Electronic device

• US 10,379,285 B1
• Filed: 03/05/2018
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gigabyte Technology Company Limited (Giga-Byte Technology Co.)
• Original Assignee: Gigabyte Technology Company Limited (Giga-Byte Technology Co.)
• Inventors: Lai, Chih-Ming, Chiang, Chung-Wei, Kao, Yung-Shun
• Primary Examiner(s): Gyllstrom, Bryon T
• Application Number:
  US15/911,196
• Publication Number:
  US 20190235155A1
• Time in Patent Office: 526 Days
• Field of Search: 362612
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/00 Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0052 Audio or video equipment, e.g. televisions, telephones, cameras or computers; Remote control devices therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0085 Means for removing heat created by the light source from the package heat extraction or cooling elements for semiconductor light sources in general H01L33/64
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/009 of the light source in the package G02B6/0021 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/00 Illuminated signs; Luminous advertising G09F9/00, G09F11/00 take precedence; control of displays in general using static means to present variable information G09G

Abstract

An electronic device adapted for an expansion card is provided. The electronic device includes a main board and a light guide heat dissipation module. The main board includes a connector and a light source disposed beside the connector. The light guide heat dissipation module is detachably disposed on a position of the main board near the connector and is adapted to be thermally coupled to the expansion card inserted in the connector. The light guide heat dissipation module includes a first heat dissipation member, a second heat dissipation member thermally coupled to the first heat dissipation member, and a first light guide member disposed between the first heat dissipation member and the second heat dissipation member. The first heat dissipation member includes an opening, and the opening exposes a portion of the first light guide member. When the light guide heat dissipation module is disposed on the main board, light emitted by the light source is adapted to be guided by the first light guide member to the opening of the first heat dissipation member.

Claims

1. An electronic device, adapted for an expansion card, the electronic device comprising:

a main board, comprising a connector and a light source disposed beside the connector; and

a light guide heat dissipation module, detachably disposed on a position of the main board near the connector and adapted to be thermally coupled to the expansion card inserted in the connector, the light guide heat dissipation module comprising a first heat dissipation member, a second heat dissipation member thermally coupled to the first heat dissipation member, and a first light guide member disposed between the first heat dissipation member and the second heat dissipation member, the first heat dissipation member comprising an opening, the opening exposing a portion of the first light guide member, wherein

light emitted by the light source is adapted to be guided by the first light guide member to the opening of the first heat dissipation member when the light guide heat dissipation module is disposed on the main board.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light source comprises a light emitting diode package and two pins extending from the light emitting diode package, the two pins are bendably fixed onto the main board, the first light guide member comprises a light incident surface, and the light emitting diode package is located beside the light incident surface of the first light guide member and faces the light incident surface when the light guide heat dissipation module is disposed on the main board.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the connector comprises a top surface and a side surface connected to the top surface, and the two pins are bent along a contour of the side surface and a contour of the top surface of the connector.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the connector comprises a groove recessed in the top surface, and the two pins are located inside the groove.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main board further comprises a connector cover housing the connector and the light source and being fixed to the main board, the connector cover comprises a slot, the second heat dissipation member comprises a tongue plate, and the tongue plate of the second heat dissipation member extends into the slot of the connector cover when the light guide heat dissipation module is disposed on the main board.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main board further comprises a second light guide member extending from the light source on the main board onto the connector, the first light guide member comprises a light incident surface, and the second light guide member is in contact with the light incident surface when the light guide heat dissipation module is disposed on the main board.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the connector comprises a top surface and a side surface connected to the top surface, and the second light guide member is bent along a contour of the side surface and a contour of the top surface of the connector.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the main board further comprises a connector cover housing the connector and the light source and being fixed to the main board, the connector comprises a first fixing portion, the connector cover comprises a second fixing portion and a third fixing portion, the second light guide member comprises a fourth fixing portion, and the first fixing portion of the connector and the fourth fixing portion of the second light guide member are respectively fixed to the second fixing portion and the third fixing portion of the connector cover.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first fixing portion of the connector and the second light guide member are two hooks, each of the hooks has an inclined surface, and the inclined surface faces a top surface of the connector.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second heat dissipation member comprises a through hole, and a fixing member is adapted to penetrate through the through hole of the second heat dissipation member to be fixed to the main board when the light guide heat dissipation module is disposed on the main board.