TW201424503A - Enclosure - Google Patents

Abstract

A enclosure configured to accommodating a plurality of hard disk drives includes a bottom plate, a cover, a plurality of sidewalls perpendicularly connected between the bottom plate and the cover and parallel with each other, and a backplane perpendicularly mounted to the bottom plate and adjacent to the sidewalls. The hard disk drives are arranged between neighboring sidewalls. Each of the sidewalls includes a hook. The backplane defines a plurality of locking slots corresponding for the hooks of the sidewalls engaged therein. At least one latch member is attached to the backplane. The latch member includes a locking board movable back and forth. The locking board forms an pressing portion and a supporting portion are formed on a front end of the locking board. At least one abutting tab extends from a rear side of the cover. When the locking board is moved forwards to a locking position, the pressing portion press against a rear end of the abutting tab, and the supporting portion abut against a bottom side of the abutting tab.

Description

Chassis

The present invention relates to a chassis.

There are usually multiple hard disks in the server. The hard disks are housed in the chassis and plugged into the backplane. In the prior art, the backboard is mounted in the chassis by screws. The screw fixing method is inefficient and requires a lot of manpower.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a chassis that is easy to assemble and disassemble the backboard.

A chassis for receiving a plurality of hard disks, comprising a bottom plate, a cover plate, a plurality of side plates vertically disposed between the bottom plate and the cover plate, and a back plate vertically disposed at the bottom plate and adjacent to the rear end of the side plates a card, the hard disk is received between the side plates, each side plate is provided with a hook, the back plate is provided with a plurality of card slots for the hooks of the side plates, and at least one card member, the card The blocking member is provided with an abutting plate movable forward and backward. The front end of the abutting plate is provided with an abutting top and an abutting portion, and the rear side of the cover plate is provided with at least one tongue, and when the abutting plate moves forward to a latch In the position, the abutting top of the abutting plate abuts against the rear end of the tongue of the cover plate, and the abutting portion of the abutting plate is engaged under the tongue.

Compared with the prior art, the back plate of the chassis of the present invention is engaged with the hook of the side plate, and at the same time, the back plate can be fixed by the card member being stuck against the cover plate. Therefore, the disassembly and assembly of the back plate does not require a locking screw, which is convenient and quick.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a preferred embodiment of the chassis of the present invention includes a bottom plate 10 , a plurality of side plates 20 vertically disposed on the bottom plate 10 and spaced apart from each other, a cover plate 30 , a back plate 40 , and two latching members 50 .

The side panels 20 are adjacent to the front side of the bottom panel 10. An "L" shaped hook 21 is protruded from the rear end of each side panel 20. Each of the hooks 21 includes an extending portion 211 extending rearward from the side plate 20 and a latching portion 212 extending vertically upward from the rear end of the extending portion 211. A receiving space for receiving the hard disk is formed between the adjacent side plates 20. A plurality of locking portions 22 are provided at the top of each side panel 20. Each of the locking portions 22 is provided with a locking hole 221 .

The bottom plate 10 is provided with a plurality of convex hulls 11 at the rear of the side plates 20 and adjacent to the rear ends of the side plates 20.

The rear side of the cover 30 is provided with two tongues 31. The cover plate 30 is provided with a plurality of fixing holes 32 corresponding to the locking holes 221 of the side plates 20 .

The back plate 40 is spaced apart from the plurality of vertically extending card slots 41 and two mounting slots 43 in the middle of the back plate 40.

Referring to FIG. 2 , each of the latch members 50 includes a substrate 51 , two first hook arms 52 extending vertically from the substrate 51 and adjacent to the bottom of the substrate 51 , and the first hooks adjacent to the substrate 51 . a connecting plate 53 extending upwardly and forwardly from the arm 52, an abutting plate 54 connected to the top of the connecting plate 53, and a second hooking arm extending forward from the connecting plate 53 and adjacent to the abutting plate 54 55. The substrate 51 is provided with an operation hole 512 adjacent to the top thereof. The front end of each of the first hook arms 52 is provided with an upwardly protruding latch 521. A triangular abutting block 523 is protruded downward from a central portion of each of the first hook arms 52. A latching tooth 551 protrudes downward from a front end of the second hooking arm 55. The front and rear sides of the abutting plate 54 are upturned. A pressing portion 541 is disposed at the rear of the abutting plate 54. The front end of the abutting plate 54 is provided with an upwardly extending abutting portion 542 and a forwardly extending abutting portion 543.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, during installation, a plurality of fasteners are inserted through the fixing holes 32 of the cover plate 30 to lock the corresponding locking holes 221 of the side plates 20 to fix the cover plate 30 to the side plates 20 the top of. The first hooking arms 52 of the two latching members 50 are correspondingly passed through the two mounting slots 43 of the backing plate 40 from the rear to the front, and the second hooking arms 55 of the two latching members 50 are from the back to the front. Cross the top of the backing plate 40. The latching teeth 521 of the first hooking arms 52 and the latching teeth 551 of the second hooking arm 55 of the two latching members 50 are engaged with the front side of the backing plate 40, and the first hooks of the two latching members 50 The abutting block 523 of the arm 52 and the connecting plate 53 of the two latching members 50 respectively abut against the rear side of the backing plate 40, thereby fixing the two latching members 50 to the backing plate 40. The two latching members 50 are operated to vertically mount the backing plate 40 to the bottom plate 10 and abut against the front side of the convex hull 11 of the bottom plate 10. At the same time, the hooks 21 of the side plates 20 pass through the corresponding card slots 41 of the back board 40 such that the latching portions 212 of the hooks 21 abut against the rear side of the back board 40, thereby 11 together blocks the back plate 40 from moving backward. When the back plate 40 is mounted, the pressing portions 541 of the two latching members 50 are pressed toward the substrate 51 of the two latching members 50, so that the abutting plates 54 of the two latching members 50 are moved backward to avoid the abutment of the top plate 54. The portion 543 interferes with the cover plate 30, and at the same time, the connecting plate 53 of the two latching members 50 is elastically deformed. After the backing plate 40 is in place, the pressing portions 541 of the two latching members 50 are released, and the connecting plate 53 is elastically reset such that the abutting portions 543 of the two abutting plates 54 are inserted under the tongues 31 of the cover plate 30. The back plate 40 is blocked from moving upward. At the same time, the abutting tops 542 of the two abutting plates 54 block the rear end of the tongue 31 of the cover plate 30 to prevent the backing plate 40 from moving forward. At this time, the backing plate 40 is fixed.

When the backing plate 40 is removed, the pressing portions 541 of the two latching members 50 are pressed toward the substrate 51 of the two latching members 50, so that the abutting plates 54 of the two latching members 50 are moved backward, and the two abutting plates 54 are abutted. The bracket 543 is removed from the lower side of the tongue 31 of the cover plate 30 so that the back plate 40 can be moved upward, and the back plate 40 can be detached from the hooks 21 of the side plates 20 to remove the back plate 40. The operation holes 512 of the substrate 51 of the two card stoppers 50 are allowed to pass through the fingers of the operator for easy operation.

In summary, the present invention has indeed met the requirements of the invention patent, and has filed a patent application according to law. However, the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it is not possible to limit the scope of the patent application of the present invention. Equivalent modifications or variations made by persons skilled in the art in light of the spirit of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.

10. . . Bottom plate

11. . . Convex hull

20. . . Side panel

twenty one. . . Hook

211. . . Extension

212. . . Card stop

30. . . Cover

31. . . Tab

40. . . Backplane

41. . . Card slot

43. . . Mounting slot

50. . . Card stop

51. . . Substrate

512. . . Operating hole

52. . . First hook arm

521, 551. . . Card tooth

523. . . Offset block

53. . . Connection plate

54. . . Top plate

541. . . Pressing part

542. . . To the top

543. . . Reminder

55. . . Second hook arm

1 is an exploded perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the chassis of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the card stopper of Figure 1 in another perspective.

3 is a perspective assembled view of FIG. 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged view of a portion IV of Figure 3.

10. . . Bottom plate

20. . . Side panel

30. . . Cover

40. . . Backplane

50. . . Card stop

Claims (7)

A chassis for receiving a plurality of hard disks, comprising a bottom plate, a cover plate, a plurality of side plates vertically disposed between the bottom plate and the cover plate, and a back plate vertically disposed at the bottom plate and adjacent to the rear end of the side plates a card, the hard disk is received between the side plates, each side plate is provided with a hook, the back plate is provided with a plurality of card slots for the hooks of the side plates, and at least one card member, the card The blocking member is provided with an abutting plate movable forward and backward. The front end of the abutting plate is provided with an abutting top and an abutting portion, and the rear side of the cover plate is provided with at least one tongue, and when the abutting plate moves forward to a latch In the position, the abutting top of the abutting plate abuts against the rear end of the tongue of the cover plate, and the abutting portion of the abutting plate is engaged under the tongue. The chassis of claim 1, wherein the latching member further comprises a substrate and two first hooking arms extending vertically from the substrate, and each front end of the first hooking arm is provided with an upward convex The latching teeth of the first hooking arm are downwardly protruded from the middle of each of the first hooking arms, and the backing plate is provided with a mounting slot for the first hooking arm to pass through, and the latching teeth of the first hooking arm And the abutting block respectively abuts the front side and the rear side of the backboard. The chassis of claim 1 or 2, wherein the latching member further comprises a resilient connecting plate extending stepwise from the base plate and extending forwardly, the abutting plate being disposed at the top of the connecting plate . The chassis of claim 3, wherein the latching member further comprises a second hooking arm extending forwardly from the connecting plate and adjacent to the abutting plate, the front end of the second hooking arm being provided with a direction a lower protruding tooth, the second hooking arm crossing the top of the backboard, the engaging teeth of the second hooking arm and the connecting plate respectively abutting the front side and the rear side of the backboard. The chassis of claim 2, wherein the substrate is provided with an operation hole adjacent to the top. The chassis of claim 1, wherein a pressing portion is disposed at a rear portion of the abutting plate. The chassis of claim 1, wherein the bottom plate is provided with a plurality of convex hulls abutting against a rear side of the back plate.