This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 103112842, filed on Apr. 8, 2014. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The disclosure relates to an electronic device, and particularly to an electronic device with a security structure.
A server is the core which serves all the computers in a network system and has the functions of providing network users discs, printing service, and so forth. Also, the server allows the users to share various kinds of resources in the network.
The basic structure of a server is substantially the same with a common personal computer, and is consisted of a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, an input/output device (I/O), and the like. In addition, an electric power module is commonly disposed in the chassis of the server for power supply, and a cover is used to cover the electric power module. The cover is commonly designed to be opened through an easy way such as pressing, pushing or pulling. As such, the users may accidentally touch the electric power module and get an electric shock, and the components within the chassis may apt to be stolen.
The disclosure provides an electronic device, adapted to prevent users from accidentally touching the electric power module within the chassis, and the components within the chassis can be prevented from being stolen.
The electronic device of the disclosure includes a chassis, a panel, a cover and a security structure. The panel covers a side of the chassis. The cover covers another side of the chassis. The security structure includes a locking component, a positioning component and a linking shaft. The locking component is disposed on the panel and interfered with the chassis to lock the panel on the chassis, wherein a position of the locking component is adapted to be adjusted for further releasing an interference between the locking component and the chassis. The positioning component is disposed on the cover and interfered with the chassis to position the cover on the chassis. The linking shaft is disposed between the locking component and the positioning component, and stops the positioning component from being separated from the chassis. When the position of the locking component is adjusted to release the interference between the locking component and the chassis, the linking shaft is driven by the locking component to release the positioning component.
The security structure of the disclosure is used in an electronic device, and the electronic device includes a chassis, a panel and a cover. The panel covers a side of the chassis, and the cover covers another side of the chassis. The security structure includes a locking component, a positioning component and a linking shaft. The locking component is disposed on the panel and interfered with the chassis to lock the panel on the chassis, wherein a position of the locking component is adapted to be adjusted for further releasing an interference between the locking component and the chassis. The positioning component is disposed on the cover and interfered with the chassis to position the cover on the chassis. The linking shaft is disposed between the locking component and the positioning component, and stops the positioning component from being separated from the chassis. When the position of the locking component is adjusted to release the interference between the locking component and the chassis, the linking shaft is driven by the locking component to release the positioning component.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the locking component is pivoted to the panel.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the positioning component is slidingly disposed on the cover.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the electronic device further includes a circuit board, wherein the circuit board is disposed in the chassis and has an electric power module, and the cover covers the electric power module.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the security structure includes a lock head, wherein the locking component is connected to the lock head, and the lock head is adapted to drive the locking component to adjust the position to release the interference between the locking component and the chassis.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the locking component has a latching recess and is adapted to be latched to the chassis through the latching recess.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the chassis has an opening slot, and the locking component is disposed through the opening slot and adapted to be latched to an inner periphery of the opening slot.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the locking component has a first protruding portion, the linking shaft has a second protruding portion, when the locking component is interfered with the chassis, the first protruding portion pushes against the second protruding portion so as to stop the linking shaft from releasing the positioning component, and when the position of the locking component is adjusted to release the interference between the locking component and the chassis, the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion are staggered so that the linking shaft is adapted to release the positioning component.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the linking shaft is slidingly disposed on the cover and adapted to be driven by the locking component to slide.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the security structure comprises a first elastic element, the first elastic element is connected between the linking shaft and the cover, when the locking component is interfered with the chassis, the locking component resists an elastic force of the first elastic element and pushes against the linking shaft so as to stop the linking shaft from releasing the positioning component, and when the position of the locking component is adjusted to release the interference between the locking component and the chassis, the locking component does not push against the linking shaft and the linking shaft slides via the elastic force of the first elastic element and releases the positioning component.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the electronic device further includes a connecting element, wherein the connecting element is fixed on the cover, and the cover is connected to the first elastic element through the connecting element.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the connecting element has two protruding ribs, and the linking shaft is slidingly disposed between the two protruding ribs.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the positioning component is slidingly disposed on the cover along a first direction, the linking shaft is slidingly disposed on the cover along a second direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the positioning component has at least one protruding post, the linking shaft has at least one space-allowing hole, the linking shaft is adapted to block the protruding post so as to stop the positioning component from being separated from the chassis, and the at least one space-allowing hole is adapted to be aligned with the protruding post with the linking shaft actuating so as to release the positioning component.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, a diameter of the space-allowing hole is larger than an outer diameter of the protruding post.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the diameter of the space-allowing hole is equal to a, the outer diameter of the protruding post is equal to b, when the locking component is interfered with the chassis, a distance between a central axis of the protruding post and a central axis of the space-allowing hole is equal to L, when the locking component drives the linking shaft, an actuated stroke of the linking shaft is equal to S, wherein L−(a−b)/2<S<L+(a−b)/2 .
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, a hydraulic diameter of the space-allowing hole is larger than an outer diameter of the protruding post.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the security structure comprises at least one second elastic element, the second elastic element is disposed between the linking shaft and the positioning component, the positioning component is adapted to be interfered with the chassis through an elastic force of the second elastic element, and when the linking shaft releases the positioning component, the positioning component is adapted to resist the elastic force of the second elastic component to be separated from the chassis.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the positioning component has at least one positioning protruding block, the chassis has at least one positioning hole, and the positioning protruding block is adapted to insert into the positioning hole so that the cover is positioned on the chassis.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the security structure includes a handle, the cover has an opening, and the handle is connected to the positioning component and extends to an outer surface of the cover through the opening.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the electronic device further includes a holder, wherein the holder is fixed on the chassis and has a sliding slot, and the positioning component has a pillar and is slidingly disposed on the sliding slot through the pillar.
In light of the above, in the security structure of the electronic device of the disclosure, not only a locking component for locking the panel and a positioning component for positioning the cover are disposed, but also a linking shaft is disposed between the locking component and the positioning component. The linking shaft is used to stop the positioning component from being separated from the chassis, so that the cover is not apt to be opened. The position of the locking component is needed to be adjusted to drive the linking shaft, such that the positioning component is released by the linking shaft. Accordingly, the electronic device can prevent users from accidentally touching the electric power module within the chassis due to the cover being so apt to be opened, and the components within the chassis can be prevented from being stolen.
To make the above features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, several embodiments accompanied with drawings are described in detail as follows.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
In such configuration of the security structure 150, in addition to disposing of the locking component 152 for locking the panel 120 and the positioning component 152 for positioning the cover 130, the linking shaft 156 is further disposed between the locking component 152 and the positioning component 154. The linking shaft 156 is used to stop the positioning component 154 from being separated from the chassis 110, in order that the cover 130 is not apt to be opened. The user needs to rotate the locking component 152 to drive the linking shaft 156, such that the positioning component 154 may be released by the linking shaft 156. Accordingly, the user can avoid accidentally touching the high voltage electric power module 140a within the chassis 110 due to the cover 130 being so apt to be opened, and the components within the chassis 110 can be prevented from being stolen. In addition, in the design mentioned above, the panel 120 and the cover 130 are fixed or released at the same time through operating a single lock head 158, thus it is no need to disposed two sets of lock heads to individually correspond to the panel 120 and the cover 130. As such, the manufacturing cost of the security structure 150 may be reduced and the convenience of releasing the panel 120 and the cover 130 may be improved.
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The methods of interference between the locking component 152 and the chassis 110 and the locking component 152 driving the linking shaft 156 of the embodiment are specifically described with drawings as follows.
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The method of the linking shaft 156 releasing the positioning component 154 of the embodiment is specifically described with drawings as follows.
In the embodiment, the diameter a of each space-allowing hole 156b is larger than the outer diameter b of each protruding post 154b, so that, under a condition that the actuated stroke of the linking shaft 154 is in an error range, a space allowing effect may still be achieved through the cooperating of each space-allowing hole 156b and each protruding post 154b. Specifically, when the locking component 152 is interfered with the chassis 110 as shown in
It has to be mentioned that, the space-allowing holes 156b of the embodiment may be rectangular openings and the diameter a may be the width along the second direction D2, the cross section of the protruding post 154b may be a rectangular and the outer diameter b may be the width along the second direction D2. In other embodiments, the cross section of each space-allowing hole 156b may be any other suitable shapes and the effective diameter is larger than the outer diameter of protruding post, such that the protruding post 154b may successfully insert into the space-allowing hole 156b, wherein the effective diameter may be the hydraulic diameter DH of the space-allowing hole, for example, however the disclosure is not limited thereto.
The security structure 150 of the embodiment includes at least one second elastic element 150b (two are shown in the figure), each of the second elastic elements 150b may be a compression spring, for example, and disposed between the linking shaft 156 and the positioning component 154. The positioning component 154 may be interfered with the positioning holes 112 of the chassis 110 via the positioning protruding blocks 154a through the elastic force of each of the second elastic elements 150b as shown in
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In light of the foregoing, in the security structure of the electronic device of the disclosure, besides a locking component for locking the panel and a positioning component for positioning the cover are disposed, a linking shaft is also disposed between the locking component and the positioning component. The linking shaft is used to stop the positioning component from being separated from the chassis, so that the cover is not apt to be opened. The user is required to use a key to rotate the lock head for rotating the locking component and driving the linking shaft, such that the positioning component is released by the linking shaft. Accordingly, the electronic device can prevent users from accidentally touching the electric power module within the chassis since the cover is so apt to be opened, and the components within the chassis can be prevented from being stolen. In addition, in the design mentioned above, the panel and the cover are fixed or released at the same time through operating a single lock head, thus it is no need to disposed two sets of lock heads to individually correspond to the panel and the cover. As such, the manufacturing cost of the security structure may be reduced and the convenience of releasing the panel and the cover may be improved.
Although the disclosure has been described with reference to the above embodiments, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that modifications to the described embodiments may be made without departing from the spirit of the disclosure. Accordingly, the scope of the disclosure will be defined by the attached claims and not by the above detailed descriptions.
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103112842 | Apr 2014 | TW | national |