Sockets for removable data storage devices
A socket includes a housing configured to receive a removable Data Storage Device (DSD) and a Thermal Interface Material (TIM). An assembly of the socket is attached to the housing and configured to expand due to heat. In a thermally expanded state, the assembly causes the TIM to come into contact with the removable DSD to draw heat away from the removable DSD. According to another aspect, a retaining strip or assembly is attached to a housing in a configuration such that the retaining strip or assembly expands due to heat to increase a resistance to removal of the removable DSD from the housing when the retaining strip or assembly is in a thermally expanded state.
1. A socket, comprising:
a housing configured to receive a removable Data Storage Device (DSD);
a Thermal Interface Material (TIM); and
an assembly attached to the housing and configured to expand due to heat, wherein the assembly in a thermally expanded state causes the TIM to come into contact with the removable DSD to draw heat away from the removable DSD.
2. The socket of claim 1 , wherein the assembly is further configured to push the TIM to come into contact with the removable DSD.
3. The socket of claim 1 , wherein the assembly is further configured to push a first side of the removable DSD to cause a second side of the removable DSD opposite the first side to come into contact with the TIM.
4. The socket of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a slot portion through which the assembly is attached to the socket.
5. The socket of claim 1 , wherein the assembly includes a bi-metal material composition.
6. The socket of claim 1 , wherein the removable DSD is a Secure Digital (SD) memory card.
7. The socket of claim 1 , wherein the location of the TIM relative to the housing when the removable DSD is fully received in the housing corresponds to at least one of a portion of the removable DSD with a higher thermal conductivity than other portions of the removable DSD and a portion of the removable DSD that generates more heat during operation than other portions of the removable DSD.
8. The socket of claim 1 , further comprising an additional TIM configured to come into contact with the removable DSD to draw heat away from the removable DSD.
9. The socket of claim 1 , wherein the TIM increases a resistance to removal of the removable DSD when the TIM comes into contact with the removable DSD.
10. The socket of claim 1 , further comprising a retaining strip attached to the housing such that the retaining strip expands due to the heat generated by the removable DSD during operation of the removable DSD to increase a resistance to removal of the removable DSD from the housing when the retaining strip is in a thermally expanded state.
11. A socket, comprising:
a housing configured to receive a removable Data Storage Device (DSD); and
a retaining strip attached to the housing in a configuration such that the retaining strip expands due to heat to increase a resistance to removal of the removable DSD from the housing when the retaining strip is in a thermally expanded state, wherein the retaining strip does not contact the removable DSD when the retaining strip is not in the thermally expanded state and the removable DSD is fully received in the housing.
12. The socket of claim 11 , wherein the retaining strip engages with a locking feature of the removable DSD when the retaining strip is in the thermally expanded state.
13. The socket of claim 12 , wherein the retaining strip includes a bent engagement portion that engages the locking feature when the retaining strip is in the thermally expanded state.
14. The socket of claim 11 , wherein the retaining strip is attached to a side of the housing along a direction of insertion of the removable DSD into the housing.
15. The socket of claim 11 , wherein the retaining strip includes a bi-metal material composition.
16. The socket of claim 11 , wherein the removable DSD is a Secure Digital (SD) memory card.
17. The socket of claim 11 , further comprising an intermediate device attached to the housing and configured to engage a locking feature of the removable DSD, and wherein the retaining strip locks the intermediate device to increase a resistance to removal of the removable DSD from the housing when the retaining strip is in the thermally expanded state.
18. The socket of claim 11 , further comprising a Thermal Interface Material (TIM), wherein the retaining strip in the thermally expanded state causes the TIM to come into contact with the removable DSD.
19. A socket, comprising:
a housing configured to receive a removable Data Storage Device (DSD); and
an assembly attached to the housing and configured to expand due to heat, wherein the assembly in a thermally expanded state increases a resistance to removal of the removable DSD from the housing, wherein the assembly does not contact the removable DSD when the assembly is not in the thermally expanded state and the removable DSD is fully received in the housing.
20. The socket of claim 19 , wherein the assembly in the thermally expanded state causes a portion of the socket to come into contact with the removable DSD to increase the resistance to removal of the removable DSD from the housing.
21. A socket, comprising:
a housing configured to receive a removable Data Storage Device (DSD);
an assembly attached to the housing and configured to expand due to heat; and
an intermediate device attached to the housing and configured to engage a locking feature of the removable DSD, wherein the assembly locks the intermediate device to increase a resistance to removal of the removable DSD from the housing when the retaining strip is in a thermally expanded state.
22. A socket, comprising:
a housing configured to receive a removable Data Storage Device (DSD);
a retaining strip attached to the housing in a configuration such that the retaining strip expands due to heat to increase a resistance to removal of the removable DSD from the housing when the retaining strip is in a thermally expanded state; and
a Thermal Interface Material (TIM), wherein the retaining strip in the thermally expanded state causes the TIM to come into contact with the removable DSD.