CN216391756U - Front panel module of electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

A front panel module of an electronic device comprises a front panel and a square base. The front panel has a retention area and a square extension. The square extension part is used as a platform, and the thickness of the square extension part is smaller than that of the reserved area. The square extension part is provided with a first long round hole, a second long round hole, a third long round hole and an arc-shaped slotted hole. The first long round hole, the second long round hole and the third long round hole are all parallel to one diagonal line of the square extending part. Two ends of the first long circular hole are respectively positioned at the center of the square extension part and the center of the arc slotted hole. Two ends of the arc slotted hole are respectively connected with one end of the second long round hole and one end of the third long round hole. The square base is suitable for accommodating a display. The bottom surface of the square base is provided with a first positioning column and a second positioning column. The first positioning column is suitable for penetrating through the first long round hole, and the second positioning column is suitable for penetrating through the second long round hole, the arc-shaped slotted hole and the third long round hole.

Description

Front panel module of electronic device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of electronic devices, and more particularly, to a front panel module of an electronic device.

Background

Rack-and-tower (UPS) dual-purpose UPS (uninterruptible power supply) is widely popular in the market because it allows users to change the rotation angle of their displays according to different usage situations.

However, the conventional rack-and-tower type dual-purpose uninterruptible power system has a disadvantage that the rotation angle of the display is not easy to change. Taking one of the conventional rack-and-tower type dual-purpose ups systems shown in fig. 1 as an example, when the rack-and-tower type dual-purpose ups system 100 needs to be switched between the rack mode and the tower mode, a user must first shut down the rack-and-tower type dual-purpose ups system 100, then sequentially detach the front panel 110 and the display module 170 using a tool, then rotate the display module 170 by 90 degrees, and then sequentially mount the display module 170 and the front panel 110. Taking another conventional rack-and-tower type dual-purpose uninterruptible power system as shown in fig. 2 as an example, when the rack-and-tower type dual-purpose uninterruptible power system 200 needs to be switched between the rack mode and the tower mode, although the display module 270 is fixed to the rack-and-tower type dual-purpose uninterruptible power system 200 by a buckle, it is not necessary to use a tool to detach the display module 270, and the user still needs to manually detach the display module 270, rotate the display module 270 by 90 degrees, and then mount the display module 270 back.

From the above, when the rack-tower dual-purpose uninterruptible power system switches between the rack mode and the tower mode, users cannot simply and conveniently perform the switching, which causes little bundle disturbance and time waste.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

One of the objectives of the present invention is to provide a front panel module of an electronic device, which can be applied to a rack-and-tower dual-purpose uninterruptible power system, so that a user can switch between a rack mode and a tower mode of the rack-and-tower dual-purpose uninterruptible power system simply and conveniently.

To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a front panel module of an electronic device, which includes a front panel and a square base. The front panel has a retention area and a square extension. The square extension part is used as a platform, and the thickness of the square extension part is smaller than that of the reserved area. The square extension part is provided with a first long round hole, a second long round hole, a third long round hole and an arc-shaped slotted hole. The first long round hole, the second long round hole and the third long round hole are all parallel to one diagonal line of the square extending part. Two ends of the first long circular hole are respectively positioned at the center of the square extension part and the center of the arc slotted hole. Two ends of the arc slotted hole are respectively connected with one end of the second long round hole and one end of the third long round hole. The square base is suitable for accommodating a display. The bottom surface of the square base is provided with a first positioning column and a second positioning column. The first positioning column is suitable for penetrating through the first long round hole, and the second positioning column is suitable for penetrating through the second long round hole, the arc-shaped slotted hole and the third long round hole.

In order to make the aforementioned objects, technical features, and gains obvious and understandable after practical implementation, preferred embodiments will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the utility model and together with the description serve to explain the utility model without limiting the utility model. In the drawings:

fig. 1 illustrates a conventional rack-and-tower uninterruptible power system.

Fig. 2 illustrates another conventional rack-and-tower uninterruptible power system.

FIG. 3 illustrates a display and a front panel module according to an embodiment of the utility model.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an UPS employing the front panel module and the display shown in FIG. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view of an exploded view of the front panel module and the display shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is another perspective view of the exploded view of the front panel module and display of fig. 3.

Fig. 7 shows a view of the square extension of fig. 5.

Fig. 8 shows another view of the square extension of fig. 5.

Fig. 9 shows a further view of the square extension of fig. 5.

FIG. 10 shows a view of the square base of FIG. 5.

Fig. 11 is a schematic view of the square base being pushed obliquely in a first direction.

Fig. 12 is a schematic view of the square base being pulled obliquely in the second direction.

FIGS. 13-17 illustrate the exploded action of rotating the square base.

FIG. 18 shows a front panel module according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 19 shows another view of the front panel module of fig. 18.

Detailed Description

For a better understanding of the features, content, and advantages of the utility model, as well as the advantages achieved thereby, reference should be made to the following detailed description of the utility model, which is to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings and which is provided for illustrative purposes and to assist in describing, by way of example, the true scale and precise configuration of the utility model, and therefore, the scope of the utility model should not be read as limited by the scale and arrangement of the accompanying drawings.

The advantages, features, and technical solutions of the present invention will be more readily understood and appreciated by referring to the exemplary embodiments and accompanying drawings that may be embodied in different forms, and thus, should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, but rather should be provided for enabling those of ordinary skill in the art to more fully and completely convey the scope of the present invention and that the present invention is defined solely by the appended claims.

FIG. 3 illustrates a display and a front panel module according to an embodiment of the utility model. Referring to fig. 3, the front panel module is a front panel module of an electronic device, and includes a front panel 310 and a square base 350, wherein the square base 350 is adapted to receive a display 370. The display 370 is, for example, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) or an electrophoretic display (EPD). For example, the electronic device is a UPS, and FIG. 4 shows a UPS 400 using the front panel module and the display shown in FIG. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view of an exploded view of the front panel module and the display shown in fig. 3. Fig. 6 is another perspective view of the exploded view of the front panel module and display of fig. 3. Referring to fig. 5 and fig. 6, the front panel 310 of the front panel module has a reserved area 312 and a square extension 314. In this example, the reserved area 312 is a heat dissipation hole area. Of course, in other embodiments, the reserved area 312 may also be a housing without heat dissipation holes. The square extension 314 serves as a platform, and the thickness D2 of the square extension 314 is smaller than the thickness D1 of the reserved area 312. The display 370 is composed of a light-transmissive sheet 372, a front cover 374, a circuit board 376 and a back cover 378.

Fig. 7 shows one view of the square extension of fig. 5, fig. 8 shows another view of the square extension of fig. 5, and fig. 9 shows another view of the square extension of fig. 5. Referring to fig. 7 to 9, the square extension 314 has a first long circular hole 316, a second long circular hole 318, a third long circular hole 322 and an arc-shaped slot hole 320. The first long circular hole 316, the second long circular hole 318 and the third long circular hole 322 are all parallel to one diagonal line of the square extension portion 314, and two ends of the first long circular hole 316 are respectively located at the center of the square extension portion 314 and the center of the arc-shaped slot hole 320. In addition, two ends of the arc-shaped slot hole 320 are respectively connected with one end of the second long round hole 318 and one end of the third long round hole 322, so that the arc-shaped slot hole 320, the second long round hole 318 and the third long round hole 322 actually form a special-shaped slot hole. In this example, the arc slot 320 is shaped as a minor arc (inner arc).

In addition, one end of the first long circular hole 316 located at the center of the square extension 314 further has a first positioning elastic piece 316_1 and a second positioning elastic piece 316_2, and the first positioning elastic piece 316_1 and the second positioning elastic piece 316_2 respectively have a first bump 316_3 and a second bump 316_ 4. In addition, the two parallel sides of the first oblong hole 316 further have a first inclined surface 316_5 and a second inclined surface 316_6, respectively.

FIG. 10 shows a view of the square base of FIG. 5. Referring to fig. 10, the square base 350 has a receiving space for receiving the display 370, and the bottom surface 352 of the square base 350 has a first positioning column 354 and a second positioning column 360. In this example, the area of bottom surface 352 is equal to the area of square extension 314. Of course, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the area of bottom surface 352 may be smaller than the area of square extension 314. The first positioning post 354 of the square base 350 is adapted to pass through the first long circular hole 316, and the second positioning post 360 is adapted to pass through the second long circular hole 318, the arc-shaped slot hole 320 and the third long circular hole 322 (i.e. adapted to pass through a specially shaped slot hole formed by the three). In this example, the first positioning post 354 is a hollow positioning post so that wires from the inside of the UPS 400 can pass through the hollow positioning post to power the display 370. In addition, the outer surface of the first positioning post 354 is surrounded by four snaps (shown as 356) and four positioning grooves (shown as 358). Each two adjacent fasteners 356 have an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the rotational axis of the first positioning post 354. Each detent 358 is disposed between one of the catches and the bottom surface 352 and is adapted to receive one of the aforementioned protrusions. In addition, in this example, at least two of the snaps 356 are elastic snaps, while the remaining snaps 256 are non-elastic snaps. In this case, the elastic buckle is formed by cutting a U-shaped or U-shaped slot around the buckle on the hollow positioning post; in contrast, the non-elastic clip does not have any slots cut around the clip. In this embodiment, the top end of the second positioning post 360 further has a screw hole 362.

Referring to fig. 7 to 10, when the first positioning post 354 passes through the first long circular hole 316, two elastic buckles or two elastic buckles of the first positioning post 354 may be aligned with the first inclined surface 316_5 and the second inclined surface 316_6, respectively, so as to guide the first positioning post 354 to pass through the first long circular hole 316 by the two inclined surfaces. After the first positioning post 354 passes through the first oblong hole 316, the two elastic buckles can buckle the square extension 314, so that the square extension 314 is fixed between the bottom surface 352 of the square base 350 and the four buckles 356 of the first positioning post 354. When the first positioning column 354 passes through the first long circular hole 316, the second positioning column 360 can pass through a special-shaped slot hole formed by the second long circular hole 318, the arc-shaped slot hole 320 and the third long circular hole 322. After the second positioning post 360 passes through the special-shaped slot hole, a screw can be screwed into the screw hole 362 of the second positioning post 360 to prevent the second positioning post 360 from sliding out of the special-shaped slot hole during operation.

Fig. 11 is a schematic view of the square base being pushed obliquely in a first direction. Referring to fig. 9 to 11, if the first positioning post 354 passes through the first long circular hole 316 and the second positioning post 360 passes through the third long circular hole 322, the first positioning post 354 can move toward one end of the first long circular hole 316 as the center of the square extension 314 and the second positioning post 360 can move away from the arc-shaped slot hole 320 by only pushing the square base 350 obliquely in the direction indicated by the arrow 1102. When the first positioning post 354 moves to one end of the first long circular hole 316 serving as the center of the square extension 314, the first protrusion 316_3 of the first positioning elastic piece 316_1 and the second protrusion 316_4 of the second positioning elastic piece 316_2 respectively enter the two positioning grooves 358 of the first positioning post 354, so as to fix the first positioning post 354 without sliding the square base 350.

Fig. 12 is a schematic view of the square base being pulled obliquely in the second direction. Referring to fig. 9, fig. 10 and fig. 12, assuming that the first positioning post 354 has passed through the first long circular hole 316 and the second positioning post 360 has passed through the third long circular hole 322, the first positioning post 354 can be moved to one end of the first long circular hole 316 as the center of the arc-shaped slot hole 320 and the second positioning post 360 can be moved to the connection position of the third long circular hole 322 and the arc-shaped slot hole 320 by only pulling the square base 350 obliquely in the direction indicated by the arrow 1202. In this way, the user can rotate the square base 350 to move the second positioning post 360 from the connection position of the third long circular hole 322 and the arc-shaped slot hole 320 to the connection position of the second long circular hole 318 and the arc-shaped slot hole 320, so that the square base 350 rotates 90 degrees.

Then, when the user pushes obliquely in the direction opposite to the direction indicated by the arrow 1202 (i.e., the direction indicated by the arrow 1102 in fig. 11), the first positioning post 354 moves toward the end of the first elongated hole 316 that is the center of the square extension 314, and the second positioning post 360 moves in the second elongated hole 318. When the first positioning post 354 moves to one end of the first long circular hole 316 serving as the center of the square extension 314, the first protrusion 316_3 of the first positioning elastic piece 316_1 and the second protrusion 316_4 of the second positioning elastic piece 316_2 respectively enter the two positioning grooves 358 of the first positioning post 354, so as to fix the first positioning post 354 without sliding the square base 350. Similarly, the user can rotate the square base 350 in the reverse direction by 90 degrees by simply reversing the above steps. As can be seen from the above description, since the ups 400 employs the display 370 and the front panel module 310, the ups 400 becomes a rack-and-tower dual-purpose ups.

To simplify the above description of the rotation operation, the disassembly operation when rotating the square base will be described below with reference to fig. 13 to 17. It should be noted that, for the sake of highlighting, FIGS. 13-17 each present only a portion of the UPS 400. Referring to fig. 13, a model of the ups 400 in the rack mode is shown. Referring to fig. 14, at this time, the user may pull the square base 350 obliquely in the direction indicated by the arrow. Referring to fig. 15, the user can then rotate the square base 350 in the direction indicated by the arrow. Referring to fig. 16, after rotating the square base 350 by 90 degrees, the user can tilt the square base 350 in the direction indicated by the arrow. Referring to fig. 17, after the square base 350 is pushed back to the original position, the ups 400 is in a tower mode, and at this time, the user only needs to erect the ups 400. Similarly, if the ups 400 is to be switched from the tower mode to the rack mode, the user only needs to operate in reverse according to the above-mentioned splitting operation.

It should be noted that although at least two of the latches 356 of the first positioning post 354 are elastic latches in the above example, it should be understood by one skilled in the art that the four latches 356 of the first positioning post 354 may be all inelastic latches or only one elastic latch among the four latches 356. In addition, although the first positioning post 354 is a hollow positioning post in the above examples, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited thereto, and the first positioning post 354 may be a solid positioning post. Of course, in this case, the first positioning post 354 cannot be an elastic clip, but only a non-elastic clip, and the display 370 must be powered by a battery. In addition, the second positioning post 360 may not have the screw hole 362. It should be noted that the first oblong hole 316 may not have any positioning elastic piece, or only have one positioning elastic piece. Of course, the first oblong hole 316 may have no slope or only one slope.

In addition, although in the above examples, the first oblong hole 316, the second oblong hole 318 and the third oblong hole 322 are all parallel to one diagonal line of the square extension 314, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the first oblong hole 316, the second oblong hole 318 and the third oblong hole 322 may also be parallel to another diagonal line of the square extension 314, as shown in fig. 18 and 19. FIG. 18 shows a front panel module according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 19 shows another view of the front panel module shown in FIG. 18. It should be noted that although the square extension 314 is located at the right side of the reserved area 312 in the above examples, it is not limited to the utility model, and one skilled in the art should understand that the square extension 314 may also be located at the left side of the reserved area 312. In addition, although the electronic device in the above examples is an uninterruptible power system, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the electronic device may be an electronic device other than an uninterruptible power system, such as a sound host, a projector or other audio-visual equipment, a communication device, etc.

In summary, since the user only needs to rotate the square base of the front panel module according to the above method, and can drive the display housed in the square base to rotate, and there is no need to detach the front panel module, if the front panel module of the present invention is applied to the rack-and-tower type dual-purpose uninterruptible power system, the user can switch between the rack mode and the tower mode of the rack-and-tower type dual-purpose uninterruptible power system simply and conveniently.

The above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical spirit and features of the present invention, and the purpose thereof is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the content of the present invention and to implement the same, so that the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the above-mentioned embodiments, and all equivalent changes and modifications made in the spirit of the present invention should be covered by the scope of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1. A front panel module of an electronic device, the front panel module comprising:

the front panel is provided with a reserved area and a square extending part, the square extending part is used as a platform, the thickness of the square extending part is smaller than that of the reserved area, the square extending part is provided with a first long round hole, a second long round hole, a third long round hole and an arc-shaped slotted hole, the first long round hole, the second long round hole and the third long round hole are all parallel to one diagonal line of the square extending part, two ends of the first long round hole are respectively positioned at the center of the square extending part and the center of the arc-shaped slotted hole, and two ends of the arc-shaped slotted hole are respectively connected with one end of the second long round hole and one end of the third long round hole; and

the square base is suitable for accommodating a display, a first positioning column and a second positioning column are arranged on the bottom surface of the square base, the first positioning column is suitable for penetrating through the first long round hole, and the second positioning column is suitable for penetrating through the second long round hole, the arc-shaped slotted hole and the third long round hole.

2. The front panel module of claim 1, wherein the arcuate slot is shaped as a minor arc.

3. The front panel module of claim 1, wherein an end of the first oblong hole located at the center of the square extension portion further has a first positioning resilient piece and a second positioning resilient piece, the first positioning resilient piece and the second positioning resilient piece respectively have a first protrusion and a second protrusion, an outer surface of the first positioning post is surrounded by four fasteners and four positioning grooves, and each positioning groove is located between one of the fasteners and the bottom surface and is adapted to receive one of the protrusions.

4. The front panel module of claim 3, wherein the first slot further has a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface on two parallel sides of the first slot.

5. The front panel module of claim 1, wherein the first positioning post is a hollow positioning post, and at least two of the plurality of latches are resilient latches.

6. The front panel module as claimed in claim 1, wherein a top end of the second positioning post further has a screw hole.

7. The front panel module of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises an uninterruptible power system.

8. The front panel module of claim 1, wherein the retention area comprises a heat sink aperture area.

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