each of the second openings.

The present disclosure provides an electrical connector module, comprising a heat dissipation housing and a plurality of electrical connectors. The plurality of electrical connectors are disposed in the accommodating space of the housing body. The plurality of electrical connectors respectively correspond to the plurality of first openings. 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.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, by disposing the positioning component of the heat dissipating member and by disposing the positioning member on two opposite side edges of each of the second openings, the buckling member needs only to be produced according to the size of the second opening. Even the metal housing could be in a variety of sizes in accordance with the number of electrical connectors, there is still no need to produce multiple buckling members corresponding to the sizes of metal housing as in the prior art since it is possible to use a single size buckling member with the number of which need only to be adjusted appropriately. Besides, since the size of the second opening of the positioning component could correspond to the size of the first opening, there would be great flexibility in designing of products.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Certain terms are used throughout the description and following claims to refer to particular components. As one skilled in the art will appreciate, manufacturers may refer to a component by different names. This document does not intend to distinguish between components that differ in name but function. In the following description and in the claims, the terms “include/including” and “comprise/comprising” are used in an open-ended fashion, and thus should be interpreted as “including but not limited to”. “Substantial/substantially” means, within an acceptable error range, the person skilled in the art may solve the technical problem in a certain error range to achieve the basic technical effect.

The following description is of the best-contemplated mode of carrying out the disclosure. This description is made for the purpose of illustration of the general principles of the disclosure and should not be taken in a limiting sense. The scope of the disclosure is best determined by reference to the appended claims.

FIG. 1is a perspective view and a partially enlarged view of an electrical connector module and a heat dissipation housing of an embodiment of the present disclosure.FIG. 2toFIG. 4are exploded view, partially exploded view, and top view of the electrical connector module and the heat dissipation housing ofFIG. 1. As shown in the figures, the present embodiment provides an electrical connector module, which comprises a heat dissipation housing and a plurality of electrical connectors. The heat dissipation housing comprises a metal housing10, a plurality of heat dissipating members20, a plurality of buckling members30, and a positioning component40. The electrical connector is disposed in the metal housing10, and the positioning component40is disposed on the metal housing10by, such as, soldering, gluing, and etc, which is not limited thereto. The plurality of heat dissipating members20are disposed at the positioning component40, and each of the heat dissipating members20is positioned on the positioning component40by one buckling member30. The buckling member30presses the heat dissipating member20to keep the heat dissipating member20in excellent thermal contact with the electrical connector. InFIG. 1toFIG. 4, the electrical connector is omitted to clearly present the configuration of the metal housing10, the heat dissipating member20, the buckling member30, and the positioning component40.

As shown inFIG. 1,FIG. 2, andFIG. 3, the metal housing10comprises a housing body11comprising a disposing surface111, an accommodating space112, and a plurality of first openings113. The plurality of first openings113are disposed on the disposing surface111and are in communicating with the accommodating space112. In this embodiment, the housing body11is a rectangular parallelepiped whose top surface is the disposing surface111where the plurality of first openings113are disposed. The shape of the first opening113could match the shape of the electrical connector and the heat dissipating member20. In this embodiment, each of the first openings113is rectangular, and each of the first openings113comprises two opposite long side edges1131and two opposite short side edges1132. The length of the long side edge1131is longer than the length of the short side edge1132herein.

As shown inFIG. 2andFIG. 3, the positioning component40comprises a component body41and a plurality of positioning members42. The component body41is disposed on the disposing surface111and comprises a plurality of second openings411. The plurality of second openings411respectively correspond to the plurality of first openings113, and the opening area of the second opening411is greater than the opening area of the first opening113. Two opposite side edges of each of the second openings411are respectively connected with at least one of the positioning members42. The component body41is secured to the disposing surface111of the housing body11by, for example, soldering or gluing. The second opening411comprises two opposite long side edges4111and two opposite short side edges4112. The positioning member42is connected with the two opposite long side edges4111of the second opening411. In this embodiment, the positioning member42is a sheet-structured member formed by bending upward a part of the protruding of the component body41disposed on the long side edge4111of the second opening411. Thus, in this embodiment, the positioning member42and the component body41are integrally formed.

As shown inFIG. 3, each of the positioning members42comprises a positioning sheet body421and a positioning bump422. The positioning sheet body421is connected to the two opposite long side edges4111of the second opening411and extends toward in a direction away from the disposing surface111. The positioning bump422is disposed on a surface of the positioning sheet body421away from the second opening411and protrudes in a direction away from the second opening411. The buckling member30is buckled with the positioning bump422.

The plurality of electrical connectors are disposed in the accommodating space112of the housing body11and correspond to the plurality of first openings113, respectively. In this embodiment, the plurality of electrical connectors are parallelly arranged in the accommodating space112, and the long side edges1131of the plurality of first openings113and the long side edges4111of the plurality of second openings411are also parallelly arranged. Besides, as the position of the first opening113corresponds to the electrical connector, the housing of the electrical connector can be exposed through the first opening113and the second opening411. The metal housing10further comprises a plugging opening114, which is disposed on a plane orthogonal to the disposing surface111. The interface of the electrical connector can be exposed through the plugging opening114. Each of the electrical connectors comprises a plurality of terminals corresponding to the plugging opening114so that other corresponding plurality of electrical connectors could pass through the plugging opening114to be plugged into the electrical connector disposed in the metal housing10. In this embodiment, the electrical connector in the metal housing10is a female electrical connector.

As shown inFIG. 1,FIG. 3, andFIG. 4, the plurality of heat dissipating members20are respectively disposed in the plurality of second openings411and are respectively in thermal contact with the plurality of electrical connectors through the plurality of first openings113and the plurality of second openings411. Each of the heat dissipating members20is disposed between the two positioning members42on the two opposite long side edges4111of each of the second openings411. In this embodiment, each of the heat dissipating members20comprises a base21and a plurality of heat dissipating fins22. The base21is rectangular and is disposed on the component body41of the positioning component40. The base21covers the second opening411and is in contact with the housing of the electrical connector exposed from the second opening411through the second opening411, thereby forming a thermal conductive configuration. In the electrical connector, the heat generated during the transmission of high-frequency signals is conducted from the housing of the electrical connector to the base21and the heat dissipating fins22of the heat dissipating member20, then is carried away by air flowing through the heat dissipating fins22in the manner of thermal convection from the heat dissipating fins22.

As shown inFIG. 1,FIG. 3, andFIG. 4, each of the buckling members30allows each of the heat dissipating members20to be connected with others and position each of the heat dissipating members20at the two positioning members42on the two opposite long side edges4111of each of the second openings411. As shown inFIG. 3, in this embodiment, the buckling member30comprises two positioning parts31and at least one limiting part32. The two positioning parts31respectively correspond to the two positioning members42disposed on the two opposite long side edges1131of each of the first openings113. The two positioning parts31are respectively buckled with the positioning bump422of the positioning member42, and the limiting part32is connected with the two positioning parts31. In this embodiment, the number of limiting parts32is two. The positioning part31is parallel to the long side edge4111of the second opening411, and the limiting part32is parallel to the short side edge4112of the second opening411.

As shown inFIG. 1andFIG. 3, each of the heat dissipating members20is disposed between the two positioning parts31and between the limiting part32and the second opening411. When the positioning part31is buckled with the positioning bump422of the positioning member42, the limiting part32would be press-fitted on the heat dissipating member20to keep the heat dissipating member20in contact with the electrical connector to form a configuration of heat conduction described above. As shown inFIG. 3, the limiting part32is approximate shallow U-shaped, and the downward part at the center of the limiting part32can be press-fitted onto the heat dissipating member20. Each heat dissipating members20comprises a limiting groove23disposed between two groups of adjacent heat dissipating fins22. The limiting part32of the buckling member30passes through the limiting groove23and is press-fitted on the base21of the heat dissipating member20. The extending direction of the limiting groove23is parallel to the short side edge4112of the second opening411.

As shown inFIG. 1,FIG. 2, andFIG. 3, in this embodiment, the two positioning parts31are sheet-structured parts, and one side edge of which abuts against the component body41of the positioning component40, and the other side edge away from the component body41comprises least one positioning gap311. The at least one positioning gap311buckled with the positioning bump422on one end of the positioning bump422close to the component body41so that the positioning bump422could limit the positioning part31and could prevent the buckling member30from being detached from the positioning member42to have the buckling member30to be positioned at the positioning member42. In this embodiment, each of the positioning parts31comprises two positioning gaps311.

As shown inFIG. 3andFIG. 4, each of the positioning parts31of the buckling member30further comprises a positioning notch312disposed on the same side as the positioning gap311. The positioning notch312is used to position the light tube passing above the heat dissipating member20. The heat dissipating member20is provided with a guiding groove24between the two limiting grooves23. The guiding groove24allows the light tube to extend through the heat dissipating member20and be positioned in the positioning notch312of the positioning part31of the buckling member30.

As shown inFIG. 1,FIG. 3, andFIG. 4, in this embodiment, the electrical connector module further comprises a plurality of partition plates50disposed in the accommodating space112of the housing body11. The plurality of partition plates50divides the accommodating space112into a plurality of partitioned space. Each of the electrical connectors is disposed in the partitioned space between two adjacent partition plates50. The partition plate50could be made of a conductive material to electromagnetically shield the adjacent electrical connector. Each of the partition plates50comprises a plurality of securing parts51. The plurality of securing parts51pass through the housing body11and are secured on the disposing surface111between two adjacent first openings113. In this embodiment, since the positioning part31of the buckling member30abuts against the disposing surface111, the securing part51of the partition plate50respectively extend toward the positioning member42in an opposite direction. Thus, the positioning part31of the buckling member30is press-fitted on the securing part51. As shown inFIG. 2andFIG. 4, the component body41of the positioning component40further comprises a plurality of retaining holes412, which correspond to the plurality of securing parts51. When the positioning component40is secured on the disposing surface111of the housing body11, the retaining holes412allow the securing parts51to pass through, so that the component body41of the positioning component40can be evenly secured on the disposing surface111.

As shown inFIG. 1,FIG. 3, andFIG. 4, in this embodiment, the electrical connector module further comprises a circuit board60, on which the metal housing is securely disposed through, for example, a plugging member having a fisheye component. The terminals of the plurality of electrical connectors are electrically connected to the circuit board60by soldering.

As shown inFIG. 1,FIG. 3, andFIG. 4, in this embodiment, the electrical connector module further comprises an elastic buckling member70disposed on the disposing surface111of the housing body11. When the metal housing10is plugged into the housing of an electronic device, the elastic buckling member70would be used to buckle the metal housing10to abut against the housing of the electronic device.

In summary, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electrical connector module and a heat dissipation housing. By disposing the positioning component of the heat dissipating member and by disposing the positioning member on two opposite side edges of each of the second openings, the buckling member needs only to be produced according to the size of the second opening. Even the metal housing could be in a variety of sizes in accordance with the number of electrical connectors, there is still no need to produce multiple buckling members corresponding to the sizes of metal housing as in the prior art since it is possible to use a single size buckling member with the number of which need only to be adjusted appropriately. Besides, since the size of the second opening of the positioning component could correspond to the size of the first opening, there would be great flexibility in designing of products.

It is to be understood that the term “comprises”, “comprising”, or any other variants thereof, is intended to encompass a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or device of a series of elements not only comprise those elements but further comprises other elements that are not explicitly listed, or elements that are inherent to such a process, method, article, or device. An element defined by the phrase “comprising a . . . ” does not exclude the presence of the same element in the process, method, article, or device that comprises the element.

Although the present disclosure has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it does not intend to limit the present disclosure. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art having regard to this present disclosure that other modifications of the exemplary embodiments beyond those embodiments specifically described here may be made without departing from the spirit of the disclosure. Accordingly, such modifications are considered within the scope of the disclosure as limited solely by the appended claims.