TWM634105U - Movable expansion card bracket and electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

A movable expansion card bracket is suitable for installing an expansion card on a mounting frame. The movable expansion card support includes a supporting frame and a sliding frame. The supporting frame can be movably arranged on the mounting frame along a front-rear direction. The sliding frame can slide relative to the supporting frame along a left-right direction for installing the expansion card, and the left-right direction is substantially perpendicular to the front-rear direction.

Description

Removable Expansion Card Holder and Electronics

The present invention relates to an expansion card support and an electronic device, in particular to a movable expansion card bracket and an electronic device.

With the development and progress of electronic technology, the development trend of today's electronic devices is towards the direction of powerful computing functions, high speed and small size. It has the advantages of thinness, miniaturization, and continuous expansion.

As the size of the electronic device shrinks, the internal space of the electronic device is also limited. Therefore, when the internal access device or expansion interface card is to be installed or replaced, the internal space available for operation is even more limited. In traditional electronic devices, a fixed access device or a high-speed peripheral component internal connection bus (PCIe card) is usually connected and locked with a fixed bracket, and then the fixed bracket is connected and locked with the housing of the electronic device Firm, so that the access device or the PCIe card can be stably arranged inside the electronic device. In the traditional way, it is directly connected and locked with screws.

However, the process of screw locking needs to align the screws one by one with the screw holes, and then lock them in, which requires more man-hours, and the screw locking is performed in a narrow space. If the screw is accidentally dropped, it will be more difficult to pick up the dropped screw, not to mention If the screw falls off and is lost during the locking process, or even the size of the screw and the screw hole does not match, or the corresponding screw hole is damaged due to excessive force during the locking process, etc., it will cause problems. Afterwards, the setting and replacement of the access device or the PCIe card could not be carried out smoothly.

The present invention provides a movable expansion card bracket and an electronic device, so that the installation of the expansion card can be completed quickly and easily without tools.

The movable expansion card bracket disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention is suitable for installing an expansion card on a mounting frame. The movable expansion card support includes a supporting frame and a sliding frame. The supporting frame can be movably arranged on the mounting frame along a front-rear direction. The sliding frame can slide relative to the supporting frame along a left and right direction, and is used for installing the expansion card.

The electronic device disclosed in another embodiment of the present invention includes a casing, a main board, a mounting frame, a movable expansion card bracket and an expansion card. The casing has a board. The motherboard is mounted on the casing. The installation frame is installed on the panel of the casing. The movable expansion card support includes a supporting frame and a sliding frame. The supporting frame can be movably arranged on the mounting frame along a front-rear direction. The sliding frame can slide relative to the supporting frame along a left-right direction. The expansion card is installed on the support frame and plugged into the motherboard through a row of cables.

According to the movable expansion card bracket and the electronic device of the above-mentioned embodiment, the support frame of the movable expansion bracket is movable and detachable, so that the user can first install the expansion card on the support frame outside the casing, so that In a wider space, the expansion card is fixed on the support frame through screws, and then the expansion card is moved to the desired position through simple operations such as sliding, and then the expansion is fixed through the tool-free and easy-to-operate thumb screw and fastening components The location of the card. in this way First, the user can quickly and easily complete the installation of the expansion card without using tools.

The above description of the content of the present invention and the following description of the implementation are used to demonstrate and explain the principle of the present invention, and provide a further explanation of the patent application scope of the present invention.

1: Electronic device

10: Chassis

11: Board

12: guide groove

13: screw joint

20: Motherboard

22: Expansion slot

30: Movable expansion card bracket

40: expansion card

41: Substrate

42: Bracket

50: Cable

60: signal line

100: Mounting frame

111: back panel

1111: the first side

1112: the second side

1113: threading groove

112: Rail part

200: support frame

210: side panel

220: Frame Department

221: opening

230: rail part

240: slide rail part

250: Thumb screw

300: sliding frame

310: carrier board

320: side leaning part

321: slotting

322: Give way

330: Frame Department

331: Assembly structure of the first expansion card

332: Assembly structure of the second expansion card

340: slide rail

400: fastening components

410: Urgent pieces

411: Assembly Department

412: elastic resisting part

420: Shaft

430: Operating parts

500:Signal adapter card

D2: Front and rear directions

D3: left and right directions

A: Direction

FIG. 1 is an exploded schematic diagram of an electronic device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the movable expansion card bracket of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic diagram of FIG. 2 .

FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic view of another viewing angle of FIG. 3 .

5 to 8 are schematic diagrams of installation of the electronic device in FIG. 1 .

Please refer to Figure 1 to Figure 2. FIG. 1 is an exploded schematic diagram of an electronic device 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the movable expansion card bracket 30 in FIG. 1 .

The electronic device 1 of this embodiment includes a casing 10 , a main board 20 , a mounting frame 100 , a movable expansion card bracket 30 and an expansion card 40 . The casing 10 has a plate 11 . The board 11 is located at the back of the casing 10 , and the board 11 may also have a hollow structure for IO ports or a hollow structure for the expansion card 40 , for example. The motherboard 20 is provided with electronic components such as a central processing unit, a memory, an expansion slot, and a power supply slot, and is mounted on the casing 10 . The mounting frame 100 is disposed on the panel 11 of the housing 10 through welding, screwing and other joint means, for example. detailed In other words, the installation frame 100 includes a back plate portion 111 and two guide rail portions 112 . The back plate portion 111 has a first surface 1111 , a second surface 1112 and a threading groove 1113 . The first surface 1111 faces the panel 11 . The second surface 1112 faces away from the first surface 1111 . The threading groove 1113 runs through the first surface 1111 and the second surface 1112 and is used for the signal wires 60 such as HDMI to pass through. The two rail portions 112 are respectively connected to opposite sides of the back plate portion 111 .

Please also refer to Figure 3 and Figure 4. FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic diagram of FIG. 2 . FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic view of another viewing angle of FIG. 3 . The movable expansion card bracket 30 includes a supporting frame 200 and a sliding frame 300 . The supporting frame 200 can be movably disposed on the mounting frame 100 along a front-rear direction D2. In detail, the support frame 200 includes a side plate portion 210 , a frame portion 220 and two rail portions 230 . The frame portion 220 protrudes from one side of the side plate portion 210 and surrounds an opening 221 . The opening 221 communicates with the threading groove 1113 . The two guide rail parts 230 of the support frame 200 protrude from opposite sides of the frame part 220, and are respectively slidably arranged on the two guide rail parts 112 of the installation frame 100, so that the support frame 200 can be opposite to the installation frame 100 along the front-rear direction D2. slide. In this embodiment, the movable expansion card bracket 30 may further include a thumb screw 250 , and the support frame 200 is fixed to the installation frame 100 through the thumb screw 250 .

In this embodiment, the supporting frame 200 further includes two sliding rail parts 240 . The two sliding rail portions 240 are connected to opposite sides of the side plate portion 210 . The sliding frame 300 includes a carrier portion 310 , a side support portion 320 , a frame portion 330 and two slide rail portions 340 . The side support portion 320 is connected to one side of the carrier portion 310 . Adjacent two sides of the frame portion 330 are respectively connected to the carrier portion 310 and the side portion 320 . The two sliding rail portions 340 of the sliding frame 300 are slidably disposed on the two sliding rail portions 240 of the supporting frame 200, so that the sliding frame 300 can slide relative to the supporting frame 200 along the left-right direction D3. The left-right direction D3 is substantially perpendicular to the front-back direction D2. The so-called substantially orthogonal system covers both orthogonal and near-orthogonal conditions.

In this embodiment, the side support portion 320 has two slots 321 . The movable expansion card bracket 30 can also include two fastening components 400 . Each fastening component 400 includes a pressing part 410 , a shaft part 420 and an operating part 430 . The pressing member 410 is rotatably disposed on the side plate portion 210 through the shaft member 420 and partially located in the slot 321 of the side resting portion 320 . The operating member 430 is connected to the shaft member 420 and is used to drive the pressing member 410 against the wall surface of the slot 321 formed in the side support portion 320 . In addition, the material of the pressing member 410 is, for example, plastic and is made by injection molding, for example. The pressing element 410 includes a connecting portion 411 and an elastic resisting portion 412 . The assembly part 411 of the pressing part 410 is rotatably disposed on the side plate part 210 through the shaft part 420 . The elastic resisting portion 412 is connected to the assembly portion 411 and is driven by the assembly portion 411 to abut against the wall surface of the slot 321 formed in the side support portion 320 to improve the fixing effect of the pressing member 410 on the sliding frame 300 .

In this embodiment, the assembling portion 411 and the elastic resisting portion 412 are integrally formed, but it is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the assembling portion and the elastic resisting portion may also be composed of two independent components.

In this embodiment, the number of fastening components 400 and slots 321 is two, but it is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the number of fastening components and slots can also be changed to one or more than three.

The expansion card 40 is, for example, a display card, a PCIE interface card or other expansion cards 40 , and is installed on the supporting frame 200 or the sliding frame 300 . That is to say, the expansion card 40 can be disposed on the side plate portion 210 of the support frame 200 or disposed on the side plate portion 210 of the support frame 200 through the carrier plate portion 310 of the sliding frame 300 .

In this embodiment, the expansion card 40 is installed on the sliding frame 300 as an example. The expansion card 40 includes a base plate 41 and a blocking piece 42 , and the blocking piece 42 is connected to one side of the base plate 41 . sliding frame The frame portion 330 of the 300 has a first expansion card assembly structure 331 and a second expansion card assembly structure 332 on opposite sides thereof. The first expansion card assembly structure 331 and the second expansion card assembly structure 332 are, for example, screw holes and slots for assembling the blocking piece 42 of the expansion card 40 . That is to say, one end of the blocking piece 42 is fixed to the first expansion card assembly structure 331 of the surrounding frame portion 330 by screws, and the other end of the blocking piece 42 is fixed to the second expansion card of the surrounding frame portion 330 by plugging. Assemble structure 332 .

In this embodiment, the movable expansion card bracket 30 may further include a signal adapter card 500 . The side support portion 320 has a relief opening 322 . The signal adapter card 500 is disposed on the carrier portion 310 and partly located in the relief opening 322 . The substrate 41 of the expansion card 40 is plugged into one side of the signal adapter card 500 , and the other side of the signal adapter card 500 is connected to the motherboard 20 through a cable 50 , for example.

In this embodiment, the material thickness of the supporting frame 200 and the sliding frame 300 is, for example, greater than 1 mm, so as to enhance the structural strength of the supporting frame 200 and the sliding frame 300, and improve the supporting effect of the supporting frame 200 and the sliding frame 300 on the expansion card 40 . In this way, the sagging of the expansion card 40 can be effectively avoided.

In this embodiment, the movable expansion card bracket 30 passes through the support frame 200 and the sliding frame 300, and the expansion card 40 is arranged on the support frame 200 through the sliding frame 300 so that the expansion card 40 can achieve the effect of biaxial movement, thereby improving the expansion Card installation convenience.

In this embodiment, the supporting frame 200 of the movable expansion card bracket 30 is installed on the panel 11 of the casing 10 through the mounting frame 100 , but the present invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, it is also possible to add a structure combined with the board on the support frame of the movable expansion card bracket, so that the support frame of the movable expansion card bracket is directly installed on the board of the casing.

See Figures 5 through 8. 5 to 8 are schematic diagrams of installation of the electronic device 1 in FIG. 1 . As shown in FIG. 5 , the two guide rail portions 230 of the support frame 200 are respectively slidably disposed on the two guide rail portions 112 of the installation frame 100 so that the support frame 200 can slide relative to the installation frame 100 along the front-rear direction D2. Place the expansion card 40 on the sliding frame 300 first, and the base plate 41 of the expansion card 40 is electrically plugged into the signal adapter card 500 provided on the sliding frame 300, and insert one end of the blocking piece 42 of the expansion card 40 into the surrounding frame The second expansion card assembly structure 332 of the part 330 and the other end of the blocking piece 42 of the expansion card 40 are locked to the first expansion card assembly structure 331 of the frame part 330 of the sliding frame 300 . In addition, the cable 50 is electrically inserted into the other side of the signal adapter card 500 and the signal line such as HDMI is inserted into the expansion card 40 .

Next, as shown in FIG. 6 , the cable 50 is bypassed at the bottom of the support frame 200 and inserted into the expansion slot 22 of the motherboard 20 , and the two slide rail portions 340 of the sliding frame 300 are slidably arranged on the support frame. The second slide rail part 240 of 200 is used to make the sliding frame 300 slide relative to the supporting frame 200 along the left-right direction D3. In addition, as shown in FIG. 7 , during the process of inserting the cable 50 into the expansion slot 22 of the motherboard 20 , the user can adjust the positions of the supporting frame 200 and the sliding frame 300 according to requirements for the convenience of installation. That is to say, the user can move the support frame 200 along the front-rear direction D2 or move the sliding frame 300 along the left-right direction D3 according to requirements. As shown in Figure 8, after the user inserts the cable 50 into the expansion slot 22 of the motherboard 20, and moves the expansion card 40 to the desired position, the user can tighten the thumb screw 250 to fix it. The relative positional relationship between the support frame 200 and the installation frame 100, and the pressing part 410 can be driven to rotate in the direction A by pulling the operating part 430 of the fastening component 400, and the elastic pressing part 412 of the pressing part 410 is pressed against the side leaning A wall surface of a slot 321 is formed in the portion 320 to fix the relative positional relationship between the sliding frame 300 and the supporting frame 200 .

It can be seen from the above operations that the user can first install the expansion card 40 on the sliding frame 300 outside the casing 10, so as to fix the expansion card 40 on the sliding frame 300 through screws in a wider space, and then through sliding, etc. After the expansion card 40 is moved to the desired position by simple operation, the position of the expansion card 40 is fixed by the tool-free thumb screw 250 and the fastening component 400 which are easy to operate. In this way, the user can quickly and easily complete the installation of the expansion card 40 without tools.

According to the movable expansion card bracket and the electronic device of the above embodiment, through the movable and detachable relationship between the support frame and the sliding frame of the movable expansion bracket, the user can first install the expansion card on the sliding frame outside the casing. , to fix the expansion card on the sliding frame through screws in a wider space, and then move the expansion card to the desired position through simple operations such as sliding, and then use the tool-free and easy-to-operate thumb screw and fastening components To fix the position of the expansion card. In this way, the user can quickly and easily complete the installation of the expansion card without using tools.

In addition, the movable expansion card bracket of the above embodiment is compatible with casings supporting M-ATX/ATX specifications.

Although the present invention is disclosed above with the aforementioned embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person familiar with similar skills can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, this invention The scope of patent protection for new models shall be defined in the scope of patent application attached to this specification.

50: Cable

200: support frame

210: side panel

220: Frame Department

221: opening

230: rail part

240: slide rail part

250: Thumb screw

300: sliding frame

310: carrier board

320: side leaning part

321: slotting

322: Give way

330: Frame Department

331: Assembly structure of the first expansion card

332: Assembly structure of the second expansion card

340: slide rail

400: fastening components

500:Signal adapter card

Claims (14)

A movable expansion card bracket is suitable for installing an expansion card on a mounting frame. The movable expansion card bracket includes: a support frame that can be movably arranged on the mounting frame along a front-rear direction; and a sliding frame, The supporting frame can be slid relative to the support frame along a left-right direction, which is substantially perpendicular to the front-rear direction, and is used for installing the expansion card. The movable expansion card bracket as described in claim 1, wherein the support frame includes a side plate part, a frame part and two guide rail parts, the frame part protrudes from one side of the side plate part and surrounds an opening, the The opening is used to communicate with a threading groove of the installation frame. The two guide rail parts of the support frame protrude from the opposite sides of the frame part, and are respectively slidably arranged on the two guide rail parts of the installation frame, so that the The supporting frame can slide relative to the mounting frame along the front-rear direction. The movable expansion card bracket as described in claim 2, wherein the support frame further includes two slide rail parts, and the two slide rail parts are connected to opposite sides of the side plate part, and the slide frame includes a carrier board part, one side The leaning part, a surrounding frame part, the two slide rail parts, the side leaning part is connected to one side of the carrier part, the adjacent two sides of the surrounding frame part are respectively connected to the carrier part and the side leaning part, the The two sliding rail parts of the sliding frame are slidably arranged on the two sliding rail parts of the supporting frame, so that the sliding frame can slide relative to the supporting frame along the left and right direction, and the side plate part of the supporting frame passes through the sliding frame The expansion card is arranged on the carrier board portion. The movable expansion card bracket as described in claim 3 further includes at least one fastening component, the side portion has at least one slot, the at least one fastening component includes a pressing part, a shaft part and an operating part, the The pressing part is rotatably arranged on the side plate part through the shaft part, and is partly located in the at least one slot of the side part. The operating part is connected to the shaft part and is used to drive the pressing part against the side part. The wall surface of the at least one slot is formed in the portion. The movable expansion card bracket as described in claim 4, wherein the pressing part includes a joint part and an elastic pressing part, and the joint part of the pressing part is rotatably arranged on the side plate part through the shaft part, The elastic resisting part is connected to the connecting part, and is driven by the connecting part to abut against the wall surface forming the at least one slot in the side leaning part. The movable expansion card bracket as described in claim 3, wherein the opposite sides of the frame portion have a first expansion card assembly structure and a second expansion card assembly structure, the first expansion card assembly structure and the second expansion card assembly structure The expansion card assembling structures are respectively used for assembling a blocking piece of the expansion card. The movable expansion card bracket as described in claim 4 further includes a signal transfer card, the side part has a relief opening, and the signal transfer card is arranged on the carrier part and partially located in the relief opening. An electronic device includes: a case with a board; a main board mounted on the case; a mounting frame mounted on the board of the case; a movable expansion card bracket including: A support frame can be movably arranged on the installation frame along a front-rear direction; and a sliding frame can slide relative to the support frame along a left-right direction; connected to the motherboard. The electronic device as described in claim 8, wherein the support frame includes a side plate portion, a frame portion and two rail portions, the frame portion protrudes from one side of the side plate portion, and surrounds an opening, and the opening communicates with the A threading groove of the installation frame, the two guide rail parts of the support frame protrude from the opposite sides of the frame part, and are respectively slidably arranged on the two guide rail parts of the installation frame, so that the support frame can move along the The front and back direction slides relative to the installation frame, and the side plate part is used for setting the expansion card. The electronic device as described in claim 9, wherein the movable expansion card bracket further includes a sliding frame, and the supporting frame further includes two slide rail parts, the two slide rail parts are connected to the opposite sides of the side plate part, and the sliding The frame includes a carrier part, a side part, a frame part and two slide rail parts, the side part is connected to one side of the carrier part, and the adjacent two sides of the frame part are respectively connected to the carrier part. The plate part and the side leaning part, the two slide rail parts of the sliding frame are slidably arranged on the two slide rail parts of the supporting frame, so that the sliding frame can slide relative to the supporting frame along the left and right direction, the The side plate portion of the supporting frame is provided with the expansion card through the carrier plate portion of the sliding frame. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the movable expansion card bracket further includes at least one fastening component, the side portion has at least one slot, and the at least one fastening component includes a pressing piece, a shaft piece and a An operating part, the pressing part is rotatably arranged on the side plate part through the shaft part, and partly located in the at least one slot of the side leaning part, the operating part is connected to the shaft part, and is used to drive the pressing part against A wall surface of the at least one slot is formed in the side portion. The electronic device as described in claim 11, wherein the pressing part includes a connecting part and an elastic resisting part, the connecting part of the pressing part is rotatably arranged on the side plate part through the shaft part, and the elastic resisting part The pressure part is connected to the joint part, and is driven by the joint part to abut against the wall surface forming the at least one slot in the side support part. The electronic device as described in claim 10, wherein the expansion card includes a substrate and a blocking piece, the blocking piece is connected to one side of the substrate, and the opposite sides of the frame portion have a first expansion card assembly structure and A second expansion card assembling structure, the first expansion card assembling structure and the second expansion card assembling structure are respectively used for assembling the blocking plate of the expansion card. The electronic device as described in claim 13, wherein the movable expansion card bracket further includes a signal transfer card, the side part has a relief opening, the signal transfer card is arranged on the carrier part and partly located on the The base board of the expansion card is plugged into one side of the signal adapter card.

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