JP3427579B2 - Portable information processing device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable information processing apparatus which is optimal for application to, for example, a notebook type personal computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a portable hard disk drive (Hard Disk Drive)
A compact recording / reproducing device such as a disk drive) is incorporated.

[0003]

However, a small recording / reproducing device such as a hard disk drive has a low vibration resistance.
There is a problem that malfunction or failure is likely to occur due to disturbance vibration or the like applied during transportation of the portable information processing device.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable information processing apparatus having high vibration resistance.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable information processing apparatus according to the present invention, wherein a recording / reproducing apparatus mounting hole is formed in a main body of the information processing apparatus.
Recording / reproduction by placing an insertion guide composed of an elastic member
A device that elastically supports the device by its insertion guide itself.
It And, the claim 2 is a guide rail of a recording and reproducing apparatus.
Insert it into the slot of the insertion guide to elastically support it.
It is those that.

[0006] Further, claims 3 and 4 of the portable information processing apparatus of the present invention, the recording and reproducing device formed in the main body of the information processing apparatus.
The recording / playback device is elastic in the insertion guide in the raw device mounting hole.
Guide rails made of materials and gel-like materials with elasticity
Depending on the quality, insert the recording / reproducing device into its guide rail.
It is elastically supported by itself and the gel-like substance itself .

[0007]

[Action] claims 1 and 2 of the portable information processing apparatus of the present invention configured as described above, the recording of the information processing apparatus main body
Insert the insertion guide located in the playback device mounting hole into the elastic part.
Since it is made of material, the insertion guide can be used to
It can also be used as a sex support means.

Further, claims 3 and 4 of the portable information processing apparatus according to the present invention are directed to a recording / reproducing device formed in the information processing apparatus main body.
Insert the recording / playback device into the insertion guide inside the raw device mounting hole.
Insert the guide rail or gel-like substance
Since it is made of material, elastic support means is provided by these insertion members.
Can be combined.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a portable information processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[Outline of Invention] First, the outline of the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention is an information processing apparatus main body 2 of a portable information processing apparatus 1 such as a notebook type personal computer.
A recording / reproducing device mounting portion 3 which is a mounting / dismounting device mounting portion such as a hole is provided therein, and a small recording / reproducing device 4 which is a detaching device such as a hard disk drive can be detachably mounted in the recording / reproducing device mounting portion 3. The recording / reproducing apparatus mounting portion 3 is mounted and elastically supported by one or a plurality of buffer means 5 having a spring element and a dashpot element. An electrical connection that electrically and detachably connects the recording / reproducing device 4 removably mounted in the recording / reproducing device mounting portion 3 and a circuit block 6 such as a circuit board in the information processing device body 2.
The connecting means 7 as the connecting means is also made of a material having a large attenuation rate.

Therefore, the portable information processing apparatus 1 of the present invention
According to this, the disturbance vibration or the like applied to the information processing apparatus main body 2 during transportation or the like can be buffered, that is, attenuated by the buffer means 5, so that the recording / reproducing apparatus 4 malfunctions or fails due to the disturbance vibration or the like. This can be prevented as much as possible, and the portable information processing device 1 having high vibration resistance can be supplied. In addition, when the information processing device 1 is transported, etc.
Between the recording / reproducing device 4 and the circuit block 6,
By disconnecting the connecting means 7 that is connected
Disconnection of the connecting means 7 due to disturbance vibration of the recording / reproducing apparatus 4.
Etc. can also be prevented.

Further, according to the portable information processing apparatus 1 of the present invention, the recording / reproducing apparatus 4 is moved from the information processing apparatus 1 to the information processing apparatus 1 as needed in a state where disturbance vibration is easily applied when the information processing apparatus 1 is transported. It can also be removed and transported safely.

[Description of Specific Example] A specific example of the portable information processing apparatus of the present invention will be described below.

First, a hard disk drive 11, which is an example of a compact recording / reproducing device 4 which is a detaching device, will be described with reference to FIG.

The hard disk drive 11 has an external size of about the size of a business card, and a sealed case 1
A hard disk 14 that is driven to rotate by a spindle motor 13 and a rotary actuator 15 are built in the drive unit 2.

The rotary actuator 15 has an actuator arm 20 which is rotationally driven in the direction of arrow a about a pivot 19 by a voice coil motor 18 composed of a coil 16 and a magnet 17. The floating head slider 21 at the tip end is sought in the direction of arrow b, and the floating head slider 22 is used for recording and reproduction on the hard disk 14.

Then, this hard disk drive 1
Guide rails 22 for inserting holes, which will be described later, into the insertion guides are integrally formed at the left and right ends of the first case 12. Further, a connector 23 forming a part of the connecting means 7 is integrally provided at an end portion on the arrow c direction side which is a inserting direction of the case 12 into a hole portion described later.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, on the side surface of the main body 32 of the notebook type personal computer 31 constituting the portable information processing apparatus 1, the hole portion 3 constituting the recording / reproducing apparatus mounting portion 3 is formed.
3 is formed horizontally, and an insertion guide 34 formed in a substantially U-shape is horizontally arranged in the hole 33. A pair of left and right slots 35 are formed horizontally and in parallel on the left and right facing surfaces of the insertion guide 34, and a connector 36 is mounted horizontally at a right angle to the pair of left and right slots 35 in the inner part. There is.

The insertion guide 34 serves as the buffer means 5.
It is elastically suspended and supported by a lower portion of a support member 38 such as a chassis or a circuit board by a total of four cushioning members 37 constituting the above.

Then, the connector 36 attached to the inner portion of the insertion guide 34 is attached to the flexible printed circuit board 39.
It is connected to the circuit block 6 such as a circuit board in the main body 32 with a sufficient length by way of a connecting means 6 having a large attenuation rate such as a vinyl cord. Eject levers 41 and 42 are attached to the insertion guide 34.

The hard disk drive 11 is inserted by the pair of left and right guide rails 22 into the insertion guide 3
When the hard disk drive 11 is removably inserted into the hole 33 so as to be inserted into the pair of right and left slots 35 from the direction of arrow c, the connector 23 is inserted into the connector 36 from the direction of arrow c, The hard disk drive 11 is mounted in the hole 33, and the hard disk drive 11 is electrically connected to the circuit block 6 in the main body 32.

Then, the hard disk drive 1
1 is elastically supported in the hole 33 by a total of four cushioning members 37, and is buffered against disturbance vibrations and the like applied to the main body 32.

Here, a total of four cushioning materials 37 are provided in the main body 32.
It has a function of attenuating disturbance vibration applied to the hard disk drive 11 and a function of supporting the hard disk drive 11 on the support member 37.

Since the insertion guide 34 is elastically supported by a total of four cushioning members 37, the guide rail 22 of the hard disk drive 11 inserts and removes (removes and attaches) the slot 35 of the insertion guide 34. Operation) can be performed smoothly.

As the material of the plurality of cushioning materials 37, a viscoelastic material such as natural rubber or synthetic rubber is most preferable, but a metallic material or a general polymer material is made of a spring such as a leaf spring or a coil spring. It can also be configured and used in a shape that easily exhibits

When ejecting the hard disk drive 11 from the hole 33, the eject lever 41 is pushed in the direction of the arrow c as shown in FIG.
It is possible to easily push out the hard disk drive 11 from the inside of the hole 33 in the direction of the arrow d by rotating the shaft 4 in the direction of the arrow d and levering the tip 42a of the eject lever 42.

The mounting structure of the plurality of cushioning members 37 made of a viscoelastic material such as natural rubber or synthetic rubber is shown in FIG.
As shown in (A) of FIG.
Mounting hole 4 formed in the insertion guide 34 and the support member 38
As shown in (B) of FIG. 6 and a structure in which the elastic member 6 is fitted against the elasticity, the upper and lower ends of the plurality of cushioning members 37 are inserted into the insertion guide 3
4 and the supporting member 37 may be attached from above and below with screws 47.

If the mounting structure of the cushioning material 37 shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B is adopted, the structure is simple, the assembling and disassembling are easy, the productivity is high, and
Easy maintenance, inspection and repair.

[Description of Modification] A modification of the portable information processing apparatus of the present invention will be described below.

First, the structure shown in FIG.
Is formed in a box shape, and a pair of left and right brackets 49 arranged on both sides thereof are attached to the support member 38 by fastening means such as a plurality of screws 50, and between the pair of left and right brackets 49 and the left and right sides of the insertion guide 34. 4 cushions in total 3
7, the insertion guide 34 is elastically suspended and supported by the support member 37.

The structure shown in FIG. 7 has an insertion guide 34, a plurality of cushioning members 37, and a pair of left and right brackets 4.
After assembling 9 in advance, a pair of left and right brackets 49 may be screwed to the support member 38, and the assembling and disassembling is easy.

Next, the structure shown in FIG.
Since a plurality of cushioning materials 37 exhibiting spring properties are integrated, it is possible to reduce the number of parts and the number of assembling steps, and to reduce the size and weight.

At this time, the insertion guide 34 and the plurality of cushioning members 37 can be integrally formed of elastic material such as plastic, natural rubber, synthetic rubber or the like.
Various shapes can be adopted for 7 to exhibit springiness.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9A, the insertion guide 34 itself having a pair of slots 35 is made of natural rubber,
It may be composed of synthetic rubber or other elastic supporting means 8 having elasticity, and as shown in FIG. 9B, the hard disk drive 11 inserted into the pair of left and right slots 35 of the insertion guide 34. The pair of left and right guide rails 22 of the case 12 may be composed of natural rubber, synthetic rubber, or other elastic supporting means 8 having elasticity.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9C, the hard disk drive 11 may be elastically mounted in the hole 33 by the elastic supporting means 8 such as the gel substance 51.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 9A, 9B, 9C, the insertion guide 34, the guide rail 22 , which is the supporting means 8 for supporting the hard disk drive 11 in the hole 33, and the like. By configuring the gel-like substance 51 itself as the elastic supporting means 8 having elasticity, the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention.

The portable information processing apparatus 1 and the recording / reproducing apparatus 4 according to the present invention are not limited to the notebook personal computer 31 and the hard disk drive 11 shown in the embodiments.

In the above embodiment, the recording / reproducing apparatus mounting portion 3 is configured to elastically support the recording / reproducing apparatus in a hanging manner.
The recording / reproducing device 4 may be elastically supported from below or from the surroundings.

[0041]

The portable information processing apparatus of the present invention configured as described above has the following effects.

Claims 1 and 2 describe the main body of the information processing apparatus.
The insertion guide placed in the hole for mounting the recording / playback device is elastic.
It is composed of a member and the insertion guide guides the elasticity of the recording / reproducing device.
Since the supporting means is also used, the number of parts and the number of assembly steps of the portable information processing device having high vibration resistance are reduced, and the cost is reduced.
Can be realized .

Claims 3 and 4 are formed in the information processing apparatus main body .
Recorded in the insertion guide inside the hole for mounting the recording / playback device
A guide rail or gel that is an insertion member for inserting the playback device
The material is composed of elastic members, and these insertion members
Since the supporting means is also used, the number of parts and the number of assembly steps of the portable information processing device having high vibration resistance are reduced, and the cost is reduced.
Can be realized .

[0044]

[0045]

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[0047]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an outline of the invention in an embodiment of a portable information processing device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a notebook computer for explaining a specific example of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the insertion guide and the cushioning material of FIGS. 2 and 3.

5 is an enlarged cross-sectional side view taken along the line AA of FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional side view of a main part taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a modified example of a cushioning member mounting structure.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a modified example of the insertion guide.

FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining a modified example of the elastic supporting means of the recording / reproducing apparatus inside the hole.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a hard disk drive that constitutes a recording / reproducing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable information processing device 2 Information processing device main body 3 Recording / reproducing device mounting part which is a mounting / dismounting device mounting part 4 Recording / reproducing device 5 which is a mounting / dismounting device 5 Buffer means 6 Circuit block 7 Connecting means 8 which is an electrical connecting means Elastic support means

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A recording / reproducing device is detachably mounted on a main body of an information processing device in a portable information processing device.
And a hole for mounting the recording / reproducing device, and an insertion guide for the recording / reproducing device arranged in the hole.
Preparative equipped, portable information processing apparatus is characterized in that constitute the insertion guide by an elastic member. 2. The insertion guide formed of the elastic member
The guide rail of the recording / playback device is removably inserted.
The slot according to claim 1, wherein the slot is formed.
The portable information processing device according to item 1. 3. A recording / reproducing device is detachably mounted on a main body of the information processing device in a portable information processing device.
And a hole for mounting the recording / reproducing device, and an insertion guide for the recording / reproducing device arranged in the hole.
When it is formed in the recording / reproducing device, it is removed into the insertion guide.
A portable information processing device , comprising: a guide rail that is detachably inserted, and the guide rail is made of an elastic member . 4. A recording / reproducing device is detachably mounted on a main body of an information processing device in a portable information processing device.
Recording and reproducing apparatus mounting hole, and the insertion guide above SL disposed within bore the above recording and reproducing apparatus, it is formed on the recording and reproducing apparatus, de-in the insertion guide
It is composed of an elastic gel-like substance that can be inserted
A portable information processing device.