TWM445708U - Computer host module - Google Patents

Abstract

A computer host module includes a casing, a holding frame, a disk drive detachably contained in the holding frame, a support member, and an elastic member. The holding frame is pivoted to a side of the casing. A pivot-arm portion of the support member is pivoted to the holding frame. A support-sheet portion is for being supported on the bracket structure so as to support the holding frame to stand on the side of the casing. The elastic member is connected to the holding frame and the pivot-arm portion. When the holding frame rotates by a specific angle, the bracket structure abuts against the support-sheet portion to make the elastic member deformed. When the holding frame rotates to the position of standing on the side of the casing, the deformed elastic member drives the support-sheet portion to rotate to the position of being supported on the bracket structure.

Description

Computer host module

The present invention relates to a computer mainframe module, and more particularly to a computer mainframe module that uses an elastic member to drive a support member to support a load bearing frame standing on the casing.

Generally speaking, the computer mainframe module of the desktop computer can be mounted on the magnetic disk drive (for example, the optical disk drive and the hard disk drive), and the load bearing frame for accommodating the magnetic disk drive can be rotated relative to the casing. The design is horizontally disposed in the casing or on one side of the casing, so that the user can mount the disk drive on the casing or remove it from the carrier frame.

However, since the conventional load-bearing frame is not additionally provided with a support auxiliary structure, when the load-bearing frame is erected on one side of the casing, the rotation of the load-bearing frame often occurs during the process of the user replacing the disk drive. This causes the user to be caught in an accident. Although there have been designs in the prior art that use a support frame to support the load-bearing frame, the design requires the user to manually extend into the casing to pull the support when the load-bearing frame is erected on one side of the casing. Therefore, this design not only easily causes accidents such as burns or cuts of components (such as heat sinks) in the mainframe module of the user during operation, but additionally requires additional opening or closing. The action of the support frame also brings a lot of inconvenience to the user.

One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide a computer mainframe module that uses an elastic member to drive a support member to support the carrier frame to stand upright on the casing to solve the above problems.

The patent application scope of the present invention discloses a computer host module, which comprises a a casing, a carrying frame, at least one disk drive, a support member, and an elastic member. The casing has a bracket structure. The carrying frame is pivotally connected to one side of the casing for selectively traversing the bracket structure of the casing or standing on one side of the casing. The disk drive is detachably housed in the carrier frame. The support member has a pivoting arm portion and a supporting piece portion. The pivoting arm portion is pivotally connected to a bottom surface of the supporting frame, and the supporting piece portion is used for supporting the carrier structure to support the carrying frame and standing on one of the casings. On the side. The elastic member is coupled to the carrying frame and the pivoting arm. When the carrying frame is pivoted relative to the casing to a specific angle, the bracket structure abuts the supporting piece to elastically deform the elastic member when the carrying frame is pivoted to the upright position. When positioned on one side of the casing, the deformed resilient member provides an elastic force to the pivoting arm to drive the support tab to pivot to a position on the bracket structure.

In summary, the present invention utilizes the arrangement of the support member and the elastic member pivotally connected to the carrying frame to pass through the supporting structure of the bracket structure and the supporting member when the carrying frame pivots to a specific angle relative to the casing. Abutting fit to elastically deform the elastic member, whereby when the carrier frame is pivoted to a position standing on the casing, the deformed elastic member can provide an elastic force to drive the support piece to pivot to bear against the support The position of the frame is such that the carrier frame can be stably erected on the casing to ensure that the user can safely disassemble or install the subsequent operations of the disk drive. In this way, the computer host module provided by the creation can not only effectively prevent the user from being accidentally caught by the rotation of the carrying frame. In addition, the carrier frame can be erected or erected by simply pivoting upwardly through the simple pulling carrier frame and pushing the support piece of the support member away from the bracket structure inwardly. It is installed on the casing, so this creation can also facilitate the user to quickly complete the replacement and installation of the disk drive, thereby greatly improving the convenience of the computer host module in the replacement and installation of the disk drive.

The advantages and spirit of the present invention can be further understood by the following embodiments and the drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a perspective view of a computer main assembly 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the mainframe module 10 includes a casing 12, a carrier frame 14, and at least one disk drive 16 (two are shown in FIG. 1, but are not limited thereto). The casing 12 has a bracket structure 18 for the bearing frame 14 to bear, and the carrier frame 14 is pivotally connected to one side of the casing 12, thereby selectively traversing the bracket structure of the casing 12. 18 (as shown in FIG. 1), or standing on the side of the casing 12 for the user to perform the replacement of the disk drive 16. As for the detailed structural design of the casing 12 and the carrier frame 14, it is common. In the prior art, it will not be described here. The disk drive 16 is detachably received in the carrier frame 14. In the present creation, the disk drive 16 can preferably be a CD player, a hard disk drive, or a floppy disk drive. It can vary with the actual application of the computer host module 10.

Further, please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, and FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the computer main assembly 10 of FIG. 1 after the casing 12 is removed. As shown in FIG. 2, the mainframe module 10 further includes a support member 20 and an elastic member 22. The support member 20 has a pivoting arm portion 24 and a supporting piece portion 26 . The pivoting arm portion 24 is pivotally connected to a bottom surface 15 of the carrying frame 14 , and the supporting piece portion 26 is used for bearing against the casing 12 . The support structure 18 is supported on the side of the casing 12, wherein the support member 20 is made of stainless steel, galvanized steel or nickel-plated steel, but is not limited thereto. The elastic member 22 is coupled to the carrier frame 14 and the pivoting arm portion 24. In this embodiment, the elastic member 22 can be a spring and the support member 20 is relatively close to the bracket structure 18. One side, whereby when the carrier frame 14 is pivoted relative to the casing 12 to a specific angle (such as 45°, etc.), the bracket structure 18 abuts the support piece 26 to elastically deform the elastic member 22 (here In the embodiment, the tensile deformation), when the carrier frame 14 is pivoted to a position on the side of the casing 12, the deformed elastic member 22 provides an elastic force to the pivoting arm portion 24 to drive the support. The sheet portion 26 pivots back to a position resting on the bracket structure 18.

It should be noted that the design of the elastic member 22 is not limited to the above embodiment, in other words, as long as the elastic force provided by the elastic member connected to the carrying frame and the pivoting arm portion is used to drive the supporting piece portion to pivot back to the bearing. The design of the position on the bracket structure is within the scope of this creation protection. For example, the elastic member 22 can be modified to be located on one side of the support member 20 away from the bracket structure 18, whereby when the bracket structure 18 abuts the support sheet portion 26, the elastic member 22 can be compressed and deformed, thereby When the bearing frame 14 is pivoted to a position on the side of the casing 12, an elastic force is provided to the pivoting arm portion 24; or the elastic member 22 can be modified as a torsion spring, which is disposed on the corresponding pivoting The arm portion 24 is pivotally connected to the position of the carrying frame 14, whereby when the bracket structure 18 abuts against the supporting piece portion 26, the elastic member 22 can be twisted and deformed to pivot on the carrying frame 14 to stand upright to the casing 12. At the position on the side, an elastic force is provided to the pivot arm portion 24.

In practical applications, the mainframe module 10 can be selectively configured to make the pivoting of the carrier frame 14 relatively smooth with respect to the casing 12. Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, and FIG. 3 is a first diagram. A partially enlarged plan view of the casing 12, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in the abutment design of the bracket structure 18 and the supporting piece portion 26, a guiding bevel 28 can be formed on the supporting piece portion 26, and The frame structure 18 is formed with a corresponding one of the abutting slopes 30, whereby the abutting slope 30 can be opened while the carrier frame 14 is pivoted from the above specific angle to a position standing on the side of the casing 12. And the guiding slope 28 abuts against each other to control the elastic force provided by the elastic member 22 to the pivoting arm portion 24, that is, the design that the abutting inclined surface 30 can abut against the guiding inclined surface 28, and is implemented therein. In the example, the tensile force of the elastic member 22 can be kept consistent, so that the pivoting arm portion 24 is pivoted from the specific angle to the position standing on the side of the casing 12 at the specific position. Accepts the same elastic force and produces uniform force, thus Rotation frame 14 to pivot relative to the housing 12 can be more smoothly, which in this example embodiment, one of the abutting inclined surface 27 is inclined an angle θ ₁ based and may be between 18.5 ° 28.5 °, and cooperating with the guide One of the inclined faces 19 has an inclination angle θ ₂ which is between 20° and 35°.

In addition, the mainframe module 10 can also be selectively configured to make the pivoting of the support member 20 relatively stable with respect to the carrier frame 14. The related configuration is as shown in FIG. 2, and the bottom surface 15 of the carrier frame 14 can have a The guiding member 32 is protruded, and the supporting piece portion 26 is correspondingly formed with a guide rail 34. The protruding guiding member 32 is disposed in the guiding rail 34 for guiding the pivoting of the supporting piece portion 26 relative to the carrying frame 14. The pivoting of the support member 20 can be made more stable. In more detail, in this embodiment, the guide rail 34 can have a mounting auxiliary hole 36 and an arcuate rail 38. The mounting auxiliary hole 36 communicates with the curved rail 38, and the protruding guide 32 is attached to the auxiliary hole 36. Provided in the curved track 38, in other words, the mounting auxiliary hole 36 can function as an auxiliary protruding guide 32 that can be more easily installed in the curved track 38.

The operation of the carrier frame 14 of the computer mainframe module 10 is described in detail below. Please refer to FIG. 1 , FIG. 4 , and FIG. 5 , and FIG. 4 is the computer host module 10 of FIG. 1 in the bracket. The abutment ramp 30 of the structure 18 abuts the guide of the support piece 26 A partially enlarged view of the inclined surface 28, and FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view of the support piece portion 26 of FIG. 4 bearing against the bracket structure 18 to support the carrier frame 14 standing upright on the casing 12. When the user wants to perform the disassembly and replacement of the disk drive 16, the carrier frame 14 accommodating the disk drive 16 of FIG. 1 has to be pivoted upward relative to the casing 12, in the process, when the frame is supported. When the pivoting to the above specific angle (as shown in FIG. 4), the abutting slope 30 of the bracket structure 18 abuts against the guiding slope 28 of the supporting piece portion 26 of the support member 20, in which case Through the abutting engagement between the abutment ramp 30 of the bracket structure 18 and the guide ramp 28 of the support piece 26, the bracket structure 18 pushes the support member 20 pivotally supported on the carrier frame 14 to pivot relatively rearwardly. The elastic member 22 is subjected to tensile deformation until the carrier frame 14 is pivoted from the position as shown in Fig. 4 to the position as shown in Fig. 5.

After the carrier frame 14 is pivoted to the position shown in FIG. 5, at this time, since the abutting slope 30 of the bracket structure 18 no longer abuts against the guiding slope 28 of the support piece portion 26, the elastic member 22 The elastic force applied to the pivot arm portion 24 due to the above-described tensile deformation can drive the support piece portion 26 of the support member 20 to pivot to a position on the bracket structure 18, thereby passing through the support piece portion 26. Relying on the design of the bracket structure 18, the carrier frame 14 can be stably erected on the casing 12 (as shown in Fig. 5), thereby effectively preventing the user mentioned in the prior art from rotating due to the carrier frame. The accident of being pinched and pinched occurs, so that the user can safely perform the operation of replacing the disk drive 16.

On the other hand, after the user completes the above operation, the user only has to push the support piece 26 of the support member 20 as shown in FIG. 5 relatively inwardly away from the bracket structure 18, at this time, due to the support member 20 The support piece 26 no longer supports the carrier frame 14, therefore, The carrier frame 14 can be pivoted back to the position shown in FIG. 1 from the position shown in FIG. 5, thereby being steadily traversed to the bracket of the casing 12. Structure 18 is on. In short, the user can easily and quickly complete the operation of mounting the disk drive 16 to the casing 12 by the above simple pushing operation.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention utilizes the arrangement of the support member and the elastic member pivotally connected to the carrying frame to pass through the supporting structure of the bracket structure and the supporting member when the carrying frame pivots to a specific angle with respect to the casing. The abutting fit to elastically deform the elastic member, whereby when the carrier frame is pivoted to a position standing on the casing, the deformed elastic member can provide an elastic force to drive the support piece to pivot to bear The position of the bracket structure is such that the carrier frame can be stably erected on the casing to ensure that the user can safely perform subsequent operations of removing or installing the disk drive. In this way, the computer host module provided by the creation can not only effectively prevent the user from being accidentally caught by the rotation of the carrying frame. In addition, the carrier frame can be erected or erected by simply pivoting upwardly through the simple pulling carrier frame and pushing the support piece of the support member away from the bracket structure inwardly. It is installed on the casing, so this creation can also facilitate the user to quickly complete the replacement and installation of the disk drive, thereby greatly improving the convenience of the computer host module in the replacement and installation of the disk drive.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all changes and modifications made by the scope of the patent application of the present invention should be covered by the present invention.

10‧‧‧Computer host module

12‧‧‧Shell

14‧‧‧ Bearer frame

15‧‧‧ bottom

16‧‧‧Disk machine

18‧‧‧ bracket structure

20‧‧‧Support

22‧‧‧Flexible parts

24‧‧‧ pivot arm

26‧‧‧Support film

28‧‧‧Guiding bevel

30‧‧‧Abutment slope

32‧‧‧Outstanding guides

34‧‧‧rails

36‧‧‧Auxiliary mounting holes

38‧‧‧ curved track

θ ₁ , θ ₂ ‧‧‧ tilt angle

1 is a perspective view of a computer mainframe module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a bottom view of the computer mainframe module of Figure 1 after removing the casing.

Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged plan view showing the casing of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a partial enlarged view of the computer main assembly of Fig. 1 when the abutting slope of the bracket structure abuts the guiding slope of the supporting piece.

Figure 5 is a partial enlarged view of the support piece of Figure 4 bearing against the bracket structure to support the carrier frame upright on the casing.

10‧‧‧Computer host module

12‧‧‧Shell

14‧‧‧ Bearer frame

15‧‧‧ bottom

16‧‧‧Disk machine

18‧‧‧ bracket structure

20‧‧‧Support

22‧‧‧Flexible parts

24‧‧‧ pivot arm

26‧‧‧Support film

28‧‧‧Guiding bevel

30‧‧‧Abutment slope

32‧‧‧Outstanding guides

34‧‧‧rails

36‧‧‧Auxiliary mounting holes

38‧‧‧ curved track

Claims (10)

A computer mainframe module comprising: a casing having a bracket structure; a bearing frame pivotally connected to one side of the casing for selectively traversing the bracket structure of the casing Or standing on the side of the casing; at least one disk drive detachably received in the carrier frame; a support member having a pivoting arm portion and a supporting piece portion, the pivoting arm The pivoting portion is pivotally connected to a bottom surface of the carrier frame, the supporting piece portion is configured to bear against the bracket structure to support the carrying frame to stand on the side of the casing; and an elastic member connected to the a carrier frame and the pivoting arm portion, when the carrier frame is pivoted to a specific angle with respect to the housing, the bracket structure abuts the supporting piece to elastically deform the elastic member when the carrier frame pivots Upon erecting to the position on the side of the casing, the deformed resilient member provides an elastic force to the pivoting arm to drive the support tab to pivot to a position on the bracket structure. The computer main body module of claim 1, wherein the supporting piece portion is formed with a guiding inclined surface, and the bracket structure is formed with an abutting inclined surface at a position corresponding to the guiding inclined surface, and the supporting frame pivots from the specific angle The abutting ramp and the guiding ramp abut against each other to position the spring force on the side of the casing to control the elastic force provided by the elastic member to the pivoting arm. The computer mainframe module of claim 2, wherein one of the guiding slopes has an inclination angle of between 18.5° and 28.5°, and one of the abutting slopes has an inclination angle of 20°. Between 35°. The computer main assembly of claim 1, wherein the elastic member is a spring located on a side of the support member that is relatively close to the bracket structure. The computer main assembly of claim 1, wherein the elastic member is a spring located on a side of the support member that is relatively away from the bracket structure. The computer main assembly of claim 1, wherein the elastic member is a torsion spring disposed at a position corresponding to the pivotal arm pivotally connected to the carrier frame. The computer mainframe module of claim 1, wherein the carrying frame has a protruding guide member, and a guiding rail is formed on the supporting piece, the protruding guiding member is disposed in the guiding rail for guiding the supporting piece relative to The pivoting of the carrier frame. The computer mainframe module of claim 7, wherein the guide rail has a mounting auxiliary hole and an arc-shaped track, the mounting auxiliary hole is connected to the arc-shaped track, and the protruding guiding member is disposed after passing the mounting auxiliary hole. In the curved track. The computer main body module according to claim 1, wherein the support member is made of stainless steel material, galvanized steel material or nickel plated steel material. The computer mainframe module of claim 1, wherein the specific angle is substantially equal to 45°.