Rack-mountable equipment with a high-heat-dissipation module, and transceiver receptacle with increased cooling
AssigneeSamtec, Inc.
InventorsEric J. Zbinden, Thomas A. Hall, III
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes a heat dissipation module with a first end and a second end opposed to the first end and two receptacle connectors located at the second end. The first and second ends define a transceiver-mating direction such that, when a transceiver is inserted into the first end of the heat dissipation module in the transceiver-mating direction, the transceiver mates with one of the two receptacle connectors, and in the heat dissipation module, air flows parallel to the transceiver-mating direction between the first and second ends and flows between the two receptacle connectors.
Claims23
An electrical connector system comprising:
- a cage including:
- a first slot that includes a first end and a second end opposed to the first end of the first slot;
- a first electrical connector located at the second end of the first slot;
- a second slot that includes a first end and a second end opposed to the first end of the second slot;
- a second electrical connector located at the second end of the second slot;
- a single heat sink located between the first and the second slots;
- and
- a low impedance thermal path between the single heat sink and each of the first and the second slots.
A heat dissipation module comprising:
- an upper slot configured to receive an upper transceiver;
- a lower slot configured to receive a lower transceiver;
- and
- a single heat sink located between the upper and the lower slots;
- wherein
- when the upper transceiver is inserted into the upper slot, the upper transceiver is forced against the single heat sink;
- when the lower transceiver is inserted into the lower slot, the lower transceiver is forced against the single heat sink.
A heat dissipation module comprising:
- a cage that includes upper and lower slots;
- a single heat sink located between the upper and the lower slots;
- an upper spring located on a side of the upper slot opposed to the single heat sink;
- and
- a lower spring located on a side of the lower slot opposed to the single heat sink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.