A disclosed embodiment relates to a motor control device and an electronic equipment.
An information processing device in which a printed circuit board with a plurality of electronic components mounted thereon is disposed in a housing is known.
According to one aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a motor control device configured to control a motor. The motor control device includes a housing including an opening part, a printed circuit board inserted into the housing and extracted from the housing through the opening part and including an engaged part on an edge on one side in an insertion-extraction direction, and an engaging member. The engaging member is disposed on a wall part of the housing on the one side in the insertion-extraction direction. The engaging member engages with the engaged part of the printed circuit board inserted into the housing to regulate movement of the printed circuit board in the insertion-extraction direction. The engaging member is operated toward the one side or another side in the insertion-extraction direction from an outside of the housing to release an engagement with the engaged part.
An embodiment will now be described with reference to the drawings. Front, rear, left, right, top, and bottom in the following description indicate directions noted by “front,” “rear,” “left,” “right,” “top,” and “bottom” shown in
Guide rails 1c are respectively disposed on a top plate on the top and a bottom plate on the bottom inside the housing 1 at the same positions in the left-right direction. Each of the guide rails 1c has a groove with substantially the same width as the thickness of the printed circuit board 3 and extends along front-rear direction. The printed circuit board 3 is inserted with upper and lower sides thereof fitted in the respective grooves of the guide rails 1c from the front opening part 1a toward the rear inner side of the housing 1. A front portion of the printed circuit board 3 includes a female connector 4 (an example of connector) that can mechanically and electrically be attached/detached (connected, separated) to/from a male connector (an example of connection target object) of a cable not shown for connecting another equipment. A connection hole 2b is opened in the front surface of the lid part 2 in conformity with the disposition of a junction part of the female connector 4. In
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The back wall part 1d of the housing 1 has an operation hole 1e allowing an operator to easily touch the protruding part 25 with a finger thereof etc. The engaged part 11 of the printed circuit board 3 and the engaging member 21 of the housing 1 are arranged such that the respective inclined surfaces 14, 27 are in arrangement relation of substantially the same positions in top-bottom direction (an example of a direction perpendicular to the insertion-extraction direction).
An operation of the engagement mechanism 6 at the time of housing of the printed circuit board 3 into the housing 1 and the time of disassembling will hereinafter be described.
In this case, the rear edge portion of the printed circuit board 3 other than the periphery of the engagement mechanism 6 abuts on the inner surface of the back wall part 1d of the housing 1 and the printed circuit board 3 can no longer be inserted. Therefore, in this state, the movement of the printed circuit board 3 is regulated in both directions toward the front and the rear by the engagement in the engagement mechanism 6 and the abutment onto the back wall part 1d and, thus, the printed circuit board 3 and the housing 1 are firmly coupled inside the housing 1. As a result, even in the case that male connector 5 coupled to the female connector 4 of the printed circuit board 3 is pulled away, the lid part 2 and the printed circuit board 3 can be prevented from being extracted together from the housing 1 as shown in
In the case that the printed circuit board 3 is desirably removed from inside the housing 1 on purpose for maintenance etc., the protruding part 25 of the engaging member 21 is operated as shown in
In the above description, the rear side corresponds to an example of one side in the insertion-extraction direction according to claims; the front side corresponds to an example of the other side in the insertion-extraction direction according to claims; the bottom side corresponds to an example of a first direction inclined relative to the insertion-extraction direction according to claims; and the top side corresponds to an example of a second direction perpendicular to the insertion-extraction direction according to claims. The engaging member 21 corresponds to an example of means for engaging with an edge of the printed circuit board inserted into the housing on one side in an insertion-extraction direction to regulate movement of the printed circuit board in the insertion-extraction direction, and for releasing the engagement by operated toward the one side or another side in the insertion-extraction direction from an outside of the housing described in claims.
As described above, in the motor control device 100 of this embodiment, the printed circuit board 3 includes the engaged part 11 on the edge on the rear side and, when the printed circuit board 3 is inserted in the housing 1, the engaging member 21 disposed on the back wall part 1d on the rear side of the housing 1 engages with the engaged part 11 of the printed circuit board 3. As a result, the movement of the printed circuit board 3 is regulated in the insertion-extraction direction. Specifically, the engagements between the engaging member 21 and the engaged part 11 in the engagement mechanism 6 regulates the movement of the printed circuit board 3 in the direction (to the front) opposite to the insertion direction, and the abutment of the printed circuit board 3 onto the back wall part 1d regulates the movement of the printed circuit board 3 in the insertion direction (to the rear). As a result, the printed circuit board 3 can firmly be fixed to the housing 1.
On the other hand, the engaging member 21 is configured such that the engagement is released by a pressing operation from the outside of the housing 1 toward the front side. Therefore, when the printed circuit board 3 is removed from the housing 1, it is only necessary to perform the operation of pushing the engaging member 21 in the direction (to the front) opposite to the insertion direction of the printed circuit board 3 without using a special jig, and the printed circuit board 3 can extremely easily be removed. This operation may be performed by using a separate jig. Since the engaging member 21 is located on the back wall part 1d on the side opposite to the opening part 1a of the housing 1, an operator may perform the pressing operation of the engaging member 21 while holding the housing 1 with one hand and extract the printed circuit board 3 with the other hand with favorable workability. In this way, the printed circuit board 3 can conveniently be removed from the housing 1.
Particularly in this embodiment, the engaged part 11 of the printed circuit board 3 has the engaged projection part 13 protruding toward the bottom and the concave part 12, and the engaging member 21 of the housing 1 has the engaging projection part 26 protruding toward the top. Because of the engagement between the engaged projection part 13 and the engaging projection part 26 protruding to face with each other in the direction perpendicular to the insertion-extraction direction of the printed circuit board 3 in this way, the movement of the printed circuit board 3 can more reliably be regulated in the insertion-extraction direction to fix the printed circuit board 3 more firmly to the housing 1. Since the engaging projection part 26 is configured to move in the top-bottom direction perpendicular to the insertion-extraction direction, the engagement between the engaged projection part 13 and the engaging projection part 26 and the release thereof can more reliably be switched.
Particularly in this embodiment, a space necessary for the movement of the engaging projection part 26 of the engaging member 21 is ensured in the concave part 12 of the printed circuit board 3. Therefore, the engagement between the engaged projection part 13 and the engaging projection part 26 and the release thereof can more reliably be switched.
Particularly in this embodiment, when the printed circuit board 3 is inserted in the housing 1, (the rear side) of the engaged projection part 13 disposed in the concave part 12 comes into contact with (the front side of) the engaging projection part 26 of the engaging member 21 and, while the engaging projection part 26 is pressed and moved toward the bottom due to this contact, the engaged projection part 13 is engaged with the engaging projection part 26. In this embodiment, since the respective inclined surfaces 14, 27 are disposed on the rear side of the engaged projection part 13 and the front side of the engaging projection part 26, the engaging projection part 26 can smoothly be moved at the time of contact between the both projection parts 13, 26. Therefore, the engaged projection part 13 and the engaging projection part 26 can smoothly be engaged.
Particularly in this embodiment, the male connector 5 is inserted/extracted in the insertion-extraction direction (front-rear direction) of the printed circuit board 3 to/from the female connector 4 mounted on the printed circuit board 3. When this male connector 5 is extracted, an extraction force acts on the printed circuit board 3 in the direction (forward) opposite to the insertion direction (backward) of the printed circuit board 3 and, therefore, if the printed circuit board 3 is weakly fixed to the housing 1, the printed circuit board 3 may come off from the housing 1. In this embodiment, since the printed circuit board 3 can firmly be fixed to the housing 1, the printed circuit board 3 can be prevented from coming off as described above. Therefore, this embodiment is particularly effective for the case of the printed circuit board 3 having the female connector 4 as described above mounted thereon.
Particularly in this embodiment, the concave part 12 having the engaged projection part 13 is disposed on the edge of the printed circuit board 3 such that the position in the top-bottom direction perpendicular to the insertion-extraction direction of the printed circuit board 3 corresponds to the female connector 4. As a result, the engaged part 11 and the engaging member 21 can be engaged on the side opposite to the position at which the extraction force acts on the printed circuit board 3 and, therefore, the printed circuit board 3 can stably and more firmly be fixed.
Particularly in this embodiment, the engaging member 21 has the first extending part 22 extending along the insertion-extraction direction (front-rear direction) and the second extending part 23 extending along the top-bottom direction perpendicular to the insertion-extraction direction. Since the second extending part 23 has flexibility, the first extending part 22 coupled substantially orthogonally thereto swings and the engaging projection part 26 disposed on the end portion thereof can be configured to move in the top-bottom direction perpendicular to the insertion-extraction direction of the printed circuit board 3. Therefore, a structure can be achieved in which the engaged projection part 13 disposed on the printed circuit board 3 and the engaging projection part 26 of the engaging member 21 are engaged and released.
Particularly in this embodiment, since the engaging member 21 has the third extending part 24, the second extending part 23 is located on the inner side than the back wall part 1d and the first extending part 22 has the protruding part 25 protruding from the position of coupling to the second extending part 23 toward one side in the insertion-extraction direction. This protruding part 25 facilitates the operation of the operator pushing the engaging member 21 from the outside of the housing 1 toward the front side and can improve the operability. Since the protruding part 25 has the tip end substantially flush with the outer peripheral surface of the back wall part 1d, the protruding part 25 does not protrude from the housing 1. As a result, the installation space can be made smaller and the protruding part 25 does not interfere when the housing 1 is attached, placed, or arranged. The housing 1 can be placed flat with the back wall part 1d facing downward.
The tip end of the protruding part 25 may not necessarily be flush with the outer peripheral surface of the back wall part 1d and may be protruded from the outer peripheral surface of the back wall part 1d. In this case, the operation of the operator pushing the protruding part 25 toward the front side is further facilitated and the operability is further improved.
Although not particularly shown, the arrangement relation of the entire engagement mechanism 6 may be configured completely upside down. In this case, when the engagement is released, the operation may be performed such that the protruding part 25 is pressed and lowered.
The engaged part 11 of the printed circuit board 3 may be configured to have a convex part 16 as shown in
The engaging member 21 may have a simple structure as shown in
The engaging member 21 may be configured such that the engagement of the engagement mechanism 6 can be canceled by a pulling operation of the protruding part 25. For this configuration, as shown in
Although the movement of the printed circuit board 3 to the rear (to the one side in the insertion-extraction direction) is regulated by the abutment of the printed circuit board 3 onto the back wall part 1d and the movement of the printed circuit board 3 to the front (to the other side in the insertion-extraction direction) is regulated by the engagement of the engagement mechanism 6, this is not a limitation. In particular, the movement of the printed circuit board 3 in the front-rear direction (insertion-extraction direction) may be regulated by the engagement of the engagement mechanism 6. Although not shown, in this case, for example, the engagement mechanism 6 may have a structure in which the front side end portion of the first extending part 22 abuts on the front side end surface of the concave part 12 when the engaging projection part 26 engages with the engaged projection part 13. Since the first extending part 22 abuts on the concave part 12, the movement of the printed circuit board 3 to the rear (to the one side in the insertion-extraction direction) can also be regulated.
In addition, techniques by the embodiment and each modified example may be appropriately combined and utilized in addition to the examples having already described above. In addition to that, although exemplification is not performed one by one, the embodiment and each modified example are carried out by various changes being applied thereto without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure.
This is a continuation application of PCT/JP2013/065441, filed Jun. 4, 2013, which was published under PCT article 21(2).
Number | Date | Country | |
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Parent | PCT/JP2013/065441 | Jun 2013 | US |
Child | 14955041 | US |