TWM627367U - Fixing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a fixing device is used for fixing an expansion card to an electronic device. The electronic device includes an expansion port. The fixing device includes a carrying base, a buckle and an actuating member. The carrying base is used for carrying the expansion card and includes a sliding rail structure. The sliding rail structure is located below the expansion card and includes a plurality of first positioning parts. The buckle includes a sliding part and a buckle part. The sliding part is movably arranged on the slide rail structure. The buckle part extends from the first side surface of the sliding part. The expansion card is located between the buckle part and the expansion port. The actuating member includes a pressing part and an elastic part. The pressing part is connected to the sliding part by an elastic part. The pressing part corresponds to the second side surface of the sliding part and includes a second positioning part. When the pressing part drives the sliding part to move, the second positioning part is detachably engaged with one of the first positioning parts.

Description

Fixtures

The present invention relates to the field of fixing devices, in particular, to a fixing device for fixing an expansion card in an electronic device.

Generally speaking, a plurality of expansion ports are often provided on a circuit board of an electronic device for a user to insert a plurality of expansion cards, so as to increase the performance of the electronic device and further enable the electronic device to meet the needs of the user in use.

The expansion card is usually inserted into the expansion slot in the form of a parallel circuit board, and the other end is fixed to the locking hole of the motherboard by means of screw locking. However, due to the numerous specifications and lengths of expansion cards, common specifications are 2230 (30mm), 2242 (42mm), 2260 (60mm), 2280 (80mm) and 22110 (110mm), etc. Open multiple locking holes to fix expansion cards of various lengths. As a result, the use of screws to lock the expansion card not only reduces the operational convenience, but also compresses the space for other circuit configurations due to the multiple locking holes reserved on the circuit board, thereby increasing the difficulty of circuit layout.

How to improve the above problems is really the focus of the relevant personnel in the field.

One of the objectives of the present invention is to provide a fixing device, which can easily and quickly fix expansion cards of different sizes in an electronic device, and has a simple structure design, so as to solve the problem of poor operation convenience caused by the need to lock the expansion cards with screws. The problem.

Other purposes and advantages of the present creation can be further understood from the technical features disclosed in the present creation.

In order to achieve one or part or all of the above purposes or other purposes, the present invention provides a fixing device for fixing an expansion card in an electronic device, the electronic device includes an expansion port, and the fixing device includes a bearing base, a fastener and Actuator. The carrying base is used for carrying the expansion card, the carrying base includes a sliding rail structure, the sliding rail structure is located under the expansion card, and the sliding rail structure includes a plurality of first positioning parts. The buckle includes a sliding part and a buckle part, the sliding part is movably arranged on the slide rail structure, and the sliding part includes a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to each other, and the buckle part extends from the first side surface to expand The card is located between the buckle portion and the expansion port. The actuating member includes a pressing portion and an elastic portion. The pressing portion is connected to the sliding portion by the elastic portion, so that the pressing portion corresponds to the second side surface of the sliding portion, and the pressing portion includes at least one second positioning portion. The pressing portion drives the sliding portion to move relative to the bearing base along the slide rail structure in a direction close to or away from the expansion port, so that the sliding portion drives the buckle portion to slide between multiple positions, and the pressing portion can be relative to the sliding portion by the elastic portion Swing, so that the second positioning portion is detachably engaged with one of the first positioning portions, and then the locking portion is positioned at one of these positions.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned carrying base further includes a carrying surface, the carrying surface is used for carrying the expansion card, and the slide rail structure is adjacent to the carrying surface.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned fastener further includes a first guide groove and a second guide groove, and the sliding portion further includes a third side surface and a fourth side surface, and the third side surface and the fourth side surface are opposite to each other, and the third side surface and the fourth side surface are opposite to each other. The three side surfaces and the fourth side surface are adjacent to between the first side surface and the second side surface, the first guide groove is arranged on the third side surface and sandwiched on one side of the slide rail structure, and the second guide groove is arranged on the fourth side surface and sandwiched between On the other side of the slide rail structure, the sliding portion moves relative to the carrying base along the direction of the slide rail structure toward or away from the expansion port through the first guide groove and the second guide groove.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned fastener further includes a first engaging groove and a second engaging groove, the first engaging groove is recessed on the third side surface of the sliding portion, and the second engaging groove is recessed on the third side surface of the sliding portion There are four sides, and the elastic part of the actuator includes a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm. The first elastic arm extends from one end of the pressing part toward the direction close to the sliding part and is engaged with the first slot by the first tenon and the second elastic arm extends from the other end of the pressing portion toward the direction close to the sliding portion, and is engaged with the second slot by the second tenon.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned buckle further includes a first limiting portion and a second limiting portion, and the first limiting portion extends from one end of the second side surface toward the direction close to the pressing portion and is located at the first limiting portion. Below the elastic arm, the second limiting portion extends from the other end of the second side surface toward the direction close to the pressing portion and is located below the second elastic arm.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first limiting portion and the second limiting portion respectively have a gap between the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first positioning portions of the above-mentioned slide rail structure are grooves, respectively, and the second positioning portions of the pressing portion are bumps matching the grooves.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the buckle portion is positioned at one of these positions, the buckle member is engaged with the expansion card, so that the expansion card is fixed between the expansion port and the buckle portion.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned electronic device is a multifunctional expansion base device, and the expansion card is a solid-state hard disk module.

The fixing device of the embodiment of the present invention, through the structural design of the bearing base having the slide rail structure, the clips that can slide on the slide rail structure, and the actuators that can drive the clips and position the clips, Allows users to easily and quickly fix expansion cards of different sizes in the electronic device or remove the expansion card from the electronic device without using any tools, so as to solve the problem that the expansion card needs to be locked with screws The problem of poor operation convenience is caused. In addition, the expansion card is directly placed on the carrier base and arranged to overlap with the slide rail structure. This arrangement can reduce the space occupied by the fixing device in the electronic device and greatly improve the space utilization of the electronic device.

In order to make the above-mentioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the preferred embodiments are exemplified below, and are described in detail as follows in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 . FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the appearance structure of the fixing device according to an embodiment of the invention to fix the expansion card in the electronic device. FIG. 2 is an exploded schematic view of the fixing device shown in FIG. 1 from a viewing angle. FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic view of the fixing device shown in FIG. 1 from another perspective. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the actuating member and the latching member shown in FIG. 1 after being assembled.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the fixing device 1 of the present embodiment is disposed inside the electronic device 2 . When the user wants to insert the expansion card 200 into the expansion port 20 of the electronic device 2 , the fixing device 1 is used for fixing the expansion card 200 to the expansion port 20 of the electronic device 2 . to be fixed. In this embodiment, the electronic device 2 is, for example, a multi-functional docking station device (Docking Station), and the expansion card is a solid-state hard disk module (SSD module), but this creation does not limit the types of electronic devices and expansion cards .

The detailed structure of the fixing device 1 of this embodiment will be further described below.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 , the fixing device 1 of this example includes a bearing base 11 , a clip 12 and an actuating member 13 . The carrier base 11 is used for carrying the expansion card 200 , and the carrier base 11 includes a sliding rail structure 110 . When the expansion card 200 is placed on the carrier base 11 , the slide rail structure 110 is located directly below the expansion card 200 , and the slide rail structure 110 includes a plurality of first positioning portions 1100 . The latch 12 is movably disposed on the slide rail structure 110 of the carrier base 11 , and the expansion card 200 is located between the latch 12 and the expansion port 20 . The actuating member 13 is detachably disposed on the latching member 12 , and the latching member 12 is located between the actuating member 13 and the expansion port 20 , and the actuating member 13 can drive the latching member 12 along the slide rail structure 110 toward The direction close to or away from the expansion port 20 is moved relative to the carrying base 11 and the fastener 12 is positioned at any position on the slide rail structure 110 .

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 , the fastener 12 of this embodiment includes a sliding portion 121 and a fastener portion 122 . The sliding portion 121 is movably disposed on the sliding rail structure 110 carrying the base 11 , and the sliding portion 121 includes a first side S1 and a second side S2 opposite to each other. The buckle portion 122 extends from the first side surface S1 of the sliding portion 121 , and the expansion card 200 is located between the buckle portion 122 and the expansion port 20 .

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 , the actuator 13 of this embodiment includes a pressing portion 131 and an elastic portion 132 . The pressing portion 131 is detachably connected to the sliding portion 121 of the clip 12 through the elastic portion 132 , so that the pressing portion 131 is configured corresponding to the second side S2 of the sliding portion 121 , and the pressing portion 131 includes at least one second positioning portion 1310, in this embodiment, the number of the second positioning portions 1310 is, for example, two, and these second positioning portions 1310 are located on opposite sides of the pressing portion 131 respectively, but this creation does not limit the number of the second positioning portions 1310 .

In this embodiment, the pressing portion 131 of the actuating member 13 drives the sliding portion 121 of the latching member 12 to move relative to the carrying base 11 along the sliding rail structure 110 of the carrying base 11 toward or away from the expansion port 20 . That is, the pressing portion 131 can drive the sliding portion 121 to slide back and forth along the first axial direction D1, so that the sliding portion 121 drives the buckle portion 122 to slide between multiple positions. The sliding portion 121 swings, that is, the pressing portion 131 swings up and down relative to the sliding portion 121 along the second axial direction D2 , so that the second positioning portions 1310 of the pressing portion 131 are detachably engaged with the first positioning portions of the slide rail structure 110 . 1100, so that the buckle portion 122 is positioned at the target position.

In this embodiment, the first positioning portions 1100 of the slide rail structure 110 are, for example, grooves, respectively, and the second positioning portions 1310 of the pressing portion 131 are, for example, bumps that match the grooves. configuration, but the present invention is not limited to this. In other embodiments, the first positioning portions 1100 are respectively in the shape of bumps, and the second positioning portions 1310 are, for example, grooves, respectively. configuration.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 , the bearing base 11 of this embodiment further includes a bearing surface 111 . The carrying base 11 uses the carrying surface 111 to carry the expansion card 200 , and the slide rail structure 110 and the carrying surface 111 are adjacent to each other. In this embodiment, the expansion card 200 is directly placed on the bearing surface 111 and arranged to overlap with the slide rail structure 110 . This arrangement can reduce the space occupied by the fixing device 1 in the electronic device 2 and greatly improve the Space utilization of the electronic device 2 .

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 , the fastener 12 of this embodiment further includes a first guide groove 123 and a second guide groove 124 , and the sliding portion 121 further includes a third side S3 and a fourth side S4 opposite to each other. The third side S3 and the fourth side S4 of the sliding portion 121 are adjacent to between the first side S1 and the second side S2, the first guide groove 123 is arranged on the third side S3 and sandwiched on one side of the slide rail structure 110, The second guide groove 124 is disposed on the fourth side surface S4 and sandwiched on the other side of the slide rail structure 110 . The sliding portion 121 of the fastener 12 is guided by the first guide groove 123 and the second guide groove 124 to move relative to the carrier base 11 along the slide rail structure 110 toward or away from the expansion port 20 .

As shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 , the fastener 12 of the present embodiment further includes a first engaging slot 125 and a second engaging slot 126 . The first slot 125 is recessed on the third side S3 of the sliding portion 121 and located above the first guide slot 123 , and the second slot 126 is recessed on the fourth side S4 of the sliding portion 121 and located at the second guide slot 124 above. Furthermore, the elastic portion 132 of the actuator 13 in this embodiment includes a first elastic arm 1321 and a second elastic arm 1322 . The first elastic arm 1321 extends from one end of the pressing portion 131 toward the sliding portion 121 and engages with the first slot 125 with the first tenon T1 , and the second elastic arm 1322 approaches the sliding portion from the other end of the pressing portion 131 . It extends in the direction of 121 and engages with the second slot 126 with the second tenon T2. Specifically, when the user applies an external force to the pressing portion 131 , the first elastic arm 1321 and the second elastic arm 1322 of the elastic portion 132 are driven by the pressing portion 131 to bend downward, so that the pressing portion 131 follows the first The two axes D2 swing downward relative to the sliding portion 121 , and further make the second positioning portion 1310 of the pressing portion 131 disengage from the first positioning portion 1100 engaged with the slide rail structure 110 . When released, the elastic restoring force of the first elastic arm 1321 and the second elastic arm 1322 of the elastic portion 132 drives the pressing portion 131 to swing upward relative to the sliding portion 121 along the second axial direction D2 , thereby making the first The two positioning portions 1310 are engaged with the first positioning portion 1100 of the slide rail structure 110 .

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 , the fastener 12 of this embodiment further includes a first limiting portion 127 and a second limiting portion 128 . The first limiting portion 127 extends from one end of the second side surface S2 of the sliding portion 121 in a direction close to the pressing portion 131 and is located below the first elastic arm 1321 . The second limiting portion 128 extends from the other end of the second side surface S2 of the sliding portion 121 in a direction close to the pressing portion 131 and is located below the second elastic arm 1322 . The function of the first limiting portion 127 and the second limiting portion 128 is to control the deformation amount of the first elastic arm 1321 and the second elastic arm 1322 of the elastic portion 132 to prevent the first elastic arm 1321 and the second elastic arm 1322 from being too large. Specifically, when the user applies an external force to the pressing portion 131, the first elastic arm 1321 and the second elastic arm 1322 of the elastic portion 132 are driven by the pressing portion 131 to produce a downward bending deformation. At this time, after the first elastic arm 1321 and the second elastic arm 1322 that are bent downwards contact the first limiting portion 127 and the second limiting portion 128 respectively, the first elastic arm 1321 and the second elastic arm 1322 stop. Bend down.

In this embodiment, there is a gap G between the first limiting portion 127 and the second limiting portion 128 and the first elastic arm 1321 and the second elastic arm 1322 respectively. The size of the gap G further determines the first elastic arm. The amount of deformation of the arm 1321 and the second elastic arm 1322 is not limited in the present invention, and the size of the gap G can be increased or decreased according to actual needs.

The action mode of the fixing device 1 of this embodiment will be further described below.

As shown in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B , and referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 , when the user wants to fix the expansion card 200 (eg, the expansion card with the specification of 22110) inside the electronic device 2 through the fixing device 1 , first 5A, the user can press the pressing portion 131 of the actuating member 13, so that the pressing portion 131 swings downward relative to the sliding portion 121 by the elastic portion 132 (that is, swings along the second axis D2), and Then, the second positioning portion 1310 of the pressing portion 131 is separated from the first positioning portion 1100 of the slide rail structure 110 , and then, the user pushes the pressing portion 131 to move away from the expansion port 20 (that is, move along the first axis D1 ) ), and at the same time drive the sliding portion 121 of the buckle 12 to move along the slide rail structure 110 of the base 11 away from the expansion port 20, at this time, the sliding portion 121 drives the buckle portion 122 to the position P1, and then , the user releases the pressing on the pressing portion 131, and the pressing portion 131 swings upward relative to the sliding portion 121 by the elastic restoring force of the elastic portion 132, so that the second positioning portion 1310 and the first positioning portion 1100 corresponding to the position P1 are engaged with each other , so that the buckle portion 122 is positioned at the position P1. Then, after the user inserts the expansion card 200 into the expansion port 20, as shown in FIG. 5B, the user can press the pressing portion 131 of the actuator 13 to make The second positioning portion 1310 of the pressing portion 131 is separated from the first positioning portion 1100 corresponding to the position P1. Then, the user pushes the pressing portion 131 to move toward the direction close to the expansion port 20, and simultaneously drives the sliding portion 121 along the slide rail structure 110 toward the When moving toward the expansion port 20, the sliding part 121 drives the latching part 122 to the position P2 and latches the expansion card 200. Then, the user releases the pressing of the pressing part 131, so that the second positioning part 1310 and the The first positioning portions 1100 corresponding to the position P2 are engaged with each other, so that the locking portion 122 is positioned at the position P2 and the expansion card 200 is fixed between the expansion port 20 and the locking portion 122 .

As shown in FIG. 5C , and referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 , when the user wants to use the fixing device 1 to fix expansion cards 200 a of different sizes (such as expansion cards with a specification of 2230) into the electronic device 2 , use The person can repeat the action shown in FIG. 5A to position the buckle portion 122 at the position P1, so that the buckle portion 122 is released from the expansion card 200 (eg, an expansion card with a specification of 22110), and further the expansion card 200 is removed from the fixing device 1, and then the user inserts the expansion card 200a (eg, an expansion card with a specification of 2230) into the expansion port 20, and then repeats the action shown in FIG. It is positioned at the position P3 and is buckled on the expansion card 200 a, and then the expansion card 200 a is fixed between the expansion port 20 and the buckle portion 122 .

It should be noted that, in addition to the expansion cards with specifications of 22110 and 2230, the fixing device 1 of this embodiment can also fix expansion cards with specifications of 2242, 2260, 2280 or other customized specifications on the electronic device 2, this creation does not limit the usage specifications of expansion cards.

To sum up, the fixing device of the embodiment of the present invention uses a bearing base with a slide rail structure, a clip that can slide on the slide rail structure, and an actuation that can drive the clip and position the clip. The structural design of the component allows users to easily and quickly fix expansion cards of different sizes in the electronic device or remove the expansion cards from the electronic device without using any tools, so as to solve the problem of the expansion card The problem of poor operation convenience caused by the need for screw locking. In addition, the expansion card is directly placed on the carrier base and arranged to overlap with the slide rail structure. This arrangement can reduce the space occupied by the fixing device in the electronic device and greatly improve the space utilization of the electronic device.

However, the above are only the preferred embodiments of this creation, and should not limit the scope of implementation of this creation, that is, simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application for this creation and the contents of the description of the creation, All are still within the scope of this creative patent. In addition, any embodiment of the present invention or the scope of the patent application is not required to achieve all the purposes or advantages or features disclosed in the present invention. In addition, the abstract section and title are only used to aid in the search of patent documents and are not intended to limit the patentable scope of this creation. In addition, terms such as "first" and "second" mentioned in this specification or the scope of the patent application are only used to name the elements or to distinguish different embodiments or scopes, and are not used to limit the number of elements. upper or lower limit.

1: Fixtures 11: Bearing base 12: Snaps 13: Actuator 110: Slide rail structure 1100: The first positioning part 111: Bearing surface 121: Sliding part 122: Buckle part 123: The first guide groove 124: Second guide groove 125: The first card slot 126: The second card slot 127: The first limit part 128: The second limit part 131: Pressing part 132: Elastic part 1310: Second positioning part 1321: The first spring arm 1322: Second spring arm D1: the first axis D2: The second axis G: Gap S1: first side S2: Second side S3: third side S4: Fourth side T1: The first tenon T2: Second tenon 2: Electronic device 20: Expansion port 200, 200a: Expansion card

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an appearance structure of a fixing device according to an embodiment of the invention to fix an expansion card in an electronic device. FIG. 2 is an exploded schematic view of the fixing device shown in FIG. 1 from a viewing angle. FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic view of the fixing device shown in FIG. 1 from another perspective. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the actuating member and the latching member shown in FIG. 1 after being assembled. 5A to 5C are schematic views of the operation of the fixing device shown in FIG. 1 .

1: Fixtures

11: Bearing base

12: Snaps

13: Actuator

110: Slide rail structure

1100: The first positioning part

111: Bearing surface

121: Sliding part

122: Buckle part

123: The first guide groove

124: Second guide groove

126: The second card slot

127: The first limit part

128: The second limit part

131: Pressing part

132: Elastic part

1310: Second positioning part

1321: The first spring arm

1322: Second spring arm

D1: the first axis

D2: The second axis

S1: first side

S2: Second side

S3: third side

S4: Fourth side

T1: The first tenon

T2: Second tenon

Claims (9)

A fixing device for fixing an expansion card in an electronic device, the electronic device includes an expansion port, and the fixing device includes: a carrying base for carrying the expansion card, the carrying base includes a sliding rail structure, the sliding rail structure is located below the expansion card, and the sliding rail structure includes a plurality of first positioning parts; A buckle includes a sliding portion and a buckle portion, the sliding portion is movably arranged on the slide rail structure, and the sliding portion includes a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to each other, the buckle portion extending from the first side surface, the expansion card is located between the buckle portion and the expansion port; and An actuating member includes a pressing portion and an elastic portion, the pressing portion is connected to the sliding portion by the elastic portion, so that the pressing portion corresponds to the second side surface of the sliding portion, and the pressing portion includes at least one second positioning part; Wherein, the pressing portion drives the sliding portion to move relative to the carrying base along the slide rail structure in a direction toward or away from the expansion port, so that the sliding portion drives the buckle portion to slide between multiple positions, and the pressing The elastic portion can swing relative to the sliding portion, so that the at least one second positioning portion can be detachably engaged with one of the first positioning portions, so that the locking portion is positioned at the positions one of them. The fixing device of claim 1, wherein the carrying base further comprises a carrying surface, the carrying surface is used for carrying the expansion card, and the sliding rail structure is adjacent to the carrying surface. The fixing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the latch further includes a first guide groove and a second guide groove, the sliding portion further includes a third side surface and a fourth side surface, the third side surface and the The fourth side faces are opposite to each other, and the third side and the fourth side are adjacent to the first side and the second side, and the first guide groove is arranged on the third side and sandwiched between the slide rail structure. On one side, the second guide groove is disposed on the fourth side and clamped on the other side of the slide rail structure, and the sliding portion is along the slide rail structure by the first guide groove and the second guide groove. moving relative to the carrier base toward or away from the expansion port. The fixing device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the latch further comprises a first latch slot and a second latch slot, the first latch slot is recessed on the third side surface of the sliding portion, and the second latch slot is recessed. The fourth side surface of the sliding portion is recessed in the groove, and the elastic portion of the actuating member includes a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm, and the first elastic arm approaches the sliding portion from one end of the pressing portion The second elastic arm extends from the other end of the pressing portion toward the direction close to the sliding portion and is engaged with the first slot with a second tenon. The second card slot. The fixing device according to claim 4, wherein the buckle further comprises a first limiting portion and a second limiting portion, and the first limiting portion is directed from one end of the second side surface toward a position close to the pressing portion. The second limiting portion extends from the other end of the second side surface toward the direction close to the pressing portion and is located below the second elastic arm. The fixing device of claim 5, wherein a gap is formed between the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion and the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm respectively. The fixing device of claim 1, wherein the first positioning portions of the slide rail structure are respectively a groove, and the at least one second positioning portion of the pressing portion is a protrusion matching the groove . The fixing device of claim 1, wherein when the buckle portion is positioned at one of the positions, the buckle member is engaged with the expansion card, so that the expansion card is fixed to the expansion port and the buckle between the departments. The fixing device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a multifunctional expansion base device, and the expansion card is a solid state hard disk module.

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