JPH0648917Y2 - Electronic device housing structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention connects an electronic device housed inside a housing to an electronic device arranged outside the housing by using a relay terminal plate as an interface. The present invention relates to a housing structure of an electronic device in the device.

(Prior Art) In a communication device such as a multiplexing device, various electronic devices housed in the housing of the device are electrically connected to terminals such as a telephone, a facsimile, and an exchange arranged outside the device. It is necessary to use a relay terminal board as an interface for connecting electronic devices inside the apparatus and various terminals.

FIG. 6 shows a conventional communication device of this type. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a housing of the apparatus, and various electronic devices 2 are housed in the housing 1 and a relay terminal board 3 is provided. As shown in FIG. 7, the relay terminal board 3 is configured by providing a plurality of pins 5 made of a conductor on an insulating plate 4 so as to penetrate therethrough. Then, on the back side of the insulating plate 4, for example, as shown in FIG. 7B, the pin 5 arranged on the arrow AA side is connected to the electronic device 2 by the internal wiring 6, and the arrow BB The pin 5 arranged on the side is connected to various terminals (not shown) with the cable 7, and on the surface side of the insulating plate 4, short circuit is made between the predetermined pins 5 and 5 so that the electronic device 2 is configured to perform various wiring connections between the terminal 2 and various terminals. Reference numeral 8 denotes an external cable for connecting the electronic device 2 to another electronic device and a power source. Further, in FIG. 6, the cables 7 and 8 are drawn into the housing 1 from the upper portion of the housing 1, but
In some cases, it may be pulled into the housing 1 from below or from the back.

By the way, in this type of device, there is a case where the number of new electronic devices 2 and relay terminal boards 3 is increased and the number of lines is increased as the number of terminals and lines is increased. On the other hand, in this type of device, it is necessary to mount the electronic device 2 and the relay terminal board 3 at a high density in order to reduce the size and size of the device, and to design a space-saving design. Therefore, in the conventional device, it is difficult to store the new electronic device 2 and the like in the housing 1, and it is necessary to remake the entire device in order to achieve high functionality.

On the other hand, when the number of terminals and the number of lines is large, as shown in FIG. 8, a casing 11 for accommodating the relay terminal board 3 and a casing 12 for accommodating various electronic devices 2 are separately provided, and An apparatus configured to connect the board 3 and the electronic device 2 with a cable 13 has also been used conventionally. In such a device, a new electronic device 2 can be easily added. However, in such a device, it is necessary to lay the cables 13 above and below the housings 11 and 12, which requires not only the expensive cables 13 but also a lot of labor for the laying work. In particular, this laying work needs to be performed at the site where the device is placed, and this laying work has become very complicated.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in an apparatus in which an electronic device and a relay terminal board are housed in one housing, it is difficult to add an electronic device or a relay terminal board, and the electronic device and the relay terminal board are difficult to add. In a device in which the device and the relay device are housed in separate housings, it was necessary to lay a cable for connecting the electronic device and the relay terminal board on site.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and it is possible to easily add an electronic device or a relay terminal board, and a construction of a casing for an electronic device which does not require a cable laying work for connecting the both. The purpose is to provide.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problem) In the housing structure of the electronic device of the present invention, the electronic device is housed inside, and the opening portions formed on the left and right side surfaces are arranged in this opening portion. A casing main body covered by a side plate detachably attached to the attachment portion, and a relay terminal board connected to the electronic device and the electronic device arranged outside the casing main body through conductive wires, respectively. A shape that includes a relay terminal board unit that is provided, and the housing body can connect an additional housing body that has the same shape as the housing body through the mounting portion from which the side plate is removed. The relay terminal board unit is configured to be attached to at least one of the left and right attachment portions, the attachment portion from which the side plate is removed, so as to cover the opening portion. There is.

(Operation) According to the present invention, when it is desired to increase the number of relay terminal boards, the relay terminal board units are attached to both side surfaces of the housing body, or a large-sized relay terminal board unit is mounted on one side surface of the housing body. Can be installed. Further, when it is desired to increase the number of electronic devices, for example, by removing the adjacent side plates of the two housing bodies, it is possible to provide a housing that accommodates twice as many electronic devices.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a housing structure of the present invention.

In the figure, 20 is a housing body of the multiplexing device, 21 is a pedestal on which the housing body 20 is mounted, and various electronic devices 2 are mounted in the housing body 20 at high density as in the conventional example. Has been done. The housing body 20 includes a door 22, a back plate 23, left and right side plates 24, 24, a top plate 25, and a bottom plate (not shown). Top 25
Also, an opening 27 for introducing a cable is provided in the bottom plate, and a cable installed above the housing body 20 is opened from the opening 27 on the top plate 25 side, and a cable installed below the floor is attached to the frame 21. And the housing body 20 through the opening on the bottom plate side.
Can be pulled in. Also, the left and right side plates 24,2
Reference numeral 4 is screwed to a frame-shaped frame mounting portion 28 provided in the housing body 20. Therefore, the side plates 24, 24
Either or both can be easily removed. Also, when the side plate 24 is removed, the side plate 24
A large opening 29 is formed in this area. It should be noted that the frame 30 erected at the center of the opening 29 is a frame for reinforcement, and the screw holes 31 formed in the frame 30 and the side plates 24, 24 screwed in the frame 28 are fixed by screws. The screw holes 32 for use are used for screwing the relay terminal board unit 40. Further, 34 is a handle for opening and closing the door 22.

The relay terminal board unit 40 is configured to be screwed to the side surface of the housing body 20 from which the side surface plate 24 has been removed, and covers the opening 29 formed by removing the side surface plate 24. It is configured to be attached to either of the left and right side surfaces of the main body 20.

The relay terminal board unit 40 includes an upper horizontal frame 41 screwed to the upper part of the frame 28, a lower horizontal frame 42 screwed to the lower part of the frame 28, and an upper end screwed to the center of the horizontal frame 41. The vertical frame 43 whose lower end is screwed to the center of the horizontal frame 42, the upper and lower horizontal frames 41, 42
It is composed of two covers 44a, 44b which are screwed to each other and a unit mount 46 which is screwed to the lower lateral frame 42.

The upper and lower horizontal frames 41, 42 are formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section, and are attached to opposite side plates 47, 47 so that they can be screwed to the left side surface and the right side surface of the housing body 20. Screw insertion hole 4
8 are formed. Further, the flat plate portions 50 of the upper and lower horizontal frames 41, 42 are provided with cable introduction openings 49, respectively. For cables laid above the housing body 20, the upper horizontal frame 41 is provided. The cable laid under the floor through the opening 49 can be drawn into the unit 40 through the unit mount 46 and the opening 49 of the lower horizontal frame 42.

On the vertical frame 43, a plurality of relay terminal plates 3 having the same structure as that shown in FIG. 7 are arranged in the vertical direction.
The relay terminal board 3 is arranged in a vertical frame so that the pins 5 are parallel to the horizontal frames 41, 42 (and thus are oriented in the front-rear direction).
It is attached to 43. The vertical frame 43 is provided with a screw insertion hole 51 for screwing to the reinforcing frame 30 in correspondence with the screw hole 31. Further, the screw insertion holes 51 are formed in both side surfaces 52 so as to be attached to either the left or right side surface of the housing body 20.

The covers 44a and 44b have the same shape with the cross section formed in the shape of "L", and by using one of them as the front cover and the other as the rear cover, the unit 40
The covers 44a and 44b can be attached regardless of whether the is attached to the left side surface or the right side surface of the housing body 20. When these covers 44a and 44b are attached to the housing body 20, one of them is a part of a front plate and a side plate of the device housing, and the other is a part of a back plate and a side plate of the device housing. Becomes Reference numeral 55 is a handle used when the covers 44a and 44b are attached and detached.

Next, a case will be described in which each part having the above-described configuration is assembled into the apparatus housing as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The cable drawn into the device casing 60A is laid above the device casing 60A, and the relay terminal board unit 40 is shown attached to the right side surface of the casing body 20.

Various electronic devices 2 are mounted in the housing body 20 in advance, and the cable 8 connected to external devices (not shown) is drawn in from the upper opening 27 of the housing body 20,
It is connected to each electronic device 2. Further, the right side plate 24 of the housing body 20 is removed, and the relay terminal board unit 40 is attached so as to cover the opening 29 formed in the portion corresponding to the side plate 24. In this unit 40, first, the upper and lower horizontal frames 41, 42 and the vertical frame 43 are screwed to the right side surface of the housing body 20. Then, each electronic device 2 and the relay terminal board 3 are connected by a wiring (conductor wire) 6 and a cable (conductor wire) 7 connected to each terminal (not shown).
Through the opening 49 formed in the upper horizontal frame 41 and connected to the relay terminal board 3. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, these connecting operations are performed on the back side of the relay terminal board 3, and on the front side, a task of short-circuiting the predetermined pins 5 and 5 is performed. In this case, these connection work is
This is performed with the covers 44a and 44b removed. Therefore, this work can be performed very easily as compared with the conventional device which requires the connection work in the housing. The device housing 60A of this example has the same structure as the device housing 1 shown in FIG.
Normally, the internal wiring 6 is used to connect the electronic device 2 and the relay terminal board 3, but in some cases, the device housing shown in FIG.
As in the case of 11,12, the cable 13 may be pulled in from the openings 27,49 and connected to both 2,3.

When the above connection work is completed, the covers 44a and 44b are attached to the horizontal frame 4
It is screwed to 1,42 and the work of assembling the case 60A is completed.

FIG. 4 shows a case where the number of electronic devices 2 is increased in order to improve the function of the device. In the device housing 60B of this example, 2
The case bodies 20 and 20 and the relay terminal board unit 40 are used. And the one main body located on the right side
For 20, the left and right side plates 24 have been removed,
The relay terminal board unit 40 is attached to the right side surface, and the other case body 20 from which the right side surface plate 24 is removed is provided on the left side surface. With such a configuration, the device housing 60B has twice as many electronic devices 2 as the device housing 60A.
Can be stored.

The device housing 60C shown in FIG. 5 has almost the same configuration as the device housing 60B, but shows the case where the relay terminal board unit 40 is attached to the housing body 20 located on the left side.

It should be noted that the example of assembling by the housing structure of the present invention is not limited to the above case. For example, the relay terminal board unit 40 may be provided between the housing bodies 20. Unit 40 like this
Even if it is sandwiched between the housing bodies 20 and 20, the cover 44
The a and 44b have a structure in which they are screwed only from the front side or the rear side, and each has two handles 55. By holding the handles 55 with both hands, the housing main body 20,2
Since the covers 44a and 44b can be slid and inserted between 0s, they can be easily attached to or removed from the unit 40.

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, in the housing structure of the electronic device of the present invention,
By changing the number of combinations of the housing body and the relay terminal board unit, it is possible to easily increase the amount of electronic devices and relay terminal boards that can be housed in the housing. Further, the relay terminal board unit has a degree of freedom that it can be attached to either the left side or the right side of the housing body. Therefore, it is possible to easily form the device housing according to the installation location and the scale of the system. Moreover, as in the case of the conventional case in which the electronic device and the relay terminal board are built in, both can be connected by internal wiring,
No cable laying work is required to connect the two.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 5 are views for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an apparatus housing formed by combining one housing main body and one relay terminal board unit, Figure 1 is second
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the apparatus casing of FIG. 3, and FIG. 3 is III-III of FIG.
Line sectional views, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are perspective views of an apparatus housing formed by combining two housing bodies and one relay terminal board unit. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional device housing, FIGS. 7A and 7B are perspective views and rear views of a relay terminal board, and FIG. 8 is a front view illustrating another conventional device housing. Is. 2 …… Electronic equipment, 3 …… Relay terminal board 6 …… Wiring (conductor wire), 7 …… Cable (conductor wire) 20 …… Case body, 24 …… Side panel 29 …… Opening, 40 …… Relay terminal board Units 60A, 60B, 60C …… Device casing

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification number Reference number within the agency FI Technical display location H05K 7/18 E (72) Inventor Hiroyoshi Kato 1-share system at 3-1, Asahigaoka, Hino City, Tokyo Company Toshiba Hino factory (56) References Actual public Sho 59-18787 (JP, Y2) Actual public Sho 57-42064 (JP, Y2)

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A housing main body in which an electronic device is housed and an opening formed on the left and right side surfaces is covered with a side plate detachably attached to a mounting portion arranged in the opening, and the electronic device. A relay terminal board unit provided with a relay terminal board connected to each of the equipment and the electronic equipment arranged outside the housing body via a conductive wire; The additional enclosure main body having the same shape as the main body is configured to be connectable via the mounting portion from which the side plate is removed, and the relay terminal board unit is at least one of the left and right mounting portions. A housing structure for an electronic device, comprising: a mounting portion, which is a mounting portion from which the side plate has been removed, so as to cover the opening portion.