CN216818819U

CN216818819U - Slot device and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN216818819U
Application number: CN202123413718.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李霜
Original assignee: Lenovo Beijing Ltd
Current assignee: Lenovo Beijing Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-31
Filing date: 2021-12-31
Publication date: 2022-06-24
Anticipated expiration: 2031-12-31

Abstract

The application relates to a slot device and an electronic device, wherein the slot device comprises: the slot is arranged on the mainboard; the locking mechanism is movably arranged on one side of the slot and comprises a pushing part inclined towards the slot opening of the slot and a clamping part arranged close to the slot opening; the elastic piece is connected with the locking mechanism, the locking mechanism can act on the pushing part after being stressed, the installation piece is installed in the slot or is pulled out of the slot through the rotation or swing of the elastic piece along the direction towards or away from the slot, and the clamping part can fix the installation piece installed in the slot.

Description

Slot device and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of computer hardware, in particular to a slot device and electronic equipment.

Background

When the conventional lock design of the PCIe x16 slot supports a double-wide card, the lock is easily blocked by the PCIe card, so that the PCIe card is inconvenient to detach, and if a user forcibly pulls the PCIe card out of the slot, the PCIe slot is easily damaged. In addition, the user needs to use additional tools such as screws to detach the PCIe card, which further increases the detachment difficulty.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a slot device and electronic equipment, and can solve the technical problems that in the prior art, when a PCIe card is dismounted, the operation is inconvenient, and the PCIe slot is easily damaged.

According to an aspect of the present application, there is provided a slot apparatus, including:

the slot is arranged on the mainboard;

the locking mechanism is movably arranged on one side of the slot and comprises a pushing part inclined towards the slot opening of the slot and a clamping part arranged close to the slot opening;

the elastic piece is connected with the locking mechanism, the locking mechanism can act on the pushing part after being stressed, the installation piece is installed in the slot or is pulled out of the slot through the rotation or swing of the elastic piece along the direction towards or away from the slot, and the clamping part can fix the installation piece installed in the slot.

In some embodiments, the pushing portion includes a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface respectively extending from a side wall of the locking mechanism toward the notch, and the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are disposed opposite to each other up and down.

In some embodiments, the first inclined surface is disposed near the notch, and the first inclined surface and the side wall of the locking mechanism cooperate to form the clamping portion.

In some embodiments, a first included angle between the first inclined surface and the plate surface of the main plate is 35 ° to 45 °.

In some embodiments, the mounting member has a detent cooperating with the engaging portion, and after the mounting member is mounted in the slot, the engaging portion engages with the detent to fix the mounting member.

In some embodiments, the insertion slot includes a plugging slot for plugging the mounting member and a connection slot provided at one end of the plugging slot, and the locking mechanism is rotatably mounted at one side of the connection slot by a rotating shaft;

the installed part have with spread groove grafting complex connecting portion, the screens is located connecting portion.

In some embodiments, a mounting groove for mounting the locking mechanism is formed in one side of the connecting groove, the left side and the right side of the mounting groove are through, a part of the locking mechanism is located in the mounting groove and is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft located in the mounting groove, and the upper end and the lower end of the rotating shaft are fixedly connected with the mounting groove.

In some embodiments, the elastic member is a bent elastic sheet, one end of the elastic sheet abuts against the mounting groove, and the other end of the elastic sheet abuts against the locking mechanism.

In some embodiments, the slot is a PCI slot or a PCIe slot; the mounting piece is a display card.

According to one of the aspects of the application, the electronic equipment comprises the slot device.

According to the slot device and the electronic equipment provided by various embodiments of the application, the movable locking mechanism and the elastic piece connected with the locking mechanism are arranged on one side of the slot, and the pushing part is arranged on the locking mechanism, so that when a user installs the installation piece in the slot or extracts the installation piece from the slot, the installation piece can be directly and quickly inserted and pulled out through the cooperation of the elastic piece and the pushing part, the operations such as unlocking are not required to be additionally performed, the operation is convenient, the installation piece cannot shield parts of the slot, and the slot cannot be damaged during the disassembly; meanwhile, after the installation piece is installed in the slot, the installation piece can be reliably fixed through the clamping part arranged on the locking mechanism, and the flexibility and the reliability of the slot device are improved.

Drawings

In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like reference numerals may describe similar components in different views. Like reference numerals having letter suffixes or different letter suffixes may represent different instances of similar components. The drawings illustrate various embodiments, by way of example and not by way of limitation, and together with the description and claims, serve to explain the claimed embodiments. The same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts, where appropriate. Such embodiments are illustrative, and are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive embodiments of the present apparatus or method.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an assembly structure of a socket device and a mounting member according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a slot device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the locking mechanism and the resilient member of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic side view of a socket device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals:

10-mounting part, 101-clamping part and 102-connecting part;

1-slot, 11-slot, 12-plug slot, 13-connecting slot and 14-mounting slot; 2-locking mechanism, 21-pushing part, 211-first inclined plane, 212-second inclined plane, 22-clamping part, 23-side wall, 24-wedge structure and 25-elastic piece mounting groove; 3-an elastic member, 31-a first end, 32-a second end; 4-a rotating shaft.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present application.

Unless defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. As used in this application, the terms "first," "second," and the like do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item listed before the word covers the element or item listed after the word and its equivalents, but does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, the relative positional relationships may also be changed accordingly.

Fig. 1 to 6 are schematic structural diagrams illustrating a socket device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1 to 6, an embodiment of the present application provides a slot device, including:

a slot 1 provided on a main board (not shown);

the locking mechanism 2 is movably arranged on one side of the slot 1, and the locking mechanism 2 comprises a pushing part 21 inclined towards the slot 11 of the slot 1 and a clamping part 22 arranged close to the slot 11;

the elastic piece 3 is connected with the locking mechanism 2, the locking mechanism 2 can act on the pushing part 21 after being stressed, the installation piece 10 is installed in the slot 1 or the installation piece 10 is pulled out from the slot 1 through the rotation or swing of the elastic piece 3 along the direction towards or away from the slot 1, and the clamping part 22 can fix the installation piece 10 installed in the slot 1.

Specifically, the locking mechanism 2 is located above the notch 11, and in the initial state (without the mounting member 10 mounted), the abutting portion 21 blocks a part of the notch 11. When the mounting member 10 is mounted in the slot 1, the mounting member 10 acts on the abutting portion 21, the abutting portion 21 acts on the elastic member 3, the locking mechanism 2 is driven to rotate or swing integrally along a direction away from the notch 11, the abutting portion 21 avoids the notch 11, the mounting member 10 is smoothly mounted in the slot 1, and the mounting member 10 is fixed through the clamping portion 22 arranged on the locking mechanism 2; when the mounting member 10 is pulled out from the slot 1, the mounting member 10 acts on the pushing portion 21, the pushing portion 21 acts on the elastic member 3, and the locking mechanism 2 is driven to rotate or swing integrally in a direction away from the notch 11, so that the fixing of the engaging portion 22 and the mounting member 10 is released, and the mounting member 10 can completely avoid the notch 11, and the mounting member 10 can be pulled out from the notch 11 smoothly; when the mounting member 10 is pulled out from the slot 1, the locking mechanism 2 is rotated or swung to be reset in a direction close to the notch 11 under the elastic action of the elastic member 3, and the initial state is restored (the pushing portion 21 shields a part of the notch 11).

The slot device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can realize direct and fast insertion and extraction of the mounting member 10 through the cooperation of the elastic member 3 and the abutting portion 21 when the user installs the mounting member 10 in the slot 1 or extracts the mounting member 10 from the slot 1 by arranging the movable locking mechanism 2 and the elastic member 3 connected with the locking mechanism 2 on one side of the slot 1 and arranging the abutting portion 21 on the locking mechanism 2, and the operation such as additional unlocking is not required, so that the operation is convenient, the mounting member 10 can not shield the components of the slot 1, and the slot 1 can not be damaged during disassembly; meanwhile, after the mounting member 10 is mounted in the slot 1, the mounting member 10 can be reliably fixed by the engaging portion 22 provided on the locking mechanism 2, thereby improving the flexibility and reliability of the slot device.

Specifically, install installed part 10 and can realize the auto-lock of installed part 10 after slot 1, need not to use extra part to fix installed part 10, and when extracting installed part 10 from slot 1, need not to use extra instrument, dismantle the part of fixed mounting part 10, can realize the quick plug of installed part 10, and can not cause the damage to slot 1 or installed part 10.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the abutting portion 21 includes a first inclined surface 211 and a second inclined surface 212 respectively extending from the side wall 23 of the locking mechanism 2 toward the notch 11, and the first inclined surface 211 and the second inclined surface 212 are disposed opposite to each other up and down.

The inclined directions of the first inclined surface 211 and the second inclined surface 212 correspond to the inserting and extracting directions of the mounting member 10, for example, in the embodiment, the first inclined surface 211 is disposed near the slot 11, and the first inclined surface 211 is inclined upward and corresponds to the extracting direction so as to cooperate with the elastic member 3 to extract the mounting member 10 from the slot 1; the second slope 212 is inclined downward corresponding to the insertion direction to cooperate with the elastic member 3 to mount the mounting member 10 in the socket 1.

Further, as shown in fig. 2 to 5, the first inclined surface 211 cooperates with the side wall 23 of the locking mechanism 2 to form the engaging portion 22. That is, the first inclined surface 211 arranged near the notch 11 and the side wall 23 of the locking mechanism 2 form the bent engaging portion 22, on one hand, the mounting member 10 can be fixed after the mounting member 10 is mounted in the slot 1, and on the other hand, the mounting member 10 can be pulled out from the slot 1 through the first inclined surface 211, so that the structure is simple and reasonable, and no additional component needs to be arranged.

In a specific embodiment, a separate engaging portion 22 may be provided, and the position where the engaging portion 22 is provided may be determined according to the structure of the mounting device 10.

The slot 1 is generally installed on the board surface of the motherboard, that is, the plugging direction of the slot 1 is perpendicular to the board surface of the motherboard. In this embodiment, the board surface of the main board is horizontally disposed, the plugging direction is a vertical direction, and the rotation direction of the locking mechanism 2 is a horizontal direction.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, the first included angle α between the first inclined surface 211 and the plate surface of the main plate is 35 ° to 45 °.

First contained angle alpha through between the face with first inclined plane 211 and mainboard sets up to 35 ~ 45 for when first inclined plane 211 slope and installed part 10 effect, the block portion 22 that forms through first inclined plane 211 and the cooperation of lateral wall 23 makes the reliable joint of installed part 10 fixed. If the first included angle α is too large, the first inclined surface 211 and the side wall 23 of the locking mechanism 2 form a larger clamping angle of the clamping portion 22, so that the mounting member 10 cannot be reliably fixed; if the first included angle α is too large, the engagement angle of the first inclined surface 211 and the engaging portion 22 formed by the side wall 23 of the locking mechanism 2 is small, and although sufficient pressing force can be provided to reliably fix the mounting member 10, the length of the first inclined surface 211 extending toward the notch 11 may be long, and a large force may be required to pull out the mounting member 10 during pulling out, and even the mounting member 10 may not be pulled out because the first inclined surface 211 extends too long to cover a large portion of the notch 11. In this embodiment, set up first contained angle alpha to 35 ~ 45 to make first inclined plane 211 moderate towards the extension length of notch 11, can enough guarantee the smooth plug of installed part 10, have and can install it reliably fixed after slot 1 at installed part 10.

In some embodiments, a first included angle α between the first inclined surface 211 and the board surface of the main board is smaller than a second included angle between the second inclined surface 212 and the board surface of the main board, that is, an inclined angle of the first inclined surface 211 is smaller than an inclined angle of the second inclined surface 212, so as to ensure the clamping action of the clamping portion 22, and meanwhile, the mounting member 10 is conveniently acted on the second inclined surface 212 with a larger inclined angle, so that the mounting member 10 is quickly mounted in the slot 1.

Further, in this embodiment, the side wall 23 is a vertical side wall, and a horizontal engaging portion is further connected between the side wall 23 and the first inclined surface 211 to ensure the clamping function of the clamping portion 22.

As shown in fig. 4, the mounting member 10 has a detent 101 engaged with the engaging portion 22, and after the mounting member 10 is mounted in the slot 1, the engaging portion 22 is engaged with the detent 101 to fix the mounting member 10.

The side wall 23 and the horizontal joint portion form a bent portion, the engaging portion 101 abuts against the bent portion, the upper surface of the engaging portion 101 is engaged and fixed by the first inclined surface 211 contacting the horizontal joint portion, and the pressing force between the mounting tool 10 and the engaging portion 22 is increased by double engagement.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the clip 101 is an arc clip, and the connection between the first inclined surface 211 and the second inclined surface 212 close to the arc clip is smoothly transited to avoid hard contact collision between the mounting member 10 and the locking mechanism 2.

Specifically, the first inclined surface 211 and the second inclined surface 212 may be cut near the junction of the arc-shaped detents to form the rounded wedge-shaped structure 24.

In this embodiment, in the process of plugging, the connection portion of the first inclined surface 211 and the second inclined surface 212 contacts with the mounting member 10, so that, in addition to the smooth transition of the connection portion close to the arc-shaped position, other connection portions may also be in smooth transition or smooth transition, so as to avoid damage to the mounting member 10.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the slot 1 includes a plug slot 12 for plugging the mounting member 10 and a connection slot 13 disposed at one end of the plug slot 12, and the locking mechanism 2 is rotatably mounted at one side of the connection slot 13 by the rotating shaft 4; the mounting member 10 has a connecting portion 102 that is fitted to the connecting groove 13, and the locking portion 101 is provided in the connecting portion 102.

The mounting member 10 is a plate-shaped member, and one side of the mounting member 10, which is provided with the connecting portion 102 along the length direction thereof, is a fixed side, which is mainly used for connecting with the slot 1, the fixed side is in insertion fit with the connecting slot 13, and the fixed side is fixed to the connecting slot 13 through the locking mechanism 2 arranged at one side of the connecting slot 13, so that the mounting member 10 can be reliably fixed to the slot 1; the mounting member 10 is a main body side along a side of the length direction where the connecting portion 102 is not provided, the main body side is in insertion fit with the insertion groove 12, and a contact point or a connection pin electrically connected to the main body side is provided in the insertion groove 12, so that the mounting member 10 can perform communication or data transmission after being mounted in the slot 1. As shown in fig. 1, the main body may be provided with a fixing portion that is engaged with the insertion/extraction groove 12, so that the mounting member 10 is securely connected to the insertion groove 1.

In this embodiment, through set up the connecting groove 13 in the one end of plug groove 12, and install in the cooperation of the locking mechanical system 2 of one side of connecting groove 13 through rotating, when realizing the reliable dismouting of installed part 10, can distinguish the main part side that is used for carrying on communication or data transmission of installed part 10 and the fixed side that is used for being connected with slot 1, effectively avoid setting up locking mechanical system 2 in one side of plug groove 12, probably cause the influence to the main part side when the main part side carries out the plug, thereby produce contact failure, influence communication or data transmission.

In some embodiments, one side of the connecting groove 13 is provided with a mounting groove 14 for mounting the locking mechanism 2, the left side and the right side of the mounting groove 14 are connected, a part of the locking mechanism 2 is located in the mounting groove 14 and is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft 4 located in the mounting groove 14, and the upper end and the lower end of the rotating shaft 4 are fixedly connected with the mounting groove 14. The locking mechanism 2 is movably arranged in the mounting groove 14 through the rotating shaft 4, the structure is reasonable and compact, the rotating shaft 4 can drive the locking mechanism 2 to horizontally rotate along the direction towards or away from the slot 1, and the mounting part 10 can be quickly mounted and dismounted.

Alternatively, the coupling groove 13 is provided at the rear portion of the insertion/extraction groove 12, i.e., at a position close to a hand-held portion of the slot 1, which is generally provided at one side of the rear portion of the insertion/extraction groove 12. Therefore, the existing slot 1 can be improved, the mounting groove 14 is formed in the side wall of the handheld portion, the locking mechanism 2 is movably mounted in the mounting groove 14, and the connecting groove 13 is mounted at the tail end of the plugging groove 12, so that the slot device of the embodiment is formed, the processing is convenient, and the cost can be reduced.

Of course, the insertion and extraction groove 12, the connection groove 13, and the mounting groove 14 in the embodiment of the present application may be formed integrally by an integral structure.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the elastic member 3 is a spring plate with a bend, one end (a first end 31) of the spring plate abuts against the mounting groove 14, and the other end (a second end 32) of the spring plate abuts against the locking mechanism 2. The locking mechanism 2 is provided with an elastic member mounting groove 25 for mounting the elastic member 3.

In this embodiment, the elastic sheet with the bend is adopted, so that the interaction between the elastic sheet and the locking mechanism 2 can be ensured, and the bend can provide larger elastic force to ensure the rotation or swing performance of the locking mechanism 2; in addition, the elastic sheet has lighter weight, and the overall weight of the slot device can be reduced.

In a specific implementation, the elastic member 3 may also be an elastic solid or an elastic sleeve structure, and the application is not particularly limited.

In this embodiment, the locking mechanism 2 may be an insulating member such as a plastic member, so as to avoid electrical interference to the mounting member 10.

In some embodiments, slot 1 is a PCI slot or PCIe slot; the mounting member 10 is a graphics card. The display card can be a double-wide card, and the double-wide card can be quickly disassembled and assembled while the requirement of a user for using multiple cards is met.

In a specific implementation, the mounting device 10 may be a PCI or PCIe expansion card such as a RAID card, and the slot 1 may be an AGP slot or an ISA slot, which can improve convenience in mounting and dismounting various slot expansion cards.

The embodiment of the application further provides electronic equipment, which comprises the slot device, and the slot device is detachably mounted on a main board of the electronic equipment. The electronic device can be a notebook computer, a computer host and the like.

The slot device of the embodiment is suitable for multiple cards such as double-wide cards, can reduce the arrangement space of the slot device on the mainboard of the electronic equipment, and is beneficial to the miniaturization design of the electronic equipment.

The above embodiments are only exemplary embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is defined by the claims. Various modifications and equivalents may be made by those skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the present application and such modifications and equivalents should also be considered to be within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A slot apparatus, comprising:

the slot is arranged on the mainboard;

2. The slot apparatus of claim 1, wherein the abutting portion comprises a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface respectively extending from a side wall of the locking mechanism toward the notch, and the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are disposed opposite to each other.

3. The slot apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first inclined surface is disposed adjacent to the notch, the first inclined surface cooperating with a sidewall of the locking mechanism to form the engaging portion.

4. The slot device according to claim 3, wherein a first angle between the first inclined surface and the board surface of the main board is 35 ° to 45 °.

5. The slot apparatus of claim 2, wherein the mounting member has a detent cooperating with the engaging portion, and the mounting member is mounted in the slot such that the engaging portion engages the detent to secure the mounting member.

6. The slot device according to claim 5, wherein the slot comprises a plugging slot for plugging and unplugging the mounting member and a connection slot arranged at one end of the plugging slot, and the locking mechanism is rotatably arranged at one side of the connection slot through a rotating shaft;

7. The slot apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a mounting groove for mounting the locking mechanism is formed at one side of the connecting groove, the left and right sides of the mounting groove are connected, the locking mechanism is partially located in the mounting groove and rotatably connected to the rotating shaft located in the mounting groove, and the upper and lower ends of the rotating shaft are fixedly connected to the mounting groove.

8. The slot device according to claim 7, wherein the elastic member is a resilient piece having a bend, one end of the resilient piece abuts against the mounting groove, and the other end of the resilient piece abuts against the locking mechanism.

9. The slot apparatus of claim 1, wherein the slot is a PCI slot or a PCIe slot; the mounting piece is a display card.

10. An electronic device comprising a slot arrangement according to any one of claims 1-9.