TWM569997U - Plate-mounting assembly and its stopper - Google Patents

Abstract

A plate-mounting assembly includes a carrying body, a plate member, and a stopper. The carrying body has a first position-limiting portion. The plate member has a second position-limiting portion. As the first position-limiting portion is engaged with the second position-limiting portion in an engaging direction, the stopper is detachably fixed on the carrying body. When the stopper is moved to one side of the plate member, the stopper blocks the plate member from leaving the carrying body in a detaching direction opposite to the engaging direction.

Description

Plate mounting assembly and its stopper

The present invention relates to a stopper, and more particularly to a stopper capable of attaching and detaching a detachable plate to a carrier without screwing.

In general, a server cabinet is used to carry a server computer. The server computer has a circuit board inside, so as to electrically connect the peripheral hardware of other computers, and the peripheral function of the peripheral hardware can be smoothly executed. Generally, the method for fixing a circuit board is to set a plurality of conductive copper pillars as a fixing member on the rack, and a plurality of through holes corresponding to the conductive copper pillars are opened on the circuit board. Therefore, the circuit board can be fixed to the frame by inserting a plurality of bolts through the through holes of the circuit board and locking the conductive copper posts.

However, in the above manner, in the process of loading and unloading the circuit board, the user must perform the bolt locking and unloading action one by one and repeatedly, which is not only time-consuming and complicated in operation, but also inconvenient in practical use, and also requires additional conductive. The purchase cost of copper columns and bolts.

Therefore, how to develop a solution to improve the above-mentioned lacks and inconveniences is an important issue that the relevant industry is currently unable to delay.

The present application proposes a panel mounting assembly and a stopper thereof to solve the problems of the prior art.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the panel mounting assembly includes a carrier, a panel, and a stopper. The carrier has at least one first stop. The panel has at least one second limiting portion. The first limiting portion is coupled to the coupling direction through the second limiting portion, and the plate member is detachably fixed to the carrier. The stop is movably located on the carrier. When the stopper is moved to one side of the plate member, the stopper stops the plate member from being detached from the carrier in a disassembling direction in an opposite joining direction.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned panel mounting assembly, the first limiting portion is a stud column. The second limiting portion is a gourd hole. When the stud column is engaged with the hoist hole in the joining direction, the plate member is detachably fixed to the carrier.

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-described panel mounting assembly, the stopper has at least one resilient hook. The elastic hook is removably snapped to the side of the panel.

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-described panel mounting assembly, the stopper has at least one first guiding opening. The first guiding opening comprises a circular aperture region and a aperture aperture region. The circular hole area is opened to the gap area, and the round hole area is larger than the gap area. The carrier comprises at least one stud. The protrusion is fixed on the carrier, slidably limited to the slot area of the first guiding opening, and can enter and exit the slot area from the circular hole area of the first guiding opening.

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-described panel mounting assembly, the stopper has a second guiding opening. The second guiding opening is linear. The carrier contains another stud. The other protrusion is fixed on the carrier and slidably limited to the second guiding opening.

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-described panel mounting assembly, the carrier includes a casing and two-folded ribs. These bending ribs are located on the same side of the casing and are disposed opposite each other and define a guide groove, respectively. The stops respectively comprise two recessed guide rails arranged opposite each other. The recessed rails are each slidably positioned within the guide slots.

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-described panel mounting assembly, the carrier further includes at least one limiting rib. The limiting rib is located on one side of the casing opposite the stopper for abutting against one side of the plate relative to the stopper.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned panel mounting assembly, the panel is a circuit board or a backboard.

In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, a stop member is used to secure a detachable panel member on a carrier, and the stopper member includes a body, at least one guide opening, and a resilient hook. The guiding opening is located on the sheet body for receiving a stud of the carrier so that the sheet body can slide relative to the carrier. The elastic hook is located on one side of the sheet for removably snapping onto the detachable panel.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above stopper, the guiding opening includes a circular hole area and a slit hole area. The circular hole area is opened to the gap area, and the round hole area is larger than the gap area. Therefore, the slot area is slidably limited to the guiding opening for the protruding post, and the circular hole area is for the stopper to enter and exit the guiding opening.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned stopper, the sheets respectively include two concave guide rails disposed opposite to each other. These recessed guide rails are slidably located in the two guide grooves of the carrier.

In this way, through the above structure, the user can conveniently and quickly load and unload the board on the carrier, so that the board can be mounted on the carrier without screw locking, thereby improving the installation efficiency and eliminating the need for additional conductive. Copper pillars and bolts add cost and reduce production and maintenance costs.

The above description is only used to explain the problems to be solved by the present invention, the technical means for solving the problems, the effects thereof, and the like, and the specific details of the present invention will be described in detail in the following embodiments and related drawings.

10‧‧‧Plate mounting assembly

100‧‧‧ Carrier

110‧‧‧Shell

111‧‧‧ side panels

112‧‧‧ accommodating slots

120‧‧‧First Limitation

121‧‧‧ head body

122‧‧‧Cylinder

130‧‧‧First stud

140‧‧‧second stud

150‧‧‧bending ribs

151‧‧ ‧ guide slot

160‧‧‧Limited ribs

200‧‧‧ plates

210‧‧‧Second Limitation

211‧‧‧ first hole area

212‧‧‧Second hole area

213‧‧‧ electrical connectors

214‧‧‧Signal wire

300‧‧‧stops

310‧‧‧Piece

320‧‧‧First guiding opening

321‧‧‧ round hole area

322‧‧‧Gap area

330‧‧‧Second guiding opening

340‧‧‧Flexible hook

350‧‧‧First depressed trough

360‧‧‧second recessed trough

370‧‧‧ recessed rail

AA‧‧ ‧ line segment

D1‧‧‧ combination direction

D2‧‧‧Disassembly direction

K‧‧‧Swing direction

M‧‧‧ partial

X, Y, Z‧‧‧ axis direction

The above and other objects, features, advantages and embodiments of the present invention can be more clearly understood. The description of the drawings is as follows: FIG. 1 is a partial exploded view of a panel mounting assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention; 2 is an enlarged view of a portion M of FIG. 1; FIGS. 3 and 4 are continuous operation diagrams of the panel mounted to the carrier of FIG. 1; and FIG. 5 is a section along line AA of FIG. A profile made.

The plural embodiments of the present invention are disclosed in the following figures, and for the sake of clarity, many practical details will be described in the following description. However, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that these practical details are not necessary in the context of this inventive part and therefore are not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, in order to simplify the schema, some conventional structures and components are shown in the figure. It will be shown in a simple schematic manner. In addition, the dimensions of the various elements in the drawings are not shown in actual scale for the convenience of the reader.

1 is a partially exploded view of the panel mounting assembly 10 of an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion M of Fig. 1. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the panel mounting assembly 10 includes a carrier 100, a plurality of panels 200, and a plurality of stops 300. The carrier 100 has a plurality of first limiting portions 120. The panel 200 has a plurality of second limiting portions 210. The plate member 200 is detachably fixed to the carrier 100 by joining each of the first limiting portions 120 toward each of the second limiting portions 210 in a bonding direction D1. The stopper 300 is movably located on the carrier 100 for moving to one side of the plate member 200 to prevent the plate member 200 from leaving the carrier 100 in the detaching direction D2 of the opposite joining direction D1.

Specifically, the carrier 100 includes a housing 110. The casing 110 includes a plurality of side plates 111. The side plates 111 are assembled to each other to surround at least one of the receiving grooves 112. The plate member 200 is located on one side of the casing 110 for detachably covering the accommodating groove 112. For example, the panel mounting assembly 10 is applied to a server device. The board 200 is a circuit board (such as a motherboard), and one of the boards 200 has a plurality of electrical connectors 213 for plugging the signal wires 214. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the panel 200 may also be a back sheet (such as an outer cover) having non-electronic characteristics.

The first limiting portions 120 are spaced apart on one side of the casing 110. For example, each of the first limiting portions 120 is a stud column including a head body 121 and a column 122. The head 121 is located at one end of the cylinder 122, and the cross-sectional area of the head 121 is larger than the cross-section of the cylinder 122. However, the present creation is not limited to the number and type of the first limiting portions 120. The second limiting portions 210 are spaced apart on the plate member 200. For example, the second limiting portion 210 is a cucurbit hole. Each gourd hole contains a number A hole area 211 and a second hole area 212. The first hole region 211 is larger than the second hole region 212, and the first hole region 211 and the second hole region 212 are connected to each other. The arrangement order of the first hole area 211 and the second hole area 212 of all the gourd holes is the same as each other. In other embodiments, the patterns of the first limiting portion 120 and the second limiting portion 210 may also be interchanged with each other.

In addition, the stopper 300 includes a piece body 310, two first guiding openings 320, a second guiding opening 330 and a resilient hook 340. The first guiding opening 320 and the second guiding opening 330 are both disposed on the sheet body 310 , and the second guiding opening 330 is located between the two first guiding openings 320 . The elastic hook 340 is located on one side of the sheet body 310, aligned with the second guiding opening 330, and located between the two first guiding openings 320.

Specifically, each of the first guiding openings 320 includes a circular aperture region 321 and a slotted aperture region 322. The circular aperture region 321 opens the aperture region 322, and the circular aperture region 321 is larger than the aperture region 322. The major axis direction (e.g., the X-axis direction) of each of the slit regions 322 is parallel to each other, and the arrangement order of the circular hole region 321 and the slit region 322 of all the first guide openings 320 is identical to each other. The second guiding opening 330 is linear, and the second guiding opening 330 and the major axis direction of the slot region 322 (such as the X-axis direction) are parallel to each other.

The carrier 100 has a plurality of first studs 130. The first protrusions 130 are fixedly spaced on the casing 110 and located on the same side of the casing 110. Each of the first studs 130 can enter and exit the slot area 322 from the circular aperture area 321 of the first guiding opening 320 so as to be slidably disposed in the slotted area 322 of one of the first guiding openings 320, thereby allowing the stop The sliding of 300 is more stable. In this embodiment, the structure of the first stud 130 is similar to the stud column described above, and therefore, no further details are provided herein. However, the present creation is not limited to the first number and type of the first studs 130.

In addition, the stopper 300 passes through the second guiding opening 330 through the second guiding opening 330 and is fixed on the carrier 100 so that the second protruding post 140 is slidably restricted in the second guiding opening 330, thereby stopping The sliding of the blocking member 300 is more stable. In this embodiment, the second stud 140 is a locking bolt. However, the present creation is not limited to the number and type of second studs 140.

Furthermore, the stopper 300 has two first recessed grooves 350 and one second recessed groove 360. Each of the first recessed slots 350 and the second recessed slots 360 are formed on the same side of the body 310, and each of the first guiding openings 320 is located in one of the first recessed slots 350 for receiving the first protruding post 130. The first studs 130 are not caused to protrude from the surface of the sheet 310. The second guiding opening 330 is located in the second recessed groove 360 for receiving the second protrusion 140 such that the second protrusion 140 does not protrude from the surface of the sheet 310.

In addition, the carrier 100 further includes a two-folded rib 150. These bending ribs 150 are located on the same side of the casing 110 and are disposed opposite to each other, and define a guide groove 151, respectively. The opposite sides of the body 310 of the stopper 300 respectively have a recessed rail 370. The recessed guide rails 370 are oppositely disposed, and the recessed guide rails 370 are respectively slidably positioned in the guide grooves 151 to make the sliding of the stopper 300 more stable. The carrier 100 further includes a plurality of limiting ribs 160. The limiting ribs 160 are spaced apart from one side of the casing 110 relative to the stop member 300 for abutting against one side of the plate member 200 relative to the stop member 300.

3 and 4 are continuous operation diagrams of the panel 200 of Fig. 1 mounted to the carrier 100. Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of Figure 1. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, when a user wants to mount the panel 200 to the casing 110, the user first covers the panel 200 with the receiving slot 112 so that The limiting ribs 160 of the body 100 respectively abut one side of the plate member 200 opposite to the stopper member 300, and the first limiting portions 120 respectively extend into the first hole portion 211 of the second limiting portion 210.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the user linearly moves the plate member 200 toward the joining direction D1 (such as the Z-axis direction, downward), so that all the first limiting portions 120 are respectively in the first hole. The area 211 is moved into the second hole area 212, so that each first limiting part 120 is coupled to the second hole area 212 of each second limiting part 210, in other words, as shown in FIG. 5, the first limit The cylinder 122 of the portion 120 is located in the second hole region 212, and the head body 121 of the first limiting portion 120 is engaged with the second hole portion 212 of the plate member 200. Therefore, at this point of time, in addition to moving in the dismounting direction D2 (e.g., in the Z-axis direction, upward), the plate member 200 is restricted to the casing 110 and cannot move in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the user slides the stopper 300 in the sliding direction K to one side of the panel 200 and abuts against one side of the panel 200 to stop the panel 200. Moving in the Z-axis direction (upward) further prevents detachment from the carrier 100 in the detaching direction D2. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, when the stopper 300 slides to one side of the plate member 200, the elastic hook 340 of the stopper 300 is removably snapped to the side of the plate member 200 to lower the stop. The stop 300 undesirably slides away from the panel 200.

On the contrary, the operation of the stopper 300 and the plate member 200 in the reverse order described above can smoothly remove the plate member 200 from the carrier 100, and thus will not be further described herein.

In this way, through the above structure, the user can conveniently and quickly load and unload the panel 200 on the carrier 100, which can be used without the need of a screw lock. The plate member 200 is mounted on the carrier 100, which improves the installation efficiency, and does not need to additionally increase the purchase cost of the conductive copper column and the bolt, and reduces the cost of production and maintenance.

Finally, the various embodiments disclosed above are not intended to limit the present invention, and any person skilled in the art can be protected in this manner without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. In the creation. Therefore, the scope of protection of this creation is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application attached.

Claims (11)

A panel mounting assembly, comprising: a carrier having at least one first limiting portion; a plate member having at least one second limiting portion, the first limiting portion being coupled to the first limiting portion through the second limiting portion Removably securing the plate member to the carrier; and a stop member movably located on the carrier, wherein the stop member stops when the stop member moves to one side of the plate member The plate member is detached from the carrier in a disassembly direction opposite to the joining direction. The board mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the first limiting portion is a stud column, and the second limiting portion is a hoist hole, wherein the stud column is engaged with the binding rod direction In the cucurbit hole, the plate is detachably fixed to the carrier. The panel mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the stopper has at least one elastic hook that is removably snapped to the side of the panel. The panel mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the stopper has at least one first guiding opening, the first guiding opening comprises a circular aperture area and a slotted area, the circular aperture area is connected to the aperture area And the hole area is larger than the slot area, the carrier comprises at least one protrusion, the protrusion is fixed on the carrier, slidably limited to the slot area of the first guiding opening, and can be The circular aperture region of the first guiding opening enters and exits the aperture region. The panel mounting assembly of claim 4, wherein the stopper has a second guiding opening, the second guiding opening is linear, the carrier comprises another protrusion, and the other protrusion is fixed on the The carrier is slidably disposed within the second guiding opening. The panel mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the carrier comprises a casing and two bending ribs, the bending ribs are located on the same side of the casing, and are disposed opposite to each other, and define a guiding groove respectively. And the stoppers respectively comprise oppositely disposed two recessed guide rails, wherein the recessed guide rails are respectively slidably located in the guide slots. The panel mounting assembly of claim 6, wherein the carrier further comprises: at least one limiting rib on a side of the casing opposite the stopper for abutting the panel relative to the stopper One side. The panel mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the panel is a circuit board or a backplane. A stopper for fixing a detachable plate on a carrier, the stopper comprising: a piece; at least one guiding opening on the piece for receiving a stud of the carrier, so that The sheet body is slidable relative to the carrier; and a resilient hook is located on one side of the sheet for removably snapping onto the detachable panel. The stop member of claim 9, wherein the guiding opening comprises a circular aperture region and a slotted aperture region, the circular aperture region is connected to the aperture aperture region, and the circular aperture region is larger than the aperture aperture region, wherein the aperture region The hole area is slidably limited to the guiding opening, and the circular hole area is for the stopper to enter and exit the guiding opening. The stopper of claim 9, wherein the sheets respectively comprise oppositely disposed two recessed guide rails for slidably located in the two guide grooves of the carrier.