TWI754908B - Server device - Google Patents

Abstract

A server device includes a case and a first hard disk frame. The first hard disk fixes on the case. The first hard disk frame has at least one first opening and at least one first opening showing outside. The second hard disk frame rotably disposes on the case to move between a using position and a loading and unloading position. The second hard disk frame has at least one second opening. When the second hard disk frame locates at the using position, the second opening of the second hard disk is covered by the first hard disk frame. The second hard disk frame locates at the loading and unloading position, the second opening of the second hard disk frame showing outside.

Description

server device

The present invention relates to a server device, in particular to a server device with a rotating hard disk rack.

Today's world is in an era of rapid development of information technology. Both companies and individuals have already used personal computers (such as desktop computers, notebook computers, etc.) to process their affairs. But with the maturity of communication technology, it has become a trend for transnational e-commerce to replace traditional regional business model. In this way, ordinary personal computers can no longer meet the needs of enterprises in the market. Therefore, computer manufacturers have developed various types of servers (such as rack-mounted servers, blade-type servers or vertical-type servers, etc.) in order to solve the problems of electronic enterprises in various enterprises.

Taking a rack-type server as an example, the server includes a rack and a plurality of server hosts installed in the rack. In addition to saving space and being easy to manage, rack-mounted servers can also enable multiple servers to work together to increase computing power or increase data storage capacity. However, assemblers often need to spend a lot of time on hard disk installation. Therefore, how to improve the assembling convenience of the hard disk will be the goal pursued by the R&D personnel.

The present invention is to provide a server device, so as to improve the assembling convenience of a hard disk.

The server device disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention includes a casing and a first hard disk rack. The first hard disk rack is fixed on the casing. The first hard disk rack has at least one first pick and place opening, and the at least one first pick and place opening is exposed outside. The second hard disk rack is rotatably disposed on the casing to be displaced between a use position and a loading and unloading position. The second hard disk rack has at least one second pick-and-place port. When the second hard disk rack is in the use position, at least one second pick-and-place opening of the second hard disk rack is covered by the first hard disk rack. When the second hard disk rack is located at the mounting and dismounting position, at least one second pick-and-place opening of the second hard disk rack is exposed to the outside.

According to the server device of the above-mentioned embodiment, since the second hard disk rack or the third hard disk rack is rotatably disposed in the casing, the user has to install the hard disk into the second hard disk rack or the third hard disk rack , or when the hard disk is removed from the second hard disk rack or the third hard disk rack, the required hard disk loading and unloading procedure can be quickly achieved through the rotation operation of the second hard disk rack or the third hard disk rack.

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.

See Figures 1 through 3. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a server device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partial exploded schematic view of FIG. 1 . FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 .

The server device 10 of this embodiment includes a casing 100 , a first hard disk rack 200 and a second hard disk rack 300 . In this embodiment, the server device 10 may further include, for example, a third hard disk rack 400 . The casing 100 includes a loading part 110 , a first isolation part 120 and a second isolation part 130 . The loading portion 110 has a bearing surface 111 . The carrying surface 111 is used for carrying articles. The first isolation part 120 and the second isolation part 130 stand on the bearing surface 111 of the loading part 110 and are separated from each other.

The first hard disk rack 200 is located on a side of the first isolation portion 120 away from the second isolation portion 130 , and is fixed to the casing 100 . The first hard disk rack 200 has a plurality of first pick-and-place ports 210, and some of the first pick-and-place ports 210 are exposed outside. For example, the user can load the hard disk 20 into the first hard disk rack 200 from the first pick-and-place port 210, or take out the hard disk 20 from the first pick-and-place port.

The second hard disk rack 300 is located between the first isolation portion 120 and the second isolation portion 130 , and the second hard disk rack 300 is rotatably disposed on the casing 100 in a use position (as shown in FIG. 3 ) and a Displacement between loading and unloading positions (as shown in Figure 5). The second hard disk rack 300 has a plurality of second pick-and-place ports 310 . When the second hard disk rack 300 is in the use position, some of the second pick-and-place ports 310 of the second hard disk rack 300 are covered by the first hard disk rack 200 . When the second hard disk rack 300 is located at the mounting and dismounting position, some of the second pick-and-place ports 310 of the second hard disk rack 300 are exposed to the outside. That is to say, when the second hard disk rack 300 is located at the loading and unloading position, the user can, for example, load the hard disk 20 into the second hard disk rack 300 from the second pick-and-place port 310 , or load the hard disk from the second pick-and-place port 310 . Disk 20 is removed.

The third hard disk rack 400 is located on a side of the second isolation portion 130 away from the first isolation portion 120 , and the third hard disk rack 400 is rotatably disposed on the casing 100 to be displaced between a use position and a loading and unloading position. The third hard disk rack 400 has a plurality of third pick-and-place ports 410 . When the third hard disk rack 400 is in the use position, some of the third pick-and-place ports 410 of the third hard disk rack 400 are covered by the second hard disk rack 300 . When the third hard disk rack 400 is located at the loading and unloading position, some of the third pick-and-place ports 410 of the third hard disk rack 400 are exposed to the outside. Similarly, when the third hard disk rack 400 is located at the mounting and dismounting position, the user can mount and dismount the hard disk 20 through the third pick-and-place port 410 .

In this embodiment, the second hard disk rack 300 and the third hard disk rack 400 are both rotatably disposed on the casing 100 . Since the arrangement of the second hard disk rack 300 and the third hard disk rack 400 is similar, only the second hard disk rack 300 is used for description below.

In this embodiment, the server device 10 may further include, for example, two rotating components 500 and two releasing components 600 . In detail, each rotating assembly 500 includes a first coupling member 510 , a second coupling member 520 and a rotating shaft 530 . The rotating shaft 530 passes through the first coupling member 510 and the second coupling member 520 . The first coupling member 510 is fixed to the second isolation portion 130 of the casing 100 . The second coupling member 520 is fixed to the second hard disk rack 300 . The first coupling member 510 has a first limiting portion 511 . The second coupling member 520 has a second limiting portion 521 . The first limiting portion 511 and the second limiting portion 521 are matching limiting grooves and limiting blocks. When the first coupling member 510 rotates relative to the second coupling member 520 , the first limiting portion 511 and the second limiting portion 521 interfere to limit the rotation angle range between the first coupling member 510 and the second coupling member 520 .

In this embodiment, the number of the rotating components 500 is two, and the two rotating components 500 are respectively located on opposite sides of the second hard disk rack 300 , but not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the number of the rotating components may be only one and located at the center of the second hard disk rack.

The second hard disk rack 300 may further have two locking blocks 320 and two abutting blocks 330 . The two locking blocks 320 and the two abutting blocks 330 both correspond to the two releasing components 600 respectively. In detail, each release component 600 includes a fixing frame 610 , a release button 620 and a reset member 630 . The fixing frame 610 is assembled to the first isolation portion 120 of the casing 100 . The release button 620 includes a first part 621 and a second part 622 . The first part 621 and the second part 622 are assembled together by, for example, a locking member 640 , and the locking member 640 is slidably located in the chute of the fixing frame 610 , for example, so that the release button 620 is movably disposed on the fixing frame 610 . The first portion 621 of the release button 620 has a buckling portion 6211 and is movable relative to the fixing frame 610 to be located at a buckling position or a releasing position. When the release button 620 is located at the latching position and the latching block 320 of the second hard disk rack 300 is restricted by the buckling portion 6211 of the release button 620 , the second hard disk rack 300 is in the use position (as shown in FIG. 3 ). When the release button 620 is in the release position, the locking block 320 is disengaged from the buckling portion 6211 of the release button 620 so that the second hard disk rack 300 can be displaced to the detachable position (as shown in FIG. 5 ). The opposite ends of the reset member 630 abut against the fixing frame 610 and the release button 620 respectively, so that the release button 620 is biased to the buckled position.

The second portion 622 of the release button 620 has a support portion 6221 , and the support portion 6221 is closer to a bearing surface 111 of the casing 100 than the pressing portion 6211 . The abutting block 330 is closer to the bearing surface 111 of the casing 100 than the locking block 320 . When the second hard disk rack 300 is located at the mounting and dismounting position and the release button 620 is located at the latching position, at least one abutment block 330 of the second hard disk rack 300 is clamped by the supporting portion 6221 of the release button 620 and the depressing portion 6211 . The second hard disk rack 300 is fixed at the mounting and dismounting position.

In this embodiment, the number of the release components 600 , the locking blocks 320 and the abutting blocks 330 is all two. The support blocks 330 are located on opposite sides of the second hard disk rack 300 respectively, but not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the number of release components may be only single and located at the central position of the first isolation portion.

In addition, the second hard disk rack 300 has a bottom surface 301 . When the second hard disk rack 300 is in the use position, the bottom surface 301 of the second hard disk rack 300 faces the bearing surface 111 of the casing 100 .

In this embodiment, the server device 10 may further include an elastic member 700, for example. The opposite ends of the elastic member 700 abut against the bearing surface 111 of the casing 100 and the bottom surface 301 of the second hard disk rack 300 respectively, and the elastic member 700 drives the second hard disk rack 300 to bias the mounting and dismounting position.

The elastic member 700 of this embodiment is, for example, a tower spring, but not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the elastic member can also be, for example, a torsion spring or the like.

See Figures 3 to 9. 4 to 9 are schematic diagrams of the operation of the second hard disk rack of FIG. 1 .

As shown in FIG. 3 , the release button 620 is located at the latching position and the latching block 320 of the second hard disk rack 300 is limited by the buckling portion 6211 of the release button 620 , so that the second hard disk rack 300 is in the use position.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the user pulls the release button 620 to move the release button 620 to the release position along the direction a. As shown in FIG. 6 , since the latching block 320 of the second hard disk rack 300 is separated from the restraint of the buckling portion 6211 of the release button 620 , the second hard disk rack 300 is pushed by the elastic member 700 and rotates along the direction b for loading and unloading. Location. In addition, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 7 , the second limiting portion 521 moves from one side of the first limiting portion 511 to the other side of the first limiting portion 511 , and is subject to the first limiting portion 511 . The limitation restricts the rotation angle range between the first coupling member 510 and the second coupling member 520 , so that the second hard disk rack 300 that is pressed against by the elastic member 700 stops at the loading and unloading position.

As shown in FIG. 8 , the user releases the release button 620 , so that the release button 620 returns to the buckled position along the direction c. When the release button 620 is at the latching position, the support portion 6221 of the release button 620 will support the abutment block 330 of the second hard disk rack 300 , so when the user loads the hard disk into the second hard disk rack 300 , the second hard disk The hard disk rack 300 can be firmly located at the loading and unloading position under the support of the abutting block 330 , so as to facilitate the user loading and unloading the hard disk 20 .

As shown in FIG. 9 , the user pulls the release button 620 to move the release button 620 to the release position along the direction d. When the release button 620 is at the release position, the support portion 6221 of the release button 620 will be separated from the abutment block 330 of the second hard disk rack 300, so the user can press down the second hard disk rack 300 to release the second hard disk rack 300. 300 is rotated in direction e to the use position.

In this embodiment, the server device 10 may further include, for example, a third hard disk rack 400, but is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the server device may also include only the first hard disk shelf and the second hard disk shelf or only the first hard disk shelf.

According to the server device of the above-mentioned embodiment, since the second hard disk rack or the third hard disk rack is rotatably disposed in the casing, the user has to install the hard disk into the second hard disk rack or the third hard disk rack , or when the hard disk is removed from the second hard disk rack or the third hard disk rack, the required hard disk loading and unloading procedure can be quickly achieved through the rotation operation of the second hard disk rack or the third hard disk rack.

Furthermore, the first combining part and the second combining part respectively have a first limiting part and a second limiting part that match, so as to limit the first combining part through the interference of the first limiting part and the second limiting part Rotation angle range with the second joint. In this way, the second hard disk rack or the third hard disk rack can be quickly positioned at the mounting and dismounting position through the abutment of the elastic element.

Although the present invention is disclosed above by the aforementioned embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone who is familiar with similar techniques can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, this The scope of patent protection of the invention shall be determined by the scope of the patent application attached to this specification.

10: Server device 20: Hard Disk 100: Chassis 110: Loading Department 111: Bearing surface 120: First Isolation Department 130: Second Isolation Department 200: The first hard drive rack 210: The first pick and place port 300: 2nd hard drive bay 301: Underside 310: Second pick and place port 320: Snap block 330: Abutment Block 400: 3rd drive bay 410: The third pick and place port 500: Rotation Assembly 510: First binding piece 511: The first limit part 520: Second binding piece 521: The second limit part 530: Spindle 600: release component 610:Fixed frame 620: release button 621: Part 1 6211: Withholding Department 622: Part II 6221: Support Department 630: reset piece 640: Locking pieces 700: Elastic

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a server device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partial exploded schematic view of FIG. 1 . FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 . 4 to 9 are schematic diagrams of the operation of the second hard disk rack of FIG. 1 .

100: Chassis

110: Loading Department

111: Bearing surface

120: First Isolation Department

130: Second Isolation Department

300: 2nd hard drive bay

310: Second pick and place port

320: Snap block

330: Abutment Block

500: Rotation Assembly

510: First binding piece

520: Second binding piece

530: Spindle

600: release component

610:Fixed frame

620: release button

621: Part 1

6211: Withholding Department

622: Part II

6221: Support Department

630: reset piece

640: Locking pieces

700: Elastic

Claims (9)

A server device comprises: a casing; a first hard disk rack fixed on the casing, the first hard disk rack has at least one first pick and place opening, and the at least one first pick and place opening is exposed on the Outside; a second hard disk rack, rotatably disposed on the casing to be displaced between a use position and a loading and unloading position, the second hard disk rack has at least a second pick-and-place port, when the second hard disk When the rack is in the use position, the at least one second pick-and-place opening of the second hard disk rack is covered by the first hard disk rack, and when the second hard disk rack is in the loading and unloading position, the second hard disk rack The at least one second pick-and-place port is exposed to the outside; and a rotating component, the rotating component includes a first joint piece, a second joint piece and a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft passes through the first joint piece and the second joint piece A combination piece, the first combination piece is fixed to the casing, the second combination piece is fixed to the second hard disk rack, the first combination piece has a first limiting portion, and the second combination piece has a second Limiting portion, when the first coupling piece rotates relative to the second coupling piece, the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion interfere to limit the rotation between the first coupling piece and the second coupling piece angular range. The server device according to claim 1, wherein the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion are matching limiting grooves and limiting blocks. The server device of claim 1, further comprising an elastic element, wherein the casing has a bearing surface, the second hard disk rack has a bottom surface, and the bottom surface faces the bearing surface of the casing, the elastic element The opposite ends abut against the bearing surface of the casing and the bottom surface of the second hard disk rack respectively, and the elastic member drives the second hard disk rack to bias the mounting and dismounting position set. The server device according to claim 3, wherein the elastic member is a tower spring. The server device according to claim 3, further comprising at least one release element, the second hard disk rack further having at least one latching block, the at least one release element comprising a fixing frame, a release button and a reset piece, The fixing frame is assembled to the casing, the release button has a buckling portion and can be movably arranged on the fixing frame to move between a buckled position and a release position. When the release button is located at the buckled position and the first When the at least one buckling block of the two hard disk racks is limited by the buckling portion of the release button, the second hard disk rack is in the use position, and when the release button is in the release position, the at least one buckling block The second hard disk rack can be displaced to the mounting and dismounting position by disengaging the pressing portion of the release button, and opposite ends of the reset member respectively abut against the fixing frame and the release button, so that the release button is biased to the the snap position. The server device of claim 5, wherein the number of the at least one release component and the at least one latching block is two, the at least one release component is located on opposite sides of the casing, and the two latching blocks are respectively located on opposite sides of the second hard disk rack. The server device of claim 5, wherein the release button further has a support portion, the support portion is closer to the bearing surface of the casing than the buckle portion, and the second hard disk rack further has at least one abutting block , the at least one abutting block is closer to the bearing surface of the casing than the at least one latching block, when the second hard disk rack is located at the mounting and dismounting position and the release button is located at the latching position, the second hard disk The at least one abutting block of the rack is clamped by the support portion of the release button and the withholding portion, so that the second hard disk rack is fixed at the mounting and dismounting position. The server device of claim 7, wherein the at least one release group The number of the component and the at least one abutting block is two, the at least one releasing component is located on opposite sides of the casing, and the two abutting blocks are located on opposite sides of the second hard disk rack. The server device of claim 1, further comprising a third hard disk rack rotatably disposed on the casing to be displaced between a use position and a loading and unloading position, the third hard disk rack having at least a first Three pick-and-place ports, when the third hard disk rack is in the use position, the at least one third pick-and-place port of the third hard disk rack is covered by the second hard disk rack, and when the third hard disk rack is in the use position In the loading and unloading position, the at least one third pick-and-place port of the third hard disk rack is exposed to the outside.

Images