Patent Application
20160116949
The subject matter herein generally relates to an electronic device enclosure. The electronic device enclosure can include space to receive various components, for example components for a personal computer.
An electronic device enclosure such as a personal computer chassis often includes a main body and a cover attached to the main body. The main body includes a bottom plate, two side plates, and a top plate cooperatively defining a receiving area for receiving electronic components. The electronic components can include a motherboard, hard disks, a plurality of expansion cards, and a power supply. The computer chassis can be metal.
Implementations of the present technology will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the attached figures.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. Also, the description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to better illustrate details and features of the present disclosure.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The term “coupled” is defined as connected, whether directly or indirectly through intervening components, and is not necessarily limited to physical connections. The connection can be such that the objects are permanently connected or releasably connected. The term “substantially” is defined to be essentially conforming to the particular dimension, shape or other word that substantially modifies, such that the component need not be exact. For example, substantially cylindrical means that the object resembles a cylinder, but can have one or more deviations from a true cylinder. The term “comprising,” when utilized, means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in the so-described combination, group, series and the like.
The present disclosure is described in relation to an electronic device enclosure comprising a base, a cover, and a top frame. The base comprises a bottom plate, a rear plate with a first edge coupled to an edge of the bottom plate and positioned substantially perpendicular to the bottom plate, and two opposing side plates with a first edge of each side plate coupled to an edge of the bottom plate and positioned substantially perpendicular to the bottom plate and a second edge of each side plate coupled to the rear plate and positioned substantially perpendicular to the rear plate. The top frame is positioned along a second edge of the rear plate and each side plate, the second rear plate edge being substantially parallel to and opposite the first rear plate edge, and each second side plate edge being substantially parallel to and opposite the first edge of the side plate. The base and the cover plate cooperate to form a receiving space for substantially enclosing a plurality of electronic components positioned within the receiving space; and the bottom plate, the rear plate and each side plate are each primarily composed of non-metallic material.
The base 10 can comprise a bottom plate 11, two side plates 12 and a rear plate 13. The two side plates 12 are substantially perpendicular to couple with opposite edges of the bottom plate 11, and the rear plate 13 is substantially coupled with a rear edge of the bottom plate 11. The rear plate 13 is located between the two side plates 12, and the rear plate 13 is coupled to a top edge of each side plate. Two cutouts 131 are defined in the rear plate 13, and a plurality of receiving slots 16 is defined on each corner of the base 10, such as, a receiving slot 16 is defined a jointing portion which is coupled a side plate 12, a rear plate 13 and the bottom plate 11. An opening 15 is defined in the base 10 opposite to the rear plate 13.
Each corner bracket 35 comprises a first retaining panel 351 and a second retaining panel 353 that is substantially perpendicular to the first retaining panel 351. When the corner bracket 35 is attached to the corner of the base 10, the first retaining panel 351 can be attached to a plate of the base 10, and the second retaining panel 353 can be attached to an adjacent plate of the base 10. Two first retaining holes 3531 and two second retaining holes 3532 are defined in the second retaining panel 353. The two second retaining holes 3532 is located between the two first retaining holes 3531.
The mounting panel 60 can be attached to the base 10 and comprise a bottom portion 61 and a rear portion 63 substantially perpendicular to the bottom portion 61. The bottom portion 61 can be secured to the bottom plate 11, so that the rear portion 63 can be received in the opening 15. A positioning hole 631 is defined in the rear portion 63 corresponding to the fastening hole 519, and a punching hole 633 is defined in the rear portion 63 corresponding to the second retaining hole 3532.
The bracket 70 comprises a bracket body 71 and two positioning pieces 72. Each of the positioning pieces 72 can be attached to an inner surface of each side plate 12. A rotating shaft 721 is located on each positioning piece 72, and two rotating holes 711 are defined in opposite sides of the bracket body 71.
The bottom frame 20 is placed on a bottom portion of the base 10, and the four bottom poles 21 are attached to four edges of the bottom plate 11 respectively. The supporting portion 211 of each bottom poles 21 is supported on the bottom of the base 10. The securing portion 212 of each bottom poles 21 is adhered to the edges of base 10. The plurality of first retaining holes 3531 of the corner brackets 35 are aligned with the plurality of securing holes 213, plurality of blind rivets (not shown) extends through the plurality of securing holes 213 and the first retaining holes 3531 to secure the bottom frame 20 to the corner bracket 35. Therefore, the cover brackets 35 and the bottom frame 20 are secured to the base 10.
The top frame 30 is placed on a top portion of the base 10, one of the three top poles 31 is attached to a top edge of the rear plate 13, and two of the three top poles 31 are attached to a top edge of the two side plates 12 respectively. The two extending pieces 310 are engaged in the two cutouts 131. The pressing portion 311 is pressed on the top portion of the base 10, and the mounting portion 312 is adhered on the edges of the base 10. A plurality of blind rivets (not shown) extends through the plurality of mounting holes 313 to secure the top frame 30 to the top portion of the base 10 At this time, the limiting pieces 315 presses on the other two abutting pieces 361 of the side brackets 36 for preventing the side brackets 36 from moving. Therefore, the two side brackets 36 are secured between the top frame 30 and the bottom plate 11.
Each of the two positioning pieces 72 is adhered to the inner surface of each side plate 12. The rotating shaft 721 is engaged in the rotating hole 711 to secure the bracket body 71 to the base 10.
The cover 40 with the cover frame 50 covers the base 10, and the fastening hole 519 is aligned with the positioning hole 631, and a mounting member 90 is engaged in the fastening hole 519 and the positioning hole 631 to secure the cover 40 to the base 10. The punching hole 633 of the rear portion 63 are aligned with the second retaining hole 3532, a plurality of fixing members (not shown) is engaged in the punching hole 633 and the second retaining hole 3532 to secure the mounting panel 60 to the corner brackets 35. Thus, the electronic device enclosure 100 is assembled.
The base 10 and the cover 40 are made of non-metallic material, such as paper, wood, bamboo, plastic, etc, allowing the electronic device enclosure 100 to be light. The base 10 is strengthened by the bottom frame 20, the top frame 30, the four corner brackets 35 and the side bracket 36, and the cover 40 is strengthened by the cover frame 50.
The embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Many details are often found in the art such as the other features of an electronic device enclosure. Therefore, many such details are neither shown nor described. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the detail, especially in matters of shape, size and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure up to, and including the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims. It will therefore be appreciated that the embodiments described above may be modified within the scope of the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201410573808.9 | Oct 2014 | CN | national |
