CN211720890U - Gateway equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present utility model provides a gateway device, which includes a casing, a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The casing is enclosed by a first cover plate, a second cover plate and a side plate. The first circuit board is provided with inside the casing and fixedly mounted on the first cover plate; the second circuit board and the first circuit board are relatively spaced apart inside the casing and fixedly mounted on the second cover plate, the second circuit board and the first circuit board Board electrical connection. The circuit components required in the gateway device are distributed and installed on two circuit boards, the accommodation space required by a single circuit board can be reduced, and the two circuit boards arranged at opposite intervals can make full use of the vertical space, and the overall gateway device can be The plane area occupied by the structure is reduced; in addition, the two circuit boards can accommodate more circuit components, and the space utilization rate is improved.

Description

a gateway device

technical field

The utility model relates to the technical field of the Internet of Things, in particular to a gateway device.

Background technique

IoT gateways have good communication functions and are widely used in various industries and fields.

In the existing gateway equipment products, all interfaces are concentrated on the same circuit board, which makes the plane space occupy too much and requires more installation area, which is not conducive to the installation of other products.

It can be seen that the gateway device in the prior art suffers from the problem of low space utilization.

Utility model content

The embodiment of the present invention provides a gateway device to solve the problem of low space utilization rate of the gateway device in the prior art.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the embodiment of the present utility model adopts the following technical solutions:

The embodiment of the present utility model provides a gateway device, including:

a casing, the casing is enclosed by a first cover plate, a second cover plate and a side plate, the first cover plate and the second cover plate are relatively spaced apart, and the side plate is located on the first cover between the plate and the second cover plate, and connecting the first cover plate and the second cover plate;

a first circuit board, which is disposed inside the casing and fixedly mounted on the first cover plate;

A second circuit board, the second circuit board and the first circuit board are arranged inside the casing at a distance from each other, and are fixedly mounted on the second cover plate, the second circuit board and the first circuit board are A circuit board is electrically connected.

Optionally, the first circuit board is fixedly connected to the first cover plate through a first stud; the second circuit board is fixedly connected to the second cover plate through a second stud.

Optionally, the number of the first studs is at least two, one end of each first stud is fixedly connected to the first cover plate, and the first circuit board is provided with a connection with the first stud. The first through holes corresponding to the positions of the studs, and the other end of each first stud is fixed in the first through holes of the first circuit board by screws.

Optionally, the number of the second studs is at least two, one end of each second stud is fixedly connected to the second cover plate, and the second circuit board is provided with a connection with the second stud. There are second through holes corresponding to the positions of the studs, and the other end of each second stud is fixed in the second through holes of the second circuit board by screws.

Optionally, a first interface is provided on the first circuit board; a second interface is provided on the second circuit board.

Optionally, the first interface includes at least one of a universal serial bus USB interface, a reset button, and a power button; the second interface includes a network interface, a USB interface, an RS-232 interface, an antenna, a user identification At least one of the SIM card interface and the TF card interface.

Optionally, openings corresponding to the first interface and the second interface are respectively formed on the side plate.

Optionally, the side panel includes a first side panel and a second side panel opposite to each other, and the first side panel and the second side panel are respectively provided with ventilation holes.

Optionally, the side panel includes an adjacent first side panel and a third side panel, and an adjacent second side panel and a fourth side panel, and the first cover panel is connected to the first side panel and the first side panel. The third side plate is integrally formed, and the second cover plate is integrally formed with the second side plate and the fourth side plate.

Optionally, the first circuit board and the second circuit board are electrically connected through pin headers.

The gateway device provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes a casing, a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The casing is enclosed by a first cover plate, a second cover plate and a side plate, and the first circuit board is arranged on the The inside of the casing is fixedly mounted on the first cover plate; the second circuit board and the first circuit board are relatively spaced inside the casing and fixedly mounted on the second cover plate, the second circuit board and the first circuit board electrical connection. The circuit components required in the gateway device are distributed and installed on two circuit boards, the accommodation space required for a single circuit board can be reduced, and the two circuit boards arranged at opposite intervals can make full use of the vertical space. The plane area occupied by the structure is reduced; in addition, the two circuit boards can accommodate more circuit components, and the space utilization rate is improved.

Description of drawings

In order to illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some of the drawings of the present invention. In the embodiments, for those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings without creative labor.

1 is a front external structural diagram of a gateway device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the back external structure diagram of the gateway device provided by the embodiment of the present utility model;

3 is an axonometric view of a first circuit board of a gateway device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an axonometric view of a second circuit board of a gateway device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an internal structure diagram of a gateway device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present utility model, not all of the embodiments. . Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a gateway device, as shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 5 , the gateway device includes:

The casing 100 is enclosed by a first cover plate 110, a second cover plate 120 and a side plate 130. The first cover plate 110 and the second cover plate 120 are arranged at a distance from each other, and the side plate 130 is located on the first cover plate 130. between the plate 110 and the second cover plate 120, and connect the first cover plate 110 and the second cover plate 120;

a first circuit board 200, the first circuit board 200 is disposed inside the casing 100 and fixedly mounted on the first cover plate 110;

The second circuit board 300 , the second circuit board 300 and the first circuit board 200 are disposed inside the housing 100 at relative intervals, and are fixedly mounted on the second cover plate 120 , and the second circuit board 300 is electrically connected to the first circuit board 200 .

The first cover plate 110 and the second cover plate 120 are relatively spaced apart, and the side plate 130 is connected to the peripheries of the first cover plate 110 and the second cover plate 120 , and the three can enclose the casing 100 of the gateway device. A accommodating chamber is formed inside the housing 100 , and the circuit board of the gateway device and the components connected to the circuit board can be accommodated and installed in the chamber without being exposed to the air. The shapes of the first cover plate 110 , the second cover plate 120 and the side plate 130 can be specifically determined according to the appearance design of the gateway device, which is not limited herein.

For the convenience of description, the embodiment of the present invention is described by taking the first cover plate 110 , the second cover plate 120 and the side plate 130 all being rectangular plates, and the casing 100 being a cuboid casing as an example, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 . Show:

Two relatively spaced circuit boards are installed inside the housing 100 , namely a first circuit board 200 and a second circuit board 300 . The first circuit board 200 is fixedly mounted on the first cover plate 110 , and the second circuit board 300 is fixed Installed on the second cover plate 120 . In the embodiments shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , the first cover 110 can be regarded as the upper cover of the gateway device, and the second cover 120 can be regarded as the lower cover of the gateway device. The two circuit boards are in A double-layer structure with an upper and lower opposite interval can be formed inside the casing, and there is a certain distance between the two, so as to reserve an accommodation space for the components connected to the two circuit boards.

In the prior art, only one circuit board is installed in the gateway device. As the user's functional requirements for the gateway device gradually increase, more circuit components need to be accommodated on the circuit board. Correspondingly, the area of the circuit board will gradually increase. As a result, the gateway device occupies a large plane area during installation, and the space utilization rate is not high. In the embodiment of the present invention, the gateway device is installed with two circuit boards with two layers of opposite intervals. When the gateway device is placed in parallel on the ground or on the mounting frame according to the orientation shown in FIG. 1, the original need to be installed on a circuit board If the components on the top are distributed and installed on the upper and lower circuit boards, the accommodating space required on a single circuit board can be reduced, the vertical space can be fully utilized, and the plane area occupied by the overall structure of the gateway equipment can be reduced. The two circuit boards can also accommodate more circuit components, and the space utilization rate is improved.

Optionally, the first circuit board 200 is fixedly connected to the first cover plate 110 through the first studs 210 ; the second circuit board 300 is fixedly connected to the second cover plate 120 through the second studs 310 .

In this embodiment, the first circuit board 200 is fixedly installed by the first studs 210, and the second circuit board 300 is fixedly installed by the second studs 310. The studs have a certain length so that the first circuit board 200 and the first cover Between the boards 110 , a certain space may be spaced between the second circuit board 300 and the second cover board 120 . In this way, not only the surface of the first circuit board 200 facing away from the first cover plate 110 but also the surface of the second circuit board 300 facing away from the second cover plate 120 can be connected to circuit components, the first circuit board 200 facing the surface of the first cover plate 110 On the surface, the surface of the second circuit board 300 facing the second cover plate 120 can also be connected to circuit components, and the space utilization rate of the circuit board inside the gateway device is further improved.

Further, the number of the first studs 210 is at least two, one end of each first stud 210 is fixedly connected to the first cover plate 110 , and the first circuit board 200 is provided with a position corresponding to the position of the first stud 210 . For the corresponding first through holes, the other end of each first stud 210 is fixed in the first through holes of the first circuit board 200 by screws;

The number of the second studs 310 is at least two, one end of each second stud 310 is fixedly connected to the second cover 120 , and the second circuit board 300 is provided with a second stud corresponding to the position of the second stud 310 . Two through holes, the other end of each second stud 310 is fixed in the second through hole of the second circuit board 300 by screws.

In this embodiment, the first circuit board 200 can be fastened on the first cover plate 110 and the second circuit board 200 can be fastened and installed on the first cover plate 110 by using fasteners such as screws and screws to cooperate with the first studs 210 and the second studs 310 . The plate 300 is fastened to the second cover plate 210 so that the relative displacement does not occur. In this way, it is possible to avoid the situation where the circuit board is loose and squeezes or even damages the circuit components connected to it. In one embodiment, the first studs 210 can be connected to both sides of the first cover 110 , the second studs 310 can be connected to both sides of the second cover 120 , and the first through holes can correspond to the first studs 210 is opened on both sides of the first circuit board 200, and the second through holes can be opened on both sides of the second circuit board 300 corresponding to the second studs 310, so that the studs will not affect the connection of the components in the middle of the circuit board, Further improve the space utilization of the circuit board.

It should be noted that, the first circuit board 200 can also be fixedly connected to the first cover plate 110 through the upright in the form of snap connection, and the second circuit board 300 can also be connected to the second cover plate 120 through the upright in the form of snap connection. Fixed connection. In one embodiment, two ends of the first cover plate 110 can be fixedly connected with uprights, the uprights can be clamped into through holes opened at corresponding positions on the first circuit board 200 , and both ends of the second cover plate 120 can also be fixed. A column is connected, and the column can be clamped in a through hole opened at a corresponding position on the second circuit board 300 . It can be understood that the connection method between the first circuit board 200 and the first cover plate 110 and the connection method between the second circuit board 300 and the second cover plate 120 are not limited to this, and no limitation is made here.

Optionally, the first circuit board 200 is provided with a first interface; the second circuit board 300 is provided with a second interface.

In order to enrich the functions of the gateway device and meet the various needs of users. In this embodiment, the first interface is connected to the first circuit board 200, and the second interface is connected to the second circuit board 300. It should be noted that the first interface and the second interface may respectively include various external The interface, such as a network interface, a memory card interface, or a power interface, etc., can be determined according to specific functional requirements, and is not limited herein.

Among them, the patch-type interface or other components can be directly attached to the surface of the circuit board, and the pin-type interface or other components can be connected to the circuit board by soldering. Since each circuit board includes a first surface facing the fixed cover plate and a second surface facing away from the fixed cover plate, the first surface and the second surface at the same position of the circuit board can be connected to the SMD interface at the same time. Other components, and for the pin-type interface or other components that need to be soldered, if the interface or other components are connected to the first surface of the circuit board, the second surface of the circuit board will expose the solder joints and cannot be connected anymore. Other components, so in the same position on the circuit board, only one surface can be connected to the pin interface or other components.

Further, the first interface includes at least one of a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface, a reset button and a power button; the second interface includes a network interface, a USB interface, an RS-232 interface, At least one of an antenna, a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module, user identity identification) card interface and a TF card interface.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 , when the gateway device is placed in parallel on the ground or on the mounting frame according to the orientation shown in FIG. 1 , the first circuit board 200 can be regarded as an upper-layer circuit board. In order to facilitate the user to perform operations such as power supply and reset, Without being affected by the interface wiring, the first circuit board 200 can be connected to the reset button 220, the power button 230 and other operation buttons of the gateway device; at the same time, the TYPE-A USB interface 240 can also be connected, and the TYPE-A USB interface 240 can be connected to The external mobile terminal device may be plugged and unplugged multiple times. In order to facilitate user operation, it is not affected by the fixed wiring of the gateway device, and is suitable for connecting to the first circuit board 200. In addition, the first circuit board 200 can also be connected to a 7PIN USB The interface 250 and the 7PIN USB interface 250 can be connected to external testing, monitoring and other instruments or equipment.

With reference to the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 , 2 and 4 , when the gateway device is placed in parallel on the ground or on the mounting frame according to the orientation shown in FIG. 1 , the second circuit board 300 can be regarded as a lower-layer circuit board, which can be fixed as needed. An external interface that is wired and not frequently plugged and unplugged is connected to the second circuit board 300 . Specifically, the second circuit board 300 can be connected to network interfaces, including a WAN (Widearea network interface, wide area network) interface 320 and a LAN (Local Area Network, local area network) interface 330, the WAN interface 320 is used for the gateway device to connect to the wide area network, and the LAN interface 330 It is used to connect the gateway device to the local area network; the second circuit board 300 can also be connected to a USB interface such as a 9PIN USB interface 340 for external testing, monitoring and other instruments or equipment, or a Micro-USB interface 350; it can also be connected to an RS-232 interface such as The RS232-DB9 interface 360 is used to connect external computers and other equipment; the second circuit board 300 can also be connected with a card interface, such as a SIM card interface 370 and a TF memory card interface 380; the second circuit board 300 can also be connected with an antenna 390.

Further, openings corresponding to the first interface and the second interface are respectively opened on the side plate 130, so that each interface on the circuit board can extend out of the gateway device, which is convenient for users to plug in, and each interface is connected to the circuit board. The connected part is still wrapped inside the casing 100 and can be protected from possible damage caused by the external environment.

In this embodiment, the circuit boards of the two-layer relatively spaced apart, the circuit board of the gateway device can accommodate more circuit components and external interfaces, and the types of interfaces are more abundant, which can meet the data transmission and functional requirements of more users.

It should be noted that, the arrangement and positions of the interfaces on the first circuit board 200 and the second circuit board 300 can be specifically determined according to actual requirements, which are not limited herein.

Optionally, the side panel 130 includes a first side panel 131 and a second side panel 132 opposite to each other, and the first side panel 131 and the second side panel 132 are respectively provided with ventilation holes 135 .

Since the circuit board carries more components, the heat dissipation of the components will make the internal temperature of the device higher during use. By opening ventilation holes on the opposite side panels, the convection ventilation inside the gateway device can be realized, which can effectively dissipate heat, reduce the heat generation during the operation of the device, and reduce the temperature inside the gateway device.

Optionally, the side panel 130 includes the adjacent first side panel 131 and the third side panel 133 , and the adjacent second side panel 132 and the fourth side panel 134 , the first cover panel 110 and the first side panel 131 It is integrally formed with the third side plate 133 , and the second cover plate 120 is integrally formed with the second side plate 132 and the fourth side plate 134 .

In this embodiment, the first cover plate 110 is integrally formed with the first side plate 131 and the third side plate 133, and the second cover plate 120 is integrally formed with the second side plate 132 and the fourth side plate 134, which can reduce the number of casings. The detachable connecting pieces between the various parts of the casing 100 improve the stability of the casing 100 . In addition, such a design is more convenient to install the circuit board. The first circuit board 200 can be put into the open area opposite to the first side plate 131 and the third side plate 133, which is convenient for connecting the interfaces on the first circuit board 200 with the first circuit board 200. The corresponding openings on the side plate 131 and the third side plate 133 are aligned, and at the same time, it is also convenient to align the first through holes on the first circuit board 200 with the first studs 210 on the first cover One circuit board 200 is fixedly installed, and the same is true for the second circuit board 300 .

Optionally, the first circuit board 200 and the second circuit board 300 are electrically connected through pin headers 400 . In this embodiment, the pin header is a commonly used connector, which will not be repeated here.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the gateway device can be installed as follows:

First, the reset button 220, the power button 230, and the TYPE A-USB interface 240 are connected to the first surface of the first circuit board 200 (the surface facing the first cover 110) by soldering, and the 7PIN interface 250 is soldered. It is connected to the second surface of the first circuit board 200 (the surface facing away from the first cover plate 110 ) by soldering. After that, the first circuit board 110 is put into the first cover plate 110 which is integrally formed with the first side plate 131 and the third side plate 133 , and the interfaces connected thereon are connected to the first side plate 131 and the third side plate 133 The corresponding openings are aligned. At the same time, the first through holes on the first circuit board 200 are aligned with the first studs 210 on the first cover 110, and the screws and the first studs 210 are correspondingly inserted into the first through holes. Tighten to fit.

Then, the WAN interface 320, the LAN interface 330, the 9PIN interface 340, the two RS232-DB9 interfaces 360, and the three antennas 390 are soldered to the second surface of the second circuit board 300 (the one facing away from the second cover 120) by soldering. surface), the Micro-USB interface 350, the SIM card interface 370, and the TF card interface 380 are soldered to the first surface (the surface facing the second cover plate 120) of the second circuit board 300 by soldering. After that, the second circuit board 300 is put into the second cover plate 120 which is integrally formed with the second side plate 132 and the fourth side plate 134 , and the interfaces connected thereon are connected to the second side plate 132 and the fourth side plate 134 The corresponding openings are aligned. At the same time, the second through holes on the second circuit board 300 are aligned with the second studs 310 on the second cover plate 120, and the screws and the second studs 310 are correspondingly inserted into the second through holes. Tighten to fit.

After the first circuit board 200 is fixedly installed on the first cover plate 110 and the second circuit board 300 is fixedly installed on the second cover plate 120 , as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 , the side of the first cover plate 110 is bent The first mounting hole 111 on the side plate 111 and the second mounting hole 112 on the third side plate 133 are respectively connected with the third stud 121 on the fourth side plate 134 and the fourth screw on the side bending portion of the second cover plate 120. The posts 122 are aligned, and the connection and fixation of the entire housing 100 is completed through the cooperation of fasteners such as screws.

In addition, the corresponding positions on the third side plate 133 and the fourth side plate 134 can also be provided with mounting wings 500 for fixing the gateway device. The mounting wings 500 are provided with third mounting holes. The device is installed and fixed.

To sum up, in the embodiment of the present invention, the gateway device includes a casing 100 , a first circuit board 200 and a second circuit board 300 , and the casing 100 is composed of a first cover 110 , a second cover 120 and a side The board 130 is enclosed, the first circuit board 200 is disposed inside the casing 100, and is fixedly mounted on the first cover plate 110; the second circuit board 300 and the first circuit board 200 are relatively spaced inside the casing 100, And it is fixedly mounted on the second cover plate 120 , and the second circuit board 300 is electrically connected to the first circuit board 200 . The circuit components required in the gateway device are distributed and installed on two circuit boards, the accommodation space required for a single circuit board can be reduced, and the two circuit boards arranged at opposite intervals can make full use of the vertical space. The plane area occupied by the structure is reduced; in addition, the two circuit boards can accommodate more circuit components, and the space utilization rate is improved.

It should be noted that the various optional implementation manners introduced in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in combination with each other, or may be implemented independently, which are not limited to the embodiments of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the accompanying drawings, only for the purpose of For the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, it is not intended to indicate or imply that the indicated device or element must have a specific orientation, as well as a specific orientation configuration and operation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of the present invention. In addition, "first" and "second" are for descriptive purposes only, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implying the number of indicated technical features. Thus, a feature delimited with "first", "second" may expressly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, "plurality" means two or more.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, unless otherwise expressly specified and limited, the terms "installation", "connection" and "connection" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it may be a fixed connection or a detachable connection. Connection, or integral connection; may be mechanical connection or electrical connection; may be direct connection, or indirect connection through an intermediate medium, or internal communication between two elements. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific situations.

The above embodiments are described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and other different forms and embodiments are also possible without departing from the principles of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments presented herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. In the drawings, component sizes and relative sizes may be exaggerated for clarity. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. The terms "comprising" and/or "including" as used in this specification denote the presence of stated features, integers, components and/or components, but do not exclude one or more other features, integers, components, components and/or the presence or increase of its ethnic group. Unless otherwise indicated, when stated, a range of values includes the upper and lower limits of that range and any subranges therebetween.

The above are the preferred embodiments of the present invention. It should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, several improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the principles described in the present invention. within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A gateway device, comprising:

the shell is formed by enclosing a first cover plate, a second cover plate and a side plate, the first cover plate and the second cover plate are arranged at intervals, and the side plate is positioned between the first cover plate and the second cover plate and is connected with the first cover plate and the second cover plate;

the first circuit board is arranged in the shell and is fixedly arranged on the first cover plate;

the second circuit board and the first circuit board are oppositely arranged in the shell at intervals and fixedly arranged on the second cover plate, and the second circuit board is electrically connected with the first circuit board.

2. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the first circuit board is fixedly connected to the first cover plate by a first stud; the second circuit board is fixedly connected with the second cover plate through a second stud.

3. The gateway device according to claim 2, wherein the number of the first studs is at least two, one end of each first stud is fixedly connected to the first cover plate, the first circuit board is provided with a first through hole corresponding to the position of the first stud, and the other end of each first stud is fixed in the first through hole of the first circuit board through a screw.

4. The gateway device according to claim 2, wherein the number of the second studs is at least two, one end of each second stud is fixedly connected to the second cover plate, the second circuit board is provided with a second through hole corresponding to the position of the second stud, and the other end of each second stud is fixed in the second through hole of the second circuit board through a screw.

5. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the first circuit board has a first interface disposed thereon; and a second interface is arranged on the second circuit board.

6. The gateway device of claim 5, wherein the first interface comprises at least one of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, a reset button, and a power button; the second interface comprises at least one of a network interface, a USB interface, an RS-232 interface, an antenna, a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card interface and a TF card interface.

7. The gateway device according to claim 5, wherein the side boards are respectively provided with openings corresponding to the first interface and the second interface.

8. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the side panels comprise a first side panel and a second side panel that are opposite to each other, and the first side panel and the second side panel are respectively provided with a vent hole.

9. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the side panels comprise first and third adjacent side panels and second and fourth adjacent side panels, the first cover panel being integrally formed with the first and third side panels and the second cover panel being integrally formed with the second and fourth side panels.

10. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the first circuit board and the second circuit board are electrically connected by a pin header.

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