KR100780891B1 - Slim type home media center - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a slim home media center for reducing the height and width of the case to enhance the appearance and to further improve the purchase desire.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a small-capacity fan having a small size on a rear vertical surface of the case 12 in which the PCB 22 is installed at the bottom of the case 12 in the rear of the case 12 of the home media center 10. A plurality of 24 are installed in parallel, and the power supply unit 26 is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the fan 24, so that an open power supply 20 is formed, thereby greatly reducing the case of the home media center. A more compact design is realized.

Home Media Center, Fans, Power Supply

Description

Slim home media center {SLIM TYPE HOME MEDIA CENTER}

1 is a plan sectional view of a home media center in which a conventional power supply is constructed;

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the configuration of a conventional power supply.

3 is a rear perspective view of the slim home media center according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a partial cross-sectional plan view to show the portion of the power supply in the slim home media center according to the present invention.

Figure 5 is a side cross-sectional view partially cut to show the portion of the power supply in the slim home media center according to the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing ***

10: home media center, 12: case,

20: open supply, 22: PCB,

24: fan, 26: power terminal,

28: flexible cover,

The present invention relates to a home media center, and more particularly, to a slim home media center for reducing the height and width of the case to further enhance the appearance and to further enhance the purchase desire.

Recently, with the rapid development and dissemination of various digital-based information appliances such as PCs, laptops, DTVs, DVD players, digital camcorders, and digital cameras, new digital contents are generated and created using digital information appliances. Applications that can be edited and played on a PC are widely used, and technology has been rapidly developed to make it easier for users to access digital contents stored in electronic equipment using not only a PC but also a home network.

That is, as described above, the digital information home appliance including the DTV has emerged as a main content providing means. Accordingly, the digital information home appliance for the digital media content generated by the digital information home appliance on the home network is provided through the home network. Means that anyone can easily edit and enjoy through the display device connected to the home media center that controls the steadily developing.

In addition, the appearance, that is, design, which is emerging along with the importance of such contents, is acting as a decisive factor to increase the preference of buyers when considering a large number of products with similar functions or performances.

Of course, the primary concept of design is beauty, but the direction can be different depending on the characteristics and use of the product, and the design preference to sell the product is often conducted because it should be based on commerciality.

The good design of electronic devices is mainly made of slim or compact type with small width and height. The typical electronic device using this design is a PC. The PC body is divided into a high-speed microprocessor, a memory module, a North Bridge, and a South Bridge as a central processing unit for data operation on a motherboard. A motherboard equipped with a chipset (chip set) is essential, and the motherboard is equipped with an external device such as a printer device or an integrated device such as a graphics card, a sound card, or a modem in order to enable multimedia functions. For this purpose, E-IDE, USB, PS2 type connectors and ports are installed.

In addition, a hard disk drive and a CD-ROM drive are provided in the main body of the PC, and a floppy disk drive for recording or reading information on a floppy disk is essentially installed. In addition, a power supply for supplying power is formed at the back of the main body of the PC.

In the case of such a PC, as a data storage, a hard disk drive, a CD-ROM drive, and a floppy disk drive can be connected to each other without lying on the case, and a separate support frame can be used to connect various components to the motherboard or the motherboard. By making the most efficient use of the space in the slot direction, the main body case can be made slimmer.

But the biggest obstacle to this slimmer implementation is the power supply.

This limitation is not limited to PCs, but is seen as a significant challenge in the upgrading of other electronic devices, such as home media centers.

As shown in FIG. 1, since the home media center 100 has an operating system similar to that of a PC and includes most of the components used in the PC, a power supply 200 for supplying power is essential.

The power supply 200 according to the related art has a case 210 having a predetermined height and width as shown in FIG. 2, and a PCB 220 in which various chips such as transistors or resistors are soldered to the bottom of the case is installed. The rear side of the case 210 has a power terminal 240 for connecting the fan 230 to help the heat dissipation of the PCB 220 and the commercial power source.

The most important factor that determines the width and height of the case 210 of the conventional power supply 200 is the fan 230. The method for reducing the space occupied by the power supply 200 to slim down the home media center 100. Is being sought.

In addition, the conventional home media center is not shown in detail in the drawing, but since the front part where the power unit, the mode selection unit, the signal terminal unit, and the like are left in an open state, various dusts or foreign substances penetrate and generate noise as well. There were problems that the electrical actuators did not work properly.

The present invention was created to solve the above-mentioned problems, the object is,

Instead of eliminating the case of a standardized, integrated power supply enclosed by the case, it provides a slim home media center that reduces the height by allowing components of the power supply to be placed on the case of the home media center.

In addition, the object of the present invention created to solve the above problems,

The present invention provides a slim home media center that protects electrical elements from dust and various foreign matters by installing a door structure for selectively opening and closing a front panel unit in which a power supply unit, a mode selection unit, a signal terminal unit, and the like are located.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, the PCB 22 is installed on the bottom of the case inside the case of the home media center, and a small number of small-sized fans are installed in parallel on the rear vertical surface of the case adjacent to the case. The power supply terminal is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the fan, so that an open power supply is provided.

In addition, in order to achieve the object of the present invention, one end is fixed with the installation of the PCB, bent in multiple stages, and additionally configured a flexible cover of insulating material to guide the blowing flow of the fan while covering the configuration of the open power supply It is characterized by.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with the accompanying drawings.

3 is a rear perspective view of the slim home media center according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a partially cut-away plan view to show a part of the power supply in the slim home media center according to the present invention, and FIG. This is a side cross-sectional view partially cut away to show the portion of the power supply in the slim home media center.

3 to 5, the core of the present invention is to reduce the height width of the case 12 in order to provide a more beautiful and compact appearance of the home media center 10. Its height and width can be achieved in part through the installation position, placement direction, etc. of the internal components to form the home media center 10, but there is a limit, the biggest obstacle is the power supply unit surrounded by a separate case, That is, the power supply.

In constructing the power supply, a PCB 22 is installed at the bottom of the case 12 inside the case 12 of the home media center 10, and is disposed on the rear vertical surface 18 of the case 12 adjacent thereto. A plurality of smaller capacity fans 24 are installed in parallel with the PCB 22 electrically connected, and the power terminal unit 26 is fixedly installed on the rear vertical surface 18 adjacent to the fans 24. The open power supply 20 is configured.

On the other hand, one end is fixed with the installation of the PCB 22, the other end is bent in multiple stages to cover the configuration of the open power supply 20, while the flow of the fan 24 as shown in FIG. It is formed in the consonant letter (c) shape of the Hangul so as to smoothly in the direction, it can be further configured a flexible cover 28 of the non-combustible or flame retardant material is open on both sides.

As shown in FIG. 5, the flexible cover 28 has a fixed end fixed with the installation of the PCB 22, but the other end thereof does not come into contact with the PCB 22 that generates as much heat as the free end. While the air flow of the fan 24 is bent to the top of the fan 24 after the two-stage bending so as to lead to the PCB 22, both sides of the air flow is cooled to cool the PCB 22 is the home media center It is open so that it may spread to the whole inside of (10).

In addition, the flexible cover 28 maintains a predetermined shape by the fixed end and the two-stage bending, but is not in a crystalline state, but may be unfolded or slightly deformed.

It describes the operating state of the present invention configured as described above.

The key lies in eliminating the case and distributing the components in the interior of the home media center 10 instead of the existing power supply with the case.

That is, the PCB 22 is fixedly fastened to the bottom of the case 12 in the placement space. It is preferable to fix it like the flexible cover 28 bent in two stages before the fastening.

After that, when the fan 24 and the power supply terminal 26 are fixed, the assembly of the power supply is simply finished.

The order of the above is only one embodiment of the assembly, so that the order may be changed by the operator.

The power supply of the present invention configured as described above eliminates the use of a case or a large fan to determine the height and width, and installs two relatively small fans 24 in parallel in consideration of their capacity. Since the terminal portion 26 is also configured in parallel, the overall height width of the home media center 10 can be significantly reduced as compared with the prior art.

The technical spirit of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various changes of the preferred embodiments of the present invention described can be made unless the spirit of the present invention is defined in the claims. Make it clear to you.

As described above, when the present invention is applied, the home media center may be removed by removing the case and the fan, which have previously determined the height and width of the power supply as described above, or by arranging a small number of fans in parallel on the case of the home media center. Significantly reduces the case of the box, resulting in a more compact design.

Claims (2)

PCB 22 is installed at the bottom of the case 12 inside the case 12 of the home media center 10, and a plurality of small-capacity fans 24 are installed in parallel on the rear vertical surface of the case 12 adjacent thereto. The power supply unit 26 is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the fan 24, so that an open power supply 20 is formed, and one end of the case 12 is installed together with the installation of the PCB 22. The fixed, multi-stage, slim home media center, characterized in that the flexible cover 28 of the insulating material is installed to guide the blowing flow of the fan 24 while covering the configuration of the open power supply (20). delete

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