TWI747324B - Fixing assembly for storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

A fixing assembly includes a frame body, a circuit board, a mount seat, and a fixing component. The frame body has an accommodation space, a first opening, a second opening and a mount portion. The accommodation space of the frame body is configured to accommodate a storage device. The first opening and the second opening of the frame body are connected to two opposite sides of the accommodation space of the frame body. The mount portion protrudes from the first opening of the frame body. The circuit board is fixed to the mount portion of the frame body. The circuit board has a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector located at two opposite surfaces of the circuit board. The first electrical connector and the second electrical connector have different interfaces. The first electrical connector is configured for an insertion of the storage device. The mount seat is configured to be fixed on a casing and has a first guide portion, and the frame body has a second guide portion. The first guide portion and the second guide portion are cooperated with each other so as to guide the movement of the frame body with respect to the mount seat. The fixing component is configured to fix the frame body to the mount seat.

Description

Hard Disk Fixing Components

The invention relates to a hard disk fixing assembly, in particular to a hard disk fixing assembly with a fixed hard disk rack and a circuit board.

Generally speaking, the server is equipped with multiple hard disks for storing information, programs, files, etc. In the past, the hard disk on the server did not care about 2.5 or 3.5 inch hard disk drive (HDD), but in order to read and write data faster, the industry developed a solid-state drive (solid-state drive, abbreviated as HDD). SSD). Since solid-state hard drives were relatively expensive when they first came out, they were not commonly used at that time.

However, with the advancement of technology, the current price of solid-state hard drives has met the requirements of users, so current users are gradually applying solid-state drives to servers. However, the design of the server's chassis only complies with the traditional 2.5 or 3.5-inch mechanical hard drives. If you want the server to be equipped with a solid state drive, you need to redesign the server's chassis to fit the solid state drive's chassis. . On the other hand, different users have different needs. Some may choose to equip the server with traditional 2.5- or 3.5-inch mechanical hard drives, but some may choose to carry faster solid-state drives, so in order to cater for various According to demand, manufacturers may have to develop enclosures for hard drives that meet different specifications, which will increase the cost of the server.

The present invention is to provide a hard disk fixing assembly, so as to solve the problem of server cost increase caused by the development of hard disk housings conforming to different specifications in the prior art.

A hard disk fixing assembly disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention is used for accommodating a hard disk and installed in a casing. The hard disk fixing assembly includes a hard disk rack, a circuit board, an assembly base and a fixing part. The hard disk rack has an accommodating space, a first port, a second port, and an assembling protrusion. The accommodating space is used for accommodating the hard disk, the first through opening and the second through opening are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the accommodating space, and the assembling protrusion protrudes from the first through opening. The circuit board is fixed on the assembling convex part of the hard disk rack, and the circuit board has a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector respectively located on two opposite surfaces. The interface of the first electrical connector is different from that of the second electrical connector, and the first electrical connector is used for hard disk insertion. The assembling base is used to be fixed to the casing, the assembling base has a first guiding portion, the hard disk rack has a second guiding portion, and the first guiding portion and the second guiding portion cooperate with each other to guide the hard disk rack relative to The assembly base moves. The fixing member is used for fixing the hard disk rack to the assembly base.

According to the hard disk fixing assembly disclosed in the above embodiment, because the hard disk rack is used to be installed on the casing, and the circuit board is fixed on the hard disk rack, and has a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector with different interfaces. Electrical connector, so the hard disk can be installed in the case through the hard disk rack, and electrically connected to other electronic components (such as the motherboard) through the second electrical connector through the first electrical connector on the circuit board . Therefore, through the transfer of the hard disk rack and the circuit board fixed to the hard disk rack, the hard disk can be installed on a chassis that was not originally designed for its specifications, so the manufacturer does not need to design another type specifically for hard disks of different specifications. Housing, which can reduce the production cost of the server.

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 to provide a further explanation of the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 to 4. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the hard disk fixing assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded schematic diagram of the hard disk fixing assembly of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic diagram of the hard disk rack of the hard disk fixing assembly of FIG. 1. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the hard disk fixing assembly of FIG. 1.

In this embodiment, the hard disk fixing assembly 1 is used for accommodating at least one hard disk 2 and is installed in a casing (not shown). The case is, for example, the case of a server, and the hard disk 2 is, for example, a solid-state hard disk. The hard disk fixing assembly 1 includes a hard disk rack 10 and a circuit board 20. In addition, in this embodiment or other embodiments, the hard disk fixing assembly 1 further includes a plurality of limiting members 30.

The hard disk rack 10 includes a bottom portion 11 and a top portion 12. The bottom 11 and the top 12 are U-shaped plates, for example. The two opposite sides of the bottom 11 and the two opposite sides of the top 12 are fixed by riveting, for example, so that the bottom 11 and the top 12 together form an accommodation space 13, a first port 14 and a second port 15. . The first port 14 and the second port 15 are connected to two opposite sides of the accommodating space 13.

In this embodiment, the bottom 11 of the hard disk rack 10 has an inner bottom surface 111 facing the accommodating space 13, and the top 12 of the hard disk rack 10 also has an inner top surface 121 facing the inner bottom surface 111. The limiting members 30 are arranged on the inner bottom surface 111 of the bottom 11, and the limiting members 30 are arranged on a plurality of separated first straight lines S1. These first straight lines S1 extend from the second port 15 of the hard disk rack 10 toward the first port 14 and are parallel to each other. The top 12 of the hard disk rack 10 also has a plurality of limiting structures 122. These limiting structures 122 are formed by stamping, for example. The limiting structures 122 are arranged on a plurality of separated second straight lines S2, and the second straight lines S2 extend from the second port 15 of the hard disk rack 10 toward the first port 14 and are parallel to each other. In this embodiment, the second straight lines S2 are parallel and correspond to the first straight lines S1, respectively, and the limiting members 30 on the two adjacent first straight lines S1 and the two adjacent first straight lines S1 correspond to the two adjacent first straight lines S1. The limiting structures 122 on the two straight lines S2 together form a hard disk slot 16. The hard disk slot 16 is used for inserting the hard disk 2, and the limiting member 30 and the limiting structure 122 can prevent the hard disk 2 from being skewed.

In this embodiment, the limiting members 30 are also arranged on a plurality of separated third straight lines S3, and the third straight lines S3 are perpendicular to the first straight lines S1. On the other hand, the limiting structures 122 are also arranged on a plurality of separated fourth straight lines S4, and the fourth straight lines S4 are perpendicular to the second straight lines S2. The distance T1 between two adjacent limiting members 30 on one of the third straight lines S3 is greater than the distance T2 between two adjacent limiting structures 122 on one of the fourth straight lines S4. That is, from FIG. 4, each hard disk slot 16 is formed in a configuration in which the width of the lower part is greater than the width of the upper part, so as to ensure that the hard disk 2 is inserted into the hard disk slot 16 correctly.

In this embodiment, the top 12 of the hard disk rack 10 may further have two opposite assembling protrusions 123. The second assembling protrusion 123 protrudes from the first through opening 14. The circuit board 20 is fixed to the two assembling protrusions 123 by way of screw locking, for example. Among them, the number of assembling protrusions 123 is not limited to two. In other embodiments, the top of the hard disk rack may only have one assembling protrusion.

The circuit board 20 has a plurality of first electrical connectors 21 and a plurality of second electrical connectors 22. The first electrical connector 21 and the second electrical connector 22 are respectively located on two opposite surfaces of the circuit board 20. Wherein, the first electrical connector 21 and the second electrical connector 22 have different interfaces. The first electrical connector 21 is used for plugging in the hard disk 2, and the second electrical connector 22 is used for passing through a cable (not shown). ) It is electrically connected to the main board of the server (not shown).

In this embodiment, the number of the first electrical connector 21 and the second electrical connector 22 is not limited to more than one. In other embodiments, the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector may be single.

In addition, the bottom 11 of the hard disk rack 10 may further have a plurality of stop structures 112. The stop structures 112 protrude from the inner bottom surface 111 of the bottom 11 and are respectively located on one side of the hard disk slots 16 adjacent to the first through opening 14. In this way, when the hard disk 2 is inserted into the hard disk slot 16, a stopping effect is provided to prevent the hard disk 2 from being over-inserted.

In this embodiment, the hard disk fixing assembly 1 may further include a front panel 40. The front panel 40 is detachably installed at the second port 15 of the hard disk rack 10. The front panel 40 is used to shield electromagnetic interference and provide the effect of stopping the hard disk 2.

In addition, the hard disk fixing assembly 1 may further include an assembly base 50 and a fixing member 60. The assembly base 50 is used to be fixed to the casing. The assembly base 50 has a first guide portion, and the top 122 of the hard disk rack 10 has a second guide portion. The first guide portion of the assembly base 50 cooperates with the second guide portion of the top 122 of the hard disk rack 10 to provide a guiding effect when the hard disk rack 10 moves relative to the assembly base 50. For example, the first guide portion of the assembly base 50 has two opposite guide protrusions 51, and the second guide portion of the top 12 of the hard disk rack 10 has two opposite guide grooves 124. The two guiding protrusions 51 of the assembly base 50 are respectively movably located in the two guiding grooves 124. The two guiding grooves 124 have the same structure, so only one of the guiding grooves 124 will be described in detail below. The guiding groove 124 has an inlet section 1241 and an extension section 1242 connected to each other. The end of the inlet section 1241 away from the extension section 1242 is adjacent to the first port 14 and communicates with the outside, and the width of the inlet section 1241 gradually decreases from the end of the inlet section 1241 adjacent to the first port 14 toward the second port 15.

The assembly base 50 also has a through hole 52 (as shown in FIG. 6 ), and one side of the top 12 also has a through hole 125. The perforation 52 of the assembly base 50 corresponds to the perforation 125 of the top 12. The fixing member 60 is, for example, a hand-turned screw or a spring pin. The fixing member 60 is disposed on the assembly base 50, and the fixing member 60 has an insertion portion 61. The insertion portion 61 is movably penetrated through the through holes 52 and 125 of the assembly base 50 and the top 12, so that the hard disk rack 10 is fixed to the assembly base 50.

In this embodiment, the casing is originally designed to accommodate a 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch mechanical hard disk, for example. Since the hard disk rack 10 is installed on the casing through the fixing member 60 and the assembly base 50, and the circuit board 20 is fixed on the hard disk rack 10, and has a first electrical connector 21 and a second electrical connection with different interfaces Therefore, the hard disk 2 (solid state hard disk) can be installed in the casing through the hard disk rack 10, and electrically connected through the second electrical connector 22 through the first electrical connector 21 on the circuit board 20 To other electronic components (such as motherboard). Therefore, through the transfer of the hard disk rack 10 and the circuit board 20 fixed to the hard disk rack 10, the hard disk 2 can be installed on a chassis that was not originally designed for its specifications, so the manufacturer does not need to specifically target hard disks 2 of different specifications. Correspondingly design another kind of casing, which can reduce the production cost of the server.

Next, please refer to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the hard disk fixing assembly of FIG. 1 from another perspective. FIG. 6 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the hard disk rack of FIG. 5 moving relative to the assembly base. When the hard disk rack 10 is fixed to the assembly base 50, the user can rotate or pull the fixing member 60 to move the insertion portion 61 relative to the top 12, so that the insertion portion 61 is separated from the perforation 125 of the top 12 to release The fixed relationship between the hard disk rack 10 and the assembly base 50. At this time, the user can extract the hard disk rack 10 from the assembling seat 50. Among them, since the circuit board 20 is fixed to the hard disk rack 10, the circuit board 20 will be drawn out together with the hard disk rack 10. Therefore, if you want to change to a 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch mechanical hard disk in the future, users can save the extra procedure of removing the circuit board 20 that only meets the specifications of hard disk 2, and can directly install the 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch mechanical hard disk.入assembled seat 50.

If the user wants to install the hard disk rack 10 back to the assembly base 50, first align the entrance sections 1241 of the two guide grooves 124 with the two guide protrusions 51 of the assembly base 50 (as shown in FIG. 2), and then move In the hard disk rack 10, the two guiding protrusions 51 enter the extension sections 1242 of the two guiding grooves 124 through the entrance sections 1241 of the two guiding grooves 124 respectively. Then, the fixing member 60 is rotated or pulled, so that the insertion portion 61 of the fixing member 60 is free from the moving path of the hard disk rack 10. After the perforation 125 of the top 12 of the hard disk rack 10 is aligned with the perforation 52 of the assembly base 50, the insertion portion 61 of the fixing member 60 is inserted into the perforation 125 of the top 12 of the hard disk rack 10 to fix the hard disk rack 10 to Assemble the seat 50.

Since the entrance section 1241 of the guide groove 124 is configured with a tapered width, when the guide protrusion 51 of the assembly seat 50 enters the guide groove 124, one of the inner edges of the entrance section 1241 can guide the guide protrusion 51 enters the extension 1242 of the guide groove 124. However, the hard disk rack 10 has a guiding groove 124 and the assembly base 50 has a guiding protrusion 51 configuration, which is not intended to limit the present invention. In other embodiments, the hard disk rack may have no guiding grooves, and the assembly base may have no guiding protrusions.

According to the hard disk fixing assembly disclosed in the above embodiment, because the hard disk rack is used to be installed on the casing, and the circuit board is fixed on the hard disk rack, and has a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector with different interfaces. Electrical connector, so the hard disk can be installed in the case through the hard disk rack, and electrically connected to other electronic components (such as the motherboard) through the second electrical connector through the first electrical connector on the circuit board . Therefore, through the transfer of the hard disk rack and the circuit board fixed to the hard disk rack, the hard disk can be installed on a chassis that was not originally designed for its specifications, so the manufacturer does not need to design another type specifically for hard disks of different specifications. Housing, which can reduce the production cost of the server.

In addition, since the circuit board is fixed to the hard disk rack, the circuit board can be drawn out together with the hard disk rack. Therefore, when you want to change the hard disk with other specifications in the future, you can save the extra procedure of removing the circuit board that only meets the specifications of the original hard disk, and the hard disk can be directly installed in the assembly base.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the server of the present invention can be used for artificial intelligence (AI) computing, edge computing, and can also be used as a 5G server, a cloud server or a car networking server.器用。 Device use.

Although the present invention is disclosed in the foregoing preferred embodiments as above, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone familiar with similar art can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention The scope of patent protection for inventions shall be determined by the scope of patent applications attached to this specification.

1: Hard disk fixing assembly 2: hard drive 10: hard disk rack 11: bottom 111: inner bottom surface 112: Stop structure 12: top 121: inner top surface 122: limit structure 123: Assemble the convex part 124: Guiding Groove 1241: entrance section 1242: Extension 125: Piercing 13: accommodating space 14: First port 15: Second port 16: hard drive slot 20: circuit board 21: The first electrical connector 22: The second electrical connector 30: limit piece 40: front panel 50: Assembly seat 51: Guiding convex part 52: Piercing 60: fixed parts 61: Insertion part S1: The first straight line S2: second straight line S3: The third straight line S4: Fourth straight line T1, T2: distance

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a hard disk fixing assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded schematic diagram of the hard disk fixing assembly of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic diagram of the hard disk rack of the hard disk fixing assembly of FIG. 1. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the hard disk fixing assembly of FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the hard disk fixing assembly of FIG. 1 from another perspective. FIG. 6 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the hard disk rack of FIG. 4 moving relative to the assembly base.

2: hard drive

10: hard disk rack

11: bottom

12: top

123: Assemble the convex part

124: Guiding Groove

125: Piercing

13: accommodating space

14: First port

15: Second port

20: circuit board

21: The first electrical connector

22: The second electrical connector

30: limit piece

40: front panel

50: Assembly seat

51: Guiding convex part

60: fixed parts

Claims (9)

A hard disk fixing assembly for accommodating a hard disk and installed in a casing, comprising: a hard disk rack with an accommodating space, a first port, a second port, and an assembly protrusion , The accommodating space is used for accommodating the hard disk, the first port and the second port are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the accommodating space, and the assembling protrusion protrudes from the first port; a circuit The board is fixed to the assembling protrusion of the hard disk rack, and the circuit board has a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector respectively located on two opposite surfaces, the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector The interfaces of the connectors are different. The first electrical connector is used to insert the hard disk; an assembly seat is used to fix the housing, the assembly seat has a first guiding part, and the hard disk rack has a The second guide portion, the first guide portion and the second guide portion cooperate with each other to guide the hard disk rack to move relative to the assembly base, wherein the first guide portion of the assembly base has two opposite guides The second guiding portion of the hard disk rack has two opposite guiding grooves, and the two guiding convex portions are respectively movably located in the two guiding grooves; and a fixing member for making the hard disk The dish rack is fixed on the assembly seat. For example, the hard disk fixing assembly described in item 1 of the scope of patent application further includes a plurality of limiting members, the hard disk rack has an inner bottom surface facing the accommodating space, and the limiting members are fixed to the hard disk rack On the inner bottom surface, the limiting members are arranged on a plurality of separated first straight lines, and the first straight lines extend from the second port toward the first port and are parallel to each other. A hard disk slot is formed between the limiting members on the first straight line. For the hard disk fixing assembly described in item 2 of the scope of patent application, the hard disk rack has an inner top surface and a plurality of limiting structures, the inner top surface faces the inner bottom surface, and the limiting structures The structure is located on the inner top surface, the limiting structures are arranged on a plurality of separated second straight lines, and the second straight lines extend from the second port toward the first port and are parallel to each other. The second straight line is parallel to the first straight lines, so that the limiting members on the two adjacent first straight lines and the limiting structures on the two adjacent second straight lines together form the hard disk slot . For the hard disk fixing assembly described in item 3 of the scope of patent application, the limiting elements are arranged in a plurality of separated third straight lines, the third straight lines are perpendicular to the first straight lines, and the limiting structures are arranged On a plurality of separated fourth straight lines, the fourth straight lines are perpendicular to the second straight lines, and the distance between two adjacent stoppers on one of the third straight lines is greater than that on one of the first straight lines. The distance between two adjacent limit structures on four straight lines. According to the hard disk fixing assembly described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the circuit board is fixed to the assembling convex portion of the hard disk rack through a screw lock method. For the hard disk fixing assembly described in item 1 of the patent application, the hard disk rack has an inner bottom surface and a plurality of stop structures, the inner bottom surface faces the accommodating space, and the stop structures protrude from the inner bottom surface In addition, the stop structures are used to stop the hard disk. For the hard disk fixing assembly described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the two guide grooves each have an inlet section and an extension section connected to each other, and one end of the two inlet sections away from the two extension sections is adjacent to the first The opening is connected to the outside, and the width of the two inlet sections gradually decreases from an end of the two inlet sections adjacent to the first opening toward the second opening. According to the hard disk fixing assembly described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the fixing member has an inserting portion, the inserting portion penetrates a through hole of the assembly base and is fixed to the hard disk rack. The hard disk fixing assembly as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application includes a The front panel is installed at the second port of the hard disk rack.

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