TWI833609B - Expansion assembly and mounting assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

An expansion assembly includes a mounting frame, at least one expansion card and an abutting member. The mounting frame includes a base plate and two side plates. The two side plates are connected to opposite sides of the base plate, so that the base plate and the two side plates together surround a mounting space. Each of the two side plates has an oblique recess. The distance from the two oblique recesses to the base plate decreases from one end to the other end. The at least one expansion card is located in the mounting space. Opposite two sides of the abutting member are respectively slidably disposed in the two oblique recesses, so that the abutting member contacts one side of the at least one expansion card away from the base plate.

Description

Expansion components and installation components

The present invention relates to an expansion component, in particular to an expansion component that can fix an expansion card.

In servers, expansion cards serve many purposes, such as image processing, network interface, peripheral device interface, data storage, etc. Users can install the required expansion cards in the server according to their own needs to expand the server's functions.

Generally speaking, the front end of the expansion card will be fixed to the expansion mounting bracket through screws, and the back end will be fixed through brackets. However, the size of the current expansion card is getting larger and larger, so there is not enough space to install a bracket on the rear end of the expansion card. As a result, the expansion card cannot be stably fixed and may fall off due to vibration. Therefore, how to secure the expansion card stably is one of the problems that developers should solve.

The present invention provides an expansion component and an installation component to stably fix the expansion card.

An expansion component disclosed in one embodiment of the present invention includes an installation bracket, at least one expansion card and a supporting member. The installation frame includes a bottom plate and two side plates. The two side plates are connected to opposite sides of the base plate so that the base plate and the two side plates together surround an installation space. Each of the two side plates has an oblique slide groove. The distance from the two oblique chute to the bottom plate decreases from one end to the other end. At least one expansion card is located in the installation space. Opposite sides of the resisting component are slidably disposed in two oblique slide grooves, so that the resisting component presses at least one side of the expansion card away from the base plate.

Another embodiment of the present invention discloses an installation component for installing at least one expansion card. The installation component includes an installation frame and a top support piece. The installation frame includes a bottom plate and two side plates. The two side plates are connected to opposite sides of the base plate so that the base plate and the two side plates together surround an installation space. The installation space is used for installing at least one expansion card. Each of the two side plates has an oblique slide groove. The distance from the two oblique chute to the bottom plate decreases from one end to the other end. Opposite sides of the resisting component are slidably disposed in two oblique slide grooves, so that the resisting component presses at least one side of the expansion card away from the base plate.

According to the expansion component and the installation component of the above embodiment, since a pressing member is added above the expansion card to resist the expansion card, the expansion card can be stably fixed. Even if there is not enough space at the rear end of the expansion card to install a fixing bracket, the expansion card can still be fixed through the pressing piece located above the expansion card.

In addition, since the pressing member slides into the oblique chute to further press the expansion card, the expansion card can be further fixed to the mounting bracket without causing the expansion card to fall off due to vibration.

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.

10: Expansion components

20:Mounting rack

21: Bottom plate

22:Side panel

221: Inclined chute

222: Positioning slot

2221: Positioning recess

23:Assemble the panels

24:Installation space

30:Expansion card

31:Card body

32:Block

40: Top support piece

41: Support the body

411:Surface

412: Pressure bump

42: Positioning arm

421: Positioning bump

43: Operating arm

431:Extension

432:Compression part

A~D: direction

D1, D2: distance

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the expansion component of FIG. 1 from another perspective.

FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic diagram of the expansion component of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the expansion component of FIG. 1 .

Figure 5 is a schematic three-dimensional view of the top-resisting component of Figure 1 being placed into the mounting bracket.

Figure 6 is a schematic three-dimensional view of the top-resisting member of Figure 1 sliding into the oblique slide groove.

FIG. 7 is an assembly diagram of an expansion card of another size in the expansion assembly of FIG. 1 .

See Figure 1 to Figure 3. FIG. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional view of an expansion component according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the expansion component of FIG. 1 from another perspective. FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic diagram of the expansion component of FIG. 1 .

The expansion component 10 of this embodiment includes a mounting bracket 20, two expansion cards 30 and a supporting member 40. The mounting bracket 20 includes a bottom plate 21 , two side plates 22 and an assembly plate 23 . The two side plates 22 are connected to opposite sides of the base plate 21 so that the base plate 21 and the two side plates 22 together form an installation space 24 . Two expansion cards 30 are located in the installation space 24 . Each expansion card 30 includes a card body 31 and a blocking piece 32 . The blocking piece 32 is installed on one side of the card body 31 . Opposite sides of the assembly plate 23 are connected to the two side plates 22 respectively, and the baffle 32 is fixed to the assembly plate 23 through screws, for example. Please also refer to Figure 4. FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the expansion component of FIG. 1 . Each of the two side plates 22 has an inclined Chute 221. The distance between the two oblique slide grooves 221 and the bottom plate 21 decreases from one end to the other end. That is to say, the distance D1 from the part of the oblique chute 221 that is far away from the assembly plate 23 to the bottom plate 21 is greater than the distance D2 from the part of the oblique chute 221 that is closer to the assembly plate 23 to the bottom plate 21 .

Opposite sides of the resisting member 40 are slidably disposed in two oblique slide grooves 221 respectively, so that the resisting member 40 presses the side of the card body 31 of the two expansion cards 30 away from the base plate 21 . The pushing member 40 includes a pushing body 41 , two positioning elastic arms 42 and two operating arms 43 . Opposite sides of the supporting body 41 are respectively slidably disposed on two oblique slide grooves 221 . The resisting body 41 has a surface 411 and a plurality of resisting protrusions 412 . Surface 411 faces the two expansion cards 30 . These pressing bumps 412 protrude from the surface 411 . These pressing bumps 412 are, for example, elongated and arranged in four rows in an array. These pressing protrusions 412 are used to press two expansion cards 30 , and every two rows of pressing protrusions 412 press one expansion card 30 .

The two side plates 22 have two positioning grooves 222 . The two positioning grooves 222 correspond to the two oblique slide grooves 221 and have a plurality of positioning recesses 2221. Each positioning elastic arm 42 includes a positioning protrusion 421 , and the positioning protrusion 421 can selectively engage with one of the positioning recesses 2221 of the positioning groove 222 . Each operating arm 43 includes an extension part 431 and a pressing part 432. The extension part 431 is connected to the positioning elastic arm 42 . The pressing part 432 is connected to the extending part 431 and is substantially parallel to the positioning elastic arm 42 . The so-called substantially parallel means completely parallel or approximately parallel.

In this embodiment, since the top of the expansion card 30 is installed with the supporting member 40 , and the positioning protrusion 421 is selected to engage with the appropriate positioning recess 2221 in the positioning groove 222 according to the size of the expansion card 30 , it can be further fixed. Expansion card 30. Even if there is not enough space to install a fixing bracket on the other side of the bracket 32 of the expansion card 30 , the expansion card 30 can still be further fixed through the resisting member 40 located above the expansion card 30 .

The expansion card 30 can be divided into standard card and wide card. A wide card is, for example, twice as thick as a standard card. In this embodiment, the expansion card 30 is a wide card, and the number of the expansion cards 30 is two, so that every two rows of pressing bumps 412 press one expansion card 30 , but this is not a limitation. In other embodiments, the expansion cards may also be standard cards, and the number of expansion cards may also be four, so that each row of pressing bumps presses one expansion card.

See Figure 5 to Figure 7. Figure 5 is a schematic three-dimensional view of the top-resisting component of Figure 1 being placed into the mounting bracket. Figure 6 is a schematic three-dimensional view of the top-resisting member of Figure 1 sliding into the oblique slide groove. FIG. 7 is an assembly diagram of an expansion card of another size in the expansion assembly of FIG. 1 .

As shown in FIG. 5 , the expansion card 30 is located in the installation space 24 of the installation bracket 20 . When the user wants to fix the expansion card 30, he first presses the two pressing portions 432 of the resisting member 40 along the directions A and B respectively, so that the two positioning elastic arms 42 of the resisting member 40 retract inwards along the directions A and B respectively. And put the resisting component 40 into the mounting bracket 20 along the direction C to abut against the expansion card 30 . Then, as shown in FIG. 6 , the user slides the opposite sides of the resisting body 41 of the resisting member 40 into the two oblique slide grooves 221 along the direction D, so that the resisting body 41 is guided by the oblique slide grooves 221 And further against the expansion card 30. At this time, the positioning protrusion 421 against the main body 41 is located in one of the positioning recesses 2221 of the positioning groove 222 to complete the fixation of the expansion card 30 .

As shown in FIG. 7 , compared with the expansion card 30 of FIG. 5 , the expansion card 30 of FIG. 6 is smaller in size, so that the space of the two oblique slide grooves 221 is larger. Therefore, the space of the supporting body 41 of the supporting member 40 is larger. The opposite sides can further slide into the two oblique slide grooves 221 along the direction D, so that the positioning protrusions 421 against the body 41 can be located in the positioning recess 2221 in the positioning groove 222 that is closer to the oblique slide groove 221.

According to the expansion component and the installation component of the above embodiment, since a pressing member is added above the expansion card to resist the expansion card, the expansion card can be stably fixed. Even if there is not enough space at the rear end of the expansion card to install a fixing bracket, the expansion card can still be fixed through the pressing piece located above the expansion card.

In addition, since the pressing member slides into the oblique chute to further press the expansion card, the expansion card can be further fixed to the mounting bracket without causing the expansion card to fall off due to vibration.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the expansion component and the installation component of the present invention can be applied to a server, and the server can be used for artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence, referred to as AI) computing, edge computing (Edge Computing), or Used as 5G server, cloud server or Internet of Vehicles server.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the foregoing 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 scope of the patent application attached to this specification.

20:Mounting rack

22:Side panel

221: Inclined chute

222: Positioning slot

2221: Positioning recess

23:Assemble the panels

30:Expansion card

31:Card body

32:Block

40: Top support piece

41: Support the body

411:Surface

412: Pressure bump

42: Positioning arm

421: Positioning bump

43: Operating arm

431:Extension

432: Compression part

Claims (10)

An extension component that contains: An installation frame includes a base plate and two side plates. The two side plates are connected to opposite sides of the base plate so that the base plate and the two side plates jointly surround an installation space. The two side plates each have an oblique slide groove. The distance from the oblique chute to the bottom plate decreases from one end to the other end; at least one expansion card is located in the installation space; and a top-resisting piece, the opposite sides of the top-resisting piece are respectively slidably disposed on the two The oblique slide groove allows the resisting member to press the side of the at least one expansion card away from the base plate. The expansion assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the two side plates has a positioning groove corresponding to one of the oblique slide grooves and has a plurality of positioning recesses, and the resisting member includes a resisting body and a At least one positioning elastic arm is slidably disposed on the two oblique slide grooves on opposite sides of the resisting body. The at least one positioning elastic arm can selectively engage with one of the positioning recesses in the positioning groove. The expansion assembly according to claim 2, wherein the abutment member further includes at least one operating arm, the at least one operating arm includes an extension part and a pressing part, the extending part is connected to the at least one positioning elastic arm, and the pressing part The part is connected to the extension part and is substantially parallel to the at least one positioning arm. The expansion component of claim 2, wherein the resisting body has a surface and a plurality of resisting bumps, the surface faces the at least one expansion card, and the resisting bumps protrude from the surface. The expansion assembly according to claim 2, wherein the at least one positioning spring arm includes a positioning protrusion, and the positioning protrusion can selectively engage with one of the positioning recesses in the positioning groove. The expansion component of claim 1, wherein the mounting bracket further includes an assembly plate, the opposite sides of the assembly plate are respectively connected to the two side plates, and the at least one expansion card includes a card body and a blocking piece , the pushing piece is used to press the side of the card body away from the bottom plate, the blocking piece is installed on one side of the card body, and the blocking piece is used to be fixed to the assembly plate. An installation component for installing at least one expansion card. The installation component includes: An installation rack includes a base plate and two side plates. The two side plates are connected to opposite sides of the base plate so that the base plate and the two side plates jointly surround an installation space. The installation space is used for installing the at least one expansion card. Each of the two side plates has an oblique chute, and the distance between the two oblique chute and the bottom plate decreases from one end to the other end; and a top-resisting piece, the opposite sides of the top-resisting piece are respectively disposed slidably. In the two oblique slide grooves, the resisting member presses the side of the at least one expansion card away from the base plate. The installation assembly according to claim 7, wherein one of the two side plates has a positioning groove corresponding to one of the oblique slide grooves and has a plurality of positioning recesses, and the resisting member includes a resisting body and a At least one positioning elastic arm is slidably disposed on the two oblique slide grooves on opposite sides of the resisting body. The at least one positioning elastic arm can selectively engage with one of the positioning recesses of the positioning groove. The installation assembly as claimed in claim 8, wherein the resisting member further includes at least one operating arm, the at least one operating arm includes an extension part and a pressing part, the extending part is connected to the at least one positioning spring arm, and the pressing part The part is connected to the extension part and is substantially parallel to the at least one positioning arm. The installation assembly of claim 8, wherein the resisting body has a surface and a plurality of resisting bumps, the surface is used to face the at least one expansion card, and the resisting bumps protrude from the surface.

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