Patent Application
20070008693
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a clamping structure of an electronic device, and more particularly, to an electronic device such as a hard disc, a CD-ROM drive and so on which are arranged to an electronic equipment not through the use of screws, thereby the electronic device for assembling and detaching are vastly more convenient.
2. Description of Related Art
Electronic devices such as hard discs, CD-ROM drives and so on are important data store devices for computers. Electronic devices demanded by the consumer market need to be supplied cheaply, have high operating speeds and large storage capacity for running an operating system, application programs and other data. If the computer has no hard discs and CD-ROM drives or the storage space of the hard discs and CD-ROM drives is insufficient, the operation and efficiency of the computer will be impacted greatly.
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As such, fabrication and disassembly of such an electronic device 90 is not easy.
Accordingly, as discussed above, the prior art still has some drawbacks that could be improved upon. The present invention aims to resolve the drawbacks in the prior art.
An objective of the present invention is to provide a clamping structure of an electronic device, and the electronic device is arranged to the electronic equipment in a clamping manner, not by using screws, thereby making the fabrication and disassembly of the electronic device convenient and easy to repair.
For reaching the objective above, the present invention provides a clamping structure of an electronic device for attaching an electronic device to the inside of a main machine of electronic equipment, comprising: a supporting device arranged to the inside of a main machine of electronic equipment and having a space, in which a clamping tab can be set; a tray having an accommodating space for accommodating the electronic device and a bottom board of the tray having a clamping slot; wherein, the tray is disposed to the space of the supporting device and the tray is moved a predetermined distance, then the clamping slot of the tray and the clamping tab of the supporting device are clamped to each other.
Numerous additional features, benefits and details of the present invention are described in the detailed description, which follows.
The foregoing aspects and many of the attendant advantages of this invention will be more readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Referring to FIGS. 2 to 4, the present invention provides a clamping structure of an electronic device and more particularly, for electronic devices such as hard discs, CD-ROM drives and so on which are arranged inside electronic equipment, includes a supporting device 1 and a tray 2; wherein the supporting device 1 is arranged inside a host, the supporting device 1 is made of metal, the supporting device 1 has a bottom board 11 which has two sides extending downwardly to form a sideboard 12 for using the two sideboards 12 to attach the supporting device 1 inside the host, and the top of the bottom board 11 forms a space 13 for accommodating the tray 2 and the electronic device 4.
The top of the bottom board 11 of the supporting device 1 is perforated with many clamping tabs 14, the clamping tabs 14 form holes 15 respectively, and the clamping tabs 14 on top of the bottom board 11 extend into the space 13. The clamping tabs 14 have a narrow portion 141 and a wide portion 142 respectively. The width of the narrow portion 141 is smaller than that of the wide portion 142. The end of the narrow portion 141 and the wide portion 142 of the clamping tabs 14 are connected to the bottom board 11. The top of the bottom board 11 of the supporting device 1 is punched an L-shape orientation member 19 and the clamping tabs 14. The L-shape orientation member 19 can be used either alone or together with the clamping tabs 14.
The top of the bottom board 11 of the supporting device 1 is punched with a guiding tab 16, and the guiding tab 16 is erected on the bottom board 11. The guiding tab 16 is located inside the space 13, and is vertical to the bottom board 11. The guiding tab 16 has an L-shape guiding slot 161. The end of the guiding slot 161 has an opening 162. The opening 162 is located above the guiding tab 16.
The top of the bottom board 11 of the supporting device 1 is punched with a fixed tab 18. The side of the fixed tab 18 has a fixed lock 17 arranged to it. The fixed lock 17 is located inside the space 13. The fixed lock 17 has a body 171, and the two sides of the body 171 forms a flange 172 respectively for using bend portion 181 of two sides of the fixed tab 18 to cover the two flange 172The fixed lock 17 is arranged to the side of the fixed tab 18. The side of the body 171 is connected to an elastic arm 173, and the end of the elastic arm 173 is connected to a large area of the moving portion 174. The side of the moving portion 174 is disposed to an orientation projection 175. The end of the orientation projection 175 has an arcing guiding surface 176. The other end of the orientation projection 175 forms an end 177.
Tray 2 accommodates an electronic device 4. The tray 2 is made of metal. The tray 2 has a bottom board 21 and the two sides of the bottom board 21 extend upwardly to form a sideboard 22. Between the bottom board 21 and the two sideboards 22 an accommodating space 23 are formed for accommodating the electronic device 4.
The bottom board 21 of the tray 2 is disposed with many clamping slots 24 corresponding to the clamping tabs 14. The clamping slots 24 are rectangle slots, which are longer than the clamping tabs 14. The width of the narrow slot 241 is smaller than that of the wide slot 242. The clamping slots 24 each have a narrow slot 241 and a wide slot 242. The top of the bottom board 21 of the tray 2 is disposed a long trapezium clamping slot 27 corresponding to an L-shape orientation member 19. The end of the clamping slot 27 has a wide slot.
One of the sideboards 22 of the tray 2 has a projection 25 and a track projection 26 corresponding to the guiding tab 16 and the fixed lock 17. The projection 25 is a hollow pillar, which is projected outside of the sideboard 22. The track projection 26 is a U-type tab, which is projected outside of the sideboard 22.
The tray 2 is disposed inside the space 13 of the supporting device 1. The clamping tabs 14 and the L-shape orientation member 19 of the bottom of the supporting device 1 are matched with the wide slot 242 of the clamping slot 24 and the long trapezium clamping slot 27 of the bottom of the tray 2. The tray 2 is pushed a predetermination distance along in a vertical direction so that the narrow portion 141 and the wide portion 142 of the clamping tabs 14 slip into the narrow slot 241 of the clamping slot 24 (see
As the tray 2 is disposed inside of the space 13 of the supporting device 1, the projection 25 of the side of the tray 2 is disposed into the end of the guiding slot 161 by the opening 162 of the guiding tab 16. The track projection 26 of the side of the tray 2 corresponds to the orientation projection 175 of the fixed lock 17. Thus the tray 2 is pushed a predetermination distance along in a vertical direction. The projection 25 slips into the guiding slot 161, and the end of the track projection 26 first contacts the guiding surface 176 of the orientation projection 175 of the fixed lock 17 (see
To remove the tray 2 and the electronic device 4 from the space 13 of the supporting device 1, the user only needs to turn down the moving portion 174 of the fixed lock 17, and then move the tray 2 forward. The end 177 of the orientation projection 175 departs from the track projection 26, allowing the tray 2 to be moved along in the withdrawing direction. To withdraw the clamping tabs 14 from the clamping slots 24, the projection 25 needs to be withdrawn from the guiding slot 161 of the guiding tab 16. Thereby the tray 2 and the electronic device 4 are withdrawn from the space 13 of the supporting device 1; thereby the clamping structure of an electronic device of the present invention is formed.
According to the present invention, the fixed lock 17, the guiding tab 16, the L-shape orientation member 19, and the clamping tabs 14 of the supporting device 1 are respectively clamped to the track projection 26, the projection 2 and the clamping slots 24 and 27 of the tray 2. Thereby the tray 2 is stably clamped onto the supporting device 1 without screws and thereby reducing the occupied space of the host compared to that occupied by the prior art. Therefore, the clamping structure is convenient for attaching, detaching, and maintenance of the electronic device.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment thereof, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are embraced within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
