JP2001344957A - Recording medium drive assembly built-in electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a recording medium drive assembly built-in electronic apparatus which is capable of protecting the copyright of the information recorded at a recording medium and allows easy service. SOLUTION: The HDD assembly built-in electronic apparatus 1A of a first embodiment is constituted by inserting the HDD assembly 20A, which is formed by fixing an HDD unit 30 by means of ordinary screws Sb to a bracket 21 formed with a first mounting part 23 and a second mounting part 24, into an opening 12 of an electronic apparatus body 10A formed with an opening 12 allowing the insertion of the HDD assembly 20A and a mounting socket 13, mating the first mounting part 23 of the bracket 21 and the mounting socket 13 of the body 10A and clamping and fixing these mounting parts and the mounting socket by using special screws Sa.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention can protect the copyright of information (including various music data, video data, computer programs, etc.) written on a recording medium such as a hard disk (HD), and can provide serviceability. And an electronic device incorporating a recording medium driving device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As one of recording media capable of recording a large amount of information (or "storage", hereinafter referred to as "recording"), a hard disk drive (hereinafter, referred to as "drive") capable of driving an HD which is currently commercially available. , Simply abbreviated as “HDD”)
The unit is used after being retrofitted into various electronic devices such as car audio devices, car navigation devices and other on-vehicle electronic devices, CD / MD (short for compact disc / mini disc) autochangers, television receivers, and computers. ing.

[0003] In the HD incorporated in the HDD unit, information is written according to each electronic device into which the HD is to be incorporated. Since most of such information is protected by copyright, it is necessary for the user of the electronic device to prevent unauthorized use of information written in the HDD, illegal modification of the HDD unit, and the like. For this reason, in order to make it difficult for a user to easily remove the HDD unit, conventionally, the HDD unit is mounted in a deep place of the electronic device.

[0004]

However, such H
Although the DD unit cannot be easily removed, it can be removed with time, and illegal use is sometimes performed.

[0005] Further, since the mounting location is a recessed part, when services such as repair and information updating are performed,
In some cases, the electronic device itself must be disassembled, and services cannot be easily performed.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and incorporates a recording medium driving device capable of protecting copyright of information recorded on a recording medium and easily performing a service. The purpose is to obtain an electronic device.

[0007]

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the HDD unit is fixed to the bracket on which the mounting portion is formed by fixing the HDD unit to the recording medium drive device-equipped electronic device with ordinary screws. A recording medium driving device is inserted into an opening of the electronic device main body in which an opening through which the recording medium driving device can be inserted and a mounting receiving portion are formed, and the mounting portion of the bracket and the mounting receiving portion of the electronic device main body are formed. And
The above-mentioned problem is solved by a structure in which the mounting portion and the mounting receiver are fastened and fixed using a special screw.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the mounting portion of the bracket in the electronic device incorporating the recording medium driving device according to the first aspect has a shape and a size that close the opening of the electronic device main body. It is characterized by being formed of a plate.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
The recording medium drive cannot be easily removed from the electronic device body.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the outer surface of the electronic device main body can be neatly assembled.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, HD and HDD devices will be taken as one example of a recording medium and a recording medium driving device.
The electronic apparatus incorporating the recording medium driving device of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an electronic apparatus incorporating a HDD device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an HDD shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view for explaining a method of assembling the device-embedded electronic device, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the HDD device-embedded electronic device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram of the third embodiment of the present invention. HD
FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of an electronic device incorporating a D device, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the electronic apparatus incorporating the HDD device according to the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of an electronic device with a built-in HDD device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of an electronic device with a built-in HDD device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 18 is an exploded perspective view of an electronic device incorporating a HDD device according to a seventh embodiment.

First, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the configuration and structure of an electronic apparatus incorporating a HDD device according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1A designates an electronic apparatus incorporating a HDD device according to the first embodiment of the present invention as a whole. The HDD-embedded electronic device 1A includes an electronic device main body (hereinafter, simply referred to as “main body”) 10A and an HDD device 20A incorporated in the main body 10A.

The main body 10A is, for example, a vehicle-mounted electronic device such as a car audio device and a car navigation device. As shown in FIG. 2, an opening 12 having a predetermined area is formed in a bottom surface of a cabinet 11A constituting the main body 10A, and a pair of right and left mounting receivers 13 for mounting the HDD device 20A inside the opening 12 are provided. Are formed parallel to each other. Reference numeral 14 denotes a detachable front panel.

The HDD device 20A includes a commercially available HDD unit 30, a bracket 21A for attaching the HDD unit 30, a screw Sb for attaching the HDD unit 30 to the bracket 21A, and the HDD device 20A.
And a special screw Sa for screwing to the mounting receiver 13 of 0A.

The bracket 21A is formed, for example, by bending a single metal plate into a concave shape with sheet metal, and
A first mounting portion 23 having a plurality of, in the illustrated example, two screw holes at both left and right ends thereof, and a housing portion 22 at a front end (or a rear end) thereof. A plurality of second mounting portions 24, which are formed by being vertically cut and raised from a bottom plate (or a ceiling plate), and provided with screw holes,
The rear end (or the front end) is a member having a structure vertically cut and raised from the bottom plate (or the ceiling plate) of the storage unit 22.

Here, the screw Sb is generally sold, and may be a screw head with a plus or minus screw groove which can be purchased by anyone, and the special screw Sa can be easily obtained by anyone. Needless to say, it means a screw that cannot be tightened or loosened without special tools. As an example of the special screw Sa, the screw head does not accept a plus screwdriver or a minus screwdriver.
A screw having a letter-shaped groove, a screw having a polygonal peripheral surface of a screw head, a screw having a Torx head, and the like can be given.

Next, a method of assembling the HDD-incorporated electronic device 1A will be described.

First, the HDD device 20A is assembled. The HDD unit 30 is placed in the accommodation section 22 of the bracket 21A. The HDD unit 30 is positioned by the left and right widths of the accommodating portion 22 and the plurality of second mounting portions 24 at the front portion, and the HDD unit 3 is positioned from the outside of the second mounting portion 24 with a normal screw Sb.
0 are screwed onto these.

Next, the HDD device 20A assembled in this manner is inserted into the inside through an opening 12 formed in the bottom surface of the cabinet 11A of the main body 10A, and the left and right mounting devices 13 of the HDD device 20A are inserted into the left and right mounting receivers 13. First mounting part 23
Are mounted one on top of another, screwed with a plurality of special screws Sa using a special driver, fixed, and incorporated.

The above assembly is performed in a specialized factory. The HDD device 20A installed in this manner cannot be easily removed unless the user of the HDD device-embedded electronic device 1A has a special driver for removing the special screw Sa. It is possible to prevent unauthorized use such as processing of stored information and illegal remodeling of HDD units.

Further, since the HDD device 20A is not installed in a place where it is hard to take out the cabinet 11A, the HDD device 20A can be easily removed by a serviceman having a special driver, and the repair and information of the HDD unit 30 can be quickly completed. Services such as updating of the information can be performed extremely easily.

Next, referring to FIG. 3, an electronic apparatus 1B with a built-in HDD device according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The electronic device 1B with a built-in HDD device has an opening 12 corresponding to the opening 12 shown in FIG. 2 formed on one side surface of the main body 10B. Special screw Sa on 11B
It is screwed and fixed.

In the case of the mounting structure of the HDD-incorporated electronic device 1B, a pair of right and left mounting receivers 13 are formed facing the opening 12 of the cabinet 11A. The mounting receivers 13 are formed to be recessed inside by a depth substantially corresponding to the thickness of a bracket 21B described later.

The bracket 21 of one HDD device 20B
A member in which a plate-shaped first mounting portion 23 having an area for closing the opening 12 and a plurality of second mounting portions 24 are formed only on one short side of B.

The HDD unit 3 is attached to the bracket 21B.
0, is fixed to the second mounting portion 24 with ordinary screws Sb, and is inserted into the cabinet 11B from the opening 12 in that state, and the second mounting portion 24 closes the opening 12 and mounts the second mounting portion 24. As in the case of the HDD device-embedded electronic device 1A according to the first embodiment, the screws are tightened with the special screw Sa,
Fix it.

Similarly, in the HDD-embedded electronic device 1B, the user cannot easily remove the HDD device 20B. In addition, the opening 12 can be completely closed by the first mounting portion 23 of the bracket 21B, and the surface thereof and the surface of the side surface of the cabinet 11B can be formed so as to form substantially the same plane.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, an HDD-mounted electronic device 1C according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In the HDD-incorporated electronic device 1C, an opening 12 is formed on the front surface of the cabinet 11C from which the front panel 14 of the main body 10C is removed.
2 and the HDD device 20C is inserted into the cabinet 11C.
Is fixed with a special screw Sa.

In the case of the mounting structure of the electronic device with built-in HDD device 1C, a pair of right and left mounting receivers 13 facing the opening 12 of the cabinet 11C are formed similarly to the electronic device with built-in HDD device 1B of the second embodiment. Formed, one HD
A member in which a plate-shaped first mounting portion 23 and a plurality of second mounting portions 24 having an area for closing the opening 12 are formed only on one short side of the bracket 21C of the D device 20C.

The HDD unit 3 is attached to the bracket 21C.
0, is fixed to the second mounting portion 24 with a normal screw SC, and is inserted into the cabinet 11C from the opening 12 in this state, and the second mounting portion 24 closes the opening 12 and mounts. As in the case of the HDD device-embedded electronic device 1A according to the first embodiment, the screws are tightened with the special screw Sa,
Fix it.

Similarly, the user cannot easily remove the HDD device 20C from the HDD device-embedded electronic device 1C. In addition, the opening 12 can be completely closed by the first mounting portion 23 of the bracket 21B, and the surface thereof and the surface of the side surface of the cabinet 11C can be formed by forming substantially the same plane.

In the HDD-embedded electronic device 1D of the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 5, an opening 12 is provided on the back of the cabinet 11D, and the HDD 20D is inserted through the opening 12.
It is screwed and fixed with a special screw Sa.
HDD-integrated electronic device 1 of the fifth embodiment shown in FIG.
E has a structure in which the insertion place of the HDD device 20B is provided on the opposite side surface in the case of the HDD device-integrated electronic device 1B of the second embodiment shown in FIG. And an opening 12 is provided on the left side, and H
The DD device 20E is inserted, screwed with a special screw Sa, and fixed.

The electronic devices 1D, 1E incorporating the HDD device
The bracket structure differs only slightly depending on the size of the openings 12 of the cabinets 11D and 11E and the locations where the brackets are provided, and there is basically no difference in the mounting structure. Therefore, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The HDD of the sixth embodiment shown in FIG.
The electronic device incorporated into a device 1F is applied to a CD / MD autochanger. An opening 12 is formed in the lower left portion of the front of a cabinet 11F in the figure, and an HDD device 20F is inserted and fixed from the opening 12 into the inside. The first mounting portion 23 of the HDD device 20F is aligned with a pair of mounting receivers 13 provided on the left and right of the opening 12,
It has a structure fixed with a special screw Sa.

The electronic device 1G with a built-in HDD device according to the seventh embodiment shown in FIG. 8 is applied to a television receiver. In the figure, an opening 12 is formed at a lower front portion of a cabinet 11G. The HDD 20 </ b> G is inserted into and fixed to the inside through the opening 12.
Align the first mounting part 23 of the DD device 20G, and
It has a structure fixed by a.

Although the above description has been made with reference to various types of HDD device-incorporated electronic devices, it has a structure in which fastening components (special screws, special drivers, etc.) for fixing the HDD device cannot be imitated more complicatedly and easily. By devising the device, it is possible to prevent a user other than a service person from easily removing the HDD device from the main body.

In each of the above embodiments, the HD and the HD are used as examples of the recording medium and the recording medium driving device.
D device has been described above, but the present invention is applied to HD and HD
The present invention is not limited to only the D device, and may be, for example, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) that is currently talked about and a DVD drive device using the DVD.
The information is pre-recorded on a recording medium such as that described above, and it is generally applicable to a recording medium that needs to take some measures to protect the copyright of the information and a recording medium driving device that drives the recording medium. I will add it.

[0041]

As described above, as described above, the HDD of the present invention
According to the electronic device embedded in the device, The user of the electronic device incorporating the HDD device cannot easily remove the HDD device from the main body because a special driver cannot be prepared at hand, so that illegal modification of the HDD unit, processing of information, and the like can be prevented, and However, the right can be protected. For service technicians, the HDD unit itself can be easily removed without disassembly using the special driver provided, and after the service is completed, it can be easily attached with special screws and assembled into the original state. An extremely effective effect can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an electronic device incorporating a HDD device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view for explaining a method of assembling the HDD device-embedded electronic device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of an HDD device-embedded electronic device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of an electronic device incorporating a HDD device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of an HDD device-embedded electronic device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of an electronic device incorporating a HDD device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of an HDD device-embedded electronic device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of an electronic device incorporating a HDD device according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 1G ... Electronic devices with built-in hard disk drive (HDD) device of each embodiment of the present invention, 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10
E, 10F, 10G ... body, 11A, 11B, 11C,
11D, 11E, 11F, 11G ... cabinet, 12
... Opening, 13 ... Mounting receiver, 14 ... Front panel, 20
A, 20B, 20C, 20D, 20E, 20F, 20G
... Hard disk drive (HDD) device, 21A, 2
1B, 21C, 21D, 21E, 21F, 21G: bracket, 23: first mounting portion, 24: second mounting portion, 30:
HDD unit, Sa ... special screw, Sb ... (normal) screw

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A recording medium driving device in which a recording medium driving unit is fixed to a bracket on which a mounting portion is formed by a normal screw, an opening through which the recording medium driving device can be inserted and a mounting receiver are formed. Is inserted into the opening of the electronic device main body, the mounting portion of the bracket and the mounting support of the electronic device main body are aligned, and the mounting portion and the mounting support are fastened and fixed using special screws. An electronic device incorporating a recording medium driving device. 2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the mounting portion of the bracket is a plate formed in a shape and a size to close the opening of the electronic device main body. .