CN113721717A

CN113721717A - Server chassis

Info

Publication number: CN113721717A
Application number: CN202010429699.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘用伟
Original assignee: Mitac Computer Shunde Ltd; Mitac Computing Technology Corp
Current assignee: Mitac Computer Shunde Ltd; Mitac Computing Technology Corp
Priority date: 2020-05-20
Filing date: 2020-05-20
Publication date: 2021-11-30
Anticipated expiration: 2040-05-20
Also published as: CN113721717B

Abstract

A server case comprises a frame, a shell, two elastic telescopic units, two marking units and two prompting units. The frame comprises two side plates and a connecting plate. Each side plate has two first openings. The casing comprises two pushing pieces. Each elastic expansion unit comprises a bracket module with a clamping groove. The marking unit is arranged on the bracket module. Each marking unit comprises two first marking pieces. The first opening corresponds to the first marker. Each prompting unit comprises two first prompting pieces. By means of the combined design that the first prompting piece and the first marking piece correspond to each other, a user can enable the pushing piece of the shell to be clamped into the clamping groove of the elastic telescopic unit as long as the first prompting piece is aligned to the first marking piece, at the moment, the shell is moved towards the direction of the connecting plate, and the shell is clamped on the rack, so that the user can assemble the shell on the rack conveniently, and time and labor are saved effectively.

Description

Server chassis

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a server device, and more particularly, to a server chassis.

Background

In the assembly process of a server chassis, a cover is usually assembled on a rack and the cover is locked to the rack to complete the assembly operation of fixedly combining the cover with the rack. However, in the locking operation, it is usually necessary to prepare a plurality of screws and perform a complicated locking operation, which is time-consuming, labor-consuming and increases the production cost. Therefore, the clamping device is arranged on the machine cover or the machine frame at present, so that the tool-free assembly operation can be carried out, and the assembly is effectively convenient for users.

However, although the fastening device can avoid the tedious operation of assembling screws, the frame and the cover still need to be matched according to the design required by the fastening device to perform the subsequent assembly operation, and the problem that the cover cannot be easily combined with the frame by a user or cannot be detached due to the cover being locked with the frame by an assembly error often occurs, which causes inconvenience and trouble in assembly by the user, and further discussion and improvement are needed.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a server case convenient to assemble.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the server case of the present invention is used for accommodating a server, and includes a frame, a housing detachably fastened to the frame, two elastic units disposed in the frame, two marking units disposed in the frame, and two prompting units disposed on the housing.

The rack is used for accommodating the server and comprises a base plate, two side plates extending from two opposite sides of the base plate to the direction far away from the base plate, and a connecting plate connecting the base plate and the side plates. Each side plate has two first openings.

The casing comprises a cover plate, two extending plates extending from two opposite sides of the cover plate to the side plate direction, and two pushing pieces arranged on the extending plates and positioned on the inner sides of the extending plates.

The elastic telescopic unit is arranged on the side plate and is positioned in the rack. Each elastic telescopic unit comprises a fixed module fixedly arranged on the corresponding side plate, a support module which can move relative to the corresponding side plate in a controlled manner, and an elastic module which links the fixed module and the support module. The support module of the elastic telescopic unit corresponds to the pushing piece of the shell. Each support module is provided with a support body which is linked with the corresponding elastic module and a clamping groove which is formed on the support body and can be clamped and pushed by the corresponding pushing piece.

The marking unit is arranged on the bracket body. Each marking unit comprises two first marking pieces which are arranged on the corresponding support body and positioned outside the corresponding support body. The position of the first marking piece of each marking unit corresponds to the first opening of each side plate.

The prompting unit is arranged on the extension plate of the shell. Each prompting unit comprises two first prompting pieces which are arranged on the corresponding extending plate and positioned on the outer side of the corresponding extending plate. When the shell is moved towards the direction of the rack and the first prompting piece of the prompting unit is aligned with the first marking piece of the marking unit, the abutting piece of the shell is clamped into the clamping groove of the elastic telescopic unit, at the moment, when the shell is moved towards the direction of the connecting plate of the rack, the abutting piece abuts against and pushes the clamping groove to drive the support body to move towards the corresponding fixing module direction and synchronously drive the first marking piece to move, and the shell is clamped on the rack.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that by means of the combined design that the first prompting piece of the prompting unit and the first marking piece of the marking unit are mutually corresponding, a user only needs to align the first prompting piece to the first marking piece, the pushing piece of the shell can be clamped into the clamping groove of the elastic telescopic unit, at the moment, the shell moves towards the direction of the connecting plate of the rack, and the shell is clamped on the rack, so that the shell is very convenient for a user to assemble the shell on the rack, and the time and labor are saved effectively.

[ description of the drawings ]

Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating an embodiment of a server chassis of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view schematically illustrating the combination of a housing and a rack in the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a side view schematic diagram to assist in explaining FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a side view schematic diagram to assist in explaining FIG. 2;

fig. 5 is a schematic side view illustrating a combination relationship between a prompt unit and a marking unit of the housing and a corresponding relationship between two first openings of the rack and two first marking pieces of the marking unit in the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view illustrating the embodiment where the first opening of the rack corresponds to two second markers of the marker unit and the second opening of the rack corresponds to the first marker of the marker unit;

fig. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating the engagement relationship between a protrusion of a drawbar module of the casing and a positioning groove of a frame of a server in the embodiment; and

fig. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating the protrusion of the tie bar module being snapped into the positioning groove of the frame in the embodiment.

[ detailed description ] embodiments

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar components are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to fig. 1, 2, 3 and 4, an embodiment of a server chassis of the present invention is configured to accommodate a server 90, and includes a frame 1, a housing 2 detachably fastened to the frame 1, two elastic units 4 (only one is shown due to a view angle of the drawing) disposed in the frame 1, two marking units 5 (only one is shown due to a view angle of the drawing) disposed in the frame 1, and two prompting units 6 (only one is shown due to a view angle of the drawing) disposed on the housing 2.

The rack 1 is used for accommodating the server 90 and includes a base plate 11, two side plates 12 extending from two opposite sides of the base plate 11 in a direction away from the base plate 11, and a connecting plate 13 connecting the base plate 11 and the side plates 12. Each side plate 12 has two first openings 121 and a plurality of stoppers 122 located inside.

The casing 2 includes a cover plate 21, two extending plates 22 extending from two opposite sides of the cover plate 21 to the side plate 12, and two pushing members 23 disposed on the extending plates 22 and located inside the extending plates 22.

Referring to fig. 1, 3, 5 and 6, the elastic expansion unit 4 is disposed on the side plate 12 and located in the frame 1. Each elastic expansion unit 4 includes a fixed module 41 fixed on the corresponding side plate 12, a bracket module 42 controllably movable relative to the corresponding side plate 12, and an elastic module 43 linking the fixed module 41 and the bracket module 42. The support module 42 of the elastic expansion unit 4 corresponds to the pushing part 23 of the housing 2. Each of the support modules 42 has a support body 421 linked with the corresponding elastic module 43, a locking groove 422 formed on the support body 421 and capable of being locked into and pushed by the corresponding pushing member 23, and a plurality of limiting sliding grooves 423 disposed on the support body 421 and corresponding to the limiting members 122 of each of the side plates 12.

The indication unit 5 is disposed on the bracket body 421. Each marking unit 5 includes two first marking members 51 disposed on the corresponding rack body 421 and located outside the corresponding rack body 421. The position of the first indicator 51 of each indicator unit 5 corresponds to the first opening 121 of each side plate 12. In the embodiment, each first opening 121 is a hole, and each first marker 51 is a color marker, so that when the position of the first marker 51 corresponds to the first opening 121, the color of the corresponding first marker 51 can be seen through each first opening 121.

The prompting unit 6 is disposed on the extension plate 22 of the housing 2. Each prompting unit 6 includes two first prompting members 61 disposed on the corresponding extending plate 22 and located outside the corresponding extending plate 22. In this embodiment, the first prompting element 61 and the first indicating element 51 are designed in a group matching manner, and the first prompting element 61 and the first indicating element 51 are designed in the same first color.

When the housing 2 is moved toward the rack 1 and the first prompting member 61 of the prompting unit 6 is aligned with the first marking member 51 of the marking unit 5, and the pushing member 23 of the housing 2 is clamped into the clamping groove 422 of the elastic telescopic unit 4, at this time, when the housing 2 is moved toward the connecting plate 13 of the rack 1, and the pushing member 23 pushes the clamping groove 422 to drive the bracket body 421 to move toward the corresponding fixing module 41 and synchronously drive the first marking member 51 to move, and the housing 2 is clamped on the rack 1.

During assembly, the housing 2 is moved toward the rack 1, and since the first indication member 61 of the indication unit 6 and the first indication member 51 of the indication unit 5 are designed to have the same color, a user can align the first indication member 61 with the first indication member 51, and the pushing member 23 of the housing 2 is clamped into the clamping groove 422 of the elastic telescopic unit 4. In short, the first prompting member 61 disposed on the extending plate 22 of the housing 2 is aligned with the first indicating member 51, so that the housing 2 is initially combined with the rack 1, and at this time, the pushing member 23 of the housing 2 is clamped into the clamping groove 422 of the elastic expansion unit 4. Then, the housing 2 is moved toward the connecting plate 13 of the frame 1, so as to drive the pushing member 23 to push the engaging slot 422, so as to drive the support body 421 to compress the corresponding elastic module 43 and move toward the corresponding fixed module 41 to move to a position, and the housing 2 is clamped on the frame 1, thereby completing the assembling operation. In addition, when the support body 421 compresses the corresponding elastic module 43 and is moved toward the corresponding fixed module 41, each limiting sliding slot 423 moves relative to the corresponding limiting member 122 to achieve the effect of assisting the positioning.

By means of the combination design that the first prompting member 61 of the prompting unit 6 and the first indicating member 51 of the indicating unit 5 correspond to each other and the color of the first prompting member 61 and the color of the first indicating member 51 are the same, the user can conveniently make the pushing member 23 of the housing 2 be clamped into the clamping groove 422 of the elastic telescopic unit 4 by aligning the first prompting member 61 with the first indicating member 51, at this time, the housing 2 is moved towards the direction of the connecting plate 13 of the rack 1, and the housing 2 is clamped on the rack 1, so that the user can conveniently assemble the housing 2 on the rack 1, and the time and labor are saved effectively

Referring to fig. 3, 4, 5 and 6, it is to be specifically noted that each side plate 12 of the frame 1 further has two second openings 123 spaced apart from the first openings 121. Each indication unit 5 further includes two second indication members 52 disposed on the corresponding frame body 421 and located outside the corresponding frame body 421. Each prompting unit 6 further includes two second prompting members 62 disposed on the corresponding extending plate 22 and located outside the corresponding extending plate 22. When the first prompting member 61 of the prompting unit 6 is aligned with the first marking member 51 of the marking unit 5, the second prompting member 62 is aligned with the second marking member 52 of the marking unit 5, and when the housing 2 is moved toward the direction of the connecting plate 13 of the rack 1, and the pushing member 23 is made to push the engaging groove 422 to drive the bracket body 421 to move toward the corresponding fixing module 41, and synchronously drive the first marking member 51 to move toward the position of the second opening 123 and the second marking member 52 to move toward the position of the first opening 121, and make the housing 2 clamped on the rack 1, at this time, the position of the first marking member 51 corresponds to the second opening 123 and the position of the second marking member 52 corresponds to the first opening 121. In the present embodiment, each second opening 123 is a hole, each second indicator 52 is a color indicator, the second indicator 62 and the second indicator 52 are also designed to be paired in a group, and the second indicator 62 and the second indicator 52 are designed with a second color which is the same as the first color. Specifically, when the housing 2 is not combined to the rack 1, the first openings 121 of the side plates 12 of the rack 1 correspond to the first indication members 51, so that a user can know the positions of the first indication members 51 through the first openings 121, that is, at this time, the color of a corresponding first indication member 51 can be seen from each first opening 121, and since the colors of the first indication member 61 and the first indication member 51 are the same, the user can align the first indication member 61 of the indication unit 6 to the first indication member 51 of the indication unit 5, and the housing 2 is primarily combined to the rack 1, at this time, the second indication member 62 is also aligned to the second indication member 52 of the indication unit 5. In other words, when the first indicator 61 is aligned with the first marker 51, the second indicator 62 is also simultaneously aligned with the second marker 52 of the marker unit 5. Then, when the user moves the housing 2 toward the connecting plate 13 of the rack 1, and the pushing member 23 pushes the engaging slot 422 to drive the bracket body 421 to move toward the corresponding fixing module 41 and synchronously drive the first indicating member 51 to move toward the second opening 123 and the second indicating member 52 to move toward the first opening 121 and move to a position, and the housing 2 is clamped on the rack 1, at this time, the position of the first indicating member 51 corresponds to the second opening 123 and the position of the second indicating member 52 corresponds to the first opening 121. That is, when the housing 2 is fastened to the frame 1, the first indicator 51 can be seen through the second opening 123, and the second indicator 52 can be seen through the first opening 121, so that a user can see the first indicator 51 or the second indicator 52 through the second opening 123 or the first opening 121 to determine that the housing 2 is moved to a fixed position and fastened to the frame 1.

Referring to fig. 1, 7 and 8, in addition, it is to be noted that, in the present embodiment, the server 90 includes a frame 91 and a positioning groove 92 disposed on the frame 91. The housing 2 further includes a pull rod module 24 penetrating the cover plate 21 and pivotally coupled to the cover plate 21. The pull rod module 24 corresponds to the positioning groove 92 and has a convex column 241 capable of being clamped into the positioning groove 92. When the casing 2 is moved toward the connecting plate 13 of the frame 1, and the pushing member 23 pushes the engaging slot 422 to drive the bracket body 421 to move toward the corresponding fixing module 41, the pull rod module 24 is pivoted toward the corresponding positioning groove 92 and reaches a combining position to allow the protruding column 241 of the pull rod module 24 to be engaged with and positioned in the positioning groove 92 of the frame 91, so that the casing 2 is engaged with and positioned on the frame 1.

In summary, in the server chassis of the present invention, by the combination design that the first prompting member 61 of the prompting unit 6 and the first indicating member 51 of the indicating unit 5 are corresponding to each other, and the color of the first prompting member 61 is the same as that of the first indicating member 51, a user can conveniently align the first prompting member 61 with the first indicating member 51, so that the pushing member 23 of the housing 2 can be clamped into the clamping groove 422 of the elastic expansion unit 4, and at this time, the housing 2 is moved toward the direction of the connecting plate 13 of the rack 1, and the housing 2 is clamped on the rack 1, which is very convenient for the user to assemble the housing 2 on the rack 1, and is effective in saving time and labor.

However, the above description is only an example of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention should not be limited thereby, and all the simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the claims and the contents of the patent specification should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A server case for accommodating a server, comprising:

the rack is used for accommodating the server and comprises a base plate, two side plates and a connecting plate, wherein the two side plates extend from two opposite sides of the base plate to the direction far away from the base plate, the connecting plate is connected with the base plate and the side plates, and each side plate is provided with two first openings;

the shell is detachably clamped on the rack and comprises a cover plate, two extending plates and two pushing pieces, wherein the extending plates extend from two opposite sides of the cover plate to the side plate direction, and the pushing pieces are arranged on the extending plates and are positioned at the inner sides of the extending plates;

the elastic telescopic units are arranged on the side plates of the rack and positioned in the rack, each elastic telescopic unit comprises a fixed module fixedly arranged on the corresponding side plate, a support module which can move relative to the corresponding side plate in a controlled manner, and an elastic module for linking the fixed module and the support module, the support module of the elastic telescopic unit corresponds to the abutting piece of the shell, and each support module is provided with a support body for linking the corresponding elastic module and a clamping groove which is formed on the support body and can be clamped and pushed by the corresponding abutting piece;

the marking units are arranged on the support body, each marking unit comprises two first marking pieces which are arranged on the corresponding support body and positioned on the outer side of the corresponding support body, and the position of each first marking piece of each marking unit corresponds to the first opening of each side plate; and

two prompt units arranged on the extension plate of the shell, wherein each prompt unit comprises two first prompt parts arranged on the corresponding extension plate and positioned outside the corresponding extension plate, when the shell is moved towards the direction of the rack and the first prompt parts of the prompt units are aligned with the first marking parts of the marking units, the pushing parts of the shell are clamped into the clamping grooves of the elastic telescopic units, at the moment, when the shell is moved towards the direction of the connecting plate of the rack, the pushing parts are pushed towards the clamping grooves to drive the support body to move towards the direction of the corresponding fixed module and synchronously drive the first marking parts to move, and the shell is clamped on the rack.

2. The server casing of claim 1, wherein each side plate of the rack further has two second openings spaced apart from the first opening, each indication unit further includes two second indication members disposed on the corresponding rack body and located outside the corresponding rack body, each indication unit further includes two second indication members disposed on the corresponding extension plate and located outside the corresponding extension plate, when the first indication member of the indication unit is aligned with the first indication member of the indication unit, the second indication member is aligned with the second indication member of the indication unit, when the casing is moved toward the connection plate of the rack, and the pushing member pushes the engaging groove to drive the rack body to move toward the corresponding fixing module direction and synchronously drive the first indication member to move toward the second opening and the second indication member to move toward the first opening, when the housing is clamped on the rack, the position of the first marking piece corresponds to the second opening and the position of the second marking piece corresponds to the first opening.

3. The server chassis of claim 2, wherein the first indicator is a same first color as the first indicator, and the second indicator is a same second color as the second indicator, the first color being different from the second color.

4. The server casing of claim 1, wherein the server includes a frame and a positioning groove disposed on the frame, and the casing further includes a pull rod module passing through the cover plate and pivotally coupled to the cover plate, the pull rod module corresponds to the positioning groove and has a protruding column capable of being engaged with the positioning groove, when the casing is moved toward the connecting plate of the rack, and the pushing member pushes the engaging groove to drive the bracket body to move toward the corresponding fixing module, and the pull rod module is pivoted toward the corresponding positioning groove and reaches a coupling position to engage the protruding column of the pull rod module with the positioning groove, so that the casing is engaged with the rack.

5. The server casing of claim 1, wherein each side plate of the rack further has a plurality of position-limiting members located inside, the support module of each elastic expansion unit further has a plurality of position-limiting sliding grooves opened on the support body and corresponding to the position-limiting members of each side plate, and when the support body is moved toward the corresponding fixed module, each position-limiting sliding groove moves relative to the corresponding position-limiting member to achieve an auxiliary positioning effect.