CN113601416A

CN113601416A - Maintenance clamping tool applied to server mainboard

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Publication number: CN113601416A
Application number: CN202110731878.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王官领; 吕东波
Original assignee: Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co Ltd
Current assignee: Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-29
Filing date: 2021-06-29
Publication date: 2021-11-05

Abstract

The invention discloses a maintenance clamping jig applied to a server mainboard, which comprises a supporting platform, a mounting plate, a horizontal moving mechanism, a vertical lifting mechanism and a clamp holder, wherein the mounting plate is arranged on the surface of the supporting platform and used for mounting the server mainboard, the horizontal moving mechanism can be movably arranged on the supporting platform along the width direction of the mounting plate, the vertical lifting mechanism can be vertically movably arranged on the horizontal moving mechanism, and the clamp holder can be movably arranged on the vertical lifting mechanism along the length direction of the mounting plate and used for clamping the side edge of the server mainboard. So, when the server mainboard is fixed in the clamping, adjust horizontal migration mechanism position on supporting platform width direction according to the width size of server mainboard, adjust vertical elevating system position on supporting platform height direction according to the height size of server mainboard again, adjust the position of holder on supporting platform length direction according to the length size of server mainboard again to press from both sides the side of server mainboard tightly, realize fixed to the clamping of server mainboard.

Description

Maintenance clamping tool applied to server mainboard

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of servers, in particular to a maintenance clamping jig applied to a server mainboard.

Background

With the development of the electronic technology in China, more and more electronic devices have been widely used.

Servers are important components in electronic devices, and are devices that provide computing services. Since the server needs to respond to and process the service request, the server has the capability of assuming and securing the service. The server is divided into a file server, a database server, an application program server, a WEB server and the like according to different service types provided by the server. The main components of the server include a processor, a hard disk, a memory, a system bus, etc., which are similar to a general computer architecture, but have higher requirements on processing capability, stability, reliability, security, expandability, manageability, etc.

In the big data era, a large number of IT devices are centrally placed in racks of a data center. These data centers include various types of servers, storage, switches, and a large number of cabinets and other infrastructure. Each type of IT equipment is composed of various hardware boards, such as a server motherboard, a computing module, a storage module, a chassis, a fan module, and the like. Wherein, the server mainboard is basic unit spare, and all the other modules and hardware integrated circuit boards are all installed on the server mainboard, and for extension and dismouting, the server mainboard often needs to be maintained, and need stabilize the clamping when the server mainboard is maintained to cause the components and parts damage in the maintenance process.

At present, in the prior art, a server main board is generally clamped and maintained by a dedicated maintenance workbench, and fastening holes in the server main board are connected with the maintenance workbench through fasteners such as screws during the process so as to realize clamping and fixing. However, the fastening holes are large in number, so that the server mainboard is clamped and fixed through the fastening pieces in a complex manner, and the clamping and dismounting efficiency is low, so that the maintenance efficiency is slowed down. Meanwhile, the number, the position and the size of the fastening holes in the server mainboards with different specifications are possibly different, one maintenance workbench is often only suitable for the server mainboards with specific models or specifications, and the server mainboards with other models are difficult to clamp, fix and maintain, so that the universality is not strong.

Therefore, how to conveniently clamp and fix the server mainboard, improve maintenance efficiency, and achieve universality of server mainboards of different specifications is a technical problem faced by technical personnel in the field.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a maintenance clamping jig applied to a server mainboard, which can conveniently realize clamping and fixing of the server mainboard, improve maintenance efficiency and realize universality of server mainboards of different specifications.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides a maintenance clamping jig applied to a server mainboard, which comprises a supporting platform, a mounting plate arranged on the surface of the supporting platform and used for mounting the server mainboard, a horizontal moving mechanism arranged on the supporting platform in a manner of moving along the width direction of the mounting plate, a vertical lifting mechanism arranged on the horizontal moving mechanism in a manner of moving vertically, and a clamping device arranged on the vertical lifting mechanism in a manner of moving along the length direction of the mounting plate and used for clamping the side edge of the server mainboard.

Preferably, the supporting platform comprises a supporting frame and a plurality of supporting legs which are arranged on two sides of the supporting frame in a turnable manner to be folded and accommodated, and the mounting plate is arranged on the surface of the supporting frame.

Preferably, the horizontal moving mechanism comprises a gear rotatably arranged on the support frame, and a rack slidably arranged on the support frame and engaged with the gear, and the length direction of the rack is parallel to the width direction of the mounting plate.

Preferably, two racks are arranged at one end of the support frame in the length direction in a staggered manner, and the two racks are arranged on two sides of the support frame in the width direction; the two racks are respectively meshed with the two radial end areas of the gear.

Preferably, the surface of the support frame is provided with a plurality of sliding grooves extending along the width direction of the support frame, and each rack is respectively arranged in the corresponding sliding groove; and limiting grooves are formed in the corresponding areas of the surface of the mounting plate and the sliding grooves, and upright posts used for being abutted against the limiting grooves are arranged at the end parts of the racks.

Preferably, the horizontal moving mechanism further comprises a driving rod which is linearly movably arranged on the bottom surface of the supporting frame, and a gear tooth surface which is used for being meshed with the gear to drive the gear to rotate is arranged on the side surface of the driving rod; the rack is meshed with the upper half area of the gear, and the gear tooth surface is meshed with the lower half area of the gear.

Preferably, the horizontal migration mechanism still including can set up in with linear movement in the locking pole of support frame bottom surface, still be provided with the joint groove on the side of actuating lever, just the terminal surface of locking pole be provided with be used for with the cooperation of joint groove is with the lock solid the joint tooth of actuating lever.

Preferably, a first return spring is connected between the driving rod and the support frame, and a second return spring is connected between the locking rod and the support frame.

Preferably, a lifting chute extending in the height direction is formed in the upright column, and the vertical lifting mechanism comprises a guide seat slidably arranged in the lifting chute and long sliding rods connected with the guide seat and distributed in the length direction of the mounting plate.

Preferably, the side wall of the long slide bar is provided with a slide rail extending along the length direction of the long slide bar, and each holder is slidably arranged in the slide rail.

The invention provides a maintenance clamping jig applied to a server mainboard. Wherein, supporting platform is the major structure of this tool, mainly used installation and bear all the other spare parts, provides the fixed place of clamping for the server mainboard simultaneously. The mounting panel sets up on supporting platform's surface, mainly used places installation server mainboard. The horizontal moving mechanism is arranged on the supporting platform and can move on the supporting platform along the width direction of the mounting plate. The vertical lifting mechanism is arranged on the horizontal moving mechanism and can perform vertical lifting motion on the horizontal moving mechanism. The clamping device is arranged on the vertical lifting mechanism and can move on the vertical lifting mechanism along the length direction of the mounting plate, and the clamping device is mainly used for clamping the side edge of the server mainboard. So, when the server mainboard is fixed in the clamping, at first place the server mainboard on the mounting panel, then adjust horizontal migration mechanism position on supporting platform width direction according to the width size of server mainboard, then adjust vertical elevating system position on supporting platform height direction according to the height size of server mainboard again, adjust the holder position on supporting platform length direction according to the length size of server mainboard again at last, make the holder follow horizontal migration mechanism in proper order and carry out horizontal transverse motion, follow vertical elevating system and carry out vertical elevating motion, carry out horizontal longitudinal motion, accomplish spatial compound motion, ensure the holder displacement to the side of server mainboard, with the side clamp with the server mainboard tight, the clamping that realizes the server mainboard is fixed. Compared with the prior art, the maintenance clamping jig applied to the server mainboard, provided by the invention, can conveniently realize clamping and fixing of the server mainboard, improve the maintenance efficiency and realize universality on server mainboards of different specifications.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic overall structure diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a partial structural schematic diagram of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a partially exploded view of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a schematic bottom structure view of fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged structural view of the a-turn shown in fig. 4.

Wherein, in fig. 1-5:

the device comprises a supporting platform-1, a mounting plate-2, a horizontal moving mechanism-3, a vertical lifting mechanism-4, a clamper-5 and a containing plate-6;

the device comprises a support frame-11, support legs-12, a limiting groove-21, a gear-31, a rack-32, a column-33, a driving rod-34, a locking rod-35, a first return spring-36, a second return spring-37, a guide seat-41 and a long sliding rod-42;

the device comprises a sliding groove-111, a lifting sliding groove-331, a wheel tooth surface-341, a clamping groove-342, a clamping tooth-351 and a sliding rail-421.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, fig. 1 is a schematic overall structure diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 2 is a schematic partial structure diagram of fig. 1.

In a specific embodiment provided by the invention, the maintenance clamping jig applied to the server mainboard mainly comprises a supporting platform 1, an installation plate 2, a horizontal moving mechanism 3, a vertical lifting mechanism 4 and a clamper 5.

Wherein, supporting platform 1 is the major structure of this tool, mainly used installation and bear all the other spare parts, provides the fixed place of clamping for the server mainboard simultaneously.

The mounting plate 2 is arranged on the surface of the supporting platform 1 and is mainly used for placing and mounting a server mainboard. Generally, the mounting plate 2 and the server board are both rectangular and have the same shape, but the area of the mounting plate 2 is larger than that of the server board.

The horizontal moving mechanism 3 is arranged on the supporting platform 1 and can move on the supporting platform 1 along the width direction of the mounting plate 2, and the width distance between the clamp 5 and the side edge of the server mainboard can be adjusted through the movement of the horizontal moving mechanism 3.

The vertical lifting mechanism 4 is arranged on the horizontal moving mechanism 3 and can perform vertical lifting motion on the horizontal moving mechanism 3, and the height distance between the holder 5 and the server mainboard can be adjusted through the movement of the vertical lifting mechanism 4.

The clamper 5 is arranged on the vertical lifting mechanism 4 and can move on the vertical lifting mechanism 4 along the length direction of the mounting plate 2, and is mainly used for clamping the side edge of the server mainboard.

So, when the server mainboard is fixed in the clamping, at first place the server mainboard on mounting panel 2, then adjust horizontal migration mechanism 3 position on supporting platform 1 width direction according to the width size of server mainboard, then adjust vertical elevating system 4 position on supporting platform 1 height direction according to the height size of server mainboard again, adjust the position of holder 5 on supporting platform 1 length direction according to the length size of server mainboard again at last, make holder 5 follow horizontal migration mechanism 3 in proper order and carry out horizontal transverse motion, follow vertical elevating system 4 and carry out vertical elevating motion, carry out horizontal longitudinal motion, accomplish spatial compound motion, ensure holder 5 and shift the side of server mainboard, with the side clamp with the server mainboard presss from both sides tightly, the realization is fixed to the clamping of server mainboard.

Compared with the prior art, the maintenance clamping tool applied to the server mainboard, which is provided by the embodiment, can conveniently realize that the clamping of the server mainboard is fixed, improve the maintenance efficiency and simultaneously realize the universality of the server mainboards with different specifications.

Of course, the length direction and the width direction of the mounting plate 2 are opposite, that is, the horizontal moving mechanism 3 can also move along the length direction of the mounting plate 2, and similarly, the clamper 5 can also move along the width direction of the mounting plate 2, and both move along the X or Y axis in the horizontal plane.

In a preferred embodiment with respect to the support platform 1, the support platform 1 mainly comprises a support frame 11 and several legs 12. The supporting frame 11 is a main body structure of the supporting platform 1, and each supporting leg 12 is respectively arranged at two sides of the supporting frame 11 and can perform directional turning motion so as to be turned to a state perpendicular to the ground to realize unfolding, so that the supporting frame 11 is erected on the ground; or the support frame 11 is turned over to be parallel to the bottom surface to realize storage, so that the support frame is tiled on the ground.

As shown in fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic view of a partially exploded structure of fig. 2.

In a preferred embodiment with respect to the horizontal movement mechanism 3, the horizontal movement mechanism 3 mainly includes a gear 31 and a rack 32. The gear 31 is disposed on the support frame 11, and may be embedded in an inner cavity of the support frame 11, and maintains a rotational degree of freedom. The rack 32 is arranged on the support frame 11 and forms meshing transmission with the gear 31, can perform linear motion under the rotation drive of the gear 31, and the length direction or the motion direction of the rack 32 is parallel to the width direction of the mounting plate 2. With this arrangement, the rack 32 is linearly moved in the width direction of the mounting plate 2 by the driving of the gear 31, and the position adjustment of the clamper 5 in the width direction is realized.

Generally, considering that the server motherboard has a certain length and width, in order to facilitate stable clamping, in this embodiment, two racks 32 are simultaneously disposed at one end of the supporting frame 11 in the length direction, and the two racks 32 are respectively disposed at two sides of the supporting frame 11 in the width direction and are staggered from each other in the length direction. Correspondingly, the two racks 32 correspond to one gear 31 at the same time, and for generating motion interference on the surface, the two racks 32 are respectively meshed with the radial two-end areas of the gear 31. So set up, when gear 31 is rotatory, two rack 32 carry out reverse motion in step, gather together or keep away from along width direction outwards in step towards the centre along width direction promptly, and then drive each holder 5 of server mainboard width direction both sides and carry out synchronous gathering together or keep away from in step, are convenient for press from both sides the tight side of server mainboard or relax simultaneously from the width direction both sides of server mainboard.

Of course, two racks 32 and a gear 31 engaged therewith may be disposed at the other end of the supporting frame 11 in the length direction, so as to drive the vertical lifting mechanism 4 to move in the width direction at both ends in the length direction.

In order to ensure the smooth and stable linear motion of the rack 32, the present embodiment has a plurality of sliding grooves 111 formed on the surface of the supporting frame 11. Specifically, each sliding groove 111 extends in the width direction of the mounting plate 2, and each rack 32 is disposed in the corresponding sliding groove 111, respectively, to provide a motion guide function for the linear motion of each rack 32.

Further, in order to avoid the rack 32 from driving the holder 5 to be too close to the side of the server motherboard during movement, and thereby causing crush, a plurality of limiting grooves 21 are further formed on the surface of the mounting plate 2 in the embodiment. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps. The opening position of each limit groove 21 corresponds to the opening position of each sliding groove 111, that is, the limit groove 21 is located above the sliding groove 111, and the length of the limit groove 21 is smaller than the length of the sliding groove 111. Meanwhile, the present embodiment is also provided with a pillar 33 at an end of each rack 32. Specifically, the vertical column 33 extends vertically upward to pass through the limiting groove 21 and protrude out of the surface of the mounting plate 2. With this arrangement, when the rack 32 slides in the slide groove 111, it will abut against the groove wall of the stopper groove 21, thereby limiting the maximum slide stroke of the rack 32.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, fig. 4 is a schematic bottom structure view of fig. 1, and fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic structure view of the circle a shown in fig. 4.

In addition, in order to facilitate the user to drive the rack 32 to move according to the requirement, a driving rod 34 is added in the embodiment. Specifically, the driving rod 34 is disposed on the bottom surface of the supporting frame 11 and can perform a linear motion on the bottom surface of the supporting frame 11. Generally, the direction of movement of the drive rod 34 is perpendicular to the length of the rack 32. Meanwhile, a gear tooth surface 341 is provided on the side surface of the driving rod 34, and a plurality of tooth structures are provided in the gear tooth surface 341 and can form meshing transmission with the gear 31. With this arrangement, by pulling the driving rod 34 back and forth, the gear surface 341 and the meshing gear 31 of the gear 31 can rotate to drive the rack 32 to perform linear reciprocating motion.

Considering that the gear 31 is engaged with both the driving rod 34 and the rack 32 to form a motion interference for the surface, in the present embodiment, the rack 32 is engaged with the upper half area of the gear 31, and the gear face 341 on the driving rod 34 is engaged with the lower half area of the gear 31.

Furthermore, in order to make the driving rod 34 stay at the expected pulling position, and thus ensure that the rack 32 stays at the expected sliding position stably, a locking rod 35 is added in the present embodiment. Specifically, the locking bar 35 is disposed on the bottom surface of the support frame 11 and can move linearly on the bottom surface of the support frame 11. Generally, the direction of movement of the locking bar 35 is perpendicular to the direction of movement of the drive bar 34. Meanwhile, a clamping groove 342 is further formed in the side face of the driving rod 34, a clamping tooth 351 is arranged on the end face of the tail end of the locking rod 35, and the clamping tooth 351 can be in clamping fit with the clamping groove 342 to lock the driving rod 34 at the current pulling position. So set up, after the user pulled actuating lever 34 to the anticipated position, only need pull locking lever 35 for the terminal surface of locking lever 35 and the side butt of actuating lever 34, and then make joint tooth 351 and joint groove 342 form the joint, can be with actuating lever 34 lock solid at present pulling position.

Further, in order to facilitate automatic return of the driving rod 34 and the locking rod 35, a first return spring 36 and a second return spring 37 are added in the present embodiment. The first return spring 36 is connected between the driving rod 34 and the supporting frame 11, and after the user pulls the driving rod 34 outwards and releases his hand, the first return spring 36 will pull the driving rod 34 back to the initial position by the elastic force, so that the grippers 5 on both sides are far away from each other to the initial spacing state. The second return spring 37 is connected between the locking rod 35 and the supporting frame 11, and when the user pulls the locking rod 35 outwards and releases his hand, the second return spring 37 will pull the locking rod 35 back to the initial position by the elastic force, so that the locking rod 35 keeps the locking state to the driving rod 34.

In a preferred embodiment with respect to the vertical elevating mechanism 4, the vertical elevating mechanism 4 mainly comprises a guide base 41 and an elongated slide bar 42. The guide seat 41 is disposed on the upright column 33, and in order to cooperate with the guide seat 41, the upright column 33 is further provided with a lifting chute 331. The lifting chute 331 extends in a height direction, and the guide holder 41 is disposed in the lifting chute 331 and can vertically move up and down along the lifting chute 331. The long slide bar 42 is connected to the guide base 41 and is kept in a horizontal state, and its longitudinal direction is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the mounting plate 2. Generally, the two ends of the long slide rod 42 in the length direction are respectively connected to the columns 33 of the two racks 32. With such an arrangement, each gripper 5 can slide along the length direction of the long sliding rod 42, and the height position of the gripper 5 can be adjusted by sliding the guide seat 41 in the lifting chute 331.

Further, in this embodiment, a slide rail 421 is further disposed on a side wall of the long slide rod 42. Specifically, the extending direction of the slide rail 421 is parallel to the length direction of the long slide rod 42, and each holder 5 is slidably mounted in the slide rail 421. With such an arrangement, through the sliding of each holder 5 in the sliding rail 421, the specific sliding position of each holder 5 in the sliding rail 421 can be conveniently adjusted according to the length size and the length position of the server motherboard. Generally, 3 to 6 grippers 5 can be simultaneously arranged in the slide rail 421.

In addition, in consideration of the fact that auxiliary tools such as fastening tools, clamping tools and disassembling and assembling tools are also needed during maintenance operation of the server motherboard, in order to facilitate integration and storage of the auxiliary tools and prevent the auxiliary tools from being lost, the storage plate 6 is additionally arranged on the supporting platform 1. Specifically, the two storage plates 6 may be disposed at the same time and located at two sides of the support frame 11 in the width direction, respectively, so as to perform a drawing sliding motion. The receiving plate 6 can be provided with a receiving groove, a magnetic strip and other structures for receiving or fixing auxiliary tools.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a be applied to maintenance clamping tool of server mainboard, its characterized in that, including supporting platform (1), set up in supporting platform (1) surface is used for installing mounting panel (2) of server mainboard, can follow the width direction of mounting panel (2) set up with removing in horizontal migration mechanism (3) on supporting platform (1), vertical elevating system (4) on horizontal migration mechanism (3) can set up with removing vertically, and can follow the length direction of mounting panel (2) set up with removing in vertical elevating system (4), holder (5) that are used for the side of centre gripping server mainboard.

2. The maintenance clamping jig applied to the server main board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the supporting platform (1) comprises a supporting frame (11) and a plurality of supporting legs (12) which are reversibly disposed at two sides of the supporting frame (11) for being folded and accommodated, and the mounting plate (2) is disposed on the surface of the supporting frame (11).

3. The maintenance clamping jig applied to the server main board as claimed in claim 2, wherein the horizontal moving mechanism (3) comprises a gear (31) rotatably disposed on the support frame (11), and a rack (32) slidably disposed on the support frame (11) and engaged with the gear (31), and a length direction of the rack (32) is parallel to a width direction of the mounting plate (2).

4. The maintenance clamping jig applied to the server main board as claimed in claim 3, wherein two racks (32) are arranged at one end of the supporting frame (11) in the length direction in a staggered manner, and the two racks (32) are respectively arranged at two sides of the supporting frame (11) in the width direction; the two racks (32) are respectively meshed with the radial two end areas of the gear (31).

5. The maintenance clamping jig applied to the server main board as claimed in claim 4, wherein the surface of the supporting frame (11) is provided with a plurality of sliding grooves (111) extending along the width direction of the supporting frame, and each rack (32) is respectively arranged in the corresponding sliding groove (111); and a limiting groove (21) is formed in the corresponding area of the surface of the mounting plate (2) and each sliding groove (111), and an upright post (33) used for being abutted against the limiting groove (21) is arranged at the end part of each rack (32).

6. The maintenance clamping jig applied to the server main board as claimed in claim 3, wherein the horizontal moving mechanism (3) further comprises a driving rod (34) linearly movably arranged on the bottom surface of the supporting frame (11), and a gear tooth surface (341) for engaging with the gear (31) to drive the gear to rotate is arranged on a side surface of the driving rod (34); the rack (32) is meshed with the upper half area of the gear (31), and the gear tooth surface (341) is meshed with the lower half area of the gear (31).

7. The maintenance clamping jig applied to the server main board as claimed in claim 6, wherein the horizontal moving mechanism (3) further comprises a locking rod (35) linearly movably arranged on the bottom surface of the support frame (11), a clamping groove (342) is further arranged on the side surface of the driving rod (34), and a clamping tooth (351) used for being matched with the clamping groove (342) to lock the driving rod (34) is arranged on the end surface of the tail end of the locking rod (35).

8. The maintenance clamping jig applied to the server main board as claimed in claim 7, wherein a first return spring (36) is connected between the driving rod (34) and the supporting frame (11), and a second return spring (37) is connected between the locking rod (35) and the supporting frame (11).

9. The maintenance clamping jig applied to the server main board as claimed in claim 5, wherein the upright column (33) is provided with a lifting chute (331) extending along a height direction, and the vertical lifting mechanism (4) comprises a guide seat (41) slidably disposed in the lifting chute (331), and long slide bars (42) connected to the guide seat (41) and distributed along a length direction of the mounting plate (2).

10. The maintenance and clamping jig applied to the server motherboard according to claim 9, wherein the side wall of the long sliding rod (42) is provided with a sliding rail (421) extending along the length direction thereof, and each of the holders (5) is slidably disposed in the sliding rail (421).