Patent ID: 7916479

Claim:
A heat dissipating system for a plurality of external cards, the heat dissipating system comprising: a chassis; a motherboard mounted in the chassis; a plurality of connectors mounted on the motherboard in parallel to form a passage between every two adjacent connectors, each of the connectors comprising: a socket defining a slot to accommodate a bottom of a corresponding external card; and two opposite inserting portions extending up from two opposite ends of the socket, each inserting portion comprising: a main body; and a protrusion extending from the main body towards the slot, wherein a cross-section of the protrusion is trapezoidal-shaped, at least one of two side surfaces of the protrusion is inclined and extends from at least one of two side surfaces of the main body towards the slot and the opposite inserting portion to form an airflow guiding structure which guides airflow toward the corresponding external card plugged in the slot; and a heat dissipating element mounted on the chassis and aligned with the passages.