Patent Application
20150085450
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to an electronic device having an electronic module and a clip clasping the electronic module.
2. Description of Related Art
A conventional electronic device, such as a server, includes a frame and a plurality of electronic modules mounted on the frame. Each electronic module includes a bracket and electronic components received in the bracket. A plurality of screws extends through the bracket of the electrode module and engages with the frame to assemble the electronic module on the frame. However, this is time-consuming to use a technical tool to assemble to or disassemble the screws from the frame one by one by.
What is needed, therefore, is an improved electronic device which overcomes the above described shortcomings.
An embodiment of an electronic device in accordance with the present disclosure will now be described in detail below and with reference to the drawings.
In the description that follows, the stated orientations of all of the elements of the electronic device are with reference to the orientations of all of the elements as shown in
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The frame 10 includes a supporting plate 11, a first bracket 13 and a second bracket 15 mounted on the supporting plate 11. The supporting plate 11 is an elongated plate. The first bracket 13 is an elongated plate. A bottom side of the first bracket 13 is mounted on a top surface of the supporting plate 11. The first bracket 13 is perpendicular to the supporting plate 11. A mounting hole 131 is defined in a rear end of the first bracket 13 to receive a fastener 40 therein. The fastener 40 is used to fasten the clip 50 on the first bracket 13. A positioning member 133 is formed on the rear end of the first bracket 13 to position the clip 50. The positioning member 133 is aligned with the mounting hole 131 and located at a top of the mounting hole 131. In this embodiment, the positioning member 133 is a protrusion protruding from the first bracket 13.
In this embodiment, the fastener 40 is a screw and includes a head 41 and a pole 43 extending from a central portion of the head 41. The head 41 and the pole 43 are cylindrical. A diameter of the head 41 is larger than that of the pole 43 and is larger than a bore diameter of the mounting hole 131. The pole 43 is used to extend through the clip 50, the mounting hole 131 and screw with the first bracket 13 to fasten the clip 50 on the first bracket 13.
The second bracket 15 faces and aligned with the first bracket 13. The second bracket 15 is spaced from the first bracket 13. The first bracket 13, the second bracket 15 and the supporting plate 11 cooperatively define a receiving chamber 60 therebetween to receive the electronic module 30 therein. In this embodiment, the second bracket 15 is an elongated plate and a bottom side of the second bracket 15 is mounted on the top surface of the supporting plate 11. The second bracket 15 is perpendicular to the supporting plate 11 and parallel to the first bracket 13. A length of the first bracket 13 is equal to that of the second bracket 15. Opposite ends of the first bracket 13 are respectively aligned with opposite ends of the second bracket 15. A depth of the receiving chamber 60 is larger than a height of the electronic module 30.
The electronic module 30 includes a housing 31 and a fan module 33 received in the housing 31. Alternatively, other electronic components may be received in the housing 31. The housing 31 includes an elongated bottom plate 311, a first sidewall 313 and a second sidewall 315 perpendicularly extending from opposite sides of the bottom plate 311, and a connecting plate 317 perpendicularly extending from a front end of the bottom plate 311. Each first sidewall 313, second sidewall 315, and the connecting plate 317 is rectangular. Opposite sides of the connecting plate 317 interconnect front ends of the first sidewall 313 and the second sidewall 315. A handle 318 is formed on an outer side of the connecting plate 317 for operating the electronic module 30 expediently. In this embodiment, the handle 318 is a U-shaped strip.
The first sidewall 313 and the second sidewall 315 are elongated and parallel to each other. A rear end of the first sidewall 313 is away from the connecting plate 317 and a guiding groove 3131 is defined therein to receive the clip 50. The guiding groove 3131 is L-shaped and includes a first guiding section 3131a and a second guiding section 3131b extending from the first guiding section 3131a. The first guiding section 3131a is horizontal and extends from a rear edge along a longitudinal direction of the first sidewall 313. The second guiding section 3131b is vertical and extends upwardly from a front end of the first section 3131a. The first guiding section 3131a and the second guiding section 3131b communicate with each other. A width of a rear end of the first section 3131a is larger than that of the other portion of the first section 3131a to guide the clip 50 to enter the guiding groove 3131. A length of the second guiding section 3131b is less than that of the first guiding section 3131a.
A width of the electronic module 30 is slightly less than or equal to that of the receiving chamber 60. Two elastic pressing portions 316 protrude outwardly from front ends of the first sidewall 313 and the second sidewall 315 to abut the first bracket 13 and the second bracket 15. The two pressing portions 316 face each other. The fan module 33 is sandwiched between the first sidewall 313 and the second sidewall 315 and a top end of the fan module 33 is below top sides of the first sidewall 313 and the second sidewall 315.
The clip 50 is a wire clip and includes a connecting arm 53, a mounting portion 51 and a positioning portion 55 formed on opposite ends of the connecting arm 53, and a clasp 57 extending from the positioning portion 55. The fastener 40 extends through the mounting portion 51, the mounting hole 131 and screws with the first bracket 13 to fasten the clip 50 on the first bracket 13. The connecting arm 53 is annular and is rotatable relative to the pole 43 of the fastener 40. The positioning portion 55 hooks the positioning member 133 of the first bracket 13 to position the clip 50. The positioning portion 55 is annular. The clasp 57 is L-shaped and used to slide along the guiding groove 3131 to clasp the first sidewall 313. The clasp 57 and the connecting arm 53 are located at opposite sides of the positioning portion 55 and cooperatively form a V-shaped configuration.
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When the electronic module 30 is disassembled from the frame 10, the clasp 57 is pressed downwardly, and the electronic module 30 is pulled outwardly along the receiving chamber 60 until the electronic module 30 is completely pulled out from the receiving chamber 60. In this process, the clasp 57 slides from the second section 3131b to the first section 3131a, the connecting portion 51 rotates about the pole 43, the clip 50 is released and elastically hooks the positioning member 133.
In this disclosure, the electronic module 30 is pushed or pulled along the receiving chamber 60 to make the electronic module 30 locked by the clip 50 or disassembled from the frame 10. Thus, the assembly or disassembly processes of the electronic device 100 are time-saving and the technical tool is omitted.
It is to be further understood that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present embodiments have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structures and functions of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102134180 | Sep 2013 | TW | national |
