USB device with heat dissipating thermal link

• US 8,215,981 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2010
• Issued: 07/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Inventors: Liu, Yi-Chiang, Peng, Chien-Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Girardi, Vanessa
• Application Number:
  US12/766,618
• Publication Number:
  US 20110136352A1
• Time in Patent Office: 809 Days
• Field of Search: 439/76.1, 439/487, 361/688, 361/679.46, 361/679.54
• US Class Current: 439/487
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/203 for portable computers, e.g. for laptops
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/409 Mechanical coupling back panels H05K7/1438
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0042 Universal serial bus [USB]

Abstract

A USB device is provided. The USB device includes a housing, a circuit board, a chip, a USB connector and a metal connector. The circuit board is disposed in the housing. The chip is disposed on the circuit board. The USB connector is connected to the circuit board. The metal connector is connected to the USB connector, wherein the metal connector includes an extended portion, and the extended portion contacts the chip to dissipate heat from the chip.

Claims

1. A USB device, comprising:

a housing;

a circuit board, disposed in the housing;

a chip, disposed on the circuit board;

a USB connector, connected to the circuit board;

a metal connector, connected to the USB connector, wherein the metal connector comprises an extended portion, a gap is formed between the extended portion and the chip, and the extended portion corresponds to the chip to dissipate heat from the chip; and

a heat transfer pad, wherein the heat transfer pad is sandwiched between the chip and the extended portion;

wherein the housing comprises a body and a cover, the body is connected to the cover, and the circuit board is sandwiched between the body and the cover, and

wherein a positioning hole is formed on the extended portion, a positioning post is formed on the cover, and the positioning post passes through the positioning hole.

2. The USB device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body is wedged to the cover.

3. The USB device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body comprises a joint receiving portion, the USB connector is received in the joint receiving portion, the metal connector surrounds the joint receiving portion, and the joint receiving portion is wedged to the metal connector.