KR20040005506A - Computer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A computer is provided to easily change and repair hardware by simplifying a disassembling and assembling works of a casing. CONSTITUTION: A main body casing(10) receives a plurality of hardware and includes a cover opening(11) at one side. A cover member(20) is mounted in the main body casing(10). The cover member(20) opens and closes the cover opening(11). A hinge unit(30) is mounted adjacent to the cover opening(11) and supports the cover member(20) for rotating the cover member(20) in order to close the cover opening(11) to an opening position for opening the cover opening(11). A rotation spring member is mounted in the hinge unit(30). When the cover member(20) is rotated from the closing position to the opening position, the rotation spring member supplies a rotation elastic force to the cover member(20). A locking unit locks or unlocks the cover member(20) with respect to the main body casing(10) in the closing state.

Description

Computer {Computer}

The present invention relates to a computer, and more particularly, to a computer that is easy to replace and repair hardware as the casing disassembly and assembly work is simplified.

Rapid changes in the computer environment have led to continuous improvements in the hardware of the computer, leading to the multifunctionality of the computer. This change is required not only for the software, but also for the mechanical structure of the computer. Therefore, the structural design of the computer should be designed in consideration of user convenience with ease of production.

Particularly in a computer where it is necessary to replace or repair hardware due to improved performance or failure, it may be of great importance in designing a computer mechanical structure to consider the convenience of a user who needs to perform such disassembly and assembly work repeatedly.

Reflecting this, Korean Unexamined Patent Application Publication Nos. 1995-9817 and 1990-21517 disclose various types of computers having a cover which can be rotated about a rotation axis with respect to a main body case.

However, in such a conventional computer, because of the characteristics of the computer, the cover must be repeatedly opened and closed a number of times, so that the locking structure is provided so that the locking and unlocking can be easily operated between the main body case and the cover for the user's convenience, and the locking is released. If the spring member is installed to provide the rotational elastic force when the cover is rotated with respect to the main body case, the user can easily open and close the cover can improve the user's convenience in the assembly and disassembly work.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a computer that is easy to replace and repair hardware as the casing disassembly and assembly work becomes simple.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a computer according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a combined view of the computer according to FIG. 1, FIG.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 2;

4A is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 2;

Figure 4b is an operating state of the latch member in the locked state of the computer according to Figure 2,

5 is an open operating state in the unlocked state of the computer according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

6 is an exploded perspective view of a computer according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

7 is an open operating state in the unlocked state of the computer according to FIG. 6;

8 is an open operation state diagram in the unlocked state of the computer according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

1: Casing 10: Body Casing

11: cover opening 13: guide groove

15: side flange 17: ring portion

19: tension spring member 20: cover member

21: locking projection 30: hinge means

31: hinge pin receiving portion 33: hinge pin

35: torsion coil spring 40: latch member

41: locking groove 42: handle portion

43: hook portion 50: support portion

60: through hole

The above object is, according to the present invention, a computer comprising: a main body casing having a plurality of hardware and having a cover opening on one side; A cover member installed at the main body casing to open and close the cover opening; Hinge means for supporting the cover member so as to be adjacent to the cover opening so that the cover member can rotate to a closed position for closing the cover opening and an open position for opening; A rotating spring member installed on the hinge means to provide a rotating elastic force to the cover member when the cover member rotates from the closed position to the open position; And a locking means for locking and unlocking the cover member with respect to the body casing in the closed state.

Here, the hinge means includes a hinge pin receiving portion penetrating the cover member and the main body casing, and a hinge pin rotatably accommodated in the hinge pin receiving portion, wherein the pivot spring member is installed on the hinge pin. It is preferred that the torsion coil spring be.

And, the locking means, the engaging projection protruding toward the main body casing on the inner surface of the cover member; It is preferable to include a latch member provided on the main body casing so as to be movable between the locking and unlocking position elastically along the side of the main body casing, the latch member having a locking groove that is detachably coupled to the engaging projection. .

In addition, the one side wall of the main body casing further includes a guide groove formed through the plate surface, the latch member may have a handle portion which is protruded horizontally in the moving direction is inserted into the guide groove.

On the other hand, one end is connected to the latch member and the other end is connected to one side wall of the main body casing and disposed in pairs on both sides of the latch member, and the latch member is returned to its original state when the engaging protrusion and the engaging groove are disengaged. It is preferable to further include a tension spring member.

Preferably, the latch member further includes a support for supporting the main body casing so as to be movable between the locking and unlocking positions.

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

The casing 1 of the computer according to the present invention, as shown in Fig. 1, includes a main body casing 10 having a plurality of pieces of hardware and having a cover opening 11 on one side; Cover opening 11 includes a cover member 20 for rotating and opening and closing the cover opening 11 around the hinge means 30 provided on one side edge.

The main casing 10 is fixedly coupled to the main board to which the central processing unit and the ram are mounted through a cover opening 11 formed at an upper portion thereof. In addition, the front portion of the main body casing 10 is formed with a guide groove 13 penetrating the plate surface, and extends from the front portion of the main body casing 10 in which the guide groove 13 is formed to contact the cover member 20. Side flange 15 is formed.

Ring portions 17 are formed on both inner walls of the main body casing 10 which are disposed to face each other with the front portion of the main body casing 10 therebetween at predetermined intervals from the side flanges 15, respectively.

The cover member 20 has a locking protrusion 21 protruding toward the main body casing 10 on the inner side facing the main body casing 10.

The hinge means 30 is provided at one side of the contact area between the main body casing 10 and the cover member 20 to rotate the cover member 20 with respect to the main body casing 10.

The hinge means 30 includes a pair of hinge pin accommodation portions 31 and hinge pin accommodation portions 31 provided through the plate surface on both side walls of the rear region where the main body casing 10 and the cover member 20 are in contact with each other. It includes a hinge pin 33 is coupled, the hinge pin 33 is provided with a torsion coil spring (35) which is a rotating spring member.

The torsion coil spring 35 is composed of a pair of arms branched around the coupling hole and the coupling hole, a hinge pin 33 is inserted into the coupling hole, and one of the pair of arms is connected to the inner surface of the cover member 20. The other is supported on the rear part opposite to the front part of the main body casing 10.

On the other hand, in the contact area between the main body casing 10 and the cover member 20 provided with the hinge means 30 and the contact area with the cover member 20, the open rotation of the cover member 20 is performed. A latch member 40 capable of elastically moving between a locking position for preventing the lock and a unlocking position for allowing the open rotation of the cover member 20 is provided.

In the latch member 40, annular hook portions 43 are formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and a handle portion 42 is formed from a plate surface on a plate surface facing the guide groove 13 of the main body casing 10. Protrudingly formed, a locking groove 41 penetrating the plate surface is formed on the plate surface facing the inner surface of the cover member 20.

The catching groove 41 is formed at a position corresponding to the catching protrusion 21 of the cover member 20, and covers the cover member 20 so that the user closely contacts the cover member 20 and the main body casing 10. When pressed toward the casing 10, the locking protrusion 21 of the cover member 20 is caught and held by the locking groove 41. At this time, the open rotation of the cover member 20 is prevented and the latch member 40 maintains the locking position for locking the cover member 20 with respect to the main body casing 10.

The handle portion 42 is inserted into the guide groove 13 and exposed to the outside of the main body casing 10 toward the user, the latch member in the locking position where the locking groove 41 and the locking projection 21 are held. 40 is provided to allow the user to conveniently move the latch member 40 in the direction in which the locking groove 41 and the locking projection 21 is released. When the locking maintenance of the locking groove 41 and the locking protrusion 21 is released and the locking state of the cover member 20 with respect to the main body casing 10 is released, the cover member 20 is rotated open.

The hook portion 43 is caught by the other side of the tension spring member 19, one side of which is hooked to the ring portion 17 of the main body casing (10). When the hook portion 43 of the latch member 40 is caught by the tension spring member 19, the user grasps the handle 42 and forcibly moves the latch member 40 to the unlocking position. When the handle portion 42 of the 40 is released, it is possible to elastically return to the original position.

According to such a configuration, hereinafter the cover member 20 for the main body casing 10 is locked in the closed state in which the cover opening 11 of the main body casing 10 is closed by the cover member 20. As an initial state, a process of opening the cover opening 11 for replacing or repairing hardware in the computer according to the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the cover member 20 is locked with respect to the main body casing 10, and the locking member 21 is in a locked state in which open rotation of the cover member 20 is prevented, the locking protrusion 21 is engaged with the locking groove 41. The torsion coil spring 35, which is hung on the hinge pin 33, is in an elastically restrained state.

That is, when the cover member 20 is in the locked state with respect to the main body casing 10, since the cover member 20 closes the cover opening 11 of the main body casing 10, the rear part of the main body casing 10 is closed. The spaced interval between the arm of the torsion coil spring 35 in contact with the arm and the arm of the bitrim coil spring in contact with the inner surface of the cover member 20 is in a state of being forcibly narrowed in an elastically restrained state, FIGS. 3 and 4A. As shown in the engaging projection 21 is in a state of being caught in the engaging groove (41).

In this state, when the user moves the handle portion 42 of the latch member 40 along the guide groove 13 in the direction in which the locking projection 21 faces, as shown in FIG. 4B, the locking groove 41 is shown. The cover member 20 is rotatable with respect to the main body casing 10 as the locking of the locking projection 21 and the locking projection 21 is released. At this time, the cover member is restored by the force of restoring the torsion coil spring 35 that is elastically restrained. 20 is elastically open to the main body casing (10). Thus, the locking between the main body casing 10 and the cover member 20 is released. (See Fig. 5)

On the other hand, any one of the pair of tension spring member 19, the user guides the handle portion 42 of the latch member 40, 40 toward the direction (locking release direction) facing the locking projection 21 (locking release direction) When moved along (13), as shown in FIG. 4B, it expands and causes the user to release the handle portion 42 of the latch member 40 by the force of the return of this extended tension spring member 19. FIG. The latch member 40 is then elastically returned to its original position before the user is forcibly moved.

In this way, when the user wants to open or close the cover opening 11 of the main body casings 10 and 10 to replace or repair the hardware, the user can easily operate the locking and unlocking between the main body casing 10 and the cover member 20. In addition, since the cover member 20 is rotated by the rotating elastic force of the rotating spring without the user rotating the cover member 20 in which the locking with the main body casing 10 is released, the assembly and disassembly work is performed. It is possible to improve the convenience of the user.

Meanwhile, in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the latch member 40 is connected by the main body casing 10 and the tension coil, but as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the guide groove 13 is formed. The upper surface of the support 50 is provided with a support 50 protruding toward the inner rear portion of the main body casing 10 and arranged side by side with a predetermined distance from the side flange 15. The latch member 40 may be movable for this purpose.

Meanwhile, in the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the upper surface of the side flange 15 is flat and only the guide groove 13 is formed in the front surface of the main body casing 10. As shown in the drawing, the side flange 15 communicates with the guide groove 13 and forms a through-hole 60 through which a plate surface is formed at a position corresponding to the locking groove 41 of the latch member 40 to form a locking projection ( 21 may pass through the through hole 60 of the side flange 15 to be inserted into the locking groove 41 of the latch member 40.

As described above, according to the present invention, the locking and unlocking between the main body casing and the cover member can be easily operated, and the rotation spring can be rotated even if the user does not rotate the cover member in which the locking with the main body casing is released by hand. Since the cover member is rotated by the elastic force, the user's convenience in assembly and disassembly can be improved.

Claims (6)

In the computer, A main body casing having a plurality of hardware and having a cover opening at one side thereof; A cover member installed at the main body casing to open and close the cover opening; Hinge means for supporting the cover member so as to be adjacent to the cover opening so that the cover member can rotate to a closed position for closing the cover opening and an open position for opening; A rotating spring member installed on the hinge means to provide a rotating elastic force to the cover member when the cover member rotates from the closed position to the open position; And locking means for locking and unlocking the cover member with respect to the body casing in the closed state. The method of claim 1, The hinge means includes a hinge pin accommodation portion penetrating the cover member and the main body casing, and a hinge pin rotatably received in the hinge pin accommodation portion, wherein the rotation spring member is a torsion member installed at the hinge pin. Computer characterized in that the coil spring. The method of claim 2, The locking means, A locking protrusion protruding toward the main body casing on the inner side of the cover member; And a latch member installed on the main body casing so as to be movable between the locking and unlocking positions elastically along the side of the main body casing, the latch member having a engaging groove detachably coupled to and released from the engaging protrusion. Computer. The method of claim 3, The side wall of the main body casing further comprises a guide groove formed through the plate surface, the latch member is a computer characterized in that it has a handle portion which is protruded horizontally in the moving direction is inserted into the guide groove. The method of claim 4, wherein One end is connected to the latch member and the other end is connected to one side wall of the main body casing and is disposed in pairs on both sides of the latch member, and the tension to return the latch member to its original state when the engaging protrusion and the engaging groove are released. The computer further comprises a spring member. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, And a support for supporting the body casing so that the latch member is movable between the locking and unlocking positions.