CN103823528A

CN103823528A - Server

Info

Publication number: CN103823528A
Application number: CN201210470505.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈静; 陈建龙
Original assignee: Inventec Pudong Technology Corp; Inventec Corp
Current assignee: Haining Economic Development Industrial Park Development and Construction Co., Ltd
Priority date: 2012-11-19
Filing date: 2012-11-19
Publication date: 2014-05-28
Anticipated expiration: 2032-11-19
Also published as: CN103823528B

Abstract

A server comprises a bottom shell, a mainboard, a PCI (peripheral component interconnection) support, an upper cover and a positioning device. The mainboard is arranged in the bottom shell. The PCI support is fixedly arranged in the bottom shell and comprises a side wall. The upper cover is assembled on the bottom shell and comprises a locking device. One end of the positioning device is fixed on the side wall to be in an overhanging state. The positioning device is provided with a guide pin which is inserted into the locking device.

Description

Server

Technical field

The invention relates to a kind of server, and relate to especially a kind of server that guide finger is disposed to movable part.

Background technology

Server is the core computer of serving each computer in network system, and the function such as disk and print service that can provide network user to need also can supply each user side every resource in share web environment each other simultaneously.The basic framework of server and general PC are roughly the same, formed by parts such as central processing unit (CPU), storer (Memory) and I/O (I/O) equipment, and connected in inside by bus (Bus), connect central processing unit and storer by north bridge chips, and connect input-output apparatus etc. by South Bridge chip.

Server has approximately experienced three evolution process by casing structure: from early stage vertical type server (Pedestal Server) to emphasizing to concentrate the rack-mount server (Rack Server) of performance, again to the cutter point server (Blade Server) of high density account form.In addition, the width of server is 19 inches, and height, take U as unit (1U=1.75 inch=44.45 millimeter), has 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, 5U, the server of several standards of 7U conventionally.

At this, take rack-mount server as example, the assembling mode of the casing of server is by after upper cover and drain pan assembling, then combines with hard disc module, with the server of complete.In the assembling mode of existing upper cover and drain pan, upper cover disposes a lock member conventionally, and in drain pan, disposes a guide finger.First, upper cover is slipped into by one end of drain pan and by lock member contraposition to guide finger.Then, user rotates lock member take guide finger as fulcrum, drives upper cover to move, and then upper cover is secured to drain pan, to reach upper cover and the drain pan function of closure mutually.So, just, complete the assembling flow path of casing.

In above-mentioned member, generally can on the diapire of drain pan or motherboard, install and fix a fixture, then guide finger is configured on this fixture, for being used in conjunction with the lock member of upper cover.But, along with casing inner space is more and more less, fabricator is difficult to find a suitable position to carry out above-mentioned configuration, and above-mentioned configuration is also unfavorable for arranging of other elements, because above-mentioned configuration need to be fixture headspace, and these spaces were to be applicable to very much for other arrangement of elements originally, above-mentioned configuration undoubtedly can be larger the layout elasticity of limiting server inner space, therefore, how this guide finger being disposed to suitable position, is current industry problem demanding prompt solution.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides a kind of server, the locating device of its guide finger is configured on PCI support, to promote the layout elasticity of server inner space.

The present invention proposes a kind of server.Server comprises a drain pan, a motherboard, a PCI support, a upper cover and a locating device.Motherboard is located in drain pan, and PCI support is fixedly arranged in drain pan, and PCI support has a sidewall, upper cover is mounted on drain pan, and upper cover has a latching system, and locating device one end is fixed on sidewall and is the state of overhanging, locating device is provided with a guide finger, and guide finger is inserted in latching system.

In an embodiment of server of the present invention, above-mentioned latching system comprises a case, a slide unit and a pivoting handle.Case is fixed on the bottom surface of upper cover, this slide unit is concaved with downwards accommodates the receiving space of pivoting handle and connects to the chute in slide unit outside to downward-extension from receiving space, slide unit is provided with a perforation, pivoting handle is articulated in case, the corresponding receiving space of upper cover place offers the opening of perforation so that the space of pivoting handle rotation can be provided, guide finger is through chute and penetrate perforation, guide finger can move with respect to case in chute, within this latching system edge falls into the region of motherboard perpendicular to the projection of motherboard direction.

In an embodiment of server of the present invention, above-mentioned locating device is relative with motherboard interval, within locating device edge falls into the region of motherboard perpendicular to the projection of motherboard direction.

In an embodiment of server of the present invention, above-mentioned drain pan has a base plate and is positioned at the first side plate and second side plate of base plate two opposite sides, and the first side plate and the second side plate vertically erect in base plate and parallel sidewalls.

In an embodiment of server of the present invention, above-mentioned with respect to more close the second side plate of the first side plate sidewall, PCI support also comprises that one is parallel to the roof of base plate, and roof extends from sidewall top bending and towards the second side plate, and locating device is between the first side plate and sidewall.

In an embodiment of server of the present invention, on above-mentioned sidewall, be also installed with one with motherboard be electrically connected PCI adapter, PCI adapter is provided with at least one PCI slot, PCI adapter and locating device are positioned at the two opposite sides of sidewall.

In an embodiment of server of the present invention, above-mentioned PCI adapter is located on motherboard, and sidewall and PCI adapter are perpendicular to motherboard, and motherboard is provided with the socket of pegging graft for PCI adapter.

In an embodiment of server of the present invention, above-mentioned locating device comprises a main part and the autonomous extended at least one installation portion of body, and main part is parallel to motherboard, and guide finger is arranged on main part, and installation portion is mounted on sidewall.

In an embodiment of server of the present invention, server more comprises a hard disc module.Hard disc module comprises a hard disk rack, a backboard and a cover plate.Cover plate is assembled in hard disk rack, upper cover extension is provided with multiple the first contraposition parts, those first contraposition parts extend into the bottom of cover plate and are posted by the bottom surface of cover plate, and cover plate extension is provided with multiple the second contraposition parts, and those second contraposition parts extend into the bottom of upper cover and are posted by the bottom surface of upper cover.

Based on above-mentioned, the present invention utilizes the sidewall of PCI support to be the locating device of the state of overhanging, so arrange, locating device is substantially in " in the air " (for motherboard), and most element is directly arranged on motherboard conventionally in server, the shared space of the locating device that overhangs is little with those element requisite space conflict property, thereby make locating device and those elements space constraint to each other in the time that layout is set corresponding just little, promoted the layout elasticity of server inner space.

For above-mentioned feature and advantage of the present invention can be become apparent, special embodiment below, and coordinate appended graphic being described in detail below.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram according to a kind of server of one embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is that the server of Fig. 1 is in the schematic diagram of an assembled state.

Fig. 3 is the exploded view of the server of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of the PCI support of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram at another visual angle of the PCI support of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is the enlarged diagram of the latching system of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram at another visual angle of the upper cover of Fig. 3.

Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram at another visual angle of the server of Fig. 1.

[main element symbol description]

100: server

110: drain pan

110a: front end

110b: rear end

112: base plate

114a: the first side plate

114b: the second side plate

120:PCI support

120a: sidewall

120b: roof

122:PCI adapter

124:PCI slot

126: locking part

130: upper cover

132: latching system

132a: case

132b: second is not

132c: pivoting handle

132d: receiving space

132e: chute

132f: perforation

134: reinforcement

136: the first contraposition parts

140: locating device

142: guide finger

144: main part 146: installation portion

150: hard disc module

152: hard disk rack

152a: the first side

152b: the second side

152c: hard disk plug opening

154: backboard

156: cover plate

156a: the second contraposition part

158: hard disk

160: motherboard

162: socket

P1: primary importance

P2: the second place

Embodiment

Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram according to a kind of server of one embodiment of the invention.Fig. 2 is that the server of Fig. 1 is in the schematic diagram of an assembled state.Fig. 3 is the exploded view of the server of Fig. 1.It should be noted that, Fig. 3 has omitted the electronic component of server inside, so that explanation.

Please refer to Fig. 1 to Fig. 3, the server 100 of the present embodiment comprises a drain pan 110, a motherboard 160, a PCI support 120, a upper cover 130 and a locating device 140.PCI support 120 is fixedly arranged in drain pan 110.PCI support 120 has a sidewall 120a.Upper cover 130 is mounted on drain pan 110.Upper cover 130 is provided with an opening (not label) and is provided with a latching system 132 in this opening part.Locating device 140 one end are fixed on sidewall 120a and are the state of overhanging.Locating device 140 is provided with a guide finger 142.Guide finger 142 is inserted in latching system 132.

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnection, peripheral element extension interface) in the servers 100 of all kinds of different configurations, all can exist under support 120 normalities, for the performance expansion of server 100, PCI slot bit wide is generally 32 or 64 bits, frequency of operation is 33MHz, peak data transfer rate is 133MB/sec (32) and 266MB/sec (64), the video card of can pegging graft, adlib, network interface card, built-in Modem, built-in adsl Modem, USB2.0 card, IEEE1394 card, ide interface card, RAID card, TV card, video frequency collection card and other miscellaneous expansion card, PCI slot is genuine " general-purpose " expansion slot.

In the time that upper cover 130 is slipped into by a front end 110a of drain pan 110 and makes guide finger 142 be arranged in latching system 132, latching system 132 drives upper cover 130 to slide into the second place P2 shown in Fig. 1 with respect to drain pan 110 from the primary importance P1 shown in Fig. 2, so that upper cover 130 is fixed on drain pan 110.

Under above-mentioned configuration, the PCI support 120 of the present embodiment is the indispensable member of server 100, and the allocation position of PCI support 120 can decide according to the inner actual situation of above-mentioned server 100.Therefore, the present embodiment is by being disposed at guide finger 142 on PCI support 120, and this measure can not only be fixed on guide finger 142 in drain pan 110, and is promoted guide finger 142 and be disposed at the layout elasticity of server 100 inner spaces by PCI support 120.Thus, just can make guide finger 142 be disposed at suitable position, crooked to guarantee assembling precision and to avoid upper cover 130 to rotate.

Specifically, the drain pan 110 of the present embodiment has a base plate 112 and is positioned at the first side plate 114a and the second side plate 114b of base plate 112 two opposite sides, and wherein the first side plate 114a vertically erects in base plate 112 parallel with sidewall 120a with the second side plate 114b.PCI support 120 secures on the base plate 112 of drain pan 110 by a locking part 126.It should be noted that, the present embodiment does not limit the mode that PCI support 120 and drain pan 110 are assembled.In other embodiments, movable part also can be fixed on drain pan by the mode beyond locking, and namely, movable part is fixed on the mode of drain pan not with the above-mentioned system that is limited.

Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of the PCI support of Fig. 1.Please refer to Fig. 4, in this enforcement, locating device 140 is assembled in PCI support 120.Specifically, locating device 140 is locked in PCI support 120.Locating device 140 is relative with motherboard 160 intervals, within locating device 140 edges fall into the region of motherboard 160 perpendicular to the projection of motherboard 160 directions, space distribution between described motherboard 160 and locating device 140 has electronic module (not shown), and being specially which kind of electronic module can determine depending on the space size between actual needs and motherboard 160 and locating device 140.Locating device 140 comprises a main part 144 and the autonomous extended at least one installation portion 146 of body 144.Main part 144 is parallel to motherboard 160.Guide finger 142 is arranged on main part 144.Installation portion 146 is mounted on sidewall 120a.With respect to more close the second side plate 114b of the first side plate 114a sidewall 120a, PCI support 120 also comprises that one is parallel to the roof 120b of base plate 112, roof 120b extends from sidewall 120a top bending and towards the second side plate 114b, and locating device 140 is between the first side plate 114a and sidewall 102a.So design is the centre position that the position in order to make locating device 140 more levels off between the first side plate 114a and the second side plate 114b, thereby the position that makes latching system 132 more levels off to the centre position between upper cover 130 two opposite sides, and then pivoting handle 132a(is detailed later) drive upper cover 130 while carrying out folding, avoid causing the crooked situation of upper cover 130 because of the too inclined to one side side in position of latching system 132.

Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram at another visual angle of the PCI support of Fig. 4.Please refer to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, this PCI support 120 is provided with a PCI adapter 122 being electrically connected with motherboard 160, and PCI adapter 122 is provided with at least one PCI slot 124(and illustrates three).In the present embodiment, it is upper that PCI adapter 122 is installed on sidewall 120a, and PCI adapter 122 and locating device 140 are positioned at the two opposite sides of sidewall 120a.Sidewall 120a and PCI adapter 122 are perpendicular to motherboard 160.Motherboard 160 is provided with the socket 162 of pegging graft for PCI adapter 122.

Fig. 6 is the enlarged diagram of the latching system of Fig. 2.Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram at another visual angle of the upper cover of Fig. 3.For convenience of description, only draw the upper cover of part at this.Impelling the process of upper cover 130 foldings in view of the concrete structure of latching system 132 and latching system 132 is the state of the art, does not therefore do sufficient description.With reference to figure 6 and Fig. 7, the latching system 132 of the present embodiment has a case 132a, a slide unit 132b and a pivoting handle 132c.Case 132a is fixed on the bottom surface of upper cover 130.Case 132a is provided with in the opening part of upper cover 130 and is arranged with the receiving space 132d that accommodates slide unit 132b of formation downwards and connects to the chute 132e in case 132a outside to downward-extension from receiving space 132d.Slide unit 132b is provided with a perforation 132f can sliding with respect to case 132a in receiving space 132d, and this guide finger 142 is inserted in this latching system 132 through chute 132e and perforation 132f successively.Pivoting handle 132c is articulated in slide unit 132b and can rotates in opening part.Within latching system 132 edges fall into the region of motherboard 160 perpendicular to the projection of motherboard 160 directions.The space of the opening of upper cover 130 can provide pivoting handle 132c to rotate.In the time that upper cover 130 is positioned at the primary importance P1 shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 5 with respect to drain pan 110, guide finger 142 is through chute 132e and penetrate perforation 132f.

Then, guide finger 142 can move with respect to case 132a in chute 132e.We can promote pivoting handle 132c, make pivoting handle 132c make pivoting handle 132c turn to state shown in Fig. 1 from state shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 6 with respect to fixed part 132b take guide finger 142 as fulcrum, to promote within upper cover 130 slides into the region of the second place P2 shown in Fig. 1 with respect to drain pan 110 from the primary importance P1 shown in Fig. 2.In the time that upper cover 130 is positioned at the second place P2 shown in Fig. 1 with respect to drain pan 110, upper cover 130 is fixed together with drain pan 110.In addition, the upper cover 130 of the present embodiment has a reinforcement 134.Reinforcement 134 is for example rib or rib structures, and is convexly set in the surface of upper cover 130, with the structure of reinforcement upper cover 130.In addition, the inner actual configuration of our visualization servers 100 decides, and decides quantity, shape and the allocation position of reinforcement 134.

Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram at another visual angle of the server of Fig. 1.For convenience of description, only draw upper cover and the drain pan of part at this.Please refer to Fig. 3 and Fig. 8, in the present embodiment, server 100 more comprises a hard disc module 150, and wherein hard disc module 150 comprises a hard disk rack 152, a backboard 154 and a cover plate 156.Cover plate 156 is assembled in hard disk rack 152.Backboard 154 is fixed on hard disk rack 152, and backboard 154 is perpendicular to base plate 112.

Hard disc module 150 in the present embodiment slips into be assembled to drain pan 110 by a rear end 110b of drain pan 110 as shown in Figure 3.In the time that hard disc module 150 is slipped into be assembled to drain pan 110 by the rear end 110b of drain pan 110, hard disc module 150 partially overlaps with the biside plate 114a of drain pan 110 as shown in Figure 2.

Then, upper cover 130 is slipped into by the front end 110a of drain pan 110, and in the time that upper cover 130 is positioned at the primary importance P1 shown in Fig. 2 with respect to drain pan 110, the cover plate 156 of hard disc module 150 is not engaged in upper cover 130.Latching system 132 drives upper cover 130 to slide into the second place P2 shown in Fig. 1 with respect to drain pan 110 from the primary importance P1 shown in Fig. 2.In the time that upper cover 130 is positioned at the second place P2 shown in Fig. 1 with respect to drain pan 110, together with cover plate 156 is engaged with each other with upper cover 130.

It should be noted that, the present embodiment does not limit the mode that hard disc module 150 and drain pan 110 are assembled.For instance, can be to reach fixing function by the mode of buckle each other.Certainly, in other embodiments, hard disc module also can be fixed on drain pan by the mode beyond buckle, and namely, hard disc module is fixed on the mode of drain pan not with the above-mentioned system that is limited.

In the present embodiment, upper cover 130 has more multiple the first contraposition parts 136.These first contraposition parts 136 stretch into the bottom of cover plate 156 and are posted by the bottom surface of cover plate 156.These first contraposition parts 136 are parallel to base plate 112.On the other hand, cover plate 156 has multiple the second contraposition part 156a.These second contraposition parts 156a extends into the bottom of upper cover 130 and is posted by the bottom surface of upper cover 130.These second contraposition parts 156a is parallel to base plate 112.When carrying out the assembling of upper cover 130 or dismantling, drive upper cover 130 to move forward and backward with respect to these lid 156 plates by the upset of pivoting handle 132c.

In the time that upper cover 130 is positioned at the second place P2 shown in Fig. 1 with respect to drain pan 110, together with cover plate 156 is engaged with each other with upper cover 130, and these first contraposition parts 136 misplace each other with these second contraposition parts 156a, and can not interfere each other.

In the present embodiment, hard disk rack 152 has more the one first side 152a parallel with these side plates 114 and one second side 152b as shown in Figure 3.The first side 152a of hard disk rack 152 is parallel with these side plates 114, and the second side 152b of hard disk rack 152 is parallel with these side plates 114.The second side 152b of hard disk rack 152 has multiple hard disk plug opening 152c.

In addition, hard disc module 150 more comprises multiple hard disks 158.These hard disks 158 can plug and are arranged in hard disk rack 152 and are electrically connected with backboard 154.These hard disks 158 are suitable for being mounted to or detaching in hard disk rack 152 via these hard disk plug openings 152c.

It should be noted that, Fig. 6 illustrates three hard disks 158 and is installed on hard disk rack 152 via corresponding hard disk plug opening 152c, but the installation quantity of hard disk 158 only illustrates, and the present invention is not limited this.In addition, hard disk rack 152 can be to have guiding carrier (not illustrating), to be suitable for that hard disk 158 is loaded to hard disk rack 152 from hard disk plug opening 152c.

Although the present invention discloses as above with embodiment; so it is not in order to limit the present invention; under any, in technical field, have and conventionally know the knowledgeable; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when doing a little change and retouching, therefore protection scope of the present invention is when being as the criterion of defining depending on accompanying claim.

Claims

1. a server, comprising:

One drain pan;

One motherboard, is located in this drain pan;

One PCI support, is fixedly arranged in this drain pan, and this PCI support has a sidewall, on this PCI support, be also provided with one with motherboard be electrically connected PCI adapter, this PCI adapter is provided with at least one PCI slot;

One upper cover, it is mounted on drain pan, is covered with an opening and is provided with a latching system in this opening part on this; And

One locating device, this locating device is provided with a guide finger, and this guide finger is inserted in this latching system, and this locating device one end is fixed on this sidewall and is the state of overhanging.

2. server as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, this latching system comprises a case, one slide unit and a pivoting handle, this case is fixed on the bottom surface of this upper cover, this case is provided with in opening part and is arranged with the receiving space of accommodating slide unit of formation downwards and connects to the chute in this case outside to downward-extension from receiving space, this slide unit is provided with a perforation and can in receiving space, slides with respect to case, this pivoting handle is articulated in this slide unit, this guide finger passes chute and perforation successively and is inserted in this latching system, this guide finger can move with respect to this case in this chute, within this latching system edge falls into the region of this motherboard perpendicular to the projection of this motherboard direction.

3. server as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that, more comprise a hard disc module, wherein hard disc module comprises a hard disk rack, one backboard and a cover plate, this cover plate is assembled in this hard disk rack, this upper cover extension is provided with multiple the first contraposition parts, those first contraposition parts extend into the bottom of this cover plate and are posted by the bottom surface of this cover plate, this cover plate extension is provided with multiple the second contraposition parts, those second contraposition parts extend into the bottom of upper cover and are posted by the bottom surface of this upper cover, when carrying out the assembling of upper cover or dismantling, drive upper cover to move forward and backward with respect to this cover plate by the upset of this pivoting handle.

4. server as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, this locating device is relative with this motherboard interval, within this locating device edge falls into the region of this motherboard perpendicular to the projection of this motherboard direction.

5. server as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, this drain pan has a base plate and is positioned at the first side plate and second side plate of base plate two opposite sides, and the first side plate and the second side plate vertically erect in base plate and parallel sidewalls.

6. server as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that, with respect to more close this second side plate of this this sidewall of the first side plate, this PCI support also comprises that one is parallel to the roof of base plate, this roof extends from this sidewall top bending and towards this two side plate, and this locating device is between this first side plate and this sidewall.

7. server as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, this PCI adapter is installed on this sidewall, and this PCI adapter and this locating device are positioned at the two opposite sides of sidewall.

8. server as claimed in claim 7, is characterized in that, this PCI adapter is located on this motherboard, and this sidewall and this PCI adapter are perpendicular to this motherboard, and this motherboard is provided with the socket of pegging graft for this PCI adapter.

9. server as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, this locating device comprises a main part and the autonomous extended at least one installation portion of body, and this main part is parallel to motherboard, this guide finger is arranged on this main part, and this installation portion is mounted on sidewall.

10. server as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, this upper cover has a reinforcement, is convexly set in the surface of this upper cover.