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US 9,960,525 B2Granted
Connector with integrated heat sink
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsKent E. Regnier, Jerry A. Long
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Abstract
A receptacle connector defines a port. The port is provided with spring fingers that are configured to engage a mating module. The spring fingers are thermally coupled to a heat transfer plate that can be configured to provide part of a cage that defines the port. Fins can be mounted on or integrated into the heat transfer plate. In operation, thermal energy from an inserted module is transferred from the module to spring fingers and then to the heat transfer plate and then to a thermal dissipation system.
Claims16
A connector, comprising:
- a cage that defines a port, the cage configured to be supported by a circuit board;
- a heat transfer plate with a main wall and a side wall, the side wall extending along a top or a bottom of the port;
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- a spring finger plate that supports a plurality of spring fingers mounted on the side wall, the spring fingers configured to engage a module inserted into the port in a first direction, the spring fingers configured to translate in a second direction, in operation, when the module is inserted into the port, wherein each spring finger of the plurality of spring fingers is configured to individually contact the module inserted into the port.
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A connector, comprising:
- a cage that defines a first port and a second port, the first and second ports being vertically stacked;
- a heat transfer plate that includes a main wall that extends vertically along the first and second ports and that further includes an upper side wall positioned in the first port and a lower side wall positioned in the second port;
- a first spring plate thermally coupled to the upper side wall, the first spring plate having a plurality of spring fingers;
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- a second spring plate thermally coupled to the lower side wall, the second spring plate having a plurality of spring fingers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.