IP Library Granted Patent US 12,241,575
Granted Patent B2
US 12,241,575 · App. 18/395,635 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Blind insert fluid connection module

Inventors: Ming-Tang Yang (Taoyuan, TW); Teng-Chiao Shen (Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
F16L37/00H05K7/20781
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Patent No.
US 12,241,575
App. No.
18/395,635
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blind insert fluid connection module includes a first fluid connector located on a first assembly and a second fluid connector located on a second assembly. The second fluid connector is used to engage the first fluid connector in a first direction to form a fluid channel. The second assembly includes a main body, a guide structure, and a cushioning resilient member. The fastening member is located on the main body. The guide structure is located on the main body, and the second fluid connector is fixed on the guide structure. The cushioning resilient member is connected to the guide structure to provide a buffer displacement of the second fluid connector along the second direction when the first and second fluid connectors are joined, wherein an included angle is formed between the second direction and the first direction.

Claims (17)

1. A blind insert fluid connection module comprising:

a first fluid connector disposed on a first assembly; and

a second fluid connector disposed on a second assembly, the second fluid connector configured to engage the first fluid connector to form a fluid channel in a first direction, the second assembly comprising:

a main body;

a fastening member disposed on the main body;

a guide structure disposed on the main body and the guide structure comprises:

an outer bracket fixed to the fastening member;

an inner ring configured to secure the second fluid connector; and

a plurality of cushioning resilient pieces interconnected between the inner ring and the outer bracket and configured to provide a buffer displacement of the second fluid connector in a second direction when the first and second fluid connectors are joined, wherein an included angle is formed between the second direction and the first direction, wherein the cushioning resilient pieces are wave-shaped elastic sheets extending radially from the inner ring to the outer bracket.

2. The blind insert fluid connection module of claim 1 , wherein the first assembly is a server rack, the second assembly is a server computing unit.

3. The blind insert fluid connection module of claim 1 further comprising a fluid tube coupled to the second fluid connector.

4. The blind insert fluid connection module of claim 3 , wherein the fastening member has an opening, and the fluid tube is coupled to the second fluid connector through the opening.

5. The blind insert fluid connection module of claim 1 , wherein the cushioning resilient pieces comprise relatively long wave-shaped elastic sheets and relatively short wave-shaped elastic sheets extending radially from the inner ring to the outer bracket.

6. The blind insert fluid connection module of claim 1 , wherein the outer bracket has a rectangular profile.

7. The blind insert fluid connection module of claim 6 , wherein the cushioning resilient pieces comprise relatively long wave-shaped elastic sheets and relatively short wave-shaped elastic sheets, wherein one of the relatively long wave-shaped elastic sheets extends from the inner ring to a corner of the rectangular profile of the outer bracket.

8. The blind insert fluid connection module of claim 6 , wherein the cushioning resilient pieces comprise relatively long wave-shaped elastic sheets and relatively short wave-shaped elastic sheets, wherein one of the relatively short wave-shaped elastic sheets extends from the inner ring to a middle point between two immediately-adjacent corners of the rectangular profile of the outer bracket.

9. The blind insert fluid connection module of claim 1 , wherein the cushioning resilient pieces comprise relatively long wave-shaped elastic sheets and relatively short wave-shaped elastic sheets, one of the relatively short wave-shaped elastic sheets has an S-shaped profile.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 25, 2023
From: YANG, MING-TANG; SHEN, TENG-CHIAO
To: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010382907.4 · May 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 17170842 · Feb 8, 2021
Related Publication 20240125417A1 · Apr 18, 2024
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