TWI831651B - Expansion frame and server including the same - Google Patents

Abstract

An expansion frame includes a main body, a cable gathering part, two assembly cages, a cable organizer, four circuit boards and four connection cables. The cable gathering part is fixed to the main body and has a cable management space. The assembly cages are disposed on the main body and located on one side of the cable gathering part. The assembly cages are assembled with each other. The cable organizer includes a mount part and a cable organize part connected to each other. The mount part is disposed between the assembly cages. The cable organize part extends in a direction from the mount part toward the cable gathering part and has a cable gathering hole, and the cable gathering hole is connected to the cable management space. Each of the circuit boards has a connection slot for an expansion card to be inserted into. Two of the circuit boards are disposed on one of the assembly cages, and the other two of the circuit boards are disposed on the other of the assembly cages. The connection cables are respectively connected to the circuit boards. The connection cables are disposed through the cable gathering hole and extend into the cable management space.

Description

Expansion racks and servers containing them

The present invention relates to an expansion assembly rack and a server including the same, in particular to an expansion assembly rack that can support four expansion cards and has a cable management slot and a server including the same.

With the advent of the Internet generation, various technological developments and equipment developments related to network servers have also flourished. With the maturity of communication technology, transnational e-commerce has become a trend to replace the 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 to meet the various needs of customers. In order to effectively and stably support a large number of users, the server will be equipped with the largest number of functional modules in a limited space as much as possible. In this case, the components in the server are arranged very compactly.

However, when the electronic components in the server, such as graphics cards, hard drives, etc., are configured in a high-density configuration, they will easily face problems such as insufficient space for cable management and poor heat dissipation and ventilation. Since high-density graphics cards and hard disks will be compressed into the space for cable installation, and have higher requirements for heat dissipation and ventilation, how to balance the heat dissipation requirements and the convenience of cable management in a limited space will be a research and development task. The goals that people want to pursue.

The present invention provides an expansion assembly rack and a server including the same, so as to Taking into account the requirements for heat dissipation and the convenience of cable management in a limited space.

An expansion assembly rack disclosed in one embodiment of the present invention includes a main frame body, a wiring rack, two assembly shells, a cable management bracket, four connection card circuit boards and four connection cables. The cable assembly frame is fixed on the main frame body, and the cable assembly frame has a cable management trough. The two assembly shells are provided on the main frame body and located on one side of the wire hub, and the two assembly shells are assembled with each other. The cable management bracket includes a connected assembly part and a cable collection part. The assembly part is disposed between the two assembly shells. The wire collecting part extends from the assembly part toward the direction of the wire collecting frame. The wire collecting part has a wire collecting hole, and the wire collecting hole is connected to the wire management slot of the wire collecting frame. Each of the four connection card circuit boards has a slot for installing an expansion card, two of the connection card circuit boards are provided in one of the assembly shells, and the other two connection card circuit boards are provided in the other assembly shell. Assemble the shell parts. The four connection cables are respectively connected to the four connection card circuit boards, and the four connection cables are passed through the cable collection holes and extend into the cable management slot of the cable collection frame.

A server disclosed in another embodiment of the present invention includes a server chassis, an expansion assembly rack and at least one expansion card. The expansion assembly rack is installed in the internal space of the server chassis, and the expansion assembly rack includes a main frame body, a wire rack, two assembly shells, a cable management bracket, four connection card circuit boards and four connection cables . The cable assembly frame is fixed on the main frame body, and the cable assembly frame has a cable management trough. The two assembly shells are provided on the main frame body and located on one side of the wire hub, and the two assembly shells are assembled with each other. The cable management bracket includes a connected assembly part and a cable collection part. The assembly part is disposed between the two assembly shells. The wire collecting part extends from the assembly part toward the direction of the wire collecting frame. The wire collecting part has a wire collecting hole, and the wire collecting hole is connected to the wire management slot of the wire collecting frame. Each of the four connection card circuit boards has a slot, two of the connection card circuit boards are disposed in one of the assembly shells, and the other two connection card circuit boards are disposed in the other assembly shell. The four connecting cables are respectively connected to On the four connection card circuit boards, the four connection cables are passed through the cable collection holes and extend into the cable management slot of the cable collection frame. The at least one expansion card is installed in a slot of one of the connection card circuit boards.

According to the expansion assembly rack disclosed in the above embodiments and the server including the same, if it can support four expansion cards, the expansion assembly rack will have more connection cables, and through the expansion assembly rack with The cable hub and cable management bracket can simplify the routing of cables in the expansion assembly rack, organize the connection cables in a limited space, and provide the space required for heat dissipation and ventilation, thereby balancing the heat dissipation requirements and the convenience of cable management.

The above description of the content of the present invention and the following description of the embodiments are used to demonstrate and explain the principles of the present invention, and to provide further explanation of the patent application scope of the present invention.

9:Server

90:Server chassis

S1: Internal space

1: Expansion assembly rack

10: Main frame

S2: Accommodation Department

11:Cable hub

110: Cable management trough

111: Bottom plate

112:Top plate

113:Side panel

12:Cover

13,14: Assembling shell parts

131,141: Bottom plate parts

H1: Perforation

LS1: Wire duct

132,142: Side panels

H2: Cable outlet

133,143: Assembling panels

1331: Positioning bump

1431: Positioning hole

134,144: Fixed plate

15: Cable management bracket

151:Assembly Department

152:Concentration Department

H3: Cable collection hole

153:Guide plate part

154: Resistance Department

16:Connect card circuit board

160:Slot

17:Connect the cable

3: Expansion card

F0, F1, F2, F3, F4: Fixtures

FIG. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional view of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the server in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of the server of FIG. 2 .

FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic diagram of the server of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is an exploded schematic diagram of the expansion assembly rack and expansion card of FIG. 2 .

Figure 6 is a schematic three-dimensional view of the main frame and the cable assembly frame of Figure 2.

FIG. 7 is a partially exploded schematic view of the assembled housing, cable management bracket, connection card circuit board and connection cable of FIG. 2 .

FIG. 8 is an exploded schematic diagram of the assembled housing, cable management bracket, connection card circuit board and connection cables of FIG. 2 .

Detailed features and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below in the implementation mode. The content is sufficient to enable anyone with ordinary knowledge in the art to understand the technical content of the embodiments of the present invention and implement them accordingly, and based on the disclosure of this specification With the content, patent scope and drawings, anyone with ordinary knowledge in the art can easily understand the relevant objects and advantages of the present invention. The following examples further illustrate the aspects of the present invention in detail, but do not limit the scope of the present invention in any way.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 to 4 . FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of another side of the server of FIG. 1 . FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the server of FIG. 2 . A partial enlarged schematic diagram of the server is shown, and Figure 4 is an exploded schematic diagram of the server of Figure 1 .

The server 9 in this embodiment includes a server chassis 90 , an expansion assembly rack 1 and four expansion cards 3 . In this embodiment, the server 9 is a 1U server as an example, which can support up to four expansion cards 3 , but the invention is not limited to this. In other embodiments, the server can be, for example, a 2U server or a 4U server, and the server can also be configured with different numbers of expansion cards. In this embodiment, the expansion card 3 is a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) as an example, but the invention is not limited to this. In other embodiments, the expansion card 3 may be, for example, a sound card, a network card or a memory card with other functions. In addition, the expansion card 3 can be, for example, a PCI interface card, but the invention is not limited thereto.

The expansion assembly rack 1 is disposed in the internal space S1 of the server chassis 90 . The expansion assembly frame 1 includes a main frame 10, a wiring frame 11, a cover 12, two assembly shells 13, 14, A cable management bracket 15 , four connection card circuit boards 16 and four connection cables 17 .

The cable assembly frame 11 is fixed to the main frame body 10 , and the cover 12 is provided on one side of the main frame body 10 relative to the cable assembly frame 11 , wherein the cable assembly frame 11 has a cable management slot 110 . In detail, the wiring rack 11 includes a bottom plate 111, a top plate 112 and two side plates 113. The two side plates 113 are opposite to each other and connected to the bottom plate 111. The two side plates 113 are located between the bottom plate 111 and the top plate 112, and the bottom plate 111 and the top plate are 112 and the side plate 113 together surround the cable management slot 110 . In addition, one of the side plates 113 of the cable assembly frame 11 is connected to the top plate 112 and fixed to the main frame body 10 .

In this embodiment, the main frame 10 includes two plates and two connectors, and the two panels are fixedly connected to each other through the two connectors, wherein each of the two connectors has, for example, a right-angled bend. fold structure, so that there is a first-order difference between the two plates. The main frame 10 has an accommodating portion S2 between the two plates. The assembly shells 13 and 14 are disposed in the accommodating portion S2 of the main frame body 10 and located on one side of the cable assembly frame 11 , and the two assembly shells 13 and 14 are assembled with each other.

Please refer to Figures 5 to 8. Figure 5 is an exploded schematic view of the expansion assembly rack and expansion card of Figure 2. Figure 6 is a three-dimensional schematic view of the main frame and cable hub of Figure 2. Figure 7 is the assembly shell of Figure 2. , a partially exploded schematic diagram of the cable management bracket, the connection card circuit board and the connection cable, and Figure 8 is an exploded schematic view of the assembled shell, the cable management bracket, the connection card circuit board and the connection cable in Figure 2 .

The assembly shell 13 includes a bottom plate 131 , a side plate 132 and an assembly plate 133 , wherein the side plate 132 and the assembly plate 133 are respectively connected to opposite sides of the bottom plate 131 . The assembly shell 14 includes a bottom plate 141 , a side plate 142 and an assembly plate 143 , wherein the side plate 142 and the assembly plate 143 are respectively connected to opposite sides of the bottom plate 141 . The bottom plate members 131 and 141 each have two through holes H1 that communicate with each other and a wiring trough LS1. The side plate members 132, 142 each has two outlet holes H2, and the assembly plates 133 and 143 of the two assembly shells 13 and 14 are fixed and assembled to each other through fasteners F0 such as screws. Since the two assembly shells 13 and 14 have substantially the same size and similar shapes, fool-proof structures can be designed on the assembly shells 13 and 14 to facilitate correct installation of the assembly shells 13 and 14 . In detail, the assembly plate 133 of one of the assembly shells 13 may have two positioning bumps 1331, and the assembly plate 143 of the other assembly shell 14 may have two positioning holes 1431, and the positioning of the assembly plate 133 is The bumps 1331 are respectively inserted into the positioning holes 1431 of the assembly plate 143 . In this way, it can be ensured that during the production process of the product, the assembler correctly assembles the two corresponding assembly shells 13 and 14 together to prevent fooling. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In other embodiments, the assembly shell may not be provided with a fool-proof structure.

The cable management bracket 15 includes an assembly part 151 , a wire collection part 152 , a guide plate part 153 and a pressing part 154 . The assembly part 151 is provided between the two assembly shells 13 and 14 . The wire collecting part 152 is connected to the assembling part 151 and extends from the assembling part 151 toward the direction of the wire collecting frame 11 . The wire collecting part 152 has a wire collecting hole H3, and the wire collecting hole H3 is connected to the wire management slot 110 of the wire collecting frame 11. The guide plate portion 153 is connected to the wire collecting portion 152 and extends from the wire collecting portion 152 in a direction away from the assembly portion 151 . The guide plate portion 153 is located on one side of the wire collecting hole H3 of the wire collecting portion 152 . The pressing portion 154 is connected to the wire collecting portion 152 and extends from the wire collecting portion 152 in a direction away from the assembly portion 151 into the cable management slot 110 . The pressing portion 154 is located on one side of the wire collecting hole H3 of the wire collecting portion 152 .

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7 , the assembly shells 13 and 14 each further include a fixing plate 134 and 144, and the fixing plates 134 and 144 are connected to the side plates 132 and 142 respectively. The fixing plates 134 and 144 are respectively fixed to the assembly portion 151 of the cable management bracket 15 through fasteners F1 such as screws.

Two connection card circuit boards 16 are provided in one of the assembly housings 13 , and the other two connection card circuit boards 16 are provided in the other assembly housing 14 . Each of these connection card circuit boards 16 has a slot 160 , and the slot 160 of the connection card circuit board 16 provided in the assembly shell 13 and the slot 160 of the connection card circuit board 16 provided in the assembly shell 14 are facing away from each other. settings. In addition, the slots 160 of the connection card circuit board 16 correspond to the through holes H1 of the bottom plates 131 and 141 of the assembly shells 13 and 14 respectively, so that the expansion card 3 can pass through the through holes H1 of the bottom plates 131 and 141 respectively and be inserted into the connection. Slot 160 of card circuit board 16 . In this embodiment, the connection card circuit board 16 can be fixed to the base plates 131 and 141 of the assembly shells 13 and 14 respectively through fasteners F2 such as screws.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8 , the connection cables 17 are respectively connected to the connection card circuit board 16 , and the connection cables 17 extend through the side panels from the wiring grooves LS1 of the bottom plates 131 and 141 of the assembly shells 13 and 14 respectively. The cable outlet holes H2 of the components 132 and 142 are passed through the cable collection holes H3 of the cable collection part 152 of the cable management bracket 15 and extend into the cable management slot 110 of the cable collection frame 11 . In addition, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6 , the guide plate portion 153 of the cable management bracket 15 can guide the connecting cable 17 to bend in a preset direction into the cable management slot 110 of the cable assembly frame 11 , and the cable management bracket 15 The pressing portion 154 can press the connection cable 17 located in the cable management slot 110, so that the connection cable 17 is sandwiched between the pressing portion 154 and the bottom plate 111 of the cable collection frame 11, but the present invention does not take this as an example. limit. In other embodiments, there may be a gap between the pressing part and the connecting cable without contacting each other. Furthermore, the top plate 112 of the cable hub 11 can also press the connection cable 17 located in the cable management slot 110, so that the connection cable 17 is sandwiched between the top plate 112 and the bottom plate 111, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, there may be a gap between the top plate of the cable hub and the connecting cable without contacting each other. In this embodiment, the opposite ends of the connection cable 17 are respectively connected to the connection card circuit board 16 and the motherboard (not otherwise labeled) of the server 9 , for example.

The resisting portion 154 in this embodiment is optional, and the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the cable management bracket may not have a pressing part according to actual design requirements. In addition, the guide plate portion 153 in this embodiment is optional, and the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the cable management bracket may not have a guide plate according to actual design requirements.

In this embodiment, the assembly plates 133 and 143 of the assembly shells 13 and 14 can be fixed on one of the connectors of the main frame 10 through a fastener F3 such as screws, so that the assembly shells 13 and 14 are disposed on The accommodating portion S2 of the main frame 10 and the cable management bracket 15 can be fixed to the cable assembly frame 11 through fasteners F4 such as screws.

The cover plate 12 in this embodiment is optional, and the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the expansion assembly rack may not have a cover according to actual design requirements.

In this embodiment, the slot 160 of the connection card circuit board 16 provided in the assembly shell 13 and the slot 160 of the connection card circuit board 16 provided in the assembly shell 14 are arranged back to each other, thus facilitating expansion. The card 3 is easy to assemble and can install four expansion cards 3 in a limited space of 1U height. However, the present invention is not limited to the direction of the slot.

According to the expansion assembly rack and the server including the expansion assembly rack in the above embodiment, if it can support four expansion cards, the expansion assembly rack will have more connection cables. By providing the cable hub on the expansion assembly rack and cable management brackets, which can simplify the routing of cables in the expansion assembly rack, organize connection cables in a limited space, provide the space required for heat dissipation and ventilation, and thus balance the heat dissipation requirements with the convenience of cable management.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the foregoing preferred embodiments, they are not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in the similar art can make some modifications and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention is The scope of patent protection for an invention shall be determined by the patent application attached to this specification. Please refer to the scope defined by the patent.

9:Server

90:Server chassis

1: Expansion assembly rack

3: Expansion card

Claims (10)

An expansion assembly rack, including: a main frame body; a wire rack fixed to the main frame body, and the wire rack has a cable management slot; two assembly shells provided on the main frame body and located on the wire hub on one side, and the two assembly shells are assembled with each other; a cable management bracket includes a connected assembly part and a wire collection part, the assembly part is disposed between the two assembly shells, and the wire collection part is assembled from the The cable collection part extends toward the direction of the cable hub, the cable collection part has a cable collection hole, and the cable collection hole is connected to the cable management slot of the cable collection frame; the four connection card circuit boards each have a connector for installing an expansion card. Slots, in which two of the connection card circuit boards are provided in one of the assembly shells, and the other two connection card circuit boards are provided in the other of the assembly shells; and four connection cables are respectively connected to the four assembly shells. There is a connection card circuit board, and the four connection cables are passed through the wiring hole and extend into the cable management slot of the wiring rack. The expansion assembly rack according to claim 1 further includes a cover plate, wherein the cover plate is disposed on one side of the main frame relative to the wire hub. The expansion assembly rack according to claim 1, wherein the line hub includes a bottom plate, a top plate and two side panels, the two side panels are opposite to each other and connected to the bottom panel, and the two side panels are located between the bottom panel and the top panel. , one of the side panels is fixed to the main frame, and the bottom panel, the top panel and the two side panels together surround the cable management slot. The expansion assembly rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the slots of the two connection card circuit boards provided in one of the assembly shells and the other two slots provided in the other assembly shell are The slots of the connection card circuit board are arranged facing away from each other. The expansion assembly rack according to claim 1, wherein each of the two assembly shells includes a bottom plate, a side plate and an assembly plate, and the side plate and the assembly plate are respectively connected to opposite sides of the bottom plate. side; wherein, each bottom plate member has a through hole and a wiring trough that communicate with each other, each side plate member has a wire outlet hole, and the slots of the four connection card circuit boards respectively correspond to the through holes. The connecting cables respectively extend from the wiring troughs and pass through the outlet holes, and the assembly plates of the two assembly shells are fixedly assembled with each other. The expansion assembly rack according to claim 5, wherein one of the assembly plates of the two assembly shells has at least one positioning protrusion, and the other one of the assembly plates of the two assembly shells One has at least one positioning hole, and the at least one positioning protrusion passes through the at least one positioning hole. The expansion assembly rack as described in claim 5, wherein each of the two assembly shells further includes a fixing plate, the fixing plates are respectively connected to the side plates, and the fixing plates are respectively fixed to the side plates. This assembly part of the wire bracket. The expansion assembly rack according to claim 1, wherein the cable management bracket further includes a guide plate portion connected to the wire collecting portion and extending from the wire collecting portion in a direction away from the assembly portion, and the guide plate portion The guide plate part is located on one side of the wire collecting hole of the wire collecting part. The expansion assembly rack according to claim 1, wherein the cable management bracket further includes a resisting portion connected to the wire collecting portion and extending from the wire collecting portion into the cable management slot in a direction away from the assembly portion. , the pressing part is located on one side of the wire collecting hole of the wire collecting part, and the pressing part presses the four connecting cables so that the four connecting cables are sandwiched between the pressing part and the cable collection frame between. A server includes: a server casing; an expansion assembly frame, which is arranged in the internal space of the server casing; the expansion assembly frame includes: a main frame body; a wire frame fixed to the main frame body, And the cable hub has a cable management trough; two assembly shells are provided on the main frame body and located on one side of the cable hub, and the two assembly shells are assembled with each other; a cable management bracket includes a connected An assembly part and a wire collection part. The assembly part is arranged between the two assembly shells. The wire collection part extends from the assembly part toward the direction of the wire collection frame. The wire collection part has a wire collection hole, and the wire collection hole communicates with the wire collection frame. The cable management slot of the cable hub; four connection card circuit boards, each having a slot, two of the connection card circuit boards are provided in one of the assembly shells, and the other two connection card circuit boards are provided in the other assembly shell. 1. The assembly shell; and four connection cables, respectively connected to the four connection card circuit boards, and the four connection cables pass through the cable collection hole and extend into the cable management slot of the cable collection frame; And at least one expansion card is installed in the slot of one of the connection card circuit boards.

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