TWM453176U - A hot swap device swapping system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present creation discloses a novelty hot swap device swapping system, more specifically, the present creation discloses a hot swap device swapping system having a latch and a handle integrated therein which can be operated by a single handle. By the present invention, the user may swap or install the hot swap device by only one hand, meanwhile, the hidden design of the latch of the present creation avoids the injury caused by the sharp angel thereof, solving the long last problem exists in the art.

Description

Hot swapping device

This creation reveals a hot swappable system. More specifically, the authors disclose a hot swappable system that can be operated with one hand and that drives the hidden snap structure by turning the angle of the grip. .

In the conventional art, the general hot swap system generally has a handle and a latch. If the user wants to take out each hot plugging device in the system separately, the user will need to open the exposed buckle first to release the locked state, and then use the handle to pull it out. However, when the design is applied, the user takes care of the efficiency and uses both hands to open the buckle and hold the handle separately, which is inconvenient to use.

On the other hand, the existing buckles are directly disposed on the outer surface of the machine. In addition to the poor appearance, the user is occasionally scratched and injured by the sharp angle of the protrusion. Accordingly, how to develop a pumping and replacing system of a hot-swappable device with simple design and low cost is an urgent problem to be solved by the industry.

In response to the above-mentioned topics, the creation department provides a system for the replacement of hot-swappable devices. More specifically, the hot swap system of the present invention generally includes a casing, a reed, and a handle. In one example, the casing has at least one perforation; and the reed is fixed to a hot plug device, the surface of the reed has a protruding structure; and the handle is pivoted to the hot plug device, the handle is The utility model comprises a pivoting portion, a holding portion and a blocking piece. The pivoting portion is pivotally connected to the surface of the hot-swapping device, so that the handle is pivoted as a fulcrum for a horizontal axial rotation; the grip portion extends outward from the pivotal portion; the blocking piece is disposed at the pivot Between the joint portion and the grip portion and in conjunction with the grip portion, when applied, the protruding structure of the reed is caught in the perforation of the casing so that The casing and the reed are mutually engaged, and the user has to apply an external force to the handle to make the handle pivot with the pivoting portion as a horizontal axis, and to move the blocking piece disposed between the perforation and the reed horizontally. A force in a vertical direction is applied to the reed, and the reed is elastically deformed in the opposite direction of the perforation to disengage the protruding structure from the perforation to achieve the effect of separating the casing and the hot-swapping device.

On the other hand, the present invention also optionally includes a spring wound around the surface of the pivoting portion, one end of the spring abutting against the surface of the hot-swapping device; wherein, when the handle is pivoted, it is a level When rotating, the spring system continuously provides a resistance, and the direction of the resistance is opposite to the direction of horizontal rotation.

The present invention also optionally includes a resilient piece disposed on the surface of the hot-swappable device; wherein when the handle is pivoted about the pivoting portion as a horizontal rotation, the handle presses the elastic piece to deform the elastic piece and The handle is continuously provided with a resistance that is opposite to the direction of horizontal rotation.

The aforementioned flap is selectively stepped, whereby the vertical height of the contact of the flap with the protruding structure is adjusted. At the same time, the stepped baffle has a first turning and a second turning, the horizontal plane of the second turning is disposed between the perforation and the reed, and the second turning has a concave angle for enhancing the second turning Strength.

Furthermore, the handle of the handle is a horseshoe shape. In one example, the hot plug device is an electronic device that includes a housing that encloses an accommodating space for receiving the reed, the pivot portion of the handle, and the entirety of the flap. The aforementioned electronic device refers to a fan. In addition, the grip portion of the handle is disposed outside the accommodating space.

In summary, the present invention proposes a replacement system that can be operated with one hand and integrated with a hot-swappable device of a handle and a buckle, so that the user can easily release the lock with one hand and perform it. The replacement and installation, at the same time, because the buckle is a hidden design, the user will not be injured by its acute angle, it is a rare creation.

In order to solve the aforementioned problems, the present invention proposes a pumping system 1 which can be operated with one hand and which incorporates a hot plug device for the handle 10 and the buckle. In short, the breakthrough of this creation compared to the prior art is that the creation of the hot-swapping device 1 by using an axially rotatable handle 10 and its associated flap 13 The casing 30 is locked and disengaged.

Please refer to FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B. FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are schematic diagrams showing a drawing system of the hot-swap device of the present invention in a preferred embodiment. As can be seen from the figure, the user can rotate the handle 10 to withdraw the latch from the through hole 31, thereby releasing the relative relationship between the hot plug device 5 and the casing 30, thereby enabling the hot plug device. 5 is extracted from the casing 30.

Please refer to FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B. FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B are schematic diagrams showing the operation mode of the hot swapping device of the present invention in a preferred embodiment. It should be noted that in order to clearly illustrate the main operational principles of the present invention, certain details are selectively omitted in Figures 2A and 2B. As can be seen from the figure, the original drawing system 1 is generally composed of a casing 30, a reed 20 and a handle 10. In a simple manner, the reed 20 is fixed on the surface of the hot-swapping device 5 and has a protruding structure 21, and the protruding structure 21 is locked in the through hole 31 of the casing 30 for The relative position of the hot plug device 5 and the casing 30 is fixed.

When the user wants to pull the hot plug device 5 out of the casing 30, the user has to rotate the handle 10 so that the flap 13 on the handle 10 presses the reed 20 to elastically deform it. The protruding structure 21 is withdrawn from the through hole 31 of the casing 30 to release the locked state between the hot plug device 5 and the casing 30. During the rotation of the handle 10 by the user, the spring 40 or the elastic piece 50 in the system 1 will provide a reverse force to the handle 10 to return the handle 10 to the original position, and also give the user a feedback. Better feel.

The various components of this creation will be further explained below. Please refer to Figure 1A, Figure 1B, Figure 3 and Figure 4. As can be seen from the figure, the hot plugging system of the present invention comprises a casing 30, a reed 20, a handle 10, and a spring 40. And a shrapnel 50. In the present example, the casing 30 refers to a server casing 30 that houses a plurality of hot-swap devices 5. The aforementioned hot plug device 5 can be, but is not limited to, an electronic component such as a power supply, a magnetic disk, a control circuit board or a fan.

In this embodiment, the hot-swappable device 5 is a fan, and includes a housing 5A. The housing 5A defines an accommodating space 5B for receiving the reed, the handle. The pivoting portion and the entirety of the flap. The grip portion 12 is disposed outside the accommodating space. Furthermore, the elastic piece 50 and the spring 40 are disposed in the accommodating space 5B of the casing 5A. It should be noted that in order to keep the drawing simple, the air inlet of the fan in the figure is intentionally omitted.

On the other hand, one end of the reed 20 of the present invention is fixed to a hot plug device 5, and the other end of the reed 20 is provided with a plurality of protruding structures 21. The plurality of protruding structures 21 face a landslide facing the inner side surface of the reed 20, so that the reed 20 can be subjected to a lateral object to be elastically deformed to a certain extent in the vertical direction. In this example, the protrusion of the reed 20 is integrally formed by the reed 20 itself, but it is not limited thereto, and the protrusion is also fixed to the surface of the reed 20 by various fixing means. Independent component. On the other hand, in this example, the reed 20 is fixed to the relative position of the hot-swapping device 5 by a plurality of screws.

The handle 10 has a pivoting portion 11 , a grip portion 12 , and a blocking piece 13 . The pivoting portion 11 is pivotally connected to the hot-swapping device 5 by a shaft body such that the handle 10 is pivoted by the shaft body to be a horizontal axial rotation. The grip portion 12 extends outward from the pivot portion 11 for a user to hold and rotate for the aforementioned.

On the other hand, in this example, the grip portion 12 of the handle 10 of the present invention generally has a horseshoe shape, but the creation is not limited thereto, and the grip portion 12 is also required according to the design requirements thereof. For the I-shape or the C-shape, the creation will not limit its shape.

In addition, in this example, the flap 13 is fixed between the pivoting portion 11 and the grip portion 12 and has a step shape. With the stepped design, the position of the flap 13 corresponding to the protruding structure 21 can be adjusted. More specifically, the stepped flap 13 has a first transition 131 portion and a second transition portion 132 which are nearly perpendicular, and the second transition 132 has a recessed corner 132A to increase the second transition. The overall mechanical strength of 132 or its flaps 13. It should be noted that, in this example, the flap 13 is fixed on one side surface of the handle 10 by screws, but the creation is not limited thereto. In other designs, the aforementioned flap 13 is not limited thereto. It must also be integrally formed with the handle 10.

In order to more clearly illustrate the design of the flap 13 of the handle 10 of the present invention, reference is made to FIG. 4, which depicts the relative relationship between the handle 10 of the present creation and the reed 20. As can be seen from the figure, the flap 13 is formed by integrally forming a metal sheet. It should be noted that this creation is not necessary for the stepped structure of the previous example. According to the position of the pivoting portion 11, the shape and arrangement of the flap 3 of the present creation will be adjusted accordingly. .

In the application, the protruding structure 21 of the reed 20 is locked in the through hole 31 of the casing 30 to hold the casing 30 and the reed 20 with each other, and the user can use the handle 10 An external force is applied to make the handle 10 pivot about the pivoting portion 11 and horizontally move the flap 13 disposed between the through hole 31 and the reed 20 to apply the reed 20 The force of the vertical direction is such that the spring 20 is elastically deformed in the other direction of the casing and the protruding structure 21 is disengaged from the through hole 31 to separate the casing 30 and the hot plugging device 5. The effect.

Moreover, in order to provide the user with a feedback feel and an automatic reset function, the present invention selectively includes one or both of the elastic piece 50 and a spring 40. The elastic piece 50 is disposed on the surface of the hot plug device 5 corresponding to the vicinity of the pivot portion 11 of the handle 10. When the handle 10 is pivoted with the pivoting portion 11 as a horizontal axis, the handle 10 will press the elastic piece 50 to elastically deform the elastic piece 50 and continuously provide a resistance to the handle 10, and the resistance is Directional system and the horizontal rotation The opposite direction is reversed.

In addition, the spring 40 is wound around the surface of the pivoting portion 11, one end of which is abutted against the surface of the hot-swapping device 5, and the other end is interlocked with the handle 10. When the handle 10 is rotated horizontally with the pivoting portion 11 as an axis, the spring 40 is continuously provided with a resistance force which is opposite to the direction of the horizontal rotation and the magnitude of the resistance. It is inversely proportional to the magnitude of the rotation angle of the handle 10.

In summary, the present invention proposes a replacement system that can be operated with one hand and integrated with a hot-swappable device of a handle and a buckle, so that the user can easily release the lock with one hand and perform it. The replacement and installation, at the same time, because the buckle is a hidden design, the user will not be injured by its acute angle, it is a rare creation.

Finally, it should be emphasized that the drawings of Figure A, Figure B, Figure 3 and Figure 4 of this creation are drawn according to the true scale, so the details of the shape, position, size and relative relationship of each component in the figure should be It is considered part of the specification of this creation and will be used as a follow-up amendment to the specification.

The features and spirit of the present invention are more clearly described in the above detailed description of the preferred embodiments, and the scope of the present invention is not limited by the preferred embodiments disclosed herein. On the contrary, it is intended to cover all kinds of changes and equivalences within the scope of the patent application to which the present invention is intended. Therefore, the scope of the patent application filed by this creation should be interpreted broadly based on the above description so that it covers all possible changes and arrangements of equivalence.

1‧‧‧Swapping system

5‧‧‧Hot-plugging device

5A‧‧‧Shell

5B‧‧‧ accommodating space

10‧‧‧Hands

11‧‧‧ pivotal department

12‧‧‧ grip

13‧‧‧Block

131‧‧‧ First Turn

132‧‧‧ Second Turn

132A‧‧‧ recessed corner

20‧‧‧ Reeds

21‧‧‧Outstanding structure

30‧‧‧Chassis

31‧‧‧Perforation

40‧‧‧ Spring

50‧‧‧Shrap

1A and 1B are schematic views showing the replacement system of the hot-swappable device of the present invention in a preferred embodiment.

FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B are schematic diagrams showing the actuation mode of the hot swapping device of the present invention in a preferred embodiment.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing the replacement system of the hot plug device of the present invention in a preferred embodiment.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing the relative relationship between the handle and the reed in the preferred embodiment.

5‧‧‧Hot-plugging device

10‧‧‧Hands

11‧‧‧ pivotal department

12‧‧‧ grip

13‧‧‧Block

131‧‧‧ First Turn

132‧‧‧ Second Turn

132A‧‧‧ recessed corner

20‧‧‧ Reeds

21‧‧‧Outstanding structure

40‧‧‧ Spring

50‧‧‧Shrap

Claims (9)

A system for replacing a hot-swappable device includes: a casing having a perforation; a reed fixed to a hot-swapping device, the reed having a protruding structure; and a handle pivoted thereon The hot-swapping device includes: a pivoting portion pivotally connected to the hot-swapping device, wherein the handle is pivoted by the pivoting portion as a horizontal axial rotation; a gripping portion The pivoting portion is extended outwardly; and a blocking piece is disposed between the pivoting portion and the holding portion and is interlocked with the holding portion; when applied, the protruding structure of the reed is engaged The perforation of the casing is such that the casing and the reed are engaged with each other, and the user applies an external force to the handle to make the handle pivot with the pivoting portion as a horizontal rotation, and the setting is made. The baffle between the perforation and the reed is horizontally moved to apply a vertical force to the reed so as to elastically deform the reed in the opposite direction of the perforation so that the protruding structure is from the perforation Disengaged to separate the casing and the hot plugging device. The pumping system of claim 1, further comprising a spring wound around a surface of the pivoting portion, the one end of the spring abutting the hot plugging device; wherein, when the handle is When the joint is an axial center and is rotated horizontally, the spring is continuously provided with a resistance which is opposite to the direction of the horizontal rotation. The pumping system of claim 1, further comprising a spring piece disposed on a surface of the hot plugging device; wherein when the handle is pivoted with the pivoting portion as a horizontal rotation, the The handle presses the elastic piece to deform the elastic piece and continuously provides the handle Resistance, the direction of the resistance is opposite to the direction of the horizontal rotation. The swapping system of claim 1, wherein the flap has a stepped shape for adjusting a vertical distance between the flap and the protruding structure. The system of claim 4, wherein the stepped flap has a first turn and a second turn, and the horizontal surface of the second turn is disposed on the through hole and the reed The second turning line has a recessed angle for enhancing the strength of the second turning. The pumping system of claim 1, wherein the grip portion of the handle is a horseshoe shape. The splicing system of claim 1, wherein the hot plug device is an electronic device, and includes a housing, the housing is provided with an accommodating space for accommodating the reed, the handle The pivoting portion and the entirety of the flap. The pumping system of claim 7, wherein the gripping portion is disposed outside the accommodating space. The swapping system of claim 7, wherein the electronic device is a fan.