TWI764533B - Server casing - Google Patents

Abstract

A server casing includes a housing, a firs carrier, a second carrier, and a latch. The housing has two separate accommodation spaces. The first carrier and the second carrier are respectively located in the accommodation spaces. The latch is slidably disposed on the housing, and is movable between a first unlocked position and a second unlocked position. When the latch is in the first unlocked position, the latch is engaged with the second carrier and detached from the first carrier. When the latch is in the second unlocked position, the latch is engaged with the first carrier and detached from the second carrier.

Description

Server case

The present invention relates to a server casing, in particular to a server casing that utilizes a latch to prevent two carriers from being unlocked at the same time.

In the current design of the server, a plurality of removable hard disk storage racks or drawers are provided on the casing of the server, and the hard disks are stored in these hard disk racks or drawers. When the hard disk storage rack or the drawer is pulled out from the casing, the hard disks stored on it can be pulled out from the casing together, so that the maintenance of the hard disk can be performed.

Generally speaking, each hard disk storage rack or drawer can hold multiple hard disks at the same time. In certain models of servers, each hard disk rack or drawer can hold up to 21 hard disks at the same time. Therefore, when each hard disk storage rack or drawer accommodates a certain number of hard disks, when these hard disk storage racks or drawers are pulled out from the casing at the same time, the center of gravity will move forward, which will easily lead to the overall server. dump. Therefore, at present, server manufacturers are working hard to avoid the situation of server dumping.

The present invention is to provide a server case, so as to solve the problem of easy toppling when a plurality of hard disk storage racks or drawers are drawn out at the same time as mentioned in the prior art.

A server case disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention includes a casing, a first carrier, a second carrier and a latch. The shell has two accommodating spaces separated from each other. The first carrier and the second carrier are respectively accommodated in the two accommodating spaces. The latch is slidably disposed on the housing, and the latch can move between a first unlocking position and a second unlocking position. When the latch is in the first unlocking position, the latch is fastened with the second carrier, and the latch is separated from the first carrier; when the latch is in the second unlocking position, the latch is connected to the second carrier. The first carrier is fastened, and the latch is separated from the second carrier.

According to the server case disclosed in the above-mentioned embodiments, when the latch is located at either the first unlocking position or the second unlocking position, only one of the first carrier and the second carrier is connected to the The latch is separated from each other, and the other carrier is locked with the latch, which can prevent the latch from being separated from the first carrier and the second carrier at the same time when the latch is in any unlocking position. Therefore, the first carrier and the second carrier can be prevented from being drawn out of the housing at the same time, so as to ensure that when the components on one carrier are drawn out of the housing along with this carrier, the other carrier and the components on the other carrier still remain. It can maintain the stability of the server case.

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 4. FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of a server casing disclosed according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of FIG. 1 from another perspective. FIG. 3 is an enlarged exploded schematic view of FIG. 2 . FIG. 4 is an enlarged exploded schematic view of FIG. 2 from another viewing angle.

In this embodiment, the server case 1 includes a casing 10 , a first carrier 20 , a second carrier 30 and a latch 40 .

The casing 10 includes a carrier plate 11 , a partition member 12 and a fixing member 13 . The spacer 12 is fixed on the carrier plate 11 , and the spacer 12 includes a front plate 121 and two side plates 122 . The two side plates 122 are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the front plate 121 . The two side plates 122 and the two opposite inner wall surfaces 111 of the carrier tray 11 respectively form two accommodating spaces 112 separated from each other. The fixing member 13 is located between and fixed to the two side plates 122 , and the latching member 40 is slidably located between the front plate 121 and the fixing member 13 .

In this embodiment, the fixing member 13 has a guiding groove 131 , and the latching member 40 has a guiding convex portion 41 . The guide protrusion 41 of the latch member 40 is slidably inserted into the guide groove 131 of the fixing member 13 . Thereby, the guide groove 131 of the fixing member 13 can help the latch member 40 to move in a desired direction during the movement of the latch member 40 . However, the fixing member 13 is not limited to having the guiding groove 131 , and the latching member 40 is not limited to having the guiding convex portion 41 . In other embodiments, the fixing member may have guiding protrusions and the latching member may have guiding grooves. Alternatively, the fixing member may have no guiding grooves, and the latching member may have no guiding protrusions.

In this embodiment, the server case 1 may further include a handle 50 , and the front plate 121 of the partition 12 may have a through slot 1211 . The handle 50 passes through the through groove 1211 of the front plate 121 and is fixed to the latch 40 , and the handle 50 can move in the through groove 1211 . Thereby, the handle 50 facilitates the operator to move the latch 40 . However, in the present invention, the handle 50 is an optional element. In other embodiments, the server case may not include a handle, and the front panel of the partition may not have a slot.

In addition, the latch 40 may have a first positioning structure 42 , a second positioning structure 43 , a third positioning structure 44 , a fourth positioning structure 45 , a fifth positioning structure 46 and a sixth positioning structure 47 . The first positioning structure 42 , the second positioning structure 43 , the third positioning structure 44 , the fourth positioning structure 45 , the fifth positioning structure 46 and the sixth positioning structure 47 are, for example, through holes. The first positioning structure 42 , the second positioning structure 43 and the third positioning structure 44 are located on one side of the handle 50 , and the fourth positioning structure 45 , the fifth positioning structure 46 and the sixth positioning structure 47 are located on the other side of the handle 50 . The third positioning structure 44 is located between the first positioning structure 42 and the second positioning structure 43 , and the second positioning structure 43 is closer to the handle 50 than the third positioning structure 44 . The sixth positioning structure 47 is located between the fourth positioning structure 45 and the fifth positioning structure 46 , and the fourth positioning structure 45 is closer to the handle 50 than the sixth positioning structure 47 .

Furthermore, the fixing member 13 also has two positioning portions 132 and 133 , and the two positioning portions 132 and 133 are, for example, bumps. The positioning portion 132 is used for selectively locking on one of the first positioning structure 42 , the second positioning structure 43 and the third positioning structure 44 , and the positioning portion 133 is used for selectively locking with the fourth positioning structure 45 , one of the fifth positioning structure 46 and the sixth positioning structure 47 , which will be described in detail later.

In this embodiment, the first carrier 20 and the second carrier 30 are, for example, hard disk carriers, each of which can carry a plurality of hard disks 2 . The first carrier 20 and the second carrier 30 are respectively accommodated in the two accommodating spaces 112 of the casing 10 . The first carrier 20 has a socket 21 , and the second carrier 30 also has a socket 31 . On the other hand, the latch member 40 also has a first latch portion 48 and a second latch portion 49 opposite to each other. The first latch portion 48 and the second latch portion 49 are used to be inserted into the insertion hole 21 of the first carrier 20 and the insertion hole 31 of the second carrier 30 , respectively.

In this embodiment, the latch 40 can move between a locking position, a first unlocking position and a second unlocking position. The locking position is located between the first unlocking position and the second unlocking position.

For details, please refer to FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 . FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 . FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the latch of FIG. 5 when it is in a first unlocking position. FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the latch of FIG. 5 when it is in a second unlocking position.

As shown in FIG. 5 , when the latch member 40 is in the locking position, the first latch portion 48 and the second latch portion 49 of the latch member 40 are respectively inserted into the insertion holes 21 of the first carrier 20 and the second carrier The insertion hole 31 of 30 makes the latch 40 clamp and fix the first carrier 20 and the second carrier 30 . At this time, the movement in the direction D of the first carrier 20 and the second carrier 30 being pulled out from the housing 10 (as shown in FIG. 1 ) is restricted by the latch 40 , so the first carrier 20 and the second carrier 30 are limited by the latch 40 . The carrier 30 is securely located within the housing 10 and cannot be extracted from the housing 10 .

In addition, when the latch 40 is in the locked position, the handle 50 is located in the middle position of the through groove 1211 of the front plate 121 (that is, the handle 50 and the two opposite end edges 1211a and 1211b of the through groove 1211 are kept at a distance), The guide protrusion 41 of the latch member 40 is located in the middle of the guide groove 131 of the fixing member 13 (that is, the guide protrusion 41 and the two opposite end edges 131a and 131b of the guide groove 131 both keep a distance), and The two positioning portions 132 and 133 of the fixing member 13 are respectively clamped to the third positioning structure 44 and the sixth positioning structure 47 of the latch member 40 .

When the first carrier 20 is to be pulled out, the handle 50 can be moved toward the through groove 1211 away from the end edge 1211a of the first carrier 20, and the latch 40 can be moved from the locking position to the first unlocking position. As shown in FIG. 6 , when the latch member 40 moves to the first unlocking position, the handle 50 is located at a position where the through groove 1211 of the front plate 121 is away from the end edge 1211 a of the first carrier 20 , and the guide protrusion of the latch member 40 The portion 41 is located where the guide groove 131 of the fixing member 13 is away from the end edge 131a of the first carrier 20 , and the two positioning portions 132 and 133 of the fixing member 13 are respectively clamped to the first positioning structure 42 and 133 of the latching member 40 . The fourth positioning structure 45 . At this time, the first latch portion 48 of the latch member 40 is separated from the insertion hole 21 of the first carrier 20 , while the second latch portion 49 remains inserted into the insertion hole 31 of the second carrier 30 . In this way, the movement in the direction D of the first carrier 20 being pulled out from the casing 10 (as shown in FIG. 1 ) is not restricted by the latch 40 , so the first carriage 20 can be pulled out from the casing 10 . On the other hand, the second carrier 30 is still restricted by the latch 40 , so the second carrier 30 cannot be pulled out from the housing 10 .

When the latch member 40 is in the locked position, when the second carrier 30 is to be pulled out, the handle 50 can be moved toward the through groove 1211 away from the end edge 1211b of the second carrier 30 , and the latch member 40 can be released from the locked position. The position moves toward the second unlocked position. As shown in FIG. 7 , when the latch 40 is in the second unlocking position, the handle 50 is located at the end edge of the through groove 1211 of the front plate 121 away from the end edge 1211b of the second carrier 30 . The protruding portion 41 is located at the end edge 131 b of the guide groove 131 of the fixing member 13 away from the second carrier 30 , and the two positioning portions 132 and 133 of the fixing member 13 are respectively clamped to the second positioning structure of the latching member 40 . 43 and the fifth positioning structure 46 . At this time, the second latch portion 49 of the latch member 40 is separated from the insertion hole 31 of the second carrier 30 , while the first latch portion 48 remains inserted into the insertion hole 21 of the first carrier 20 . In this way, the movement in the direction D of the second carrier 30 being pulled out from the casing 10 (as shown in FIG. 1 ) is not restricted by the latch 40 , so the second carriage 30 can be pulled out from the casing 10 . On the other hand, the first carrier 20 is still restricted by the latch 40 , so the first carrier 20 cannot be pulled out from the housing 10 .

In this embodiment, when the latch 40 is located in either the first unlocked position or the second unlocked position, only one of the first carrier 20 and the second carrier 30 and the latch are 40 is separated from each other, and the other carrier is locked with the latch 40 , so that the latch 40 can be prevented from being separated from the first carrier 20 and the second carrier 30 at the same time when the latch 40 is in any unlocking position. Therefore, the first carrier 20 and the second carrier 30 can be prevented from being pulled out from the casing 10 at the same time, so as to ensure that when the hard disk 2 on one of the carriages is pulled out from the casing 10 along with this carriage, there is still another load. The rack and the hard disk 2 on it can maintain the stability of the server case 1 .

In addition, through the matching of the two positioning portions 132 , 133 of the fixing member 13 and the positioning structures 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , and 47 of the latching member 40 , when the latching member 40 is moved to different positions, Both of the two positioning portions 132 and 133 can be clamped to the corresponding positioning structures, so as to provide a feeling of moving to the positioning, and also prevent the latch 40 from moving due to unexpected impact or accidental touch.

It should be noted that the positioning portions 132 , 133 of the fixing member 13 are not limited to bumps, and the positioning structures 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 of the latch member 40 are not limited to through holes. In other embodiments, the positioning portion of the fixing member may be a through hole, and the positioning structure of the latching member may be a protruding block.

In addition, the numbers of the positioning portions 132 , 133 of the fixing member 13 and the positioning structures 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , and 47 of the latch member 40 are not intended to limit the present invention. In other embodiments, the fixing member may only have one positioning portion (eg, positioning portion 132 or positioning portion 133 ), and the latching member may only have three positioning structures (eg, the first positioning structure 42 , the second positioning structure 43 and the The third positioning structure 44, or the fourth positioning structure 45, the fifth positioning structure 46 and the sixth positioning structure 47). Alternatively, the fixing member may have no positioning portion, and the latching member may have no positioning structure.

According to the light emitting device and the manufacturing method thereof disclosed in the above-mentioned embodiments, when the latch is located at either the first unlocking position or the second unlocking position, only one of the first carrier and the second carrier is loaded. The frame is separated from the latch member, and the other carrier frame is clamped with the latch member to prevent the latch member from being separated from the first carrier frame and the second carrier frame simultaneously when the latch member is in any unlocking position. Therefore, the first carrier and the second carrier can be prevented from being pulled out from the casing at the same time, so as to ensure that when the hard disk on one of the carriages is pulled out of the casing along with this carriage, there is still another carriage and the hard disks on it. Hard drives maintain the stability of the server case.

In addition, by the combination of the positioning portion of the fixing member and these positioning structures of the latching member, when the latching member is moved to different positions, the positioning portion can be clamped to the corresponding positioning structure, and the positioning portion can be moved to the positioning. The hand feel is better, and the possibility of movement of the latch piece due to unexpected impact or accidental touch can also be avoided.

Although the present invention is disclosed by the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone who is familiar with the similar arts 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.

1: Server case 2: Hard Disk 10: Shell 11: Loading disc 111: inner wall surface 112: accommodating space 12: Dividers 121: Front panel 1211: Grooving 1211a, 1211b: edge 122: Side panel 13: Fixtures 131: Guide groove 131a, 131b: edge 132, 133: Positioning part 20: First carrier 21: jack 30: Second carrier 31: jack 40: Latch 41: Guide convex part 42: The first positioning structure 43: Second positioning structure 44: The third positioning structure 45: Fourth positioning structure 46: Fifth positioning structure 47: Sixth positioning structure 48: The first latch 49: Second latch 50: handle D: direction

FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of a server casing disclosed according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of FIG. 1 from another perspective. FIG. 3 is an enlarged exploded schematic view of FIG. 2 . FIG. 4 is an enlarged exploded schematic view of FIG. 2 from another viewing angle. FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 . FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the latch of FIG. 5 when it is in a first unlocking position. FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the latch of FIG. 5 when it is in a second unlocking position.

1: Server case

2: Hard Disk

10: Shell

11: Loading disc

111: inner wall surface

112: accommodating space

12: Dividers

121: Front panel

122: Side panel

20: First carrier

30: Second carrier

50: handle

D: direction

Claims (10)

A server casing, comprising: a casing with two accommodating spaces separated from each other; a first carrier and a second carrier, respectively accommodating in the two accommodating spaces; and a latching member, slidable is disposed on the housing, the latching member can move between a first unlocking position and a second unlocking position; wherein, when the latching member is in the first unlocking position, the latching member and the first unlocking position The two carriers are locked with each other, and the latch is separated from the first carrier; when the latch is in the second unlocking position, the latch is locked with the first carrier, and the latch is locked with the first carrier. The latch is separated from the second carrier. The server casing of claim 1, wherein the casing comprises a carrier plate, a partition member and a fixing member, the partition member is fixed to the carrier tray, the partition member comprises a front plate and two side plates, the partition member The two side plates are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the front plate, the two side plates and the two opposite inner wall surfaces of the carrier plate respectively form the two accommodating spaces, the fixing member is located between the two side plates and is fixed to the two side plates, and The latch member is slidably located between the front plate and the fixing member. The server casing of claim 2, wherein the fixing member has at least one positioning portion, the latching member has a first positioning structure and a second positioning structure, when the latching member is located at the first unlocking position When the latch is in the second unlocking position, the at least one positioning portion is locked with the second positioning structure. The server casing of claim 3, wherein the latch member further has a third positioning structure, and the third positioning structure is located between the first positioning structure and the second positioning structure; when the latch member When located in a locking position between the first unlocking position and the second unlocking position, the at least one positioning portion is locked with the third positioning structure. The server casing of claim 4, wherein the positioning portion is a bump, and the first positioning structure, the second positioning structure and the third positioning structure are through holes. The server case of claim 2, further comprising a handle, the front plate of the partition has a through slot, the handle passes through the through slot of the front plate and is fixed to the latch, and the handle can move in the slot. The server casing of claim 2, wherein the fixing member has a guide groove, the latch member has a guide protrusion, and the guide protrusion is slidably inserted into the guide groove. The server case of claim 1, wherein the latch has a first latch portion and a second latch portion opposite to each other, the first carrier and the second carrier each have an insertion hole, when When the latch member is located at the first unlocking position, the second latch portion of the latch member is inserted into the insertion hole of the second carrier, and the first latch portion of the latch member is connected to the first latch portion of the latch member. The socket of a carrier is separated from each other; when the latch is in the second unlocking position, the first latch portion of the latch is inserted into the socket of the first carrier, and the latch The second latch portion of the component is separated from the socket of the second carrier. The server casing of claim 8, wherein when the latch member is in a locked position between the first unlock position and the second unlock position, the first latch portion of the latch member is in contact with the latch member. The second latch portions are respectively inserted into the sockets of the first carrier and the sockets of the second carrier. The server case of claim 1, wherein when the latch is in a locked position between the first unlocked position and the second unlocked position, the latch is fastened to the first carrier with this second carrier.

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