TWI752836B - Electronic assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic assembly including a mounting cage for disk drive, a back panel, a first tray and an expansion circuit board. The mounting cage has an accommodation space. The back panel is fixed on the mounting cage. The first tray is detachably mounted on the mounting cage and is located in the accommodation space. The expansion circuit board is fixed on the first tray and electrically connected to the back panel.

Description

electronic components

The present invention relates to an electronic assembly, in particular to an electronic assembly including a hard disk mounting frame and an expansion circuit board.

Since different users often have different requirements for the server, an expansion card is installed in the server case to adjust the performance of the server or expand the function of the server according to the user's requirements. In addition, such expansion cards are usually electrically connected to the motherboard through cables.

Of course, placing additional expansion cards and cables in the limited space of the server chassis will not only block the cooling airflow in the server chassis and make it difficult for heat to escape from the server chassis, but also increase the number of server chassis. Wire management difficulty in the shell.

The present invention provides an electronic assembly to prevent the expansion circuit board from compressing the heat dissipation space in the server casing and increasing the difficulty of wiring in the server casing.

An electronic assembly disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention includes a hard disk mounting frame, a backplane, a first bracket, and an expansion circuit board. The hard disk mounting bracket has an accommodating slot. The backplane is fixed to the hard disk mounting bracket. The first bracket is detachably mounted on the hard disk mounting frame and is located in the accommodating slot. The expansion circuit board is fixed on the first bracket and is electrically connected to the backplane.

According to the electronic components disclosed in the above embodiments, the first bracket is fixed to the hard disk installation frame and is located in the accommodating groove of the hard disk installation frame, and the expansion circuit board is fixed to the hard disk installation frame through the first bracket. In addition, the expansion circuit board is electrically connected to the backplane fixed on the hard disk mounting frame. This method of using the existing components to install the expansion circuit board not only reduces the cost of adding an expansion circuit board without adding additional structures, but also makes it unnecessary to add additional cables for the expansion circuit board in the server case, and there is no need for wiring The problem is that the cable blocks the cooling airflow in the server case.

The detailed features and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below in the embodiments, and the contents are sufficient to enable any person with ordinary knowledge in the art to understand the technical contents of the embodiments of the present invention and implement them accordingly, and according to the disclosure in this specification Any person with ordinary knowledge in the art can easily understand the related objects and advantages of the present invention. The following examples further illustrate the viewpoints of the present invention in detail, but do not limit the scope of the present invention in any viewpoint.

In this embodiment, the electronic component 10 includes a hard disk mounting frame 100, a backplane 200, a first connector 250, a second connector 260, a first bracket 300, an expansion circuit board 400, a plurality of A fastener 440 , a third connector 450 , a second bracket 500 , a storage unit 600 and a fourth connector 650 .

In this embodiment, the hard disk mounting frame 100 has an accommodating slot 111 and a card slot 112 communicated with the accommodating slot 111, and is used for fixing to a server case, for example. The backplane 200 is fixed to the hard disk mounting frame 100 . In this embodiment, the back plate 200 is located outside the accommodating groove 111 , but it is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the back plate can also be located in the accommodating groove. The first connector 250 and the second connector 260 are fixed and electrically connected to the backplane 200 . The first connector 250 and the second connector 260 are located on the same side of the backplane 200 and side by side with each other.

In this embodiment, the first bracket 300 is located in the accommodating slot 111 and includes a bottom plate 301 , a first side plate 302 , a second side plate 303 , a front window 304 , a handle 305 and a snap spring 306 . The first side plate 302 and the second side plate 303 stand on the bottom plate 301 and are spaced apart from each other. The front window 304 stands on one side of the bottom plate 301 and is connected to the first side plate 302 and the second side plate 303 . The handle 305 protrudes out of the front window 304 and is adjacent to the first side plate 302 for the user to hold to improve the convenience of operating the first bracket 300 . The buckle elastic piece 306 includes an operation part 3060 , a connection part 3061 and a buckle part 3062 . The operation part 3060 and the buckle part 3062 are respectively connected to opposite sides of the connection part 3061 . The latching portion 3062 is fixed to the second side plate 303 and can be detachably latched to the latching slot 112 .

It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the first bracket may not need to include the front window 304 . In other embodiments, the first bracket does not need to include the handle 305 . In other embodiments, the first bracket does not need to include the buckle spring 306, and screws are used to fix the first bracket and the hard disk mounting frame together.

In this embodiment, the expansion circuit board 400 is fixed to the bottom plate 301 of the first bracket 300 through the fastener 440 . In this embodiment, the expansion circuit board 400 includes, for example, an Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus (I2C). In this embodiment, the fastener 440 is, for example, a screw. The third connector 450 is fixed and electrically connected to the expansion circuit board 400 . The third connector 450 is plugged and electrically connected to the first connector 250 so that the expansion circuit board 400 is electrically connected to the backplane 200 .

In other embodiments, the electronic component does not need to include the fastener 440, and the expansion circuit board is fixed at a specific position only through the bonding force between the third connector and the first connector.

In this embodiment, the second bracket 500 is detachably mounted on the hard disk mounting bracket 100 . The first bracket 300 and the second bracket 500 are located in the accommodating groove 111 side by side. In addition, in this embodiment, the overall size of the first bracket 300 is substantially the same as the overall size of the second bracket 500 , but not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the overall size of the first bracket may also be different from the overall size of the second bracket.

In this embodiment, the storage unit 600 is fixed to the second bracket 500 . The fourth connector 650 is fixed and electrically connected to the storage unit 600 . The fourth connector 650 is plugged and electrically connected to the second connector 260 so that the storage unit 600 is electrically connected to the backplane 200 .

It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the electronic components do not need to include the second bracket 500 and the storage unit 600 .

In addition, in this embodiment, the first connector 250 , the second connector 260 , the third connector 450 and the fourth connector 650 are all U.2 connectors, for example.

In other embodiments, the electronic component does not need to include the first connector, the second connector, the third connector and the fourth connector, and cables are used to electrically connect the expansion circuit board and the storage unit to the backplane .

According to the electronic components disclosed in the above embodiments, the first bracket is fixed to the hard disk installation frame and is located in the accommodating groove of the hard disk installation frame, and the expansion circuit board is fixed to the hard disk installation frame through the first bracket. In addition, the expansion circuit board is electrically connected to the backplane fixed on the hard disk mounting frame. This method of using the existing components to install the expansion circuit board not only reduces the cost of adding an expansion circuit board without adding additional structures, but also makes it unnecessary to add additional cables for the expansion circuit board in the server case, and there is no need for wiring The problem is that the cable blocks the cooling airflow in the server case.

In addition, the first bracket can be disassembled and assembled from the hard disk mounting bracket in a tool-free manner through the cooperation of the buckle shrapnel with the slot of the hard disk mounting bracket, thereby realizing the function of hot swapping.

Although the present invention is disclosed above by the aforementioned embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone who is familiar with the similar arts can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, this The scope of patent protection of the invention shall be determined by the scope of the patent application attached to this specification.

10: Electronic Components 100: HDD Mounting Rack 111: accommodating slot 112: Card slot 200: Backplane 250: first connector 260: Second connector 300: First Bracket 301: Bottom plate 302: First side panel 303: Second side panel 304: Front window 305: Handle 306: Buckle shrapnel 3060: Operation Department 3061: Connector 3062: Buckle part 400: Expansion circuit board 440: Fasteners 450: Third connector 500: Second bracket 600: storage unit 650: Fourth connector

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic component according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the electronic assembly of FIG. 1 .

10: Electronic Components

100: HDD Mounting Rack

200: Backplane

300: First Bracket

500: Second bracket

Claims (9)

An electronic assembly, comprising: a hard disk mounting rack with an accommodating slot; a back plate fixed on the hard disk mounting rack; a first bracket detachably mounted on the hard disk mounting rack and located in the accommodating and an expansion circuit board fixed to the first bracket and electrically connected to the backplane; wherein the electronic component further includes a second bracket and a storage unit, and the second bracket is detachable Installed on the hard disk mounting rack, the first bracket and the second bracket are located in the accommodating slot side by side, the storage unit is fixed to the second bracket and is electrically connected to the backplane. The electronic assembly of claim 1, wherein the dimensions of the first bracket are substantially the same as the dimensions of the second bracket. The electronic assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a first connector, a second connector, a third connector and a fourth connector, the first connector and the second connector are fixed and electrically connected connected to the backplane, the first connector and the second connector are located on the same side of the backplane and side by side, the third connector is fixed and electrically connected to the expansion circuit board, the third connector The fourth connector is plugged and electrically connected to the first connector, the fourth connector is fixed and electrically connected to the storage unit, and the fourth connector is plugged and electrically connected to the second connector. The electronic component of claim 2, wherein the first connector, the second connector, the third connector and the fourth connector are U.2 connectors. The electronic assembly of claim 1 further comprises a plurality of fasteners, and the expansion circuit board is fixed to the first bracket through the fasteners. The electronic assembly of claim 1, wherein the first bracket comprises a bottom plate, a first side plate, a second side plate and a front window, the first side plate and the second side plate stand on the bottom plate and are opposite to each other The front window stands on one side of the bottom plate and is connected to the first side plate and the second side plate, and the expansion circuit board is fixed on the bottom plate. The electronic assembly of claim 6, wherein the first bracket further comprises a handle, the handle protruding from the front window and adjacent to the first side panel. The electronic assembly of claim 6, wherein the first bracket further comprises a snap-fit elastic piece, the hard disk mounting bracket further has a snap-fit slot, the snap-fit slot is communicated with the accommodating slot, and the snap-fit snap piece comprises a snap-fit piece an operation part, a connection part and a buckle part, the operation part and the buckle part are respectively connected to opposite sides of the connection part, the buckle part is fixed on the second side plate and can be detachably engaged with the hard plate the slot of the disc mount. The electronic component of claim 1, wherein the backplane is located outside the accommodating slot.

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