Openscad for female USB enclosure holder

Hi everyone,

I have been designing an enclosure and I am stuck in the design of a female USB holder. I came up with a super simple hole that isn't very solid and I also tried to find something like an enclosure's library on the web.
This is what I have at the moment.


Can you guys suggest something more solid?

//usb hole
	for(i = [0:usb_connectors-1]){
		translate( v=[center_back_wall, -10, (i * usb_h * 1.5)]) 	{
			//gap inside of hole
			 cube (size= [1, usb_w+0.5, usb_h+0.5], center=true);		
			//hole itself
			 cube (size= [wall_t+a_bit, usb_w, usb_h], center=true);		
		}
	}

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Cheers,
Franklin Dattein

What do you mean something more solid? I can't really see what the ridges inside the cutout are for.

The USB connector is similar to the one in the image below, but mine is without the plastic parts. So, I was hoping that the ridges would host the little connector flaps

By more solid, I mean that I can easily place the connector in the enclosure wall, push and pull USB cables without moving the connector.


I think I will have to make an mine enclosure for the connector and plug it in the enclosure wall with screws...

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Cheers,
Franklin Dattein

To be more exact, the connector is this one:
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Cheers,
Franklin Dattein

The ridges could work, although you'd need a slot at the top to push the connector in, then something to hold it in place or you wouldn't get the connector in in the first place. How many of these are you making? if only one/a few, then you could just make the slot big enough to let the connector through, then hot glue the back. Those connectors are going to be a little bit tricky to use as they are supposed to be pcb mount, maybe you could solder them to a scrap of protoboard and then have that board slot into the enclosure nicely?

Easier to use a panel mount USB connector and a couple of screws.

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Hi there,
thanks for the advice.

I will go towards the Panel Mount option. I got some from the electronics store, but I will be working on an Openscad version as well. I will share once it is done.

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Cheers,
Franklin Dattein