TWI832615B - Case and quick release mechanism for case and electronic devices therein - Google Patents

Abstract

A case and a quick-release mechanism for an electronic device in the case, enabling an electronic device to be positioned in or disassembled from an accommodating space extending along a first direction of a case. The quick-release mechanism for the electronic device in the case includes a positioning member, a limiting member and an unlocking member. The positioning member is arranged on one side of the electronic device. The limiting member is disposed on the case and includes a limiting portion movable between a stopping position and a release position along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The unlocking member is disposed on the case and movable along the first direction to interfere with the limiting portion of the limiting member, whereby the limiting portion is moved from the blocking position to the releasing position along the second direction. The limiting portion stops the positioning member at the stopping position, and the limiting portion releases the stop to the positioning member at the releasing position.

Description

Chassis and quick release mechanism for electronic devices in the chassis

The present invention relates to the technical field of a chassis structure for installing electronic devices, and in particular to a quick-detachable chassis for electronic devices and a quick-detach mechanism for electronic devices in the chassis.

Computer devices, such as personal computers, will also have a hard drive or optical drive in the chassis in addition to the motherboard for reading and writing storage media. In the existing chassis, the motherboard is arranged parallel to the bottom of the chassis, and the hard drive or optical disk drive is arranged in a receiving slot perpendicular to the bottom of the chassis, so that the hard drive or optical drive is positioned in the receiving slot The positioning mechanism is a bracket located near the top of the chassis and opposite to the bottom.

For the existing chassis structure in which the hard disk drive or optical disk drive and the motherboard are arranged vertically to each other, when the new generation of computer device products develops in the direction of reducing size, the height of the new generation is designed to be lower or the length is set to be smaller. In the chassis, the installation position of the motherboard changes, thus causing the problem of interference between the vertically installed hard drive or optical drive and the horizontally installed motherboard. In addition, if the storage slot for accommodating the hard disk drive or optical disk drive needs to be designed separately, the positioning mechanism of the bracket originally provided near the top of the chassis must also be reconfigured.

In view of this, the object of the present invention is to provide a chassis and a quick-release mechanism for electronic devices in the chassis. The accommodating groove for accommodating electronic devices (such as hard disk drives or optical disk drives) is parallel to the motherboard, and at the same time A quick-release mechanism is also provided near the side wall of the receiving slot in the chassis, and users can directly operate the quick-release mechanism from the front panel of the chassis. In this way, for the new generation of chassis that is developing in the direction of size reduction, the present invention solves the problem of interference between the hard disk drive or optical disk drive and the motherboard, and also solves the problem that the original positioning mechanism cannot be used after the direction of the accommodating slot is changed. .

An embodiment of the quick release mechanism of the electronic device in the chassis of the present invention enables an electronic device to be positioned in or detached from an accommodating slot extending along a first direction of the chassis. The disassembly mechanism includes a positioning piece, a limiting piece and an unlocking piece. The positioning component is arranged on one side of the electronic device. The limiter is provided on the chassis and includes a limiter portion that can move between a stop position and a release position along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The unlocking piece is disposed on the chassis movably along the first direction, and can interfere with the limiting portion of the limiting piece, so that the limiting portion moves along the second direction from the blocking position to the release position. The limiting part blocks the positioning part at the blocking position, and the limiting part releases the blocking of the positioning part at the release position.

An embodiment of the chassis of the present invention includes a bearing member, a receiving slot and the above-mentioned quick release mechanism. The bearing member carries a motherboard. The accommodating groove extends parallel to the motherboard along a first direction for an electronic device to enter or move out along the first direction. The above-mentioned quick release mechanism corresponds to the accommodation slot.

In the chassis of the present invention, the accommodating slot for accommodating the electronic device is arranged parallel to the motherboard, and the position of the accommodating slot in the third direction is kept misaligned with the motherboard, so that when the electronic device is installed in the accommodating slot, it will not interfere with the motherboard. Producing interference is conducive to the development of a new generation of miniaturized chassis products. In addition, since the unlocking piece is disposed on the chassis movably along the first direction, the user can push the unlocking piece from the front panel of the chassis to operate the quick release mechanism, so that the electronic device can be quickly removed from the receiving slot.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2 , which show a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention installed in a chassis 1 . The chassis 1 of this embodiment includes a box 10 , a bracket module 20 provided on the box 10 , a receiving slot 30 formed by the bracket module 20 , and a quick release mechanism 40 provided on the bracket module 20 .

As shown in FIG. 1 , the box 10 includes a bottom plate 11 and two opposite side plates 12 . The motherboard is disposed on the bottom plate 11 . The bottom plate 11 can be provided with a bearing 14 , for example, a boss-like structure or a protruding column is formed on the bottom plate 11 , or the bottom plate 11 can be directly used as the bearing 14 for carrying the motherboard.

The bracket module 20 is used for arranging the electronic device M installed in the computer device, such as a hard disk drive or an optical disk drive. The bracket module 20 of this embodiment is disposed close to the front panel, and the front panel is provided with an opening (not shown) corresponding to the electronic device M, so that the operation panel M1 of the electronic device M is exposed from the opening of the front panel. The bracket module 20 includes two opposite first brackets 21 and second brackets 22 . The first bracket 21 and the second bracket 22 are arranged on the bottom plate 11 and are vertically arranged with the bottom plate 11 . Viewed from the front of the chassis 1 , the first bracket 21 is located on the left side, and the second bracket 22 is located on the right side. The first bracket 21 includes a first side wall 211 and a first front wall 212 . The first side wall 211 connects the front and back of the box 10 extends in the first direction L1 , and the first front wall 212 corresponds to the front panel of the box 10 . The second bracket 22 includes a second side wall 221 and a second front wall 222. The second side wall 221 is parallel to and opposite to the first side wall 211 to form a receiving groove 30 for accommodating the electronic device M. The second front wall 222 corresponds to on the front panel of the box 10. The first side wall 211 is provided with a first chute 213 at a position corresponding to the accommodating groove 30 , and the second side wall 221 is provided with a second chute 223 at a position corresponding to the accommodating groove 30 . The first chute 213 and the second chute 223 are arranged opposite each other and both extend toward the first direction L1 and correspond to the accommodating groove 30 for accommodating the electronic device M.

Positioning members M2 are provided on opposite sides of the electronic device M. The positioning member M2 of this embodiment is a protruding member. The positioning member M2 of this embodiment is locked into the side of the electronic device M with a bolt, and the head of the bolt protrudes from the side of the electronic device M to form the positioning member M2. Protruding pieces. The positioning member M2 extends along a second direction L2, and the second direction L2 is orthogonal to the first direction L1. The positioning members M2 on both sides of the electronic device M extend through the first chute 213 and the second chute 223 along the second direction L2 and protrude from the first side wall 211 and the second side wall 221 , and the positioning members on both sides of the electronic device M M2 is supported by the chute walls 213b and 223b of the first chute 213 and the second chute 223, whereby the electronic device M is supported in the accommodating groove 30.

The first side wall 211 of this embodiment is provided with two first chute 213 arranged parallel to each other, and the second side wall 221 is provided with two second chute 223 arranged parallel to each other, whereby the first side wall 211 and the second chute 223 are arranged parallel to each other. Two receiving grooves 30 are formed between the side walls 221, whereby two electronic devices M can be installed.

Please refer to Figures 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, which illustrate an embodiment of the quick release mechanism of the present invention. The quick release mechanism 40 of this embodiment includes a limiting member 41, an unlocking member 42, a limiting member base 43 and a positioning member M2 of the electronic device M. The limiter base 43 is disposed on the bottom plate 11 of the box 10 and is close to the side of the first side wall 211 opposite to the accommodating slot 30 . That is, the limiter base 43 is disposed outside the accommodating slot 30 and close to the first side wall. At 211, there is a predetermined distance between the limiting member base 43 and the first side wall 211.

The limiting member 41 is provided on the limiting member base 43 and corresponds to the first slide groove 213 . The limiting part 41 includes a combining part 411, an inclined part 412, a limiting part 413 and an unlocking part 414. The coupling part 411 is connected to the limiter base 43 , the inclined part 412 connects the coupling part 411 and the limiting part 413 , and the unlocking part 414 is connected to the limiting part 413 . The inclined portion 412 is closer to the opening of the accommodating groove 30 than the limiting portion 413 .

The inclined portion 412 extends away from the opening of the accommodating groove 30 and in a direction close to the accommodating groove 30 and passes through the first slide groove 213 into the accommodating groove 30 . That is, the inclined portion 412 is relative to the first direction L1 and the second direction L2 All have tilt angles greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees. The limiting part 413 includes a stop wall 4131, which is connected to the end of the inclined part 412 and perpendicular to the first direction L1. The limiting part 413 of this embodiment includes a recessed structure 4132. The recessed structure 4132 forms an approximately U-shaped structure, and the stop wall 4131 is a part of the recessed structure 4132. The unlocking part 414 includes a first inclined surface body 4141. The first inclined surface body 4141 extends from an end of the recessed structure 4132 opposite to the stop wall 4131 along the third direction L3. The inclined part 412 can elastically deform. When the electronic device M is installed in the accommodating groove 30 , the positioning member M2 of the electronic device M moves along the first slide groove 213 and interferes with the inclined part 412 , causing the inclined part 412 to elastically deform. The limiting part 413 and the unlocking part 414 move away from the accommodating groove 30 along the second direction L2. When the positioning member M2 moves beyond the stop wall 4131 of the limiting part 413, the interference between the positioning member M2 and the inclined part 412 is released, and the positioning member M2 is tilted. The part 412 is reset so that the stop wall 4131 returns to the stop position. At this time, the stop wall 4131 stops the positioning member M2, thereby positioning the electronic device M in the accommodating groove 30, thereby achieving the effect of quick installation and positioning.

The chassis 1 of this embodiment includes two parallel accommodating slots 30, so the first side wall 211 has two parallel first chute 213, and the second side wall 221 has two parallel second chute 223. The limiting member 41 includes two parallel inclined portions 412 and two parallel limiting portions 413 . An unlocking portion 414 connects the two limiting portions 413 . The two inclined portions 412 and the two limiting portions 413 correspond to the two first slide grooves 213 respectively, and the electronic devices in the two accommodating slots 30 can be positioned and disassembled.

Two adjacent positions on the first side wall 211 are punched and then bent in a direction away from the accommodating groove 30 to form a guide groove 211c. The first front wall 212 is provided with an insertion opening 212a. Please refer to Figure 2 together. The unlocking member 42 of this embodiment is a long plate-shaped object, and its insertion opening 212a is inserted into the guide groove 211c. The insertion opening 212a of the first front wall 212 and the guide groove 211c are along the first front wall 212. The first front wall 212 and the guide groove 211c support the unlocking member 42 to move in the first direction L1.

The unlocking piece 42 includes an unlocking piece body 421 , a second slope body 422 , a mounting groove 423 and a pressing part 424 . The second inclined surface body 422 is provided at one end of the unlocking piece body 421 , and the pressing portion 424 is provided at the other end of the unlocking piece body 421 and is opposite to the second inclined surface body 422 . The installation groove 423 is provided on the unlocking piece body 421 and is located between the second slope body 422 and the pressing part 424 . The unlocking piece body 421 is inserted through the insertion opening 212a and into the guide groove 211c. The size of the pressing portion 424 is larger than the size of the insertion opening 212a, so it is exposed on the first front wall 212, and thereby limits the movement of the unlocking piece 42 along the first direction L1. journey. The second slope body 422 corresponds to the first slope body 4141 of the unlocking part 414. When the unlocking member 42 moves along the first direction L1, the second slope body 422 interferes with the first slope body 4141, causing the stop of the limiting part 413. The wall 4131 moves away from the accommodating groove 30 along the second direction L2 from the stop position to the release position. At this time, the stop wall 4131 no longer blocks the positioning member M2 of the electronic device M, and the user can apply force to release the electronic device. M is removed from the receiving slot 30, thereby achieving the effect of quick release.

The quick-release mechanism 40 also includes an elastic member 44. The elastic member 44 is disposed in the installation slot 423. One end of the elastic member 44 is in contact with the wall of the installation slot 423 of the unlocking member 42, and the other end of the elastic member 44 is in contact with the first side wall. 211 The hole wall of a slot. In the natural state, the elastic member 44 keeps the unlocking member body 421 in the original position. At this time, the second inclined surface body 422 and the first inclined surface body 4141 maintain a distance without interference. When the user intends to move the electronic device M out of the accommodating slot 30, the user exerts force to push the unlocking member 42 to overcome the elastic force of the elastic member 44, causing the second inclined surface body 422 to interfere with the first inclined surface body 4141, causing the limiting portion to The stop wall 4131 of 413 moves away from the accommodating groove 30 along the second direction L2 from the stop position to the release position. After the electronic device M moves out of the accommodating groove 30, the user releases the unlocking member 42. At this time, the elastic force of the elastic member 44 resets the unlocking member 42, and thereby releases the interference between the unlocking member 42 and the unlocking portion 414. At this time, the limiting member 41 The inclined portion 412 also elastically returns at the same time, causing the limiting portion 413 to return to the stop position. The elastic member 44 in this embodiment is a compression spring.

Please refer to FIG. 8 , which shows that after the electronic device M is installed in the two receiving slots 30 of the chassis 1 of the present invention, the electronic device M and the motherboard MB are misaligned, so the electronic device M will not be misaligned with the motherboard MB. state of interference.

In the chassis of the present invention, the accommodating slot for accommodating the electronic device is arranged parallel to the motherboard, and the position of the accommodating slot in the third direction is kept misaligned with the motherboard, so that when the electronic device is installed in the accommodating slot, it will not interfere with the motherboard. Producing interference is conducive to the development of a new generation of miniaturized chassis products. In addition, since the unlocking piece is disposed on the chassis movably along the first direction, the user can push the unlocking piece from the front panel of the chassis to operate the quick release mechanism, so that the electronic device can be quickly removed from the receiving slot.

The quick-release mechanism of the electronic device provided in the preferred embodiment of the present invention can be installed in a server host. The server host can be used for artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence, referred to as AI) computing and edge computing (edge computing). ), can also be used as a 5G server, cloud server or Internet of Vehicles server.

Through the above detailed description of the preferred embodiments, it is hoped that the characteristics and spirit of the present invention can be more clearly described, but the scope of the present invention is not limited by the above disclosed preferred embodiments. On the contrary, the intention is to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements within the scope of the patent for which the present invention is intended.

1:Chassis

10: Cabinet

11: Bottom plate

12:Side panel

14: Passenger components

20:Bracket module

21:First bracket

22:Second bracket

30: Accommodation tank

40:Quick release mechanism

41:Limiting piece

42:Unlocking piece

43: Limiter base

44: Elastic parts

211: First side wall

211c:Guide groove

212:First front wall

213:First chute

213b,223b:Chute wall

212a: Insertion port

221:Second side wall

222:Second front wall

223:Second chute

411:joint part

412: Inclined part

413: Limiting part

414: Unlock Department

421:Unlock body

422:Second inclined plane

423:Installation slot

424:Compression part

4131: Stop wall

4132:Concave structure

4141:First inclined plane

L1: first direction

L2: Second direction

L3: Third direction

M: electronic device

M1: Operation panel

M2: Positioning piece

MB: motherboard

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the chassis of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partially exploded perspective view of the chassis of FIG. 1 . FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the chassis of FIG. 1 with side panels, top brackets and stopper bases removed. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of part A of FIG. 3 , which is a perspective view of an embodiment of the quick release mechanism of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a left side view of the chassis of FIG. 3 . FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view along line A-A in FIG. 5 . FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of part B of FIG. 6 . 8 is a perspective view from the rear of the chassis of the present invention after the electronic device and the motherboard are installed.

1:Chassis

11: Bottom plate

12:Side panel

14: Bearing part

20:Bracket module

21:First bracket

22:Second bracket

30: Accommodation tank

40:Quick release mechanism

41:Limiting piece

42:Unlocking piece

43: Limiter base

44: Elastic parts

211: First side wall

213:First chute

223:Second chute

L1: first direction

L2: Second direction

L3: Third direction

M: electronic device

M1: Operation panel

M2: Positioning piece

Claims (6)

A quick-release mechanism for an electronic device in a chassis, which enables an electronic device to be positioned in or detached from an accommodating slot extending along a first direction of a chassis. The quick-release mechanism for an electronic device in a chassis includes: a A positioning member is provided on one side of the electronic device, and the positioning member is a protruding member; a limiting member is provided on the chassis, and includes a limiting portion that can move along the direction positive to the first direction. A second direction of intersection moves between a stop position and a release position, and the stop portion includes: at least one stop wall, which is perpendicular to the first direction. When the stop portion is at the stop position when the positioning member is in contact with the at least one stop wall; and a recessed structure, the at least one stop wall is provided in the recessed structure, when the limiting part is at the stop position, the positioning member is located in the recess In the structure, an unlocking piece is disposed on the chassis movably along the first direction, and can interfere with the limiting portion of the limiting piece, so that the limiting portion moves away from the stop along the second direction. The position moves to the release position; wherein the limiting portion blocks the positioning member at the blocking position, and the limiting portion releases the blocking of the positioning member at the release position. The quick release mechanism of the electronic device in the chassis according to claim 1, wherein the limiting member further includes an inclined portion, the inclined portion is closer to the opening of the accommodating slot than the limiting portion, and the inclined portion faces away from the Open your mouth and extends obliquely toward the direction close to the electronic device. The quick-release mechanism for an electronic device in a chassis as described in any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the limiting member further includes an unlocking portion, the unlocking portion is connected to the limiting portion and includes a first slope body, The unlocking piece includes a second inclined surface body, the second inclined surface body is in contact with the first inclined surface body and interferes with the first inclined surface body, so that the limiting part moves along the second direction. The quick release mechanism of the electronic device in the chassis of claim 3 further includes an elastic member, the two ends of which are respectively in contact with the unlocking member and the chassis. The quick release mechanism of the electronic device in the chassis according to claim 3, wherein the limiting part includes two stop walls, and the two stop walls are connected to opposite sides of the unlocking part and along the first A third direction orthogonal to the second direction is arranged, and the two stop walls block the two positioning members of the electronic device. A chassis, which includes: a bearing member that carries a motherboard; an accommodating groove that extends parallel to the motherboard along a first direction for an electronic device to enter or move out of the accommodating space along the first direction. slot; and The quick release mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which corresponds to the accommodation slot.

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