CN101192085A - Elastic clamping mechanism of expansion card - Google Patents

Abstract

An elastic clamping mechanism for an expansion card is used to fix the expansion card in the casing of a computer device. The expansion card is installed on a fixing plate with a lap piece formed on the upper end, and is fixed to an expansion card fixing frame arranged in the casing of the computer device through the lap piece. The elastic clamping mechanism is characterized in that a pair of clamping members that can be elastically opened and closed are provided on the expansion card fixing frame, and the expansion card is fixed to the expansion card frame by clamping the lap piece through the pair of clamping members.

Description

Elastic clamping mechanism for expansion cards

technical field

The invention relates to a clamping mechanism, in particular, to an elastic clamping mechanism of an expansion card.

Background technique

With the continuous innovation and improvement of electronic technology, information products derived from computer technology are developing at a very rapid pace. They not only help human beings in their work, but also help human beings with many conveniences in life. There have been major changes in the Internet or life, making computer information products closely related to human life and work without separation, and shortening the distance between human beings regardless of time or space, allowing human beings to use computer information products. Come convenience.

In addition to the continuous introduction of new computer information products, the related mechanism components are also constantly innovating and improving, and are moving towards the direction of easy assembly and cost reduction. How to reduce costs to increase the profits that should be obtained and facilitate assembly to increase the production capacity of the production line, It is extremely important to operators. Therefore, the industry continues to develop and improve the structural components of computer information products to meet the needs.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , as shown in the figure, it is an expansion card fixing mechanism in the prior art. The fixing mechanism 1 fixes the expansion card 11 in a way of locking with screws 10 . The motherboard 13 is provided with a plurality of expansion slots 130, each of the expansion slots 130 can be inserted into each of the expansion cards 11, each of the expansion cards 11 is provided with an embedding plate 110, and one end of the embedding plate 110 is provided There is a circuit board, and the other end is provided with a connection port (not shown) connected with the circuit board, and one end edge of the embedded board 110 is bent vertically to form a connecting piece 1100, and the appropriate position of the connecting piece 1100 is opened There is a perforation 1101 .

The host case 12 is provided with a fitting seat 120 relative to the expansion slot 130, and the fitting seat 120 forms an accommodating groove on the outer surface of the motherboard case 12, and the fitting seat 120 is also provided with A plurality of openings 1200 corresponding to each of the expansion slots 130, and a screw hole 1201 is respectively provided at one end adjacent to each of the openings 1200, so that the expansion card 11 is inserted into the expansion slot 130, the expansion card The embedding plate 110 on the 11 abuts on the opening 1200, and makes the connection port of the expansion card 11 exposed in the accommodating groove, and makes the connecting piece 1100 abut on one end of the embedding seat 120, The screw 10 is fixedly locked on the screw hole 1201 through the through hole 1101 , so that the expansion card 11 is fixed in the host casing 12 without loosening.

The existing expansion card fixing mechanism is locked by screws, which will cause high cost, inconvenient assembly or difficult operation, and requires the use of tools. Therefore, in order to solve the aforementioned problems, how to provide a simple elastic clamping mechanism for expansion cards , which is an urgent problem to be solved in the industry.

Contents of the invention

In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a cost-effective elastic clamping mechanism for expansion cards.

The object of the present invention is to also provide an elastic clamping mechanism for an expansion card without using tools.

The purpose of the present invention is to further provide an elastic clamping mechanism for an expansion card that is easy to assemble.

In order to achieve the above purpose and other purposes, the present invention provides an elastic clamping mechanism for an expansion card, which is used to fix the expansion card in the casing of the computer device. and fixed on the expansion card fixing frame provided in the casing of the computer device through the overlapping piece, the feature is that the elastic clamping mechanism includes a pair of elastically openable and closing clamping parts on the expansion card fixing frame , the expansion card is fixed on the expansion card fixing frame by the pair of clamping parts clamping the aforementioned overlapping pieces.

The above-mentioned pair of clamping parts that can be opened and closed elastically can be composed of a fixed clamping part fixed on the expansion card fixing frame and a movable clamping part that can be moved closer to/separated from the fixed clamping part. A positioning hole can be formed on the overlapping piece, and any one of the above-mentioned pair of clamping parts can also be formed with a corresponding positioning column. stable. Any one of the pair of clamping parts can be provided with an operating piece, so as to operate the opening and closing of the pair of clamping parts.

The above-mentioned pair of clamping parts are pivotally arranged on the pivot shaft, and the pair of clamping parts can be opened and closed elastically through the elastic element arranged on the pivot shaft.

The above-mentioned elastic element is additionally arranged on the side of the operating piece.

Therefore, the elastic clamping mechanism of the expansion card of the present invention is mainly replaced by a pair of clamping parts that can be elastically opened and closed. The positioning posts on the pair of clamping pieces fit together with the positioning holes on the overlapping pieces of the expansion card, so that the expansion card can be firmly fixed in the computer device. In addition to simplifying the structure and reducing the cost, the The elastic clamping mechanism of the expansion card can be assembled without using tools, so that the assembler can assemble conveniently and increase the assembly speed.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an elastic clamping mechanism of an expansion card in the prior art;

2A is an exploded view of the elastic clamping mechanism of the expansion card of the present invention;

2B is a diagram of the first embodiment of the elastic clamping mechanism of the expansion card of the present invention;

2C is a diagram of the second embodiment of the elastic clamping mechanism of the expansion card of the present invention; and

FIG. 3 is an assembly diagram of the elastic clamping mechanism of the expansion card of the present invention.

Symbol Description

1 Existing expansion card fixing mechanism

10 screws

11 expansion card

110 Embedded board

1100 Connecting pieces

1101 perforation

12 Host housing

120 chimeric seat

1200 opening

1201 screw hole

13 Motherboard

130 expansion slots

2 computer device

21 Chassis

22 Expansion card holder

221 suits

3 Elastic clamping mechanism

31 clamping piece

311 movable clamp

312 Fixed clamp

32 operation piece

33 Pivot

34 spring

35 positioning post

4 expansion card

41 Fixed plate

42 Lap piece

421 Positioning hole

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the present invention are described below through specific examples, and those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and functions of the present invention from the content disclosed in this specification.

first embodiment

Please refer to FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B, which are the decomposition and the first embodiment diagram of the elastic clamping mechanism of the expansion card of the present invention. As shown in FIG. The expansion card fixing frame 22 is provided with the elastic clamping mechanism 3 of the present invention, and is formed by a pair of clamping parts 31 that can be opened and closed elastically. The fixed holder 312 is formed integrally in the expansion card holder 22 or fits in the upper end of the expansion card holder 22 to form a hollow sleeve 221, any one of the aforementioned pair of holders 31 An operating piece 32 is provided to operate the opening and closing of the pair of clamping parts 31, and the pair of clamping parts 31 are pivotally arranged on the pivot 33, and pass through the torsion spring 34 (see Fig. 2B) The pair of clamping parts 31 can be elastically opened and closed, and the movable clamping part 311 is provided with a positioning column 35, and the movable clamping piece 311 can be driven closer or away from the fixed clamping part 312, so that The positioning column 35 provided on the movable clamping member 311 is exposed, and the positioning column 35 fits with the positioning hole 421 of the upper lap 42 of the fixing plate 41 of the expansion card 4, so that the expansion card 4 is fixed on the expansion card 4. On the card holder 22.

When the assembler wants to fix the expansion card 4 on the expansion card fixing frame 22 provided in the casing 21 of the computer device 2, he presses the operating piece 32 of any one of the pair of clamping parts 31 of the elastic clamping mechanism 3, Make the operating piece 32 resist the elastic force of the torsion spring 34 to make the movable clamping part 311 pivot away from the fixed clamping part 312 through the pivot 33, and make the positioning post 35 located on the movable clamping part 311 exposed (please Referring to Fig. 2B), the fixing plate 41 of the expansion card 4 is leaned against the expansion card fixing frame 22, and the expansion card 4 is abutted against the expansion card fixing frame 22, and the operating piece 32 is released, so that the movable clamping member 312 is driven towards the fixed clamping part 312 by the elastic force of the torsion spring 34, so that the positioning column 35 arranged on the movable clamping part 311 fits into the positioning hole 421 of the overlapping piece 42 arranged on the upper end of the expansion card fixing plate 41 , so that the expansion card 4 is more firmly fixed in the casing 21 of the computer device 2 .

second embodiment

Please refer to Fig. 2C, this embodiment is substantially the same as the first embodiment, the difference is that the positioning post 35 is relocated on the fixed clamping member 312 and the torsion spring 34 is changed to a compression spring 34 and is arranged on the side of the operating piece 32, It is explained as follows: the assembler presses the operating piece 32 to make the operating piece 32 compress the compression spring 34, so that the movable clamping part 311 pivots away from the fixed clamping part 312 through the pivot 33, and is disposed on the fixed clamping part The positioning column 35 of 312 is exposed, and the expansion card fixing plate 41 is leaned against the expansion card fixing frame 22, so that the positioning hole 421 provided on the expansion card lap 42 is vertically fitted on the positioning column 35, and the expansion card is released. Operating the piece 32, the movable clamping part 311 is driven towards the fixed clamping part 312 by the elastic force of the compression spring 34, and the movable clamping part 311 is pushed against the top of the positioning column 35, so that the expansion card 4 is stabilized It is firmly fixed on the expansion card fixing frame 22 without shaking.

FIG. 3 is an assembly diagram of the elastic clamping mechanism of the expansion card of the present invention.

The present invention utilizes the movable clamping part and the fixed clamping part of the elastic clamping mechanism to clamp the overlapping piece of the expansion card, and the positioning column provided on the elastic clamping mechanism fits with the positioning hole provided on the overlapping piece of the expansion card , so that the elastic clamping mechanism can fix the expansion card. In this way, the expansion card can be assembled and disassembled freely without using any tools. Time-consuming and other issues to save costs and improve the efficiency of assembly and unloading.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only for illustrating the characteristics and functions of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the substantive technical content of the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can modify and change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. the elastic clamping mechanism of an expansion board, in order to expansion board is fixed in the casing of computer apparatus, this expansion board is installed in the upper end and is formed with on the fixed head of bonding jumper, and is fixed on the expansion board fixed mount in the casing of being located at computer apparatus via this bonding jumper, it is characterized in that:

But this elastic clamping mechanism is included in a pair of holder that the expansion board fixed mount is provided with the elasticity folding, by the aforementioned bonding jumper of this a pair of holder clamping, and this expansion board is fixed on this expansion board fixed mount.

2. the elastic clamping mechanism of expansion board according to claim 1 is characterized in that: this a pair of holder is by the geometrical clamp gripping member that is fixed in this expansion board fixed mount and can be formed with respect to the live splint gripping member that this geometrical clamp gripping member is driven closely/left.

3. the elastic clamping mechanism of expansion board according to claim 2, it is characterized in that: this geometrical clamp gripping member is integrally formed on this expansion board fixed mount.

4. the elastic clamping mechanism of expansion board according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: be formed with pilot hole on this bonding jumper, and any one of aforementioned a pair of holder is formed with reference column, is sheathed on reference column by this pilot hole, makes gripping of bonding jumper more firm.

5. the elastic clamping mechanism of expansion board according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: any one of this a pair of holder is provided with operating sheet, uses the folding of this a pair of holder of operation.

6. the elastic clamping mechanism of expansion board according to claim 5, it is characterized in that: this a pair of holder is hubbed on the pivot, but and makes this a pair of holder elasticity folding by the flexible member of being located at operating sheet.

7. the elastic clamping mechanism of expansion board according to claim 6, it is characterized in that: this flexible member is a compression spring.

8. the elastic clamping mechanism of expansion board according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: this a pair of holder is hubbed on the pivot, but and makes this a pair of holder elasticity folding by the flexible member of being located at pivot.

9. the elastic clamping mechanism of expansion board according to claim 8, it is characterized in that: this flexible member is a torque spring.

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