KR20020027578A - Stand for casing - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to manufacture a support for casing that is simple in structure, easy to assemble and which can stably support a casing. The support 10 includes a pair of support members 30a and 30b. The support members 30a and 30b are integrally formed with the casing support 32 and the connecting portion 34. Protrusions 44 and 46 are provided on the connection portion 34. The protrusions 44 and 46 are used to connect the support members 30a and 30b to each other, which are used to attach the support members 30a and 30b to the casing.

Description

Support for casing {Stand for casing}

As a recent example, various devices including a personal computer, an external storage device for the personal computer, and an AV device are configured in predetermined cases so as to select an installation posture between a horizontal arrangement and a vertical arrangement.

Supports to avoid rollover are used in these devices when choosing a vertical arrangement.

By way of example, in some cases, such a support includes a pair of members each having a clamping piece for supporting and nipping both sides of the device, and a placement surface for placing the device thereon, the member Are combined with respect to each other using screws (see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-266643) of the first prior art.

By way of example, in another case, such a support includes a pair of gripping portions for supporting and pinching both sides of the device, and a pair of members each having protrusions and legs for placing the device thereon, the members being They are connected to each other in rotation (an example of the second prior art, see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-350276).

As an example, in another case, a pair of bookstands (bookshelves) are used as a substitute for the support for the device (third prior art example). The bookstand is constituted by, for example, plate-shaped portions joined to each other at right angles.

However, in the case of the support according to the first prior art described above, they are joined together using screws. In addition, it is necessary to adjust the distance gap between the sandwich pieces based on the width dimension of the device. For this reason, there is a risk that the support assembly work becomes complicated.

In the case of the support according to the second prior art described above, each member is rotatably connected to each other. For this reason, the support has the disadvantage that the structure is complicated.

Additionally, in the case of the bookstand related to the third prior art described above, the respective bookstands are not combined with each other. Therefore, it is impossible to stably support the apparatus. In addition, when the plate portions serving as leg portions overlap with each other, some looseness occurs in the relevant portion. As a result, there is a risk that it becomes more difficult to stably support the apparatus.

The present invention relates to a casing support for supporting a casing to prevent overturning.

1 is a perspective view illustrating an arrangement of supports to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

2 is a perspective view illustrating a disk drive device.

3 is a bottom view illustrating a disk drive device.

4 is a left side view illustrating a disk drive device.

5 is a perspective view illustrating a lower portion of the support member constituting the support.

6 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which support members are assembled with each other;

7 is a bottom view illustrating a state in which the support members are assembled with each other.

8 is a perspective view showing a state where a support is installed in a disk drive device disposed in a vertical direction.

9 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a leg portion disposed on a lower surface portion of a disk drive device in a state where it is accommodated in a cutout portion formed on a support object.

10 is an enlarged front view of a lower portion of a disk drive device on which a support is installed;

11 is a front view illustrating a state in which a support is installed in a disk drive apparatus without legs.

12 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which a support is installed in a disk drive device arranged in a horizontal direction.

Fig. 13 is a side view illustrating a state in which a support is installed in a disk drive device arranged in a horizontal direction.

The present invention has been made to solve the inconvenience as described above, an object of the present invention is to provide a support for the casing that is simple in structure, easy to assemble, and capable of stably supporting the casing.

According to the invention, it comprises a pair of support members, each support member includes a casing support having a support surface portion for supporting the side portion of the casing, and a connection for connecting the support members to each other, the connecting portion A casing support is provided that is coupled to the casing support at a position that is planarly shifted along the support surface with respect to a central position of the casing support of the respective support members.

Due to the configuration as described above, a support for casing having a simple structure can be obtained. Additionally, for example, no looseness occurs when the support members are placed on the base.

The support for casing according to the invention comprises an attachment for attaching the support member to the casing.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pair of support members, each support member having a support surface portion for supporting a side portion of the casing, a connecting portion for connecting the support members to each other, and the support member. A casing support is provided that includes an attachment portion for attaching a member to the casing.

In this configuration, it is preferable that the attachment portion is a protrusion that can be fitted into a hole formed in the casing. Therefore, it is easy to perform the operation of attaching the support member to the casing.

It is also suitable for the projection to be provided on the connection.

Each support member is connected at the front end of the connection of one side and the casing support of the other side, and at the front end of the connection of the other side and of the casing support of one side.

In particular, a hole is formed in the casing support, and a projection that can fit into the hole of the casing support is provided at the front end of the connecting portion. Therefore, it is easy to perform the operation of attaching the support member to the casing.

The support member suitably supports a casing having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped structure arranged vertically.

The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown by way of example.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 shows a configuration of a support 10 to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. 2 shows a configuration of the disc drive device 12 in which the support 10 is installed. FIG. 2 shows a state where the disc drive device 12 is arranged in the horizontal direction (the surface of the disc drive device 12 having the largest area size (hereinafter referred to as the bottom surface portion 14b) is disposed downwardly). Is placed on the base in the state that is).

First, the disk drive device 12 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. The disc drive device 12 is a recording / playback device for recording media such as CD, CD-ROM, CD-R and DVD. The disc drive device 12 has a casing 14 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped structure. A disc tray 16 based on a front loading system is provided on the upper right side of the front portion 14a of the casing 14. An eject switch 20 and a power switch 18 for the disc tray 16 are provided on the right side of the disc tray 16.

FIG. 3 shows a bottom view illustrating the disc drive device 12, and FIG. 4 shows a left side view illustrating the disc drive device 12.

As shown in FIG. 3, leg portions 22 used for horizontal placement are attached to portions near the four corners of the bottom portion 14b of the casing 14. The leg portion 22 is made of a resin material such as plastic and rubber, for example.

As shown in FIG. 4, leg portions 24 used for vertical positioning are attached to portions near the four corners of the left side portion 14c of the casing 14. The leg portion 24 is made in the same manner as the leg portion 22 of the bottom portion 14b, for example, made of a resin material such as plastic and rubber.

Next, the stand 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The stand 10 includes a pair of stand members 30a and 30b. The stand members 30a and 30b are formed to have substantially the same shape. As an example, a synthetic resin such as ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin) is applied as the material for the stand members 30a and 30b.

Each of the stand members 30a and 30b is integrally formed and includes a casing support 32 and a flat connection having a substantially triangular prismatic structure.

5 shows a perspective view illustrating the lower portions of the stand members 30a and 30b. As shown in Figures 1 and 5, the casing support 32 is formed to have a right triangular cross section, which is a bottom portion 32a, a ground portion 32b connected to the bottom portion 32a at a right angle, An appearance surface section 32c interposed between the bottom portion 32a and the support surface portion 32b is provided.

As shown in FIG. 1, the support surface portion 32b supports the top surface portion 14d or the bottom surface portion 14b of the casing 14 when the disc drive device 12 is disposed in the vertical direction as will be described later. That's the part. The support surface portion 32b has cutouts 36a and 36b which are formed to avoid contact with the leg portion 22 (see FIG. 3) of the bottom portion 14b.

As shown in FIG. 5, the body surface part of the bottom part 32a of the casing support part 32 is the convex part 38 which is formed convexly with respect to the reference surface (surface coplanar with the bottom face of the connection part 34). Provided at the corners on the side of 32c. A cushion member or the like can be attached to the convex portion 38.

As shown in FIG. 5, the concave portion 40 having a planar structure corresponding to the front end of the connecting portion 34 is formed to be concave with respect to the reference plane (casing support portion 32). In the rightwardly biased portion of FIG. A long hole 42 is formed in the substantially central portion of the recess 40.

The connecting portion 34 is formed to have a substantially rectangular flat plate structure when viewed in plan view. The connection portion 34 is coupled to the casing support portion 32 at the support surface portion 32b such that the bottom of the connection portion 34 is coplanar with the bottom portion 32a of the casing support portion 32. The connecting portion 34 is coupled to the left side of the support surface portion 32b (part shifted in the left direction of FIG. 5 with respect to the center portion of the casing support portion) as shown in FIG. In other words, the connection portion 34 is coupled to the casing support 32 in a position that is planarly biased (as viewed in plan view) along the support surface portion 32b with respect to the center portion of the casing support 32.

As shown in FIG. 1, two projections 44, 46 consisting of two protruding tabs each having a substantially ring-shaped cross section are provided on the top surface of the connecting portion 34. The protrusions 46 provided on the front end of the connecting portion 34 of the protrusions 44 and 46 can be fitted into the long holes 42 (see FIG. 5) formed in the bottom portion 32a of the casing support 32. It is formed to have. The protrusion 46 may be separated with respect to the long hole 42.

6 and 7 show a state in which the support members 30a and 30b are assembled with each other to form a support. In this configuration, the support members 30a, 30b are mutually provided such that the front end of the connection part 34 of one of them is respectively provided in the recessed part 40 of them and the projection 46 is fitted in the long hole 42. Be connected.

In this case, as described above, the connecting portions 34 respectively engage the casing supports 32 at positions planarly offset relative to the center portion of the casing support 32. Thus, the connections 34 do not interfere with each other. Thus, no loose portion occurs at all when the support 10 is placed on the base.

The protrusion 46 can be separated with respect to the long hole 42. Therefore, it is easy to perform the work for assembling the support members 30a and 30b with each other.

Fig. 8 shows the support on the disc drive device 12, which becomes the disc drive device 12, in a vertical arrangement (the disc drive device 12 is disposed with the left side portion 14c downward on a base or the like not shown). The state in which 10 is installed is shown. In Fig. 8, the left face portion 14c of the casing 14 functions as the lower surface portion, and the bottom face portion 14b and the upper surface portion 14d function as both side portions.

The support 10 is a projection 44 (see FIG. 1) as an attachment portion to a hole 52 (see FIG. 4) having a bottom or without a bottom (opening bottom) formed in the left side portion 14c of the casing 14. ) Is attached to the casing 14. In this configuration, the protrusion 44 can be separated relative to the hole 52. Therefore, it is easy to carry out work for installing the support 10 on the casing 14.

Alternatively, a face fastener (magic tape: registered trademark) may be installed at the left side portion 14c of the casing 14 and the connecting portion 34 of the support members 30a, 30b, respectively. The support members 30a and 30b may be attached to the casing 14 by attaching face fasteners to each other.

Alternatively, the protrusion 44 (or face fastener) may be provided on the support surface portion 32b of the chasing support 32. In this case, the hole 52 (or other face fastener) is provided in the bottom face 14b and the top face 14d of the casing 14.

Each support member 30a, 30b is attached to the casing 14 as described above. Additionally, the support members 30a and 30b are connected to each other by fitting the projections 46 into the long holes 42. Therefore, when the support members 30a and 30b are installed in the casing 14, it is not necessary to perform an operation for adjusting the separation distance between the support surface portions 32b.

As shown in Figs. 6 and 8, the support 10 has a casing by sandwiching the casing 14 having the support surface portion 32b on the side surface of the upper surface portion 14d and on the side surface of the bottom surface portion 14b. (14) is supported. In this configuration, as shown in Fig. 9, the leg portions 22 provided on the bottom portion 14b of the casing 14 are accommodated in the cutouts 36a and 36b. Thus, contact between the leg portion 22 and the support surface portion 32b is avoided. The cutouts 36a and 36b may be shaped to have a shape in which the received leg portion 22 can be held (eg, a shape in which the leg portion 22 can be fitted).

FIG. 10 shows an enlarged view of the lower portion (left side portion 14c side) of the disc drive device 12 on which the support 10 shown in FIG. 8 is to be installed. As shown in FIG. 10, a gap α is formed between the base P on which the disc drive device 12 is disposed and the lower surface of the connecting portion 34. In other words, the self-weight of the disc drive device 12 arranged vertically is supported by the legs 24. In this configuration, the support 10 functions as support means for preventing the disk drive apparatus 12 from tipping over.

As shown in FIG. 11, for example, when the casing 14 of the disc drive device 12 does not have the legs 24, the support 10 is connected to the disc drive device 12 at the connection portion 34. To support their weight. Even when the casing 14 has a leg 24, the weight of the disc drive device 12 can be supported by the connecting portion.

Next, FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 show a state where the support 10 is provided in the horizontally arranged disk drive device 12. In this configuration, the support members 30a and 30b constituting the support 10 are provided in the casing with the support surface portion 32b laterally juxtaposed so as to face the front portion 14a of the casing 14. .

In this configuration, as shown in Fig. 3, the support members 30a, 30b are provided with the bottom portion 14b of the casing 14 or the bottom portion (lower surface opening) hole 54 formed in the connecting portion ( It attaches to the casing 14 by fitting the projections 44 and 46 formed on 34. As shown in FIG. Therefore, it is easy to perform the operation of installing the support members 30a and 30b to the casing 14.

As shown in FIG. 13, when the support 10 is installed in the horizontally arranged disk drive device 12, the disk tray 16 is ejected from the casing 14 and the center of gravity of the disk drive device 12 is provided. Even when it is biased toward this front part 14a, the casing 14 is prevented from overturning.

A gap β is formed between the front portion 14a of the casing 14 and the support surface portion 32b of the support members 30a and 30b. Thus, even when an air supply port or an air discharge port (not shown) for dissipating heat is provided in the front portion 14a of the casing 14, the air supply port or air discharge port is closed by the support surface portion 32b. It doesn't work. Thus, it is possible to reliably guarantee the exhaust at the air supply or air discharge port.

As described above, the support 10 according to the present embodiment is composed of a pair of support members 30a and 30b having substantially the same shape. Thus, the support 10 can be manufactured at low cost. In particular, the support members 30a and 30b can be manufactured using the same molding mold. Therefore, it is possible to reduce manufacturing cost.

The connecting portions 34 are respectively coupled to the casing supports 32 in positions biased with respect to the center portions of the casing supports 32 when viewed in plan view. Thus, no looseness occurs when the support 10 is placed on the base. Therefore, it is possible to stably support the casing 14.

The protrusion 46 supported by the connecting portion 34 may be separated with respect to the long hole secured to the casing support 32. Therefore, it is easy to perform the work for assembling the support members 30a and 30b with each other.

The protrusions 44 provided on the connecting portion 34 can be separated with respect to the holes 52, 54 formed in the casing 14. Therefore, it is easy to carry out work for installing the support 10 on the casing 14.

In addition, the support 10 may be installed in the disk drive device 12 arranged horizontally. Therefore, when the disc drive device 12 is used in the horizontal arrangement, it is not necessary to secure a new position for accommodating the support 10.

The support 10 according to the present embodiment is configured as support means for supporting the disc drive device 12. However, in addition to the disc drive device 12, the support 10 can be applied to various devices including recording / playback devices such as flexible discs and hard discs, personal computers and AV devices.

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a casing support which is simple in structure, easy to assemble, and capable of stably supporting the casing.

Claims (13)

A pair of support members 30a, 30b, Each of the support members includes a casing support portion 32 having a support surface portion 32b for supporting a side portion of the casing, and a connection portion 34 for connecting the support members to each other, And the connecting portion is coupled to the casing support portion at a position that is planarly shifted along the support surface portion with respect to a central position of the casing support portion in the respective support members. The casing support according to claim 1, wherein the support member has an attachment portion (44, 46) for attaching the support member to the casing. The support for casing according to claim 1, wherein the support members are connected to each other at the front end of the connecting portion on one side and the casing support on the other side, and at the front end of the connecting portion on the other side and the casing support on one side. The casing support of claim 1, wherein the support member supports the casing (14) having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped structure arranged vertically. 3. The casing support according to claim 2, wherein the attachment portion is a protrusion that can be fitted into a hole (52, 54) formed in the casing. 4. A hole (42) is formed in the casing support part according to claim 3, A casing support provided with a projection (46) that can be fitted into the hole of the casing support. The support for casing according to claim 5, wherein the protrusion is provided on the connection portion. A pair of support members 30a, 30b, Each of the support members includes a casing support portion 32 having a support surface portion 32b for supporting a side portion of the casing, a connecting portion 34 for connecting the support members to each other, and attaching the support member to the casing. A support for casing comprising an attachment portion 44 for. 10. The casing support according to claim 8, wherein the attachment portion is a protrusion that can be fitted into a hole (52, 54) formed in the casing. 9. The support for casing according to claim 8, wherein the support members are connected to each other at the front end of the connecting portion on one side and the casing support on the remaining side, and at the front end of the connecting portion on the other side and on the casing support on one side. 9. The casing support of claim 8, wherein the support member supports the casing (14) having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped structure arranged vertically. The support for casing according to claim 9, wherein the protrusion is provided on the connection portion. The method of claim 10, wherein a hole 42 is formed in the casing support portion, A casing support provided with a projection (46) that can be fitted into the hole of the casing support.