TWI441012B - Fixing structure for hard disk - Google Patents

Description

Hard disk fixed structure

The present invention relates to a hard disk mounting structure, and more particularly to a hard disk mounting structure for use in a chassis of a server.

The server is the core computer that serves each computer in the network system. It can provide the functions of the disk and printing services required by the network users, and also allows each client to share resources in the network environment with each other. The basic structure of the server is roughly the same as that of a general personal computer. It consists of a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, and an input/output (I/O) device, and is connected by a bus. It is connected internally, connected to the central processing unit and memory through the north bridge chip, and connected to the input/output device through the south bridge chip. The server has undergone three evolutions in terms of chassis architecture: from early tower chassis to rack servers that emphasize centralized performance to high-density computing.

Taking the rack server as an example, the rack server is a server designed to have a uniform appearance and is used in conjunction with the cabinet. It can be said that the rack type is an optimized structure of the tower server, and its design purpose is mainly to minimize the occupation of the server space. Many professional network devices are rack-mounted, mostly flat, just like drawers. Such as switches, routers, hardware firewalls. The rack server has a width of 19 inches and a height in U (1U = 1.75 inches = 44.45 mm). There are usually 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, 5U, 7U standard servers.

Generally, the electronic devices in the chassis of the rack server, such as the motherboard module and the hard disk module, are usually arranged in a plane at the base of the chassis, and this is easy to cause heat dissipation and cannot be internal to the chassis. Space produces better usability, so how to think about the layout of related components in the chassis to improve the above problems has become a topic worthy of discussion.

The invention provides a hard disk fixing structure, which has better layout, operability and heat dissipation effect.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a hard disk fixing structure for fixing a hard disk in a chassis of a server. . The hard disk fixing structure includes a supporting member, a carrier and a plurality of buffer members. The support member is fixed to a base of the chassis. The hard disk is adapted to be assembled on the carrier, and the support member is coupled between the base and the carrier to support the carrier and the hard disk above the base. The cushioning member is embedded in the carrier and abuts against the hard disk, and the hard disk is supported on the portion of the cushioning member that protrudes from the carrier.

In an embodiment of the invention, the support member includes a plurality of support columns, and the carrier has a plurality of positioning holes. One end of each support column is erected on the base. The other end of each support column is clamped to the corresponding positioning hole.

In an embodiment of the invention, each of the support columns has a first latching portion. Each positioning hole has a through portion and a second latch portion. Each of the first latching portions passes through the through portion and moves toward the second latching portion to latch the first latching portion to the second latching portion.

In an embodiment of the invention, the opening area of the through portion is large The opening area of the second latching portion is greater than the cross-sectional area of the first latching portion.

In an embodiment of the invention, a plurality of first fasteners are further included, respectively passing through corresponding buffer members and locked to the hard disk to fix the hard disk on the carrier.

In an embodiment of the invention, the cushioning member is a set of rings (Grommet) embedded in the carrier.

In an embodiment of the invention, the carrier further has a locking portion, and the hard disk fixing structure further includes a protruding post and a second locking member. The stud is fixed on the base and has a screw hole. The second locking member passes through the locking portion and is locked in the screw hole to fix the carrier to the base.

In an embodiment of the invention, the orthographic projection of the hard disk on the carrier does not overlap the locking portion.

Based on the above, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the hard disk is assembled above the base of the chassis by the fixing structure formed by the support post and the carrier, except that the hard disk and the carrier are separated by The abutment of the cushioning member reduces the impact, and the hard disk is made higher than the inside of the chassis by using the above structure, and the server is changed from a planar layout to a spatial layout, thereby facilitating space utilization in the chassis. Moreover, since the hard disk disposed on the carrier and the other electronic devices in the chassis are in a positional relationship with each other in a height, the cooling airflow is respectively flowed through the electronic device to improve the heat dissipation effect inside the chassis.

The above described features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description.

1 is a schematic view of a hard disk fixing structure in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is an assembled view of the hard disk fixing structure of FIG. 1 assembled in a server. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 simultaneously, in the embodiment, the server 100 includes a chassis 110, a plurality of support columns 120, a plurality of carriers 130, and a plurality of electronic devices 140, wherein the electronic device 140 is, for example, a hard disk module. The embodiments are arranged in the chassis 110, but the embodiment is not limited thereto. Only one of the chassis 110 of the server 100 is shown as representative, and the technical features of the present invention are applicable to any of the chassis 110 in the server 100. Furthermore, the following description will be made by taking only one of the carriers 130 and the electronic device 140 (hard disk module) thereon as an example.

The chassis 110 has a base 112 on which the support posts 120 are disposed. The carrier 130 has a plurality of positioning holes 132 corresponding to the support columns 120, and one end of the support column 120 is latched in the corresponding positioning hole 132 to allow the carrier 130 to be detachably assembled to the support column by the positioning hole 132. 120. The electronic device 140 is disposed on the carrier 130 such that the support post 120 supports the carrier 130 and the electronic device 140 above the base 112. At this time, the electronic device 140 can utilize the fixed structure formed by the carrier 130 and the support post 120 to achieve the effect of being fixed in the chassis 110. Only the three supporting columns 120 are supported between the carrier 130 and the base 112 to maintain the carrier 130 and the electronic device 140 in a plane parallel to the plane 112. The present invention does not Limiting the number of support columns 120, the designer can rely on the internal space of the chassis 110 and related elements The configuration is appropriately adjusted. In addition, the present invention also does not limit the type of support post 120, that is, the designer can support the electronic device 140 and the carrier 130 on the base 112 of the chassis 110 by any support structure.

In detail, each of the support columns 120 has a first column 121, a second column 122 and a third column 123 coaxial with each other, wherein the second column 122 is located at the first column 121 and the third column Between the bodies 123, and the cross-sectional area of the second cylinder 122 is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the first cylinder 121 and the cross-sectional area of the second cylinder 123. Here, the cross-sections of the cylinders 121 to 123 are both cylinders. The axis is a normal cross section to form a first latch portion 124 having a "work" shape.

Moreover, each of the positioning holes 132 has a through portion 132a and a second latching portion 132b, wherein the opening area of the through portion 132a is larger than the opening area of the second latching portion 132b, and is lower than the support post 120, and supports The cross-sectional area of the first latch portion 124 of the post 120 is larger than the opening area of the second latch portion 132b of the positioning hole 132.

In other words, the orthographic projection areas of the respective portions on the base portion 112 are, in order from large to small, the through portions 132a, the first column 121, the third column 123, the second cassette portion 132b, and the second column 122. . Accordingly, the support post 120 moves toward the second latching portion 132b after the second post 122 and the third post 123 pass through the through portion 132a, so that the first latch portion 124 and the second latch portion 132b interfere with each other. The carrier 130 can be secured to the base 112 of the chassis 110 by the support posts 120.

3 is a schematic view of the carrier of FIG. 1 from another perspective. Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 at the same time. In this embodiment, the server 100 further includes a plurality of buffers. The punching members 150A, 150B and the plurality of first locking members 160, wherein the cushioning member 150A is, for example, a set of rings (Grommet) embedded in the carrier 130 and abutting between the electronic device 140 and the carrier 130. In other words, the electronic device 140 of the present embodiment is supported on the portion of the buffer member 150A protruding from the carrier 130 to allow the buffer member 150A to provide a buffering effect to the electronic device 140.

On the other hand, the buffer member 150B is a convex hull structure formed by performing a stamping process on the carrier 130 to abut against the electronic device 140. Both of them can utilize the structural buffering characteristics to provide a certain suspension effect to the electronic device 140 disposed on the carrier 130. In addition, the first fasteners 160 are respectively passed through the corresponding buffer members 150A or 150B and locked to the electronic device 140 to fix the electronic device 140 on the carrier 130.

In addition, the carrier 130 also has a locking portion 134 located at the side edge, and the orthographic projection of the electronic device 140 on the carrier 130 does not overlap the locking portion 134, that is, the locking portion 134 protrudes from the carrier. 130 is used to carry the range of the electronic device 140. The servo 100 further includes a protrusion 170 and a second fastener 180. The protrusion 170 is fixed on the base 112 and has a screw hole 172. Based on the above, when the carrier 130 is disposed above the base 112 of the chassis 110 by being engaged with the support post 120, the user can pass the second locking member 180 through the locking portion 134 and lock the protruding post. Inside the screw hole 172 of the 170, the carrier 130 is fixed to the stud 170, thereby completing the process of fixing the carrier 130 to the base 112.

In summary, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the hard disk module is assembled on the base of the chassis by the fixed structure formed by the support column and the carrier. Above the department, this allows the hard disk module to use the above structure to make it higher than the inside of the chassis, and to change the server from a flat layout to a spatial layout, thereby facilitating space utilization in the chassis. Moreover, since the hard disk module disposed on the carrier and the other electronic devices in the chassis are in a positional relationship with each other in a height, the heat dissipation airflow is respectively flowed through the electronic device to improve the heat dissipation effect inside the chassis.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the invention, and any one of ordinary skill in the art can make some modifications and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

100‧‧‧Server

110‧‧‧Chassis

112‧‧‧ base

120‧‧‧Support column

121‧‧‧First cylinder

122‧‧‧Second cylinder

123‧‧‧third cylinder

124‧‧‧ First card department

130‧‧‧ Carrier

132‧‧‧Positioning holes

132a‧‧‧through section

132b‧‧‧Second Card Department

134‧‧‧Locking

140‧‧‧Electronic devices

150A, 150B‧‧‧ cushioning parts

160‧‧‧First lock firmware

170‧‧‧Bump

172‧‧‧ screw hole

180‧‧‧Second lock firmware

1 is a schematic view of a hard disk fixing structure in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic view showing the assembly of the hard disk fixing structure of FIG. 1 in a server.

3 is a schematic view of the carrier of FIG. 1 from another perspective.

130. . . Carrier

132. . . Positioning hole

132a. . . Penetration

132b. . . Second card

134. . . Locking part

140. . . Electronic device

150A, 150B. . . Buffer

160. . . First lock firmware

Claims (7)

A hard disk fixing structure for fixing a hard disk in a chassis of a server, the hard disk fixing structure comprising: a supporting member fixed on a base of the chassis; a carrier, The hard disk is adapted to be assembled on the carrier, and the support member is coupled between the base and the carrier to support the carrier and the hard disk on the base; a plurality of buffer members are embedded in the Abutting against the hard disk in the carrier, and the hard disk is supported on a portion of the buffer protruding from the carrier; and a plurality of first locking members respectively passing through the corresponding buffer members and locking Secure to the hard disk to secure the hard disk to the carrier. The hard disk fixing structure according to claim 1, wherein the supporting member comprises a plurality of supporting columns, and the carrier has a plurality of positioning holes, one end of each of the supporting columns is erected on the base, each of the supports The other end of the column is clamped to the corresponding positioning hole. The hard disk fixing structure of claim 2, wherein each of the support columns has a first latching portion, and each of the positioning holes has a through portion and a second latching portion, wherein the supporting post is The first latching portion passes through the through portion and moves toward the second latching portion to latch the first latching portion to the second latching portion. The hard disk fixing structure according to claim 3, wherein an opening area of the through portion is larger than an opening area of the second opening portion, and an opening area of the second opening portion is smaller than the first opening portion Cross-sectional area. The hard disk fixing structure according to claim 1, wherein Each of the buffer members is a set of rings (Grommet) embedded in the carrier. The hard disk fixing structure according to claim 1, wherein the carrier further has a locking portion, and the hard disk fixing structure further comprises: a protruding post fixed on the base and having a screw hole And a second locking member that passes through the locking portion and is locked in the screw hole to fix the carrier to the base. The hard disk fixing structure according to claim 6, wherein the positive projection of the hard disk on the carrier does not overlap the locking portion.