TWI633824B - Server with easy assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

A server includes a chassis shell, a motherboard, an insulating tray, and a connecting member, wherein the housing has a fixing slot formed in the slot and connected to the assembly slot, the insulating tray is disposed on the server Between the chassis and the motherboard, the connector includes a chassis connection end, a motherboard connection end, and a chassis retention portion. The chassis connection end is detachably disposed in the assembly slot. The connecting end is passed through the insulating tray and is coupled to the motherboard. The chassis holding portion is disposed between the connecting end of the chassis and the connecting end of the motherboard. The chassis holding portion is configured to be retained in the holding slot and the The connecting end of the chassis is for abutting against the slot wall that holds the slot.

Description

Easy to assemble server

The present invention relates to a server, and more particularly to a server that is easy to assemble.

With the continuous development of information technology, the network industry has ushered in a new wave of development, and there is also a large demand for server equipment. In particular, the emergence of Internet technologies, social media and big data technologies has prompted the Internet industry to become one of the fastest growing commercial markets for server purchases. In general, the server board is first mounted on a metal tray, and the server board is assembled with the metal tray on the server chassis to prevent the server board and the metal tray group. Direct contact causes short circuit. A plastic gasket is often placed between the servo main board and the metal tray. The plastic gasket needs to be installed separately in addition to one more material, which leads to an increase in server cost, which is not conducive to the market. Applications.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a server that is cost effective and easy to assemble to solve the above problems.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention discloses an easy-to-assemble server, comprising a chassis shell, a motherboard, an insulating tray, and a connecting member, wherein the housing has an assembly slot and a slot for communication. The motherboard has a motherboard joint portion, and the insulating tray is disposed between the chassis shell and the motherboard for assembling the motherboard to the chassis shell, the insulated tray has a tray The connecting portion includes a chassis connecting end portion, a motherboard connecting end portion, and a chassis holding portion. The chassis connecting end portion is detachably disposed in the assembly slot, and the motherboard connecting end portion is opposite to the chassis a connecting end portion, the main board connecting end portion passes through the tray insertion portion and is coupled to the main board connecting portion, the chassis holding portion is interposed between the chassis connecting end portion and the main board connecting end portion, wherein the chassis connecting end is When the connecting portion is disposed in the assembly slot and the connecting member is slid by the assembly slot to the retaining slot, the chassis retaining portion is retained in the retaining slot and the chassis connecting end abuts against the retaining slot Groove wall.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the connector further includes a tray joint portion between the connection end portion of the chassis and the chassis holding portion, the tray joint portion having a lower pressing body and protruding from the pressing body A positioning boss has a wall body and a through hole formed in the wall body. The positioning boss is disposed in the through hole, and the pressing body abuts against the wall body.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the pressing body defines an engaging groove between a side of the positioning boss and the connecting end of the chassis, and the engaging groove is configured to be engaged with the holding slot. Slot wall.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the chassis housing includes a main housing wall and a receiving housing wall protruding from the main housing wall, the assembly slot is formed on the main housing wall, and the retaining slot is formed therein. The housing wall is recessed to form a receiving space, and the connecting end of the housing is received in the receiving space.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the chassis housing further forms a guiding slot that communicates with the assembly slot and the retaining slot, the guiding slot guiding the chassis retaining portion to enter the assembly slot Holding the slot and guiding the connecting end of the chassis into the receiving space.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the motherboard further has at least one connection port, and the server further includes a shielding member coupled to the at least one connection port and the chassis housing.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the shielding member includes a grounding portion and a coupling portion connected to the grounding portion, the coupling portion is coupled to the at least one connecting port, and the grounding portion is electrically connected to the Chassis housing.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the insulating tray includes a main disc body and a plurality of reinforcing ribs protruding from the main disc body to reinforce the structural rigidity of the main disc body.

In summary, the present invention utilizes an insulating tray to assemble a motherboard to a chassis housing, and the insulating tray of the present invention can insulate the motherboard from the chassis when the motherboard is assembled on the chassis, so that the host There is no need to provide additional insulation gasket between the board and the insulation tray to save the cost of materials and assembly time, which helps to reduce the production cost of the server and is beneficial to the market. The above and other technical contents, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the embodiments of the invention.

The directional terms mentioned in the following embodiments, such as up, down, left, right, front or back, etc., refer to the direction of the additional drawing. Therefore, the directional terminology used is for the purpose of illustration and not limitation. Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a schematic exploded view of a server 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the server 1000 includes a chassis shell 1 , a motherboard 2 , an insulating tray 3 , and a connecting member 4 . The chassis housing 1 is used for accommodating the motherboard 2 , the insulating tray 3 and the connecting member. 4, the motherboard 2 is mounted on the chassis casing 1 via the connecting member 4 and the insulating tray 3. The number and arrangement position of the connecting members 4 are not limited to those illustrated in the drawings of the embodiment, and are determined according to actual needs.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 . FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the explosion of a part of the casing 1 , a part of the motherboard 2 , the partially insulated tray 3 and the connecting member 4 according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the casing 1 has an assembly slot 10, a retaining slot 11 and a guiding slot 15, and the guiding slot 15 communicates with the assembly slot 10 and holds the slot. 11. The retaining slot 11 is communicated to the assembly slot 10 via the guiding slot 15 and the guiding slot 15 can be used to guide the connector 4 into the retaining slot 11 from the assembly slot 10. The main board 2 has a main board joint portion 20. In this embodiment, the main board joint portion 20 can be an opening. The insulating tray 3 is disposed between the chassis casing 1 and the motherboard 2 and can be assembled and fixed to the chassis casing 1 by the connecting member 4. The insulating tray 3 has a tray through portion 30, and the connecting member 4 The device includes a chassis connecting end portion 40, a motherboard connecting end portion 41, a chassis holding portion 42 and a tray coupling portion 43. The chassis connecting end portion 40 is detachably disposed in the assembly slot 10, and the motherboard connecting end portion 41 is opposite to the motherboard. The chassis connection end portion 40, the main board connection end portion 41 passes through the tray insertion portion 30 and is coupled to the main board joint portion 20, and the chassis holding portion 42 is interposed between the chassis connection end portion 40 and the main board connection end portion 41, and the tray joint portion 43 is interposed between the chassis connection end 40 and the chassis holding portion 42.

In addition, the tray joint portion 43 of the connecting member 4 has a lower pressing body 430 and a positioning boss 431 protruding from the pressing body 430, and the pressing body 430 of the connecting member 4 is opposite to the side of the positioning boss 431 and the chassis connecting end. An engaging groove 432 is defined between the portions 40. The tray through portion 30 of the insulating tray 3 has a wall body 301 and a through hole 302 formed in the wall body 301. In this embodiment, the wall 301 protrudes from the insulating tray 3 toward the motherboard 2, and the insulating tray 3 is recessed toward the side of the chassis casing 1 to form an accommodating space 303. In addition, the casing 1 includes a main casing wall 12 and a receiving casing wall 13 protruding from the main casing wall 12. In this embodiment, the assembly slot 10 is formed on the main casing wall 12, and the retaining slot 11 is formed in the housing wall 13. The housing wall 13 is directed by the chassis casing 1 toward the insulating tray 3, so that the main casing wall 12 is opposite. A receiving space 14 is recessed on one side of the insulating tray 3.

In addition, the motherboard 2 further has at least one connection port 21 for forming communication with an external electronic device (for example, another server or the like), and the server 1000 further includes a shielding member 5 connected to the connection. The 埠21 and the chassis casing 1 and the shielding member 5 can be used to guide the noise on the iron casing of the connecting cymbal 21 to the casing 1 so that the noise is grounded via the casing 1. In this embodiment, the shielding member 5 can be made of a metal material and includes a grounding portion 50 and a coupling portion 51 connected to the grounding portion 50. The coupling portion 51 is coupled to the connecting port 21, and the grounding portion 50 is electrically connected. It is connected to the casing 1 , whereby the shielding member 5 can guide the noise on the iron casing of the connecting jaw 21 to the casing 1 . In addition, the insulating tray 3 includes a main disc body 31 and a plurality of reinforcing ribs 32. The plurality of reinforcing ribs 32 protrude from the main disc body 31 and serve to reinforce the structural rigidity of the main disc body 31. In this embodiment, the reinforcing ribs 32 are disposed on the side of the main disk body 31, and the number and arrangement positions of the reinforcing ribs 32 are not limited to those illustrated in the drawings of the embodiment, and are determined according to actual needs.

Please refer to FIG. 3 to FIG. 6 . FIG. 3 is a top view of a portion of the chassis 1 , a portion of the motherboard 2 , the partially insulated tray 3 , and the connecting member 4 of the server 1000 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the chassis 1 , a portion of the motherboard 2 , a portion of the insulating tray 3 , and the connecting member 4 along a section line XX. FIG. 5 is a partial chassis housing 1 of the server 1000 according to the embodiment of the present invention. A top view of a portion of the motherboard 2, the partially insulated tray 3 and the connector 4 in another state, and FIG. 6 is a partial chassis housing 1 , a portion of the motherboard 2 , a partially insulated tray 3 and a connector 4 shown in FIG. A schematic cross-sectional view along section line YY. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, when the main board connecting end portion 41 of the connecting member 4 passes through the through hole 302 of the tray piercing portion 30 and is coupled to the main plate joint portion 20 of the main board 2, the tray of the connecting member 4 is combined. The positioning boss 431 of the portion 43 is disposed in the through hole 302 of the tray insertion portion 30 to position the motherboard 2 and the insulating tray 3, and the pressing body 430 of the tray coupling portion 43 of the connector 4 abuts against the insulating tray The wall body 301 of the tray insertion portion 30 of the tray 4, that is, the cooperation of the main board connection end portion 41 of the connector 4 with the main board joint portion 20 of the main board 2 and the positioning boss 431 of the tray joint portion 43 of the connecting member 4 The engagement of the perforations 302 of the tray insertion portion 30 of the insulating tray 3 allows the motherboard 2 and the insulating tray 3 to be coupled and positioned.

It is to be noted that when the positioning boss 431 of the tray coupling portion 43 is disposed in the through hole 302 of the tray insertion portion 30, the pressing body 430 of the tray coupling portion 43 can be accommodated in the capacity of the tray insertion portion 30. Placed in space 303 (as shown in Figure 4). Further, the motherboard 2 and the insulating tray 3 can be assembled together with the connecting member 4 on the chassis casing 1. At this time, the chassis connecting end portion 40 of the connecting member 4 can pass through the assembling slot 10 of the chassis casing 1 first. Then, the motherboard 2 and the insulating tray 3 are moved from the position shown in FIG. 3 to the position shown in FIG. 5, at which time the connecting member 4 is driven to be guided by the assembling slot 10 via the guiding slot 15 Sliding to the retaining slot 11 , and when the connecting member 4 slides to the retaining slot 11 , the chassis retaining portion 42 of the connecting member 4 can be retained in the retaining slot 11 (as shown in FIG. 5 ), and the connecting member 4 The engaging groove 432 between the side of the pressing body 430 opposite to the positioning boss 431 and the chassis connecting end 40 is engageable with the groove wall of the holding slot 11 so that the connecting end of the connector 4 is connected. 40 abuts against the groove wall holding the slot 11 (as shown in Fig. 6).

It is worth mentioning that when the connecting member 4 self-assembling the slot 10 slides through the guiding slot 15 to the retaining slot 11, the slot wall of the guiding slot 15 can lift the connecting member 4, so that the connecting member 4 The chassis connecting end portion 40 can enter the receiving space 14 of the housing wall 13 of the chassis housing 1 , that is, the guiding slot 15 on the chassis housing 1 can be used to guide the chassis holding portion 42 of the connecting member 4 The assembly slot 10 enters the retaining slot 11 , and the guide slot 15 can guide the chassis connecting end portion 40 into the receiving space 14 , so that the chassis connecting end portion 40 is received in the receiving space 14 without protruding from the chassis shell. The lower surface of the body 1 to maintain the integrity of the lower surface of the chassis housing 1. Compared with the prior art, the present invention uses an insulating tray to assemble the motherboard to the chassis casing, and the insulating tray of the present invention can insulate the motherboard from the chassis casing when the motherboard is assembled on the chassis casing. There is no need to provide additional insulation gasket between the motherboard and the insulation tray to save the cost of materials and assembly time, which helps to reduce the production cost of the server and is beneficial to the market. The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all changes and modifications made to the scope of the present invention should be within the scope of the present invention.

1000 Server 1 Chassis Case 10 Assembly Slot 11 Retaining Slot 12 Main Shell Wall 13 Housing Wall 14 Housing Space 15 Guide Slot 2 Motherboard 20 Main Board Bonding Port 21 Connection 埠3 Insulation Tray 30 Tray Threading Section 301 Wall 302 Perforation 303 accommodating space 31 Main disk 32 Reinforcement rib 4 Connector 40 Chassis connection end 41 Main board connection end 42 Chassis holder 43 Tray joint 430 Pressing body 431 Positioning boss 432 Engagement slot 5 Shield 50 grounding part 51 coupling part XX, YY section line

FIG. 1 is a schematic exploded view of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded view of a portion of the chassis, a portion of the motherboard, a portion of the insulated tray, and the connector of the server according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a top view of a portion of a chassis, a portion of a motherboard, a partially insulated tray, and a connector of the server according to the embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the chassis housing, a portion of the motherboard, a portion of the insulating tray, and the connector shown in Figure 3 along section line X-X. FIG. 5 is a top view of a portion of a chassis housing, a portion of a motherboard, a partially insulated tray, and a connector of the server in another embodiment of the present invention. Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the chassis housing, a portion of the main board, a portion of the insulating tray, and the connecting member shown in Figure 5 along a section line Y-Y.

Claims (8)

An easy-to-assemble server includes: a chassis housing having a mounting slot formed therein and a retaining slot communicating with the assembly slot; a motherboard having a motherboard joint; and an insulating tray disposed on the chassis Between the chassis and the motherboard, the motherboard is assembled on the chassis, the insulating tray has a tray insertion portion, and a connecting member includes: a chassis connecting end, detachably The motherboard is connected to the assembly slot; a motherboard connection end is opposite to the chassis connection end, the motherboard connection end passes through the tray insertion portion and is coupled to the motherboard joint portion; and a chassis holding portion Between the connection end of the chassis and the connection end of the motherboard, when the connection end of the chassis is inserted through the assembly slot and the connector is slid by the assembly slot to the retention slot, the chassis retention portion is retained. In the holding slot, the connecting end of the chassis abuts against the slot wall of the retaining slot. The server of claim 1, wherein the connector further comprises: a tray joint portion between the connection end portion of the chassis and the chassis holding portion, the tray joint portion having a lower pressing body and protruding from the bottom a positioning boss of the pressing body, the tray penetrating portion has a wall body and a through hole formed on the wall body, the positioning boss is disposed in the through hole, and the pressing body abuts against the wall body. The server of claim 2, wherein the pressing body defines an engaging groove between a side of the positioning boss and the connecting end of the chassis, and the engaging groove is configured to be engaged with the holding The groove wall of the groove. The server of claim 3, wherein the chassis housing comprises a main housing wall and a receiving housing wall protruding from the main housing wall, the assembly slot is formed on the main housing wall, and the retaining slot is formed The receiving case wall is recessed to form a receiving space, and the connecting end of the case is received in the receiving space. The server of claim 4, wherein the chassis housing further forms a guiding slot that communicates with the assembly slot and the retaining slot, the guiding slot guiding the chassis retaining portion to be slotted by the assembly Entering the retaining slot and guiding the connecting end of the chassis into the receiving space. The server of claim 1, wherein the motherboard further has at least one connection port, and the server further comprises: a shielding member coupled to the at least one connection port and the chassis housing. The server of claim 6, wherein the shielding member comprises a grounding portion and a coupling portion connected to the grounding portion, the coupling portion is coupled to the at least one connecting port, and the grounding portion is electrically connected In the chassis housing. The server of claim 1, wherein the insulating tray comprises a main disc body and a plurality of reinforcing ribs, the plurality of reinforcing ribs projecting from the main disc body and for reinforcing the structural rigidity of the main disc body.