JPH1130207A - Mounting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To absorb any strain to be transmitted to a chassis, and also to make a lower cover surely connectible to it by installing a notch in and around a part, where this lower cover is contacted with the chassis, forming a lower cover support part, and supporting it elastically on the chassis. SOLUTION: When a lower cover 6 is attached to a chassis 32, those of chassis 32 and lower cover 6 are superposed on the specified position, and then a lower cover mounting screw 27 is inserted from the side of a lower cover mounting insertional hole 22 and it is screwed in a lower cover mounting tapped hole 24. At this time, a notch 25 is installed in and around this tapped hole 24, forming a lower cover support part 26, and the lower cover mounting tapped hole 24 is elastically supported by the chassis 32. With this constitution, any strain to be produced in the lower cover 6 is absorbed, so the strain of the chassis is thus relievable. In addition, in the case where the lower cover 6 has the strain as a simple as well as in the case where there is the strain being produced by reason that the lower cover mounting tapped hole 24 of the chassis 32 is shifted out of the specified position, the strain of the lower cover 6 is absorbed, and the strain of the chassis 32 is also relievable likewise.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[Table of Contents] The present invention will be described in the following order.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Prior Art (FIGS. 5 to 6) Problems to be Solved by the Invention Means for Solving the Problems Embodiments of the Invention (FIGS. 1 to 4) Effects of the Invention

[0003]

The present invention relates to a mounting device,
For example, the present invention is suitably applied to a mounting device for attaching a precision device such as a disk recording device to a computer device.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, personal computers (hereinafter, referred to as personal computers).
In a storage device of a small computer such as a personal computer), a disk recording device is frequently used. The disk recording device records and reproduces signals by rotating a disk coated with a magnetic material (hereinafter referred to as a magnetic disk) with a motor or the like, and bringing a magnetic head into contact with the magnetic disk or approaching a very short distance. Is what you do. The magnetic head moves on the surface of the magnetic disk in the radial direction of the magnetic disk, and records and reproduces signals concentrically on the magnetic disk.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a disk recording apparatus 1 as a whole. A control board 3, a driving section 4, a head section 5, and a lower cover 6 are provided on a chassis 2 formed by pressing a metal plate.
And the upper cover 7 are locked. Lower cover 6
The lower cover side screw hole 16 and the lower cover bottom screw hole 19 which are screw holes for mounting the disk recording device 1 to the personal computer main body, and the lower cover mounting seat which is a seat for mounting the lower cover 6 to the chassis 2. 23 are provided. The chassis 2 is provided with a plurality of lower cover side screw holes 16, lower cover bottom screw holes 19, and lower cover mounting seats 23 each having the same shape.

When recording and reproducing signals using the disk recording apparatus 1, a disk (not shown) is inserted into a disk slot 10 provided in the drive unit 4. A magnetic disk (not shown) is rotatably held inside the diskette. Magnetic disk is disk slot 1
In the area 0, the motor is rotated by a motor (not shown), and signals are recorded and reproduced by a magnetic head (not shown) provided in the head section 5.

FIG. 6 is a detailed view showing a joint between the lower cover 6 and the chassis 2. The lower cover mounting insertion hole 22 is formed by connecting a part of the lower cover side surface 15 which is a side surface of the lower cover 6 to L.
An opening is formed in the lower cover mounting seat 23 which is bent in a character shape, and when the chassis 2 and the lower cover 6 are assembled in a predetermined position, the lower cover mounting screw hole 24 provided in the chassis 2 is formed. It has been made to match.

When attaching the lower cover 6 to the chassis 2, the chassis 2 and the lower cover 6 are stacked at a predetermined position,
Insert the lower cover mounting screw 27 into the lower cover mounting insertion hole 2
The lower cover 6 and the chassis 2 are securely fastened to each other by being inserted from the second side and screwed into the lower cover mounting screw holes 24.

When the lower cover 6 and the chassis 2 are placed at a predetermined position, the lower cover mounting seat 23 is
The lower cover 6 can protect the control board 3 attached to the bottom of the chassis 2.

[0010]

As a method of attaching the disk recording device 1 to a personal computer, there is a method of attaching the disk recording device 1 to a drive slot. As shown in FIG. 5, the drive slot 35 is a space defined by two slot side plates 36 facing each other.

The disk recording device 1 is mounted in the drive slot 3
5, the drive mounting screw 29 is passed through the slot insertion hole 37 of the slot side plate 36 constituting the drive slot 35, and screwed into the lower cover side screw hole 16 provided in the lower cover side portion 15. The disk recording device 1 is locked to the slot side plate 36.

A predetermined gap D is formed between the lower cover side surface portion 15 and the slot side plate 36 so that the disk recording device 1 can be easily inserted into the drive slot 35. For this reason, the disk recording device 1 is mounted on the slot side plate 3 by the drive mounting screw 29.
6, the lower cover side surface portion 15 is attracted to the slot side plate 36 by the drive mounting screw 29,
The lower cover 6 is distorted.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 6, since the lower cover mounting seat 23 is in direct contact with the chassis 2, the distortion generated in the lower cover 6 is transmitted to the chassis 2 through the lower cover mounting seat 23, and is transmitted to the chassis 2. Causes distortion.

If the slot side plate insertion holes 37 are respectively opened at positions deviated from the predetermined positions, a displacement occurs between the lower cover side surface screw holes 16 and the slot side plate insertion holes 37. When the disk recording device 1 is mounted on the slot side plate 36 having such a displacement of the slot side plate insertion hole 37, the lower cover 6 is distorted by tightening the drive mounting screw 29, and this distortion is caused by the lower cover mounting seat. It is transmitted to the chassis 2 through 23 and causes the chassis 2 to be distorted.

As another method of mounting the disk recording device 1 on a personal computer, there is a method of mounting the disk recording device 1 on a drive mounting plate. As shown in FIG. 5, the disk recording device 1
Is locked by a drive mounting screw 29 to a flat drive mounting plate 38 provided on a personal computer (not shown).

In this case, if the flatness of the drive mounting plate 38 is poor, the drive mounting plate 38 and the lower cover 6
When the drive mounting screw 29 is tightened in this state, the lower cover 6 is distorted. This distortion is transmitted to the chassis 2 through the lower cover mounting seat 23,
The chassis 2 is distorted. Also, when the drive mounting plate insertion holes 39 are respectively opened at positions deviated from predetermined positions, the lower cover 6 is similarly distorted, and this distortion is transmitted to the chassis 2 through the lower cover mounting seat 23, and 2 causes distortion.

As described above, the distortion of the lower cover 6 that occurs when the disk recording apparatus 1 is mounted on the personal computer is transmitted to the chassis 2 through the lower cover mounting seat 23, and causes the chassis 2 to be distorted. This distortion displaces the positional relationship between a magnetic disk (not shown) held by the drive unit 4 and a magnetic head (not shown) provided in the head unit 5 from a predetermined position, thereby recording and recording signals. It was causing obstacles to reproduction.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and absorbs the distortion transmitted from the lower cover as the second member to the chassis as the first member, and furthermore, the chassis as the first member can absorb the distortion. An object of the present invention is to propose a mounting device capable of securely connecting a lower cover as a second member.

[0019]

According to the present invention, a notch is provided around a portion where a lower cover as a second member contacts a chassis as a first member. The lower cover supporting portion as the contact portion is elastically supported on the chassis as the first member, thereby absorbing the distortion transmitted to the chassis as the first member.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a disk recording apparatus 31 as a whole, in which a drive section 4 and a head section 5 are locked on the upper surface of the bottom of a chassis 32 formed by pressing a metal plate.
The control board 3 is locked to the lower surface of the bottom of 2. The lower cover 6 and the upper cover 7 are locked to the chassis 32,
The protection base 3, the drive unit 4, and the head unit 5 locked to the chassis 32 are protected. The lower cover 6 has a lower cover side screw hole 16 and a lower cover lower surface screw hole 19 which are screw holes for attaching the disc recording apparatus 1 to the personal computer main body.
Further, a lower cover mounting insertion hole 22 which is a screw hole for mounting the lower cover 6 to the chassis 2 is provided.

A notch 17 and a notch 20 are provided near the lower cover side screw hole 16 and the lower cover lower surface screw hole 19 to form a lower cover side screw seat 18 and a lower cover lower surface screw seat 21. The cover side screw holes 16 and the lower cover lower surface screw holes 19 are elastically supported by the lower cover 6.

As shown in FIG. 2, at the joint between the chassis 32 and the lower cover 6, the lower cover mounting seat 23 partially connects the lower cover side surface 15 which is the side surface of the lower cover 6 to L.
The lower cover mounting seat 23 is elastically supported by the lower cover 6. The lower cover mounting insertion hole 22 is open to the lower cover mounting seat 23, and the chassis 32 and the lower cover 6 are opened.
When they are assembled in a predetermined position, they are aligned with the lower cover mounting screw holes 24 provided in the chassis 32.

Screw hole 2 for attaching lower cover of chassis 32
In the vicinity of 4, a notch 25 is provided so as to surround the lower cover mounting screw hole 24 in a U-shape, thereby forming a lower cover support portion 26, and the lower cover support portion 26 is attached to the chassis 32. Thus, it is elastically supported. The lower cover 6 is provided with three lower cover mounting seats 23 having the same shape. In addition, chassis 32
Are provided with three lower cover supporting portions 26 of the same shape.

When attaching the lower cover 6 to the chassis 32, the chassis 2 and the lower cover 6 are placed in a predetermined position,
Insert the lower cover mounting screw 27 into the lower cover mounting insertion hole 2
The lower cover 6 and the chassis 32 are securely fastened to each other by being inserted from the second side and screwed into the lower cover mounting screw holes 24.

FIG. 3 shows a state in which the disk recording device 31 is attached to a personal computer (not shown). The disk recording device 31 has a drive slot 35 provided in the personal computer.
Has been inserted. Drive slot 35 is opposed to 2
It is a space separated by the slot side plates 36.

The drive mounting screw 29 passes through a slot side plate insertion hole 37 of a slot side plate 36 provided on the personal computer side, and a lower cover side screw hole provided on the lower cover side portion 15 which is a side portion of the lower cover 6. Screw on 16,
The disk recording device 31 is fixed to the drive slot 35. A predetermined gap D is formed between the lower cover side surface portion 15 and the slot side plate 36 so that the disk recording device 31 can be easily inserted into the drive slot 35.

In the above configuration, when the disk recording device 31 is screwed to the slot side plate 36 using the drive mounting screw 29 as shown in FIG.
5 and the slot side plate 36, there is a predetermined gap D, so that the lower cover side surface 15 is
The lower cover 6 is attracted to the slot side plate 36 by the
Is distorted. Here, since the lower cover side screw seat 18 having the lower cover side screw hole 16 is elastically supported by the lower cover side surface portion 15, the lower cover side screw seat 18 is provided.
Is displaced with respect to the lower cover side surface portion 15, and the distortion of the lower cover 6 is reduced. Also, when the gap D between the lower cover side surface 15 and the slot side plate 36 is larger than a predetermined amount and smaller than the predetermined amount, the lower cover 6 is distorted. Is displaced with respect to the lower cover side surface portion 15, and the distortion of the lower cover 6 is reduced.

Further, although the distortion generated in the lower cover 6 is transmitted to the chassis 32, the lower cover 6 is supported at three points on the chassis 32 at the joint between the lower cover supporting portion 26 and the lower cover mounting seat 23. Further, since the lower cover supporting portion 26 and the lower cover mounting seat 23 are elastically supported by the chassis 32 and the lower cover 6, respectively, the distortion generated in the lower cover 6 causes the lower cover supporting portion 26 and the lower cover mounting seat 23 to be distorted. And the distortion of the chassis 32 is reduced.

Similarly, when the slot side plate insertion holes 37 are respectively opened at positions deviated from predetermined positions, the lower cover 6 is distorted and transmitted to the chassis 32.
The lower cover 6 is attached to the lower cover supporting portion 26 with respect to the chassis 32.
The lower cover support 26 and the lower cover mounting seat 23 are elastically supported by the chassis 32 and the lower cover 6, respectively. 6 is absorbed by the joint between the lower cover support 26 and the lower cover mounting seat 23, and the distortion of the chassis 32 is reduced.

According to the above configuration, the lower cover 6 is supported at three points with respect to the chassis 32, and the notch 25 is provided around the lower cover mounting screw hole 24 to form the lower cover support portion 26. Since the cover mounting screw hole 24 is elastically supported by the chassis 32, the distortion generated in the lower cover 6 can be absorbed, and the distortion of the chassis 32 can be reduced.

In the case where the lower cover 6 is distorted by itself, the lower cover mounting screw hole 24
Similarly, when the opening is displaced from the predetermined position and is distorted, the lower cover 6 is similarly supported at three points with respect to the chassis 32, and a notch 25 is provided around the lower cover mounting screw hole 24. Is provided to form the lower cover support portion 26, and the lower cover mounting screw holes 24 are elastically supported by the chassis 32, so that the distortion of the lower cover 6 can be absorbed and the distortion of the chassis 32 can be reduced. .

In the above embodiment, the case where the disk recording device 31 is mounted on the drive slot 35 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be used in various other mounting methods. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the disk recording device 31 is mounted on a drive mounting plate 38 provided on a personal computer (not shown). The drive mounting screw 29 is used to insert a drive mounting plate insertion hole 39 provided on the drive mounting plate 38. As a result, the lower cover 6 is screwed into the lower cover bottom screw hole 19 provided on the bottom surface of the lower cover 6,
The disk recording device 31 is fixed to a drive mounting plate 38. Here, when the flatness of the drive mounting plate 38 is poor or when the drive mounting plate insertion holes 39 are respectively opened at positions shifted from predetermined positions, the lower cover 6 is distorted and transmitted to the chassis 32. Cover 6
Are supported at three points on the chassis 32 at the joints of the lower cover support portion 26 and the lower cover mounting seat 23, and the lower cover support portion 26 and the lower cover mounting seat 23 are attached to the chassis 32 and the lower cover 6, respectively. As a result, the distortion generated in the lower cover 6 is absorbed by the joint between the lower cover support 26 and the lower cover mounting seat 23, and the distortion of the chassis 32 is reduced.

In the above-described embodiment, the mounting device for mounting the disk recorder to the personal computer has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is applied to the mounting device for mounting various other components. May be.

In the above-described embodiment, the mounting device for mounting the disk recording device to the personal computer has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the mounting device for mounting components to various other devices is also available. May be used.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, screws are used to fasten the disk recording device, which is the attached body, to the personal computer, which is the attached body. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Fastening means may be used.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, screws are used to fasten the chassis and the lower cover. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other various fastening means may be used.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a U-shaped notch is provided around the lower cover mounting screw hole to form the lower cover supporting portion. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
Notches of various shapes other than this may be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, the lower cover is supported at three points with respect to the chassis.
The present invention is not limited to this, and more or less support points may be used.

[0040]

As described above, according to the present invention, the chassis as the first member is provided with a notch around the portion where the lower cover as the second member is in contact with the chassis to support the lower cover as a contact portion. The first cover is formed from the lower cover as the second member by elastically supporting the lower cover supporting portion as the contact portion with respect to the chassis as the first member.
The mounting device capable of absorbing the distortion transmitted to the chassis as the member can be easily realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a disk recording device using a mounting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a joint between a chassis and a lower cover using the mounting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a state where the disk recording device is mounted on a drive slot.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a state where the disk recording device is mounted on a drive mounting plate.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a disk recording device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a joint between a chassis and a lower cover.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 31 disk recording device, 2, 32 chassis, 4 drive unit, 5 head unit, 6 lower cover,
7 ... upper cover, 16 ... lower cover side screw holes, 19 ...
... Bottom cover bottom screw holes, 23 ... Bottom cover mounting seat,
26: Lower cover support.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An attaching device for attaching a first member to a second member, wherein the first member is in contact with a support provided on the second member.
A contact portion of the first member and a part of a periphery of the contact portion of the first member are cut out to thereby elastically support the contact portion on the first member. And a support portion, wherein the first member is attached to the second member by connecting the contact portion of the first member to the support base of the second member. Mounting device. 2. The contact portion of the first member includes a screw hole into which a predetermined fastening screw is screwed, and the predetermined fastening screw is formed on the support base of the second member. The attachment device according to claim 1, wherein the first member is fastened to the second member by being screwed into the screw hole via a fastening hole.