TWM455896U - Expansion card device - Google Patents

Abstract

An expansion card device includes a body, a base disposed on the body, and an extraction mechanism including a vertical sheet disposed on the base, a pulling member, and a first link pivoted to the vertical sheet. A first protruding member of the vertical sheet is disposed through a first longitudinal slot of the pulling member to make the pulling member movable between first and second positions. A first link portion of the first link is disposed through a first oblique slot of the pulling member and a first arc slot of the vertical sheet. A first bending portion of the first link supports an interface card when the interface card is inserted into one expansion slot of the body. When the pulling member moves to the second position, the first link portion rotates the first bending portion for lifting the interface card to detach from the expansion slot.

Description

Expansion card device

The present invention relates to an expansion card device, and more particularly to an expansion card device that utilizes a removal mechanism to remove an interface card.

Generally, in the case where a plurality of interface cards (for example, a Peripheral Component Interconnect-Express (PCI-E) bus interface card) are required to be mounted on a motherboard in a computer host at the same time, Effectively use the internal space of the computer host (such as server host, desktop host, etc.). In the installation design of the interface card, the expansion card device is usually used to install multiple interface cards on the motherboard at the same time. The effect on a single interface card slot.

However, in order to further save the installation space of the interface card, the interface card configuration on the conventional expansion card device adopts a design in which the interface cards are closely inserted side by side on the expansion slot, but the design often causes the expansion slot to be inserted. The problem that the upper interface card is difficult to plug and unplug, which causes the user to have a lot of inconvenience in disassembling the interface card.

One of the aims of the present invention is to provide an expansion card device that utilizes a take-up mechanism to remove an interface card to solve the above problems.

According to an embodiment, the expansion card device of the present invention comprises a main body, a base, and at least one take-up mechanism. The main body has a plurality of expansion slots and an interface card pin, and the plurality of expansion slots are electrically connected to the interface card pins for respectively inserting a corresponding interface card thereon, the interface card is connected The foot is used to insert an interface card on a motherboard On the slot. The base is detachably disposed at a position corresponding to the plurality of expansion slots of the main body. The take-up mechanism includes an upright piece, a pull piece, and a first link piece. The upright piece is disposed on the base at a position corresponding to one of the plurality of expansion slots and has a first protruding piece and a first curved guiding groove. a first oblique guiding groove and a first longitudinal guiding groove are formed in the pulling member, the first protruding member is disposed in the first longitudinal guiding groove, so that the pulling member is movable along the first longitudinal guiding groove The upright piece moves between a first position and a second position. The first link member is pivotally connected to the upright piece and has a first interlocking end portion and a first bent end portion. The first linking end portion is movably disposed through the first oblique guide groove and the first connecting portion The first bent end portion is configured to support the interface card when the interface card is inserted into the expansion slot, and the pulling member is opposite to the erecting device along the first longitudinal guiding slot When the sheet moves from the first position to the second position, the first interlocking end moves along the first oblique guide groove and the first curved guide groove to drive the first bent end to pivot to jack up The interface card is separate from the expansion slot.

In summary, the expansion card device provided by the present invention utilizes the interlocking design between the pulling member and the link member and the upright piece to allow the user to card the interface through a simple operation of pulling the pulling member upward. Remove the expansion slot. In this way, the present invention can effectively solve the problem that the interface card installed in the expansion card device mentioned in the prior art is difficult to be plugged and unplugged, thereby greatly improving the convenience of the expansion card device in disassembling the interface card.

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 an expansion card device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 10, the expansion card device 10 can be installed on the interface card slot of the motherboard of the computer host (such as server host, desktop computer, etc.), as shown in Figure 1, the expansion card device 10 includes a main body 12, a base 14, and at least one take-up mechanism 16 (three are shown in Fig. 1, but not limited thereto), and then please refer to Fig. 2, which is the main body 12 and the base of Fig. 1. The explosion diagram of the seat 14 and one of the removal mechanisms 16 is as shown in FIG. 2, the main body 12 has a plurality of expansion slots 18 (three shown in FIG. 2, but not limited thereto) and an interface card The plurality of expansion slots 18 are electrically connected to the interface card pins 20 and are respectively connected to the compatible interface cards (such as high-speed peripheral component interconnection bus interface cards). The expansion card device 10 can be inserted into the corresponding expansion slot 18 by a plurality of compatible interface cards and the interface card pins 20 are inserted into the interface card slot of the motherboard (not shown in the figure). Medium), establishing an electrical connection between the plurality of compatible interface cards and the interface card slot of the motherboard, To achieve expansion of the interface card effect. The base 14 is detachably disposed at a position corresponding to the plurality of expansion slots 18 of the main body 12 for use as a mounting base of the take-up mechanism 16.

The following is a description of the mechanism design of the take-up mechanism 16 of Fig. 2. For the related description of the other take-out mechanism 16 in Fig. 1, it can be deduced so that it will not be described again. As can be seen from FIG. 2, the take-up mechanism 16 includes an upright piece 22, a pull member 24, a first link member 26, and a second link member 27. The erecting piece 22 is disposed on the base 14 at a position corresponding to one of the plurality of expansion slots 18 and has a first protruding member 28, a first curved guiding groove 30, a second protruding member 32 and a The second curved guide groove 34 is formed with a first oblique guide groove 36, a first longitudinal guide groove 38, a second oblique guide groove 40 and a second longitudinal guide groove 42.

The first protruding member 28 is disposed in the first longitudinal guiding groove 38, and the second protruding member 32 is disposed in the second longitudinal guiding groove 42, thereby enabling the pulling member 24 to be along the first longitudinal guiding groove 38. And the second longitudinal channel 42 moves relative to the upright piece 22. In this embodiment, the first protruding member 28 and the second protruding member 32 can adopt the joint design of the rivet and the annular gasket (but not limited thereto, and can also be modified by other wearing structures), that is, The first protruding member 28 can include a first pull stud 44 and a first annular ring 46. The first pull stud 44 extends through the upright piece 22 and the first longitudinal guide groove 38 and the first annular groove 46. Engaging, to achieve the effect that the first protruding member 28 is movably disposed in the first longitudinal guiding groove 38. Similarly, the second protruding member 32 can include a second pulling pin 48 and a second annular ring 50. The second pull stud 48 extends through the upright piece 22 and the second longitudinal guide groove 42 and engages with the second annular washer 50 to achieve the effect that the second protruding piece 32 is movably disposed in the second longitudinal guide groove 42. .

The first link member 26 and the second link member 28 can be pivotally connected to the upright piece 22 by using the above-mentioned rivet joint manner. The first link member 26 has a first interlocking end portion 52 and a first bend. The second link member 28 has a second interlocking end portion 56 and a second bent end portion 58. The first interlocking end portion 52 is movably disposed in the first curved guide groove 30 and the first oblique guide groove 36, and the second interlocking end portion 56 is movably disposed through the second curved guide groove 34 and The second oblique guide groove 40, whereby the first interlocking end portion 52 can be moved along the first curved guide groove 30 and the first oblique guide groove 36 when the pulling member 24 moves relative to the upright piece 22, and The second interlocking end portion 56 can be moved along the second curved guiding groove 34 and the second oblique guiding groove 40, and the first bent end portion 54 and the second bent end portion 58 can be used for the interface card insertion. Cooperating to the interface card when expanding the slot 18, or for pivoting with the first interlocking end 52 and the second linking end 56 The common jacking interface card is separated from the expansion slot 18. In this embodiment, the first interlocking end portion 52 and the second interlocking end portion 56 can adopt the design of the pin through the upright piece 22 and the pulling member 24 (but not limited thereto, and can also be modified by other piercing structures) That is, the first interlocking end portion 52 and the second linking end portion 56 respectively have a first latching pin 60 and a second latching pin 62. The first latching pin 60 is disposed through the first curved guiding slot 30 and the first A first guide pin 36 and a second latch 62 are disposed in the second arcuate guide groove 34 and the second oblique guide groove 40 to enable the first interlocking end portion 52 and the second interlocking end portion 56 to be movably disposed. The effect on the pulling member 24 and the upright piece 22.

In a practical application, the pull member 24 can have a handle portion 64 for the user to grasp. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, a positioning slot 66 is formed in the first oblique guiding slot 36 and the second oblique guiding slot 40, and the positioning slot 66 can be used to respectively engage the first linking end 52. And the second interlocking end portion 56, thereby exerting the function of positioning.

The interface card installation and removal operations of the expansion card device 10 are described in detail herein. First, please refer to FIG. 3, FIG. 4, and FIG. 5. FIG. 3 is a side view of the take-up mechanism 16 of FIG. 1 when the pulling member 24 is moved to the first position relative to the upright piece 22, and FIG. 4 is a side view. A side view of the interface card 15 inserted into the expansion slot 18 of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the expansion card device 10 of FIG. 1 with the three interface card 15 installed therein, wherein in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 In order to clearly show the components of the take-up mechanism 16, the main body 12 is depicted by omitting a part of the housing. As can be seen from FIGS. 3 and 4, when the user wants to use the expansion card device 10 for the expansion installation of the interface card. The user only needs to press the interface card 15 to insert into the expansion slot 18 as shown in FIG. 3, so that the installation of the interface card 15 on the removal mechanism 16 can be completed. Figure As shown, the interface card 15 is supported by the first bent end portion 54 and the second bent end portion 58. As for the installation of the other interface card 15 and the other two take-up mechanisms 16 of the expansion card device 10, Analogy, no longer repeat them here. After the installation of each of the removal mechanism 16 on the expansion card device 10 and the corresponding interface card 15 is completed in sequence (as shown in FIG. 5), the interface card installation operation of the expansion card device 10 can be completed, thereby The expansion card device 10 can be used to insert a plurality of compatible interface cards 15 into a plurality of expansion slots 18 and insert the interface card pins 20 into the interface card slots of the motherboard to be installed ( Not shown in the figure), the electrical connection between the plurality of interface cards 15 and the interface card slot of the motherboard is established, so that multiple interface cards are simultaneously mounted on the single interface card slot of the motherboard. Interface card expansion.

On the other hand, please refer to FIG. 4, FIG. 6 and FIG. 7. FIG. 6 is a side view of the take-up mechanism 16 of FIG. 3 when the pulling piece 24 is moved from the first position to the second position with respect to the upright piece 22. 7 is a side view in which the first bent end portion 54 and the second bent end portion 58 of FIG. 4 collectively jack up the interface card 15 to be separated from the expansion slot 18, in FIGS. 6 and 7 In order to clearly show the components of the take-up mechanism 16, the body 12 is depicted in a manner that omits part of the housing. When the user wants to remove the interface card 15 from the expansion card device 10, the user only needs to grasp the handle portion 64 to pull the pulling member 24 upward from the first position as shown in FIG. 4 as shown in FIG. The second position shown, in the process, as the pulling member 24 moves upwardly and through the first latch 60 to cooperate with the first oblique guide groove 36 and the first curved guide groove 30 and the second latch 62 and the second With the cooperation of the inclined guide groove 40 and the second curved guide groove 34, the first interlocking end portion 52 moves along the first oblique guide groove 36 and the first curved guide groove 30, and the second interlocking end portion 56 is along The second oblique guide groove 40 and the second curved guide groove 34 are moved to drive the first bent end portion respectively 54 and the second bent end portion 58 are pivoted from the position shown in FIG. 4 to the position shown in FIG. 7 to collectively jack up the interface card 15 and separate from the expansion slot 18, so that the user The interface card 15 can be easily removed from the expansion card unit 10 for subsequent repair or replacement.

It should be noted that the mechanism design of the take-up mechanism 16 may not be limited to the design of the link member respectively disposed on both sides of the pull member mentioned in the above embodiment, and it may also be modified to use only a single link member. Designed to further simplify the mechanism design of the take-up mechanism 16, for example, in another embodiment, the take-up mechanism 16 can be configured with only the first link member 26 on one side of the pull member 24 and omitting the second connection The configuration of the member 28, as well as its related component configuration and mechanism operation, can be analogized with reference to the above embodiments, and details are not described herein again.

Compared with the prior art, the expansion card device provided by the present invention utilizes the interlocking design between the pulling member and the link member and the upright piece to allow the user to insert the interface card through a simple operation of pulling the pulling member upward. Remove from the expansion slot. In this way, the present invention can effectively solve the problem that the interface card installed in the expansion card device mentioned in the prior art is difficult to be plugged and unplugged, thereby greatly improving the convenience of the expansion card device in disassembling the interface card.

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‧‧‧Expansion card device

12‧‧‧ Subject

14‧‧‧ pedestal

15‧‧‧Interface card

16‧‧‧Removal agency

18‧‧‧Expansion slot

20‧‧‧Interface card pin

22‧‧‧ erect tablets

24‧‧‧ Pulling parts

26‧‧‧First link

27‧‧‧Second link

28‧‧‧First protruding piece

30‧‧‧First curved guide

32‧‧‧Second protruding piece

34‧‧‧Second curved guide

36‧‧‧First oblique guide slot

38‧‧‧First longitudinal guide

40‧‧‧Second oblique guide slot

42‧‧‧Second longitudinal guide

44‧‧‧First pull stud

46‧‧‧First ring gasket

48‧‧‧Second rivet

50‧‧‧second ring gasket

52‧‧‧First linked end

54‧‧‧First bent end

56‧‧‧Second linkage end

58‧‧‧Second bent end

60‧‧‧First bolt

62‧‧‧Second latch

64‧‧‧Hands

66‧‧‧Position slot

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a combination of expansion card devices according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an explosion of the main body and the base of Figure 1 and one of the removal mechanisms Figure.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the take-up mechanism of Fig. 1 when the pull member is moved relative to the upright piece to the first position.

Figure 4 is a side view of the interface card inserted into the expansion slot of Figure 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the three-port card installed in the expansion card device of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of the take-up mechanism of Fig. 3 when the pull tab is moved relative to the upright piece from the first position to the second position.

Figure 7 is a side elevational view of the first bent end and the second bent end of Figure 4, together with the interface card being separated from the expansion slot.

10‧‧‧Expansion card device

12‧‧‧ Subject

14‧‧‧ pedestal

15‧‧‧Interface card

18‧‧‧Expansion slot

22‧‧‧ erect tablets

24‧‧‧ Pulling parts

54‧‧‧First bent end

58‧‧‧Second bent end

64‧‧‧Hands

Claims (12)

An expansion card device includes: a main body having a plurality of expansion slots and an interface card pin, wherein the plurality of expansion slots are electrically connected to the interface card pins for respectively corresponding one interface cards Plugged in, the interface card pin is inserted into one of the motherboard card slots; a base is detachably disposed at a position corresponding to the plurality of expansion slots; And at least one take-up mechanism, comprising: a standing piece disposed on the base at a position corresponding to one of the plurality of expansion slots and having a first protruding piece and a first curved guiding groove; a pulling member having a first oblique guiding groove and a first longitudinal guiding groove formed therein, the first protruding member penetrating in the first longitudinal guiding groove, so that the pulling member can be along the first longitudinal guiding groove Moving relative to the upright piece between a first position and a second position; and a first link member pivotally connected to the upright piece and having a first interlocking end and a first bent end The first interlocking end is movably disposed on the first oblique The first bent end portion of the guide groove and the first curved guide groove is used to support the interface card when the interface card is inserted into the expansion slot, when the pull member is along the first longitudinal guide When the slot moves from the first position to the second position relative to the upright piece, the first interlocking end moves along the first oblique guide groove and the first curved guide groove to drive the first bent end Pivot to top The interface card is separated from the expansion slot. The expansion card device of claim 1 , wherein a positioning slot is formed in the first oblique guiding slot for moving the pulling member along the first longitudinal guiding slot relative to the upright piece to the first The first interlocking end is fastened in position. The expansion card device of claim 1, wherein the pulling member has a handle portion. The expansion card device of claim 1, wherein the first linking end has a first latch, the first latch is disposed in the first oblique guiding slot and the first curved guiding slot, so that the first latching pin The first interlocking end is movable along the first oblique guide groove and the first curved guide groove. The expansion card device of claim 1, wherein the first protruding member comprises a first pull stud and a first annular ring, the first pull stud extending through the vertical piece and the first longitudinal guide groove and The first annular gasket is engaged to allow the first protruding member to pass through the first longitudinal guiding groove and the first curved guiding groove. The expansion card device of claim 1, wherein the first link member is pivotally connected to the upright piece by a nip. The expansion card device of claim 1, wherein the pulling member is further formed with a second oblique guiding groove and a second longitudinal guiding groove, the vertical piece further has a second protruding piece and a second curved guiding groove. The second protruding member is disposed in the second longitudinal guiding groove, so that the pulling member is movable along the second longitudinal guiding slot relative to the upright piece between the first position and the second position, The removing mechanism further includes: a second connecting rod member pivotally connected to the upright piece and having a second linking end portion and a second bending end portion, wherein the second linking end portion is movably disposed on the first connecting end portion a second oblique guide groove and the second curved guide groove; When the interface card is inserted into the expansion slot, the interface card bears against the first bent end portion and the second bent end portion; when the pulling member is along the first longitudinal guide groove When the second longitudinal guide groove moves to the second position, the first interlocking end portion moves along the first oblique guide groove and the first curved guide groove, and the second interlocking end portion follows the second oblique guide groove The second curved guide groove is moved to respectively drive the first bent end portion and the second bent end portion to pivot together to vertically detach the interface card from the expansion slot. The expansion card device of claim 7, wherein a first positioning slot is formed in the first oblique guiding slot and the second oblique guiding slot, respectively, for the pulling member along the first longitudinal guiding slot and the The second longitudinal guide groove respectively engages the first linkage end and the second linkage end with respect to the upright piece moving to the first position. The expansion card device of claim 7, wherein the first interlocking end portion and the second linking end portion respectively have a first latch and a second latch, the first latch being disposed in the first oblique guide slot And the first arcuate guide groove, wherein the first interlocking end portion is movable along the first oblique guide groove and the first arcuate guide groove, and the second pin is disposed in the second oblique guide groove The second arcuate guide groove is configured to move the second interlocking end portion along the second oblique guide groove and the second arcuate guide groove. The expansion card device of claim 7, wherein the first protruding member comprises a first pull stud and a first annular ring, the first pull stud extending through the vertical piece and the first longitudinal guide groove and The first annular gasket is engaged to allow the first protruding member to pass through the first longitudinal guiding groove and the first curved guiding groove, and the second protruding member comprises a second pulling pin and a second protruding piece a ring gasket extending through the upright piece and the second longitudinal guide groove and engaging the second annular gasket to allow the second protruding member to pass through the second The longitudinal guide groove and the second curved guide groove. The expansion card device of claim 7, wherein the first link member and the second link member are pivotally connected to the upright piece by a nip. The expansion card device of claim 7, wherein the pulling member has a handle portion.