TWI725669B - Power supply housing adapted to redundant power supply module - Google Patents

Abstract

A power supply shell adapted to a redundant power supply module includes a shell, a partition, two panels and a back panel. The housing includes four side plates and an assembly space defined by the side plates. The partition divides the assembly space into a first subspace and a second subspace. The partition has two subspaces located in the first subspace. The first baffle and two second baffles located in the second subspace, the two first baffles define a first assembly area for providing a redundant power supply module configuration, and the two second baffles define One provides a second assembly area where the redundant power supply module is set up. The panel is arranged at one end of the assembly space and defines an entrance, the entrance is the entrance of the first assembly area and the second assembly area, and the back plate is arranged at the end of the assembly space where the panels are not provided.

Description

Power supply housing adapted to redundant power supply module

The invention relates to a power supply housing, in particular to a power supply housing adapted to a redundant power supply module.

According to the investigation, US10,401,923 discloses a casing that includes a first body, at least one guide piece, and a locking plate. The first body has a accommodating at least two redundant power supplies (ie In the internal space of the redundant power supply module referred to herein, the guide piece is arranged on an inner side wall of the internal space, the locking plate is installed on the first body, and the locking plate extends inward to form a frame The locking plate is used to lock the casing in the main box of a desktop computer.

In the second investigation, CN209433362U revealed an ATX specification power supply with a redundant power supply architecture. The ATX specification power supply includes a chassis, multiple power modules (the redundant power modules referred to in this article), and a power modulation module. Group and a power integrated backplane. The case has an ATX specification shell and a frame arranged in the ATX specification shell. The ATX specification shell is hollow and is formed with an assembly entrance and at least one opening. The frame has a frame enclosing an installation space, and a plurality of settings are provided. A first partition on the frame and located in the installation space and two second partitions spaced apart from the frame to define a modulation module assembly area, the first partitions define the installation space A plurality of power module assembly areas are out. The power modules are respectively arranged in the power module assembling areas through the assembling entrance, and each power module has to independently perform extraction operations with respect to the chassis. The power modulation module is installed in the modulation module assembly area through the assembly entrance, and has to be independently drawn from the chassis. The power integration backplane is provided in the ATX enclosure corresponding to the opening and has a plurality of Respectively connected to the power modules A connection port, a second connection port connected to the power modulation module, and a plurality of power output ports facing the opening.

From the drawing of US10,401,923, it can be understood that US10,401,923 is defined by a plurality of the guide pieces (13 marked in Figure 1 of the patent) provided in the first body to provide at least two backups. The internal space of the integrated power supply. Although this implementation may seem to have a simple structure, in fact, the first body can be greatly modified to meet the demand, and the guide pieces need to cooperate with each other to make the backup. The type power supply is indeed installed in it. In addition, the solution disclosed in US10,401,923 will be difficult to fine-tune the backup power supply of different sizes after the chassis is developed. It is necessary to remove all the guide pieces and reinstall them to meet the requirements. The other guide piece.

Furthermore, CN209433362U uses a frame set in the ATX specification housing to define the space for the power supply modules. Although the solution disclosed in the patent can reduce the degree of modification of the ATX specification housing, the frame is used for Defining the space, the cost of development will be greatly increased, and the frame can not be installed in the ATX specification shell by itself, but needs to be matched with a bearing and its own positioning structure to be accurately positioned in the ATX specification shell. There is a structure complicated question.

The main purpose of the present invention is to solve the problem of complex structure existing in conventional implementation schemes.

To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a power supply housing adapted to a redundant power supply module, which includes a housing and a partition assembled in the housing, two panels mounted on the housing, and a housing The backplane on the shell. The casing includes four side plates, an assembly space defined by the side plates, and the side plates are opposite to each other. The partition is assembled to two opposing ones of the side plates, and the partition divides the assembly space into a first sub-space and a second sub-space Between, the partition has two first baffles located in the first subspace and respectively defining the extension lines of the two baffles, and two second baffles located in the second subspace and arranged corresponding to the extension lines of the two baffles , The two first baffles are spaced apart and define a first assembly area where the redundant power supply module is provided, and the two second baffles are spaced apart and define a first assembly area where the redundant power supply module is provided In the second assembly area, the partition is provided with a first positioning hole corresponding to the first assembly area and provided with a positioning spring to which the redundant power supply module belongs on the integrally formed structure or an additional plate. The partition has A connecting plate located in the second subspace, the connecting plate is aligned with one of the second baffles and is formed with a second positioning hole for providing the positioning elastic piece. The two panels are provided at one end of the assembly space opening and respectively cover parts of the opening. The part of the opening that is not shielded by the two panels forms an entrance, and the entrance serves as the entrance of the first assembly area and the second assembly area The entrance area of the first assembly area is equal to the entrance area of the second assembly area, and the back plate is arranged at an end of the assembly space where the panels are not provided.

In an embodiment, the two panels are respectively integrally formed with one of the adjacent side panels.

In one embodiment, the side panels are divided into two longitudinal side panels and two lateral side panels, and each longitudinal side panel is integrally formed with one of the adjacent lateral side panels.

In one embodiment, the two first baffles are formed by two first plates assembled on the partition.

In one embodiment, the two first baffles and the two second baffles are respectively integrally formed by the partition.

In one embodiment, the power supply housing has a set of connecting pieces connected to the partition, aligned with one of the first baffles, and formed with the first positioning hole.

In one embodiment, the two first baffles are integrally formed by the partition.

In an embodiment, the two second baffles are integrally formed by the partition.

In one embodiment, the two second baffles are formed by two second plates assembled on the partition.

In one embodiment, the width and height of the casing are PS2 specifications, and the widths of the first assembly area and the second assembly area are CRPS specifications.

Through the foregoing implementation of the present invention, compared with the conventional ones, the present invention has the following characteristics: the present invention only needs to provide the partition in the casing, and the partition is defined by the first baffles and the second baffles on the partition. The first assembly area and the second assembly area provided by the redundant power supply module can reduce the modification of the casing itself. In addition, the present invention achieves the effect of distinguishing space with a concise structure, and can specifically solve the structural complexity problem caused by the conventional structure.

10: Power supply housing

11: shell

111: side panel

112: Assembly space

113: Longitudinal side panels

114: horizontal side panel

115: first subspace

116: second subspace

12: divider

121: first baffle

122: second baffle

123: connecting wall

124: The first assembly area

125: second assembly area

126, 127: width

128: connecting board

129: second positioning hole

13: Panel

131: Entrance

14: The first plate

141: The first positioning hole

15: connecting piece

151: First Piercing

16: backplane

161: Second Piercing

20, 21: Redundant power supply module

201: positioning shrapnel

202, 212: shell

22: Power integrated backplane

221, 222: electrical connection port

30: power supply

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a power supply housing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the structure of a power supply housing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a power supply housing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of the structure of a power supply housing according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a side structure of a power supply housing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram (1) of an implementation of a power supply housing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram (2) of an implementation of a power supply housing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The terms "first" and "second" used in the following description are intended to distinguish the same components, not to limit the order of these components. On the other hand, the directional terms defined later in this article are based on the drawings in this article, and do not limit the directionality of the components of this case. Those skilled in the art will understand that the direction of the drawing in this article will be related to the direction of the related components. The detailed description and technical content of the present invention are now described in conjunction with the drawings as follows: 1 to 5, the present invention provides a power supply housing 10, including a housing 11, a partition 12 provided in the housing 11, two panels 13 provided on the housing 11 and a A back plate 16 provided on the housing 11. The housing 11 includes four side plates 111 and an assembly space 112 defined by the side plates 111. The side plates 111 are opposed to each other so that the housing 11 is formed into a rectangular shape. Further, the side plates 111 can be It is divided into two longitudinal side plates 113 and two horizontal side plates 114. In an embodiment, each of the longitudinal side plates 113 can be integrally formed with one of the adjacent lateral side plates 114, that is, the housing 11 will be composed of two L-shaped half shells, as shown in FIG. 2 Show. In addition, in one embodiment, the width and height of the casing 11 are PS2 specifications. In other words, the casing 11 is the size of a power supply commonly installed in a computer case.

Please also refer to FIG. 3, the partition 12 is assembled to two of the side plates 111 opposite to each other. In the embodiment depicted in the drawing, the partition 12 is assembled with the two longitudinal side plates 113. Moreover, the partition 12 divides the assembly space 112 into a first sub-space 115 and a second sub-space 116. The partition 12 has two sections located in the first sub-space 115 and respectively define two baffle extension lines. A first baffle 121 and two second baffles 122 located in the second subspace 116 and corresponding to the extension line of the second baffle. Wherein, two opposite end edges of the partition member 12 can respectively form a connecting wall 123 that is assembled with one of the side plates 111, and the two connecting walls 123 can respectively face the first sub-space 115 and the second sub-space 116, Just as shown in Figure 3. In addition, the two first baffles 121 are spaced apart to define a first assembly area 124, and the two second baffles 122 are spaced apart to define a second assembly area 125. In one embodiment, the widths (126, 127) of the first assembly area 124 and the second assembly area 125 are CRPS specifications, and the so-called CRPS specifications are commonly used in today's redundant power modules. Do not repeat it. Furthermore, the length of the partition 12 in the assembly space 112 of the present invention is not equal to The overall length of the casing 11 is limited, and the length of the partition 12 can be shorter than the overall length of the casing 11. Accordingly, the lengths of the first baffles 121 and the second baffles 122 of the present invention are not limited to be equal to the overall length of the casing 11, but can be adjusted with the length of the partition 12. In addition, the heights of the first baffles 121 and the second baffles 122 of the present invention can also be adjusted according to implementation requirements, not limited to the height of contact with one of the side plates 111. In addition, the first baffle 121 referred to in the present invention may be composed of a plurality of components located on the same extension line, and is not limited to a single member. For the same reason, the second baffle 122 referred to in the present invention may also be It is composed of multiple components located on the same extension line, and is not limited to a single component.

In addition, the two first baffles 121 of the present invention can be formed by two first plates 14 assembled on the partition 12, or the partition 12 is integrally formed. In the same way, the two second baffles 122 may also be formed by two second plates (not shown in the figure) assembled on the partition 12, or may be integrally formed by the partition 12. 2 and 3, in this embodiment, the two first baffles 121 are formed by the two first plates 14 assembled on the partition 12, and the two first plates 14 One of them is further formed with at least one first positioning hole 141, and the first positioning hole 141 provides a positioning spring 201 (as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7) to which a redundant power supply module 20 (or 21) belongs. Among them, the positioning spring 201 has already been an existing structure on the redundant power supply module 20 (or 21), which will not be repeated here. In the same embodiment, the two second baffles 122 are integrally formed by the partition 12. Moreover, in this embodiment, the partition 12 has a connecting plate 128 located in the second subspace 116, and the connecting plate 128 is located on an extension line of one of the second baffle plates 122, that is, the connecting plate 128 The plate 128 is aligned with one of the second baffles 122. In addition, the connecting plate 128 is formed with a second positioning hole 129 provided with the positioning elastic piece 201.

Please also refer to FIGS. 2 to 4, in the embodiment disclosed in the drawings, the two first baffles 121 and the two second baffles 122 are respectively integrally formed by the partition 12. Further, in this embodiment, in addition to being formed with the connecting plate 128, the partition 12 is also assembled with a connecting piece 15 located in the first sub-space 115 and connected to one of the connecting pieces 15 The first baffle 121 is aligned, the connecting piece 15 and the connecting plate 128 are located on the same axis, and the connecting piece 15 is formed with at least one first perforation 151 with the same function as the first positioning hole 141, that is to say , The first perforation 151 can provide the positioning elastic piece 201 to be clamped therein. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the connecting piece 15 is not an integral member of the partition 12, but an independent member.

On the other hand, the two panels 13 are provided at one end opening of the assembly space 112, and the two panels 13 are spaced apart to define an entrance 131 whose size is equal to the size of the first assembly area 124 and the second assembly area 125 The cross-sectional area is added up. In other words, the two panels 13 are not covered by the first assembly area 124 and the second assembly area 125, the inlet 131 communicates with the first assembly area 124 and the second assembly area 125, and the first assembly area 124 and the second assembly area 125 are connected. The entrance area of the assembly area 124 is equal to the entrance area of the second assembly area 125. In an embodiment, the two panels 13 are respectively integrally formed with one of the adjacent side panels 111, that is, each of the panels 13 can be integrally formed with one of the longitudinal side panels 113 or one of the lateral side panels 114. Furthermore, the two panels 13 can also be integrally formed with one of the longitudinal side panels 113 and one of the lateral side panels 114 adjacent to the longitudinal side panels 113, as shown in FIG. 2. Please refer to FIGS. 2 to 4 again, the back plate 16 is disposed at one end of the assembly space 112 where the panels 13 are not provided, that is, the back plate 16 and the panels 13 are respectively located on opposite sides of the housing 11 At the end, the back plate 16 is formed with at least one second perforation 161, and the second perforation 161 can be provided with a wire harness or a connector to pass through according to the implementation.

In conclusion, many parts of the power supply housing 10 of the present invention are implemented by metal plates. Those skilled in the art can already know how to process metal plates to form the integrally formed structure of the present invention. Therefore, this article I will not repeat them here.

In the present invention, the partition 12, the two first baffles 121, and the two second baffles 122 define the first assembly area 124 and the second assembly area where the redundant power supply module 20 (or 21) is placed. In the area 125, compared with conventional use, the present invention does not need to install a guide on the inner edge of the housing 11, and there is no need to add a sub-housing to the housing 11, so that the structure of the power supply housing 10 is improved. To simplify.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 to 7 again. The power supply housing 10 of the present invention can be implemented with at least two redundant power supply modules 20 and 21 to form a power supply 30. In addition, the two redundant power supply modules 20 and 21 have a housing 202 and 212 respectively. When assembling, a power integration backplane 22 that cooperates with the two redundant power supply modules 20, 21 is set in the housing 10, and the two electrical connection ports 221, 222 on the power integration backplane 22 are respectively located in the In the first assembly area 124 and the second assembly area 125. In addition, the first assembly area 124 and the second assembly area 125 respectively provide one of the redundant power supply modules 20 (or 21) in which the redundant power supply modules 20 (or 21) are arranged, and the two redundant power supply modules 20, 21 pass through the two electrical connection ports. After 221 and 222 are electrically connected to the power integration backplane 22, the aforementioned power supply 30 is completed. In addition, the power integration backplane 22 referred to herein is not the aforementioned backplane 16, and the power integration backplane 22 can be understood by the applicant of this case by applying patents US9,448,605 and US9,401,627, but the foregoing patent disclosure is not intended to limit The implementation of the power integration backplane 22 of the present invention. In summary, the present invention is applied to the power supply housing 10 of a general desktop computer. The redundant power modules 20, 21 and the power integrated backplane 22 are used to build a redundant power supply system (Redundant Power System), so that the power supply 30 The power density can be greatly improved. In addition, the power supply stability of the power supply 30 can also be improved due to the redundant power supply system.

The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and should not be used to limit the scope of implementation of the present invention, that is, all equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application of the present invention should still be covered by the patent of the present invention.

10: Power supply housing

11: shell

111: side panel

113: Longitudinal side panels

114: horizontal side panel

12: divider

121: first baffle

122: second baffle

128: connecting board

129: second positioning hole

13: Panel

131: Entrance

14: The first plate

141: The first positioning hole

Claims (13)

A power supply housing adapted to a redundant power supply module includes: a housing, the housing includes four side plates and an assembly space defined by the side plates, the side plates are opposed to each other in pairs; a partition, assembly Connected to two opposing ones of the side plates, the divider divides the assembly space into a first subspace and a second subspace, and the divider has two baffles located in the first subspace and respectively define two baffles The first baffle of the extension line and the two second baffles located in the second subspace and arranged corresponding to the extension line of the two baffles, the two first baffles are spaced apart and define a configuration that provides a redundant power supply module Among them, the first assembly area, the two second baffles are spaced apart and define a second assembly area where the redundant power supply module is arranged, and the partition is provided with a self-integrated structure or an additional board Corresponding to the first assembly area and providing a first positioning hole provided by a positioning spring to which the redundant power supply module belongs, the partition has a connecting plate located in the second subspace, and the connecting plate is aligned with one of the second subspaces. The baffle is also formed with a second positioning hole for providing the positioning spring; two panels are provided at one end of the assembly space opening and respectively cover the part of the opening, and the part of the opening that is not shielded by the two panels forms an entrance, the The entrance is used as the entrance of the first assembly area and the second assembly area, the entrance area of the first assembly area is equal to the entrance area of the second assembly area; and a back plate is provided in the assembly space without the One end of these panels. According to claim 1, the power supply housing adapted to the redundant power supply module, wherein the two panels are respectively integrally formed with one of the adjacent side panels. The power supply housing adapted to the redundant power supply module according to claim 2, wherein the side panels are divided into two longitudinal side panels and two horizontal side panels, and each of the longitudinal side panels is connected to Adjacent one of the lateral side plates is integrally formed. The power supply housing adapted to a redundant power supply module according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the width and height of the housing are PS2 specifications, and the widths of the first assembly area and the second assembly area It is CRPS specification. The power supply housing adapted to the redundant power supply module according to claim 1, wherein the two first baffles are formed by two first plates assembled on the partition. According to claim 1, the power supply housing adapted to the redundant power supply module, wherein the two first baffles are integrally formed by the partition. The power supply housing adapted to the redundant power supply module according to claim 5, wherein the width and height of the housing are PS2 specifications, and the widths of the first assembly area and the second assembly area are CRPS specifications. According to any one of claims 1 to 3, the power supply housing adapted to a redundant power supply module, wherein the two first baffles and the two second baffles are respectively integrally formed by the partition. The power supply housing adapted to the redundant power supply module according to claim 8, wherein the power supply housing has a set connected to the partition and aligned with one of the first baffles and formed with the first baffle The connecting piece of the positioning hole. The power supply housing adapted to the redundant power supply module according to claim 9, wherein the width and height of the housing are PS2 specifications, and the widths of the first assembly area and the second assembly area are CRPS specifications. According to any one of claims 1 to 3, the power supply housing adapted to a redundant power supply module, wherein the two first baffles are integrally formed by the partition. Adapt the power supply of the redundant power supply module as described in any one of claim 1 to 3 The housing of the device, wherein the two second baffles are integrally formed by the partition. According to any one of claims 1 to 3, the power supply housing adapted to a redundant power supply module, wherein the two second baffles are formed by two second plates assembled on the partition.

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