Patent Application
20240414863
The technical field relates to a power supply device, and more particularly, to a power supply device with an illuminated handle.
The Open Compute Project (OCP) organization provides the requirement for the Modular Hardware System-Common Redundant Power Supply (M-CRPS) with the usage of illuminated handles. The configuration involves disposing flexible circuit board on the rear side of the handle and connecting it to the rear control board for controlling and providing the power required for the operation of the illuminated handle.
However, the cost of flexible circuit board is higher, and when the flexible circuit board is connected to the rear control board, the flexible circuit board passes through the primary and secondary sides of transformers in the circuit, thereby the flexible circuit board requiring additional insulation components, such as double-layer high-temperature adhesive tape, to meet safety regulations. That results in further increased overall costs.
In view of the above drawbacks, the inventor proposes this disclosure based on his expert knowledge and elaborate researches in order to solve the problems of related art.
This disclosure is a power supply device with an illuminated handle, which the fan assembly is combined with the light source set and the handle, and users may exert a force on the handle under environments with insufficient light to extract the power supply device.
This disclosure is a power supply device with an illuminated handle including a device body, a fan assembly, a light source set, and a handle. The device body includes a case and a control board. The control board is disposed in the case. The fan assembly is disposed in the case. The light source set is disposed on a side of the fan assembly and includes a flexible printed circuit board and a wire. The wire is electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit board and connected to the control board. The handle is combined with the fan assembly, wherein at least a part of the flexible printed circuit board is disposed on an end surface of the handle facing the fan assembly.
In comparison with the related art, the power supply device with an illuminated handle of this disclosure is to combine the light source set and the handle with the fan assembly. The light source set includes a flexible printed circuit board and a wire. The wire is electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit board and connected to the control board located on the rear side of the case. As a result, the length of the flexible printed circuit board is shortened, and the objective of reducing costs and complying with safety regulations are achieved.
The features of the disclosure believed to be novel are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The disclosure itself, however, may be best understood by reference to the following detailed description of the disclosure, which describes a number of exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
The technical contents of this disclosure will become apparent with the detailed description of embodiments accompanied with the illustration of related drawings as follows. It is intended that the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein are to be considered illustrative rather than restrictive.
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It is worth noticing the control board 12 serves as the system controller within the power supply device 1. That is, the control board 12 controls the central controller or specific circuits of the entire server system. Through the light source set 42 being electrically connected to the control board 12, the system controller or specific circuits within the power supply device 1 may control the operation of the light source set 42.
In this embodiment, the power supply device 1 further includes an adapter board 30 disposed on one side of the light source set 42. The arrangement of the adapter board 30 is described below.
Specifically, the adapter board 30 includes a light conduction portion 32 and a wire connection portion 33. The wire 43 is electrically connected to the wire connection portion 33 and further connected to the control board 12. Moreover, the flexible printed circuit board 421 is electrically connected to the light conduction portion 32.
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It should be noted that the arrangement of the light conduction portion 32 and the wire connection portion 33 only needs to achieve the purpose of electrical connection and is not limited to the above embodiments. Moreover, the wire connection portion 33 may include a surface-mounted electronic component or a plug-in electronic component according to requirements of use. In the embodiment of this disclosure, the wire connection portion 33 includes a dip connector.
Moreover, the power supply device 1 further includes a handle 41 combined with the fan assembly 20. Additionally, at least a part of the flexible printed circuit board 421 is arranged on the end surface of the handle 41 facing the fan assembly 20. In this embodiment, the handle 41 is combined on an outer surface of the fan assembly 20 away from the case 11, and the handle 41 may be made of transparent plastic. The light emitted from the light source set 42 may penetrate into the handle 41 to make the handle 41 form a luminous handle. Therefore, users may identify the position of the handle 41 under the environments with insufficient lighting to facilitate user exerting a force on the handle 41 to extract the power supply device 1.
In one embodiment of this disclosure, the power supply device 1 further includes a power socket set 13 combined on one side of the fan assembly 20. The power socket set 13 includes a socket body 131, and the socket body 131 includes a socket bracket 132. The socket bracket 132 may made of metal and includes a pin 133 being bended and extended.
In this embodiment, the adapter board 30 is arranged on the socket body 131. Specifically, the adapter board 30 is disposed on the socket bracket 132 of the socket body 131. In more detail, a slot 310 is disposed on the circuit board 31 of the adapter board 30. The adapter board 30 is positioned on the socket body 131 through the pin 133 being inserted in the slot 310. The adapter board 30 is positioned on the socket body 131 through the pin 133 being inserted in the slot 310.
In one embodiment of this disclosure, the handle 41 is a U-shaped handle, and the two ends of the handle 41 are fixed on one side of the fan assembly 20 adjacent to the power socket set 13.
It is worth noticing that the socket bracket 132 is formed with a limiting slot 130 at the location of the pin 133. Furthermore, the adapter board 30 is placed within the limiting slot 130. Accordingly, the outer edge of the adapter board 30 is restricted by the limiting slot 130 and may not be moved.
It should be noted that the socket bracket 132 is mainly used to fix the socket body 131 in the case 11. Thus, the socket body 131 may be more stable when the power cord being plugged or unplugged.
In this embodiment, the handle 41 includes a protrusion 411 disposed on the end surface of the handle 41 facing the fan assembly 20. Additionally, a positioning hole 420 is disposed on the flexible printed circuit board 421 correspondingly. The flexible printed circuit board 421 is positioned on the end surface of the handle 41 through the protrusion 411 being inserted in the positioning hole 420.
In more detail, the light source set 42 includes at least one light source 422 disposed on the flexible printed circuit board 421. In some embodiments, the light source 422 includes, but not limited, an LED. Moreover, the flexible printed circuit board 421 includes at least one conducting section 4211 and a connecting section 4212 connecting to the conducting section 4211. The conducting section 4211 is combined with a light source 422 and positioned on the end surface of the handle 41. The connecting section 4212 is connected to the light conduction portion 32 of the adapter board 30.
Accordingly, the light source 422 is connected to the adapter board 30 through the flexible printed circuit board 421 and the light conduction portion 32, and is further connected to a wire 43 through the adapter board 30 and the wire connection portion 33 and then is connected to the control board 12 located at the rear side through the wire 43. As a result, the control board 12 may control the light source 422.
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While this disclosure has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of this disclosure set forth in the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202310664079.7 | Jun 2023 | CN | national |
