TWI610502B - Expansion card assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

An expansion card combination includes a circuit board, an electrical connector, at least one fixed component, and an expansion card. The electrical connector is disposed on the circuit board. The fixing component includes a fixing base and a buckle. The fixing seat is installed on the circuit board. The buckle is pivoted on the fixing seat. The expansion card includes a card body and a release member. The card body includes a body portion and an electrical plug portion connected together. The body portion has at least one card slot. The release member is movably mounted on the card body. The electrical plug-in part is detachably inserted in the electrical connector. Wherein, the buckling member can be buckled into the card slot by the pressing force of the body portion, or can be driven away from the card groove and against the body portion of the card body by the pressing force of the release member.

Description

Expansion card combination

The invention relates to an expansion card combination, in particular to an expansion card combination with a built-in release member.

In the age of scientific and technological information, computers have become an indispensable necessity for people. In order to meet the increasing functional requirements of today's computers, functional cards such as sound cards, graphics acceleration cards or interface cards, network cards, M.2 cards and so on are installed in the function card slots of computer motherboards to enhance their additional use. Features. Generally speaking, today's products are designed to be light, thin, short, and small, and more expansion elements are arranged as densely as possible in a limited space to improve the performance of the product.

However, if the expansion elements are arranged too densely, adjacent expansion elements may interfere with assembly and disassembly of the expansion elements. Therefore, how to improve the convenience of disassembling and assembling the expansion components so that the assembler can easily disassemble and install the expansion components in a small chassis space is one of the problems that the R & D personnel should solve.

The present invention is to provide an expansion card combination, so as to solve the problem that it is difficult for an assembly person to easily disassemble and assemble an expansion element in a small cabinet space in the prior art.

The expansion card combination disclosed in one embodiment of the present invention includes a circuit board, an electrical connector, at least one fixed component, and an expansion card. The electrical connector is disposed on the circuit board. The fixing component includes a fixing base and a buckle. The fixing seat is installed on the circuit board. The buckle is pivoted on the fixing seat. The expansion card includes a card body and a release member. The card body includes a body portion and an electrical plug portion connected together. The body portion has at least one card slot. The release member is movably mounted on the card body. The electrical plug-in part is detachably inserted in the electrical connector. Wherein, the buckling member can be buckled into the card slot by the pressing force of the body portion, or can be driven away from the card groove and against the body portion of the card body by the pressing force of the release member.

According to the expansion card combination disclosed in the above embodiments, the buckling member can be buckled into the card slot due to the pressing force of the main body portion, or the buckling member can be driven out of the card slot and against the card body by the pressing force of the release member. The main body part, so the assembly personnel can indirectly pull the fastener through the release member and the card body to complete the assembly and disassembly of the expansion card. In this way, the assembler will not need to reach into the narrow space of the fastener to pull the fastener, thereby improving the convenience of assembling the expansion card.

The above description of the content of the present invention and the description of the following embodiments are used to demonstrate and explain the principle of the present invention, and provide further explanation of the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 is an exploded view of an expansion card combination according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partial exploded view of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the card body of FIG. 1 in contact with the buckle.

The expansion card combination 1 of this embodiment includes a circuit board 100, an electrical connector 200, a fixed component 300, and an expansion card 400.

The circuit board 100 is, for example, a motherboard. The electrical connector 200 is disposed on the circuit board 100. In this embodiment, the electrical connector 200 is, for example, an electrical connection slot through which an M.2 expansion card is inserted.

The fixing component 300 includes a fixing base 310 and a buckle 320. The fixing base 310 is mounted on the circuit board 100. The buckle 320 includes a pivoting portion 321, a buckling portion 322, a first pressure receiving portion 323, and a second pressure receiving portion 324. The pivoting portion 321 connects the buckling portion 322 and the first pressure receiving portion 323, and the second pressure receiving portion 324 is connected to the buckling portion 322. The pivoting portion 321 is pivotally mounted on the fixing base 310 through a pivot shaft 321a. The distance D1 from the pressure position of the first pressure receiving portion 323 to the center point of the pivot 321a is smaller than the distance D2 from the pressure position of the second pressure receiving portion 324 to the center point of the pivot 321a.

In addition, in this embodiment, the fixing base 310 further has a fixing groove 311, and the first pressure receiving portion 323 of the buckle 320 is located in the fixing groove 311. However, the invention is not limited to this. In other embodiments, the fixing seat may only provide a pivoting member without a fixing groove.

The fixing assembly 300 in this embodiment further includes an elastic member 330. The opposite ends of the elastic member 330 are respectively pressed against the buckling member 320 and the fixing base 310, so that the first pressure receiving portion 323 is normally farther away from the circuit board 100, and the buckling portion 322 is separated from the fixing groove 311 for subsequent expansion. Card 400 is inserted. The main body portion 411 of the card body 410 is inserted into the fixing groove 311

The expansion card 400 includes a card body 410 and a release member 440. The card body 410 includes a body portion 411 and an electrical plug portion 412 connected to each other. The main body portion 410 has at least one engaging slot 411a. The electrical plug-in portion 412 is detachably inserted into the electrical connector 200. Body part 411 It is detachably inserted into the fixing groove 311 to press the first pressure receiving portion 323 of the fastener 320 and drive the fastener portion 322 of the fastener 320 to be inserted into the groove 411 a of the body portion 411.

The release member 440 is movably mounted on the card body 410. In detail, the expansion card 400 further includes an assembly frame 420 and a supporting base 430. The assembly frame 420 is fixed to the main body portion 411 of the card body 410. The supporting base 430 is buckled on the assembly frame 420 and has a through slot 431. The release member 440 includes a head portion 441 and a body portion 442 connected to each other. The width of the head 441 is greater than the width of the body 442, and the head 441 is farther from the circuit board 100 than the body 442. The body 442 of the release member 440 is provided with a through slot 431 of the bearing seat 430 so that the release member 440 is displaced relative to the bearing seat 430 in a direction perpendicular to the circuit board 100. In other words, the release member 440 of this embodiment is mounted on the card body 410 through the assembly frame 420 and the bearing seat 430. In addition, the release member 440 can relatively approach the circuit board 100 in a direction perpendicular to the circuit board 100 and press against the second pressure receiving portion 324 to drive the buckling portion 322 out of the card slot 411a, and the first pressure receiving portion 323 can press against the card body. The main body portion 411 of 410 is close to one side of the circuit board 100.

The expansion card 400 in this embodiment further includes an elastic member 450. The elastic member 450 is connected to the supporting base 430 and the release member 440, so that the release member 440 faces the circuit board 100. In addition, when the body portion 411 of the card body 410 presses against the first pressure receiving portion 323 to drive the second pressure portion 324 against the release member 440, the head portion 441 of the release member 440 protrudes from the body portion of the card body 410. The top edge 411 b of 411 is convenient for the user to press the release member 440 above the card body 410.

Please refer to FIGS. 3 to 5. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the buckle of FIG. 1 fastened to the card body. FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the release member of FIG. 1 pressing the buckling member and disengaging the buckling portion from the buckling slot.

As shown in FIG. 3, press down the expansion card 400 in the direction indicated by the arrow a. The body portion 411 of the card body is inserted into the fixing groove 311 of the fixing base 310 and contacts the first pressure receiving portion 323 located in the fixing groove 311.

As shown in FIG. 4, continue to press down the expansion card 400 in the direction indicated by the arrow a, so that the first pressure receiving portion 323 is relatively close to the circuit board 100, and drive the fastener 320 to rotate in the direction indicated by the arrow b until the card The buckling portion 322 of the fastener 320 is buckled into the engaging groove 411 a of the body portion 411. During the rotation of the buckling member 320, the second pressure receiving portion 324 will push the release member 440 upward (in the direction indicated by the arrow c), so that the head 441 of the release member 440 protrudes from the card body 410.

As shown in FIG. 5, the release member 440 is depressed in the direction indicated by the arrow d, so that the release member 440 is pressed against the second pressure receiving portion 324, and the latching member 320 is driven to rotate in the direction indicated by the arrow e to make the card The buckling portion 322 of the fastener 320 is separated from the slot 411 a of the main body portion 411, and the first pressure receiving portion 323 is relatively far away from the circuit board 100, and the expansion card 400 is pushed up. Since the distance D1 from the pressure position of the first pressure receiving portion 323 to the center point of the pivot 321a is smaller than the distance D2 from the pressure position of the second pressure receiving portion 324 to the center point of the pivot 321a, the user can use the lever principle The expansion card 400 is jacked up in a less labor-intensive manner.

According to the expansion card combination of the above embodiment, the buckling member can be buckled into the card slot due to the pressing force of the main body portion, or the buckling member can be pushed out of the card slot and against the main body portion of the card body by the pressing force of the release member. Therefore, the assembler can complete the assembly and disassembly of the expansion card through the release member and the card body to indirectly pull the buckle. In this way, the assembly staff does not need to reach into the narrow space where the buckle is located to pull the buckle, thereby improving the convenience of assembling the expansion card.

In addition, since the distance from the pressure position of the first pressure receiving portion to the center point of the pivot is smaller than the distance from the pressure position of the second pressure receiving portion to the center point of the pivot, the user can pass through the lever The lever principle lifts up the expansion card in a less labor-intensive manner.

Although the present invention is disclosed in the foregoing preferred embodiments as above, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in similar arts can make some changes and retouch without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of patent protection of an invention shall be determined by the scope of patent application attached to this specification.

10‧‧‧Expansion Card Combination

100‧‧‧Circuit Board

200‧‧‧electrical connector

300‧‧‧Fixed components

310‧‧‧Fixed

311‧‧‧Fixed slot

320‧‧‧ Fastener

321‧‧‧ Pivot

321a‧‧‧ Pivot

322‧‧‧Deduction

323‧‧‧First pressurized part

324‧‧‧Second Pressure Section

330‧‧‧Elastic piece

400‧‧‧ Expansion Card

410‧‧‧card body

411‧‧‧Body

411a‧‧‧Card slot

411b‧‧‧Top margin

412‧‧‧electrical connector

420‧‧‧Assembly rack

430‧‧‧bearing seat

431‧‧‧through groove

440‧‧‧ release

441‧‧‧Head

442‧‧‧body

450‧‧‧Elastic piece

a ~ f‧‧‧ direction

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of an expansion card combination according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partial exploded view of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the card body of FIG. 1 in contact with the buckle. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the buckle of FIG. 1 fastened to the card body. FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the release member of FIG. 1 pressing the buckling member and disengaging the buckling portion from the buckling slot.

100‧‧‧Circuit Board

310‧‧‧Fixed

311‧‧‧Fixed slot

320‧‧‧ Fastener

321‧‧‧ Pivot

321a‧‧‧ Pivot

322‧‧‧Deduction

323‧‧‧First pressurized part

324‧‧‧Second Pressure Section

330‧‧‧Elastic piece

400‧‧‧ Expansion Card

410‧‧‧card body

411‧‧‧Body

411a‧‧‧Card slot

411b‧‧‧Top margin

420‧‧‧Assembly rack

430‧‧‧bearing seat

431‧‧‧through groove

440‧‧‧ release

441‧‧‧Head

442‧‧‧body

450‧‧‧Elastic piece

a‧‧‧direction

Claims (7)

An expansion card combination includes: a circuit board; an electrical connector provided on the circuit board; at least one fixed component including a fixing base and a buckle, the fixing base is installed on the circuit board, and the buckle And an expansion card including a card body, a release member, an assembly frame, and a bearing seat, the card body includes a body portion and an electrical plug portion connected to the body portion. It has at least one card slot, the release member can be movably installed on the card body, the electrical plug-in part is detachably inserted on the electrical connector, the assembly frame is installed on the card body, and the bearing seat is installed It is provided on the assembly frame and has a through slot, the release member includes a head and a body part, the head is farther from the body part than the circuit board, and the body part is provided with the through slot for displacement relative to the bearing seat; The buckle includes a pivot portion, a buckle portion, a first pressure receiving portion, and a second pressure receiving portion. The pivot connection portion connects the buckle portion and the first pressure receiving portion, and the second The pressure receiving part is connected to the buckle part, and the pivoting part is pivotally arranged on the fixing seat. The first pressure receiving part of the buckle can be received by the computer. Or the second pressured portion of the fastener is pressed by the release member to drive the fastener out of the groove and press against the body portion of the card body . According to the expansion card combination described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the fixing base has a fixing groove, and the first pressure receiving portion is located in the fixing groove, the body portion can be inserted into the fixing groove of the fixing base to resist Press the first pressure-receiving portion, and make the buckling portion buckle into the card slot. According to the expansion card combination described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the release member can be relatively close to the circuit board and press against the second pressured portion to drive the buckle portion out of the card slot to And the first pressured portion abuts against the body portion of the card body. According to the expansion card combination described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the fixing component further includes an elastic member, opposite ends of the elastic member are respectively pressed against the buckle member and the fixing base to make the first pressure The normal state is farther away from the circuit board. According to the expansion card combination described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the expansion card further includes an elastic member, the elastic member is connected to the bearing seat and the release member, so that the release member leans against the circuit board. According to the expansion card combination described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the pivotal portion is pivoted on the fixed base through a pivot, and the distance from the pressure position of the first pressure receiving portion to the center point of the pivot is less than The distance from the pressure position of the second pressure receiving portion to the center point of the pivot. The expansion card combination according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the body portion of the card body presses against the first pressured portion to drive the second pressured portion against the release member, the release member Protrudes from the top edge of the card body.