TWI778664B - Riser cage - Google Patents

Abstract

A riser cage is configured to accommodate a riser card. The riser cage includes a plate body, a first extending portion, an extending component, a second extending portion, a bottom plate, a side plate, two first side locking portions, and a second side locking portion. The first extending portion is bent from the plate body. The extending component is bent from the first extending portion. The second extending portion is bent from the plate body. The bottom body is bent from the second extending portion and opposite to the plate body. The side plate is bent from the bottom plate and opposite to the first extending portion, in which the second extending portion is fixed to a periphery of same sides of the plate body, the first extending portion, the bottom plate, and the side plate. The first side locking portion is bent from the first extending portion and extends away from the side plate. The second side locking portion is bent from the side plate and extends away from the first extending portion.

Description

riser cage

The present disclosure is related to a riser card cage.

In a server, a riser cage is used to provide basic protection for riser cards. The conventional riser cage is usually assembled with two iron pieces, so as to simultaneously guide the riser cage to the inner wall of the server, lock it to the bottom of the server, and provide sufficient strength for the metal material.

However, in the conventional riser card cage, the locking points used to lock the riser card cage inside the server are usually only located on the same side of the riser card cage, so that the riser card cage is not stable and balanced. Fixed inside the server. In addition, the manufacturing cost of the two-piece assembly is also unsatisfactory.

Therefore, how to propose a riser cage to improve the fixing effect and save the manufacturing cost of the riser cage is one of the problems that the industry urgently wants to invest in research and development resources to solve.

In view of this, one objective of the present disclosure is to provide a riser card cage that can solve the above problems.

In order to achieve the above objective, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a riser card cage is configured to accommodate the riser card. The riser card cage includes a plate body, a first extension part, an extension part, a second extension part, a bottom plate, a side plate, two first side locking parts and a second side locking part. The first extension part is bent from the plate body. The extension part is bent from the first extension part. The second extension portion is bent from the plate body. The bottom plate is bent from the second extending portion and is opposite to the plate body. The side plate is bent from the bottom plate and is opposite to the first extending portion, wherein the second extending portion is respectively fixed to the same side edge of the plate body, the first extending portion, the bottom plate and the side plate. The first side locking portion is bent from the first extension portion and extends away from the side plate. The second side locking portion is bent from the side plate and extends away from the first extending portion.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the first extension portion is fixed to the second extension portion and the bottom plate through the extension member.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the side plate is fixed to the plate body and the second extension portion.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the extension member includes a first sub-component. The first subcomponent is bent from the first extension. The first sub-component is folded back relative to the first extension portion and fixed on the first extension portion.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the extension member further includes a second sub-component. The second sub-component is bent from the first sub-component, and includes a guide structure, and the guide structure has an upwardly recessed notch.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the side plate includes a guide structure, and the guide structure has an upwardly recessed notch.

To sum up, in the riser cage of the present disclosure, since both sides have locking portions, the riser cage can be stably locked inside the server. In the riser cage of the present disclosure, since both sides have guiding structures, the riser cage can be guided to the guide bars on the inner wall of the server. Besides, in the riser card cage of the present disclosure, since the riser card cage is assembled in one piece, the manufacturing cost of the riser card cage can be saved.

The above descriptions are only used to describe the problems to be solved by the present disclosure, the technical means for solving the problems, and their effects, etc. The specific details of the present disclosure will be introduced in detail in the following embodiments and related drawings.

Several embodiments of the present disclosure will be disclosed in the following drawings, and for the sake of clarity, many practical details will be described together in the following description. It should be understood, however, that these practical details should not be used to limit the present disclosure. That is, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, these practical details are unnecessary. In addition, for the purpose of simplifying the drawings, some well-known structures and elements will be shown in a simple and schematic manner in the drawings. The same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or similar elements.

The structure and function of each element included in the riser card cage 100 of this embodiment and the connection relationship between the various elements will be described in detail below.

As shown in FIG. 1 , in this embodiment, the riser cage 100 includes a plate body 110 , a first extension portion 120 , an extension member 122 , a second extension portion 130 , a bottom plate 140 and a side plate 150 . The first extension portion 120 is bent from the plate body 110 . The extension part 122 is bent from the first extension part 120 . The second extension portion 130 is bent from the plate body 110 . The bottom plate 140 is bent from the second extending portion 130 and is opposite to the plate body 110 . The side plate 150 is bent from the bottom plate 140 and is opposite to the first extension portion 120 . The second extension parts 130 are respectively fixed to the edge of the same side of the board body 110 , the first extension part 120 , the bottom plate 140 and the side plate 150 . The extension part 122 includes a guide structure 125 . The second extension portion 130 has a heat dissipation port DO, and the heat dissipation port DO is configured to discharge waste heat of the riser card or the entire server (not shown). The side plate 150 includes a guide structure 152 . The guide structures 125, 152 each have an upwardly recessed notch.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the riser card cage 100 further includes a first side locking portion O1 . The first side locking portion O1 is bent from the first extending portion 120 and extends away from the side plate 150 . The first side locking portion O1 is configured to lock one side of the riser card cage 100 on the bottom of the server (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 2 , the riser card cage 100 further includes a second side locking portion O2 . The second side locking portion O2 is bent from the side plate 150 and extends away from the first extending portion 120 . The second side locking portion O2 is configured to lock the other side of the riser card cage 100 to the bottom of the server (eg, by means of screws).

As shown in FIG. 2 , since the plate body 110 is opposite to the bottom plate 140 , the first extending portion 120 is opposite to the side plate 150 , and the second extending portion 130 is connected to the plate body 110 , the first extending portion 120 , the bottom plate 140 and the side plate 150 . Since the board body 110 , the first extension portion 120 , the second extension portion 130 , the bottom plate 140 and the side plate 150 are on the same side edge, a accommodating space 160 is formed, and the accommodating space 160 is configured to accommodate the riser card.

As shown in FIG. 3 , in the present disclosure, the number of the first side locking portions O1 is two, and the number of the second side locking portions O2 is one. In some embodiments, the first side locking portion O1 and the second side locking portion O2 are located on opposite sides of the riser card cage 100 .

Please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , from the perspective of FIG. 3 , the guide structure 125 is shielded by the extension member 122 . From the perspective of FIG. 4 , the guiding structure 125 can only be seen.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the extension part 122 further includes a first sub-part 123 and two second sub-parts 124 . The first sub-component 123 is bent from the first extension portion 120 . The second sub-component 124 is bent from the first sub-component 123 , and the two second sub-components 124 are bent to each other. The above-mentioned guide structure 125 is included in the second sub-component 124 of the extension component 122 .

As shown in FIG. 5 , the guiding structures 125 and 152 are formed by two-piece reverse folding to form upwardly concave notches as shown in FIG. 1 .

As shown in FIG. 5, the riser cage 100 further includes at least one first inter-board fixing hole ITO1, at least one second inter-board fixing hole ITO2, at least one third inter-board fixing hole ITO3, and at least one fourth inter-board fixing hole ITO3. The fixing hole ITO4, at least one fifth inter-plate fixing hole ITO5, at least one first inner fixing hole INO1 and at least one second inner fixing hole INO2.

In some embodiments, the first inter-plate fixing holes ITO1 are located on the first extension part 120 and the extension part 122 and are configured to fix the first extension part 120 and the extension part 122 to each other. The second inter-plate fixing holes ITO2 are located on the second extension part 130 and the extension part 122 and are configured to fix the second extension part 130 and the extension part 122 to each other. The third inter-plate fixing holes ITO3 are located on the first extending portion 120 and the bottom plate 140 and are configured to fix the first extending portion 120 and the bottom plate 140 to each other. The fourth inter-plate fixing hole ITO4 is located at the second extending portion 130 and the side plate 150 and is configured to fix the second extending portion 130 and the side plate 150 to each other. The fifth inter-plate fixing hole ITO5 is located on the plate body 110 and the side plate 150 and is configured to fix the plate body 110 and the side plate 150 to each other.

In some embodiments, the first in-board fixing hole INO1 is located on the extension member 122 and is configured to fix the first sub-member 123 and the second sub-member 124 to each other. The second inner plate fixing hole INO2 is located on the side plate 150 and is configured to fix the bent parts of the side plate 150 to each other.

Please refer to Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 5. With the aforementioned configuration, the plate body 110 , the first extension portion 120 , the extension member 122 , the second extension portion 130 , the bottom plate 140 and the side plate 150 are bent with each other and through the first inter-plate fixing holes ITO1 , The second inter-plate fixing hole ITO2, the third inter-plate fixing hole ITO3, the fourth inter-plate fixing hole ITO4, the fifth inter-plate fixing hole ITO5, the first inner plate fixing hole INO1, the second inner plate fixing hole INO2 are used for locking Or riveting fixing means are fixed to each other, so as to integrally form the riser card cage 100 with the accommodating space 160 as shown in FIG. 2 .

The following will describe in detail how manufacturers and assemblers assemble the riser cage 100 .

First, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the manufacturer uses, for example, sheet metal forming to form the first extension portion 120 relative to the plate body 110 by about 90 degrees, and the second extension portion 130 relative to the plate body 110 by about 90 degrees. The bottom plate 140 is bent at about 90 degrees relative to the second extension portion 130 , and the side plate 150 is bent at about 90 degrees relative to the bottom plate 140 . The plate body 110 and the bottom plate 140 and the first extension portion 120 and the side plate 150 are located on opposite sides, respectively. And the first sub-part 123 formed as the extension part 122 is bent at about 180 degrees relative to the first extension part 120 (ie, reversed), one second sub-part 124 is bent at about 90 degrees relative to the first sub-part 123, and the other is bent at about 90 degrees relative to the first sub-part 123. The second sub-component 124 is bent by about 90 degrees relative to the one second sub-component 124 . It should be noted that the present disclosure does not intend to limit the forming method of the metal material.

Next, the assembler uses screws or rivets to fix the first sub-component 123 and the second sub-component 124 through the fixing holes INO1 in the first plate to complete the assembly of the extension component 122 . Next, the assembler uses screws or rivets to fix the first extension portion 120 and the extension member 122 through the first inter-plate fixing holes ITO1. Next, the assembler fixes the extension member 122 and the second extension portion 130 by using screws or rivets through the second inter-plate fixing holes ITO2. Next, the assembler uses screws or rivets to fix the first extension portion 120 and the bottom plate 140 through the third inter-plate fixing holes ITO3. In this way, the first extension portion 120 can be fixed to the second extension portion 130 and the bottom plate 140 via the extension member 122 .

Next, the assembler uses screws or rivets to pass through the fixing holes INO2 in the second plate to fix the bent portions of the side plates 150 to each other, so as to complete the assembly of the side plates 150 . Next, the assembler uses screws or rivets to fix the second extension portion 130 and the side plate 150 through the fourth inter-plate fixing holes ITO4. Next, the assembler uses screws or rivets to fix the board body 110 and the side board 150 through the fifth fixing hole ITO5 between the boards. In this way, the side plate 150 can be fixed with the plate body 110 and the second extension portion 130 .

Through the above steps, the assembler can complete the basic molding of the riser cage 100 .

It should be noted that, the sequence of the above-mentioned assembly steps of the riser card cage 100 can be replaced according to the needs and preferences of the assembler. The present disclosure is not intended to limit the assembly order of the riser cage 100 .

In some embodiments, the number of the heat dissipation ports DO is two, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the number of the heat dissipation ports DO may be one or more than three. The present disclosure does not intend to limit the number of heat dissipation ports DO.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 5 , the first side locking portion O1 is formed by folding back two pieces, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the first side locking portion O1 may be a single piece.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 5 , the second side locking portion O2 is formed by folding back a single piece, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the second side locking portion O2 may be a two-piece type.

In some embodiments, the extension member 122 is formed to form the guide structure 125 . In some embodiments, the guide structure 125 may be formed on the first extension part 120 or the second extension part 130 without including the extension part 122 .

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 2 , the accommodating space 160 is defined by five elements (the plate body 110 , the first extension part 120 , the second extension part 130 , the bottom plate 140 and the side plate 150 ). Not limited to this. In some embodiments, the housing space 160 may be defined by less than five or more than five elements in number. That is, any number of elements that can enclose the accommodating space 160 is within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

In some embodiments, the slot of the riser card is disposed on the side of the first extension portion 120 facing the accommodating space 160 .

After the assembler completes the above steps, the assembler moves the riser cage 100 to the bottom of the server (not shown), so that the notches of the guide structures 125 and 152 are aligned with the guide bars (not shown) on the inner wall of the server. shown), at the same time, the first side locking portion O1 and the second side locking portion O2 are respectively aligned with the corresponding locking holes (not shown) provided at the bottom of the server. Next, the assembler uses screws to pass through the first side locking portion O1 and the second side locking portion O2 respectively, so that the riser cage 100 is fixed to the bottom of the server. Thereby, the assembler completes the fixing operation of the riser card cage 100 on the bottom of the server.

From the above detailed description of the specific embodiments of the present disclosure, it can be clearly seen that in the riser card cage of the present disclosure, since both sides have locking portions, the riser card cage can be stably locked on the riser card cage. Inside the server. In the riser cage of the present disclosure, since both sides have guiding structures, the riser cage can be guided to the guide bars on the inner wall of the server. Besides, in the riser card cage of the present disclosure, since the riser card cage is assembled in one piece, the manufacturing cost of the riser card cage can be saved.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the riser cage of the present disclosure can be applied to a server, and the server can be used for artificial intelligence (AI) computing, edge computing, or as a It can be used as 5G server, cloud server or car network server.

Although the present disclosure has been disclosed as above in embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present disclosure. Anyone skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection of the present disclosure The scope shall be determined by the scope of the appended patent application.

100: Riser card cage 110: Board body 120: The first extension 122: Extensions 123: First subcomponent 124: Second subcomponent 125,152: Guide Structure 130: Second extension 140: Bottom plate 150: side panel 160: accommodating space DO: heat sink INO1: Fixing hole in the first board INO2: Fixing hole in the second board ITO1: Fixing hole between the first board ITO2: Fixing hole between the second board ITO3: Fixing holes between the third boards ITO4: Fixing hole between the fourth board ITO5: Fixing hole between fifth board O1: The first side locking part O2: The second side locking part

In order to make the above and other objects, features, advantages and embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly understood, the accompanying drawings are described as follows: FIG. 1 is a perspective assembled view of a riser cage according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is another perspective combined view of the riser cage according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 3 illustrates a top view of a riser cage according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 4 illustrates a rear view of a riser cage according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 5 is an expanded view of a riser cage according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

100: Riser card cage

110: Board body

120: The first extension

122: Extensions

125,152: Guide Structure

130: Second extension

140: Bottom plate

150: side panel

DO: heat sink

O1: The first side locking part

Claims (6)

A riser card cage configured to accommodate a riser card and comprising: a plate body; a first extension part bent from the plate body; an extension part bent from the first extension part; a second extension part bent from the plate body; a bottom plate, bent from the second extension portion and facing the plate body; a side plate, bent from the bottom plate and opposite to the first extension part, wherein the second extension part is respectively fixed to the same side edge of the plate body, the first extension part, the bottom plate and the side plate; two first side locking portions bent from the first extension portion and extending away from the side plate; and A second side locking portion is bent from the side plate and extends away from the first extension portion. The riser card cage as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first extension portion is fixed to the second extension portion and the bottom plate through the extension member. The riser card cage as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side plate is fixed to the plate body and the second extension portion. The riser card cage of claim 1, wherein the extension member comprises: a first subcomponent, bent from the first extension, The first sub-component is folded relative to the first extension portion and fixed on the first extension portion. The riser card cage of claim 4, wherein the extension member further comprises: A second sub-component is bent from the first sub-component and includes a guide structure having a notch recessed upward. The riser card cage as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side plate includes a guide structure, and the guide structure has a notch recessed upward.

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