Heat dissipation connector with USB port

• US 6,781,833 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2002
• Issued: 08/24/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wen-Hua Lu
• Original Assignee: Wen-Hua Lu
• Inventors: Lu, Wen-Hua
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson, Gregory D.
• Application Number:
  US10/132,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20030174467A1
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 165/80.3, 165/121-126, 361/687, 361/694-695, 361/715, 361/801-803, 361/728-730, 361/752, 361/756, 361/758, 454/184, 320/115, 320/163, 415/53, 415/423.14, 415/423.15, 415/360, 415/119
• US Class Current: 361/695
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/266 Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/06 for computer periphery
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20581 Cabinets including a drawer for fans

Abstract

A heat dissipation connector capable of dissipating heat from electric appliances in relative close proximity, such as a personal computer and possesses one or more USB ports for connecting to other electrical appliances. Specifically, the present invention is provided with at least two USB ports. One USB port is capable of receiving electrical power supplied from a USB port of a connected electric appliance such as a personal computer for driving built-in fans of the present invention.

Claims

1. A heat dissipation connector comprising:

a rectangular front cover with four outwardly extended edges and air outlet openings on the face of the rectangular front cover;

a rectangular back cover with four outwardly extended edges and air inlet openings on the face of the rectangular back cover;

the air inlet openings on the back cover are designed and positioned to oppositely correspond to the air outlet openings on the front cover, and the back cover has four positioning strips one formed at each corner of the rectangular face of the back cover for use as spacers;

a pair of U-shaped supports each positioned against a pair of positioning strips on the back cover to securely position the front cover and the back cover upright;

DC fans positioned within the air outlet openings of the front cover so that the air outlet openings of the front cover are directly opposite to the air inlet openings of the back cover;

at least two USB ports installed on lateral ends of both the front cover and the back cover, wherein one of the USB ports is used to supply 5 DC volts from a USB cable to the DC fans;

an electronic control circuit board installed inside the back cover for controlling one USB port, for providing 5 DC volts supplied from a connected appliance, for driving DC fans used for dissipating heat, for controlling the other USB port used for transmitting speed of 12 megabits per second and for supplying 5 DC volts for other use.

2. The heat dissipation connector according to claim 1, wherein the front cover is provided with two air outlet openings, the back cover is provided with two air inlet openings oppositely positioned and directly corresponding to the opening of the front cover, and two fans relatively positioned between the opposite openings of the front cover and the back cover.

3. The heat dissipation connector according to claim 1 or claim 2 further comprising a 12 DC socket and a switch, wherein the socket is capable of supplying 12 DC volts from a cigarette lighter of a motor vehicle when the switch is turned on, and the 12 DC volts are converted to 5 DC volts by the electronic control circuit board.

4. The heat dissipation connector according to claim 3, wherein four supporting blocks are positioned one on each corner of the rectangular face of the front cover.