CN101431874A - Expansion card fixer - Google Patents

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CN101431874A
CN101431874A CNA2007101658776A CN200710165877A CN101431874A CN 101431874 A CN101431874 A CN 101431874A CN A2007101658776 A CNA2007101658776 A CN A2007101658776A CN 200710165877 A CN200710165877 A CN 200710165877A CN 101431874 A CN101431874 A CN 101431874A
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The present invention discloses an expansion card fixer which can be applied to fix an expansion card in a slot of an electronic device. The expansion card comprises a noumenon and a clamping structure, wherein the noumenon has a first side and a second side corresponding to the first side. A card hook is set on the first side of the noumenon. The clamping structure extends from the second side of the noumenon and can be used to clamp the expansion card on it. Card hook will fix the card on the internal wall of slot when clamping structure of the expansion card fixer clamps the expansion card, and the combination of expansion card fixer and expansion card intercalated into the slot.

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Expansion card fixer
Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of fixture, and particularly be fixed in expansion card fixer in the slot of electronic installation relevant for a kind of auxiliary expansion board.
Background technology
Along with the progress of science and technology, the use of electronic installation is more and more general, for example notebook computer.Different with general electronic installation is, the convenience when notebook computer carries in order to pursue it, and its product size design normally makes every effort to compact, carries to make things convenient for the user.
From the above, for the small product size of dwindling notebook computer is carried to make things convenient for the user, the inner required integrated circuit board of basic function that only sets usually of notebook computer.Therefore; for expanding the usefulness of notebook computer; on the body of expansion notebook computer at least one function expansion board slot (ExpansionSocket) can be set usually, for example block fast (Express Card), it can be inserted in the function expansion board slot to promote the usefulness of notebook computer.
It should be noted that the effect difference along with function expansion board, function expansion board has different sizes, and for example above-mentioned quick card is to be established on PCI Express and USB 2.0 standard interfaces, and two kinds of two kinds of different size 34mm and 54mm are arranged.And general notebook computer can have at least one function expansion board slot, and this slot gets final product the quick card of ccontaining above-mentioned two kinds of sizes.Yet, when the user is inserted in slot with undersized function expansion board, the accommodation space of expansion board size and slot does not also match, function expansion board promptly easily the user move notebook computer process or because of be given a shock from slot get loose, displacement, cause function expansion board and slot loose contact.Especially, when the external again transmission line of undersized function expansion board, because transmission line is subjected to improper external force easily and pulls, the undersized function expansion board that causes jointly joining with transmission line comes off in slot, and then influences the task performance of notebook computer.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of expansion card fixer, it can make expansion board firmly be fixed in the slot of an electronic installation.
The present invention proposes a kind of expansion card fixer, and it is suitable for an auxiliary expansion board and is fixed in the slot of an electronic installation.This expansion card fixer comprises a body and a clamp structure, wherein body one second side that has one first side and be parallel to first side.First side of body is provided with a trip, and clamp structure then is to extend from second side of body, and is suitable for the expansion board clamping thereon.When the clamp structure clamping expansion board of expansion card fixer, and when being inserted in slot, trip can be fastened in the slot inwall, and then makes expansion board firmly to be inserted in the slot.
In one embodiment of this invention, when the combination of expansion card fixer and expansion board was inserted in slot, clamp structure was to be positioned at the slot outside.
In one embodiment of this invention, expansion card fixer more comprises a sliding part, sliding part is slidedly arranged on body, and be suitable for sliding along a path, wherein sliding part comprises at least one holding section, and is inserted in slot when the combination of expansion card fixer and expansion board, and sliding part along the path when the electronic installation slides within, the holding section is suitable for moving to outside first side in first side of body, and with slot inwall close proximity.
In one embodiment of this invention, sliding part more comprises a force section, and when the combination of expansion card fixer and expansion board was inserted in slot, the force section was to be positioned at the slot outside.
In one embodiment of this invention, sliding part more comprises at least one first guidance part, and body more is provided with at least one second guidance part of relative first guidance part, and sliding part is by cooperating to reciprocatingly slide on the path between first guidance part and second guidance part.
In one embodiment of this invention, first guidance part is a guide pillar, and second guidance part is a guide groove.
In one embodiment of this invention, first guidance part is a guide groove, and second guidance part is a guide pillar.
In one embodiment of this invention, trip is an elastic clamping hook.
In one embodiment of this invention, clamp structure is provided with a clamping part, expansion board is held on the side of body.
In one embodiment of this invention, expansion board is a function expansion board, and slot is a function expansion board slot.
The present invention utilizes an expansion card fixer to assist an expansion board to be fixed in the slot of an electronic installation, can make expansion board firmly to be inserted in the slot, and do not pull because of the electronic installation shift position or because of external force, cause the inconvenience used or the damage of assembly.
In sum, the present invention utilizes an expansion card fixer to assist an expansion board to be fixed in the slot of an electronic installation, especially a small size expansion board.Wherein, expansion card fixer mainly is made up of in order to the clamp structure of clamping expansion board a body and that is provided with trip.When being inserted in slot behind the clamp structure clamping small size expansion board of expansion card fixer, this physical efficiency is filled up the space between expansion board and slot, can lower rocking that expansion board size and slot space do not match and produced, and the trip of being located at body can be sticked in the slot inwall again, so the combination of expansion card fixer and expansion board can firmly be immobilizated in the slot.That is the small size expansion board can be by expansion card fixer of the present invention firmly to be inserted in the slot.
In addition, the present invention also can be slided on body and establish a sliding part, and the user can make the holding section of being located on the sliding part protrude body by passing sliding part, and then its overall dimensions of expansion card fixer of making way in the slot becomes big a little.Thus, expansion card fixer and slot inwall promptly can more closely join, and the expansion board that is subjected to the expansion card fixer clamping can more firmly be inserted in the slot, and the electronic installation that is plugged with expansion board also has more stable operating state.
Further say, expansion card fixer of the present invention can assist expansion board to be fixed in the slot of an electronic installation effectively, especially small size expansion board, even and the expansion board that is circumscribed with a transmission line also be difficult for being pullled in slot and come off because of transmission line.
For above-mentioned feature and advantage of the present invention can be become apparent, preferred embodiment cited below particularly, and cooperate appended graphicly, be described in detail below.
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Figure 1A is depicted as the expansion card fixer of one embodiment of the invention and the exploded view of an expansion board.
Figure 1B is depicted as the expansion card fixer of Figure 1A and the constitutional diagram of expansion board.
Fig. 2 A is depicted as expansion card fixer and the combination of expansion board and the schematic diagram of an electronic installation of Figure 1B.
The combination that Fig. 2 B is depicted as the expansion card fixer of Figure 1B and expansion board is inserted in the schematic diagram of the slot of electronic installation.
Fig. 3 A is depicted as the exploded view of the expansion card fixer of another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 B is depicted as the constitutional diagram of the expansion card fixer of Fig. 3 A.
The sliding part that Fig. 3 C is depicted as Fig. 3 A is the schematic diagram along path movement at another visual angle.
The combination that Fig. 4 A is depicted as the expansion card fixer of Fig. 3 B and expansion board is inserted in the schematic diagram of the slot of electronic installation.
The sliding part that Fig. 4 B is depicted as Fig. 4 A is subjected to the schematic diagram after the user passes.
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Figure 1A is depicted as the expansion card fixer of one embodiment of the invention and the exploded view of a small size expansion board, and Figure 1B is depicted as the expansion card fixer of Figure 1A and the constitutional diagram of small size expansion board.Please also refer to Figure 1A and Figure 1B, the expansion card fixer 100 of present embodiment mainly comprises a body 110 and a clamp structure 120.The one second side 110b that body 110 has one first side 110a and is parallel to the first side 110a.Wherein, the first side 110a of body 110 is provided with a trip 112, and trip 112 for example is an elastic clamping hook, and clamp structure 120 then is to extend from the second side 110b of body 110, and is suitable for an expansion board 200 clampings thereon, especially the small size expansion board.In this example, the small size expansion board can be the quick card of 34mm.
In more detail, in the present embodiment, from the extended clamp structure 120 of the second side 110b of body 110, its width just can be fixed an expansion board, and the width summation of body 110 and clamp structure 120, just equal the width of slot on the electronic installation, the width of just commercially available large scale expansion board.
Preferably, clamp structure 120 is across expansion board 200 tops, and expansion board 200 buckles are held on the side of body 110 by a clamping part 122, and expansion card fixer 100 can assist expansion board 200 to be inserted in the slot of an electronic installation effectively, and does not cause slot inside that movably space is arranged.How hereinafter will describe expansion board 200 in detail and be auxiliary by expansion card fixer 100 firmly to be immobilizated in the slot.
Fig. 2 A is depicted as the expansion card fixer that contains expansion board of Figure 1B, and a schematic diagram with electronic installation of expansion card slot; Fig. 2 B is depicted as the expansion card fixer that contains expansion board of Figure 1B, is inserted in the schematic diagram of the slot of electronic installation.
Please also refer to Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B, in the present embodiment, electronic installation 300 for example is a notebook computer, and its slot 310 for example is a function expansion board slot or the slot of other type, and its width can meet the size of the quick card of general commercially available 54mm.When the expansion card fixer 100 of an expansion board 200 with present embodiment fastens, and be inserted in after the slot 310, its width meets the width of slot 310, and the body 110 of expansion card fixer 100 can be filled up the space of 310 of expansion board 200 and slots, avoided because the width of small size expansion board 200 less than the width of slot 310, cause accommodation space not match and displacement easily, the situation that in slot 310, gets loose.
In addition, the first side 110a of body 110 can be provided with a trip 112, trip 112 is suitable for being fastened in slot 310 inwalls, therefore when clamp structure 120 clamping expansion boards 200, and when the combination of expansion card fixer 100 and expansion board 200 is inserted in slot 310, expansion card fixer 100 can be by the snap-fit relationship between trip 112 and slot 310 inwalls firmly to be immobilizated in expansion board 200 in the slot 310, and electronic installation 300 can read expansion board 200 effectively, is maintained at a preferable operating state.
Certainly, when expansion board 200 being taken out in slot 310 as user's desire, because the trip 112 of present embodiment for example is an elastic clamping hook, therefore the user only need push the part body 110 of contiguous trip 112, can make trip 112 produce elastic deformation, and no longer be sticked in slot 310 inwalls, and the user can take out the expansion card fixer 100 and the combination of expansion board 200 easily in slot 310.
For expansion board more firmly is inserted in the slot, the present invention reintroduces the expansion card fixer of another embodiment.(Fig. 3 A is depicted as the exploded view of the expansion card fixer of another embodiment of the present invention to please refer to Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B, and Fig. 3 B is depicted as the constitutional diagram of the expansion card fixer of Fig. 3 A), the expansion card fixer 100 ' of present embodiment is similar with the expansion card fixer 100 of the foregoing description, and only the two main difference is that the expansion card fixer 100 ' of present embodiment comprises that more one is slidedly arranged on the sliding part 130 on the body 110.
In the present embodiment, sliding part 130 has at least one holding section 132, and sliding part 130 is suitable for along path L slip (path L for example is a slight curving path, but not walking along the street always directly).Wherein, when sliding part 130 when path L slides, the holding section 132 of sliding part 130 can move to outside the first side 110a in the first side 110a of body 110.That is, in the process that sliding part 130 slides along path L, originally the holding section 132 that is positioned at the first side 110a can protrude from the first side 110a of body 110 (please refer to shown in Fig. 3 C, its sliding part that is depicted as Fig. 3 A is the schematic diagram along path movement at another visual angle).
In detail, present embodiment for example is that a force section 134 and at least one first guidance part 136 (Fig. 3 A be example with 2 first guidance parts 136) are set on sliding part 130, and is provided with on body 110 and first guidance part, 136 corresponding at least one second guidance parts 114 (Fig. 3 A be example with 2 second guidance parts 114).Wherein, the user is after passing force section 134, and sliding part can cooperating to reciprocatingly slide on the L of path by first guidance part 136 and 114 of second guidance parts.
In the present embodiment, first guidance part 136 for example is a guide pillar, and second guidance part 114 for example is one along the designed guide groove of path L, can be by the guiding of guide groove to slide along path L and have the sliding part 130 of guide pillar.Certainly, in other preferred embodiment, first guidance part 136 can also be guide groove, and second guidance part 114 can also be guide pillar, and the present invention does not do any restriction at this.
Please then refer to Fig. 3 C, Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B, the combination that Fig. 4 A is depicted as the expansion card fixer of Fig. 3 B and expansion board is inserted in the schematic diagram of the slot of electronic installation, and Fig. 4 B is depicted as the sliding part of Fig. 4 A and is subjected to schematic diagram after the user passes.
In the present embodiment, when the combination of expansion card fixer 100 ' and expansion board 200 is inserted in slot 310, force section 134 for example is to be positioned at slot 310 outsides, passes to make things convenient for the user.In addition, after the user passed force section 134 along a direction D towards electronic installation 300 inside, sliding part 130 can be along path L towards electronic installation 300 slides within.Simultaneously, the holding section 132 that originally is positioned at the first side 110a of body 110 promptly can be protruding to outside the first side 110a of body 110 along with the displacement of sliding part 130, and with slot 310 inwall close proximity, the expansion card fixer 100 ' that therefore is inserted in the slot 310 can be more firm.
More particularly, because the body 110 of expansion card fixer 100 ' is filled up the space of 310 of expansion board 200 and slots effectively, and the holding section 132 that is protruding to outside the first side 110a along with the displacement of sliding part 130 can make expansion card fixer 100 ' its overall dimensions that is arranged in slot 310 become big a little.Thus, expansion card fixer 100 ' can more closely join with slot 310 inwalls, and the expansion board 200 that is subjected to expansion card fixer 100 ' clamping can more firmly be inserted in the slot 310.
Though the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment; right its is not in order to limit the present invention; have in the technical field under any and know the knowledgeable usually; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when can doing a little change and retouching, so protection scope of the present invention is as the criterion when looking claims person of defining.

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1. an expansion card fixer is suitable for an auxiliary expansion board and is fixed in the slot of an electronic installation, it is characterized in that above-mentioned expansion card fixer comprises:
One body, one second side that has one first side and be parallel to above-mentioned first side, wherein above-mentioned first side is provided with a trip; And
One clamp structure extends from above-mentioned second side, and is suitable for the above-mentioned expansion board of clamping;
Wherein when the above-mentioned expansion board of above-mentioned clamp structure clamping, and the combination of above-mentioned expansion card fixer and above-mentioned expansion board is when being inserted in above-mentioned slot, and above-mentioned trip is fastened in above-mentioned slot inwall.
2. expansion card fixer according to claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein when the combination of above-mentioned expansion card fixer and above-mentioned expansion board was inserted in above-mentioned slot, above-mentioned clamp structure was to be positioned at the above-mentioned slot outside.
3. expansion card fixer according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, more comprise a sliding part, be slidedly arranged on above-mentioned body, and be suitable for sliding along a path, wherein above-mentioned sliding part comprises at least one holding section, and the combination of working as above-mentioned expansion card fixer and above-mentioned expansion board is inserted in above-mentioned slot, and above-mentioned sliding part along above-mentioned path when above-mentioned electronic installation slides within, above-mentioned holding section is suitable for moving to outside above-mentioned first side in above-mentioned first side of above-mentioned body, and with above-mentioned slot inwall close proximity.
4. expansion card fixer according to claim 3 is characterized in that, wherein above-mentioned sliding part more comprises a force section, and when the combination of above-mentioned expansion card fixer and above-mentioned expansion board was inserted in above-mentioned slot, above-mentioned force section was to be positioned at the above-mentioned slot outside.
5. expansion card fixer according to claim 3, it is characterized in that, wherein above-mentioned sliding part more comprises at least one first guidance part, above-mentioned body more is provided with at least one second guidance part that corresponding above-mentioned first guidance part forms, and above-mentioned sliding part is by cooperating to reciprocatingly slide on above-mentioned path between above-mentioned first guidance part and above-mentioned second guidance part.
6. expansion card fixer according to claim 5 is characterized in that, wherein above-mentioned first guidance part is a guide pillar, and above-mentioned second guidance part is a guide groove.
7. expansion card fixer according to claim 5 is characterized in that, wherein above-mentioned first guidance part is a guide groove, and above-mentioned second guidance part is a guide pillar.
8. expansion card fixer according to claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein above-mentioned trip is an elastic clamping hook.
9. expansion card fixer according to claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein above-mentioned clamp structure is provided with a clamping part, above-mentioned expansion board is held on the side of above-mentioned body.
10. expansion card fixer according to claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein above-mentioned expansion board is a function expansion board, and above-mentioned slot is a function expansion board slot.
11. expansion card fixer according to claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein the width of above-mentioned expansion board is less than the width of above-mentioned slot.
12. expansion card fixer according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the width summation of wherein above-mentioned body and above-mentioned clamp structure just equals the width of above-mentioned slot.
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