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The following description is provided for the purpose of describing the embodiments of the present disclosure, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. The invention is capable of other and different embodiments and its several details are capable of modifications and various changes in detail, all without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The drawings of the present invention are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be drawn to scale. The following embodiments will further explain the related art of the present invention in detail, but the disclosure is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In addition, it should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used primarily to distinguish one element from another. In addition, the term "or" as used herein should be taken to include any one or combination of more of the associated listed items as the case may be. In addition, the term "or" as used herein should be taken to include any one or combination of more of the associated listed items as the case may be.
First, please refer to fig. 1 to 3, which are perspective views of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 2 and 3 are schematic views of a usage state of the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention, respectively. An embodiment of the invention provides an electronic device U, which includes a carrier module 1, a first storage module 2, and a second storage module 3. In one embodiment, the electronic device U can be a notebook computer, and the supporting module 1, the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 can be storage devices for storing digital information on the notebook computer. In other words, the electronic device U provided by the embodiment of the present invention may include at least two independent storage modules, that is, the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 belong to different storage modules respectively. In addition, the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 are detachably (or may be referred to as removably or removably) disposed on the carrier module 1, for example, the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 are removably disposed on the carrier module 1. Therefore, in the present invention, a user can directly insert and pull the first storage module 2 and/or the second storage module 3 to disassemble and assemble the first storage module 2 and/or the second storage module 3. In addition, it should be noted that the present invention is not limited by whether the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 are applied to a notebook computer.
As mentioned above, for example, the carrying module 1 may be a casing of a notebook computer, the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 may be a solid-state drive (SSD), the specifications of the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 may be SATA, mSATA, m.2, PCIe, etc., and the specifications of the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 may be the same as or different from each other, which is not limited by the disclosure. It should be noted that although the connection terminals of the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 are Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors with Type-C standard interfaces, in other embodiments, the connection terminals of the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 may be connectors with Type-a or Type-B, and the invention is not limited to the Type of the connectors.
Next, please refer to fig. 2 and fig. 3, and also refer to fig. 4 and fig. 7, in which fig. 4 is a schematic exploded perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion V of fig. 4, and fig. 6 and fig. 7 are schematic views of a usage state of the electronic device of fig. 5. The carrier module 1 includes a body 10, a first slot 11 disposed on the body 10, a second slot 12 disposed on the body 10, and a circuit board 13 disposed on the body 10. The first storage module 2 is detachably disposed in the first slot 11, and the second storage module 3 is detachably disposed in the second slot 12, that is, the first storage module 2 can be inserted into the first slot 11 in a sliding manner along a predetermined direction (negative Y direction) or can be pulled out from the first slot 11 along a direction opposite to the predetermined direction (negative Y direction), and the second storage module 3 can be inserted into the second slot 12 in a sliding manner along a predetermined direction (negative Y direction) or can be pulled out from the second slot 12 along a direction opposite to the predetermined direction (negative Y direction). Therefore, when the first storage module 2 is disposed in the first slot 11, the first storage module 2 can be electrically connected to the circuit board 13, and when the second storage module 3 is disposed in the second slot 12, the second storage module 3 can be electrically connected to the circuit board 13. That is, the first slot 11 and the second slot 12 have a function of guiding the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 to slide in, so that the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 can be electrically connected to the circuit board 13.
As described above, please refer to fig. 5 to 7 and also refer to fig. 8 to 10, fig. 5 to 7 are schematic views of the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 being pulled out from the first slot 11 and the second slot 12, respectively, fig. 8 and 9 are schematic views of the first storage module and the second storage module of the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention, respectively, and fig. 10 is a schematic view of the first storage module and the second storage module of the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention. For example, the first storage module 2 includes a first frame 21 and a first storage unit 22 disposed on the first frame 21, and the second storage module 3 includes a second frame 31 and a second storage unit 32 disposed on the second frame 31, i.e., the first storage unit 22 and the second storage unit 32 are respectively a chipset in a solid state hard disk, and the first frame 21 and the second frame 31 are respectively used for carrying the first storage unit 22 and the second storage unit 32.
As mentioned above, for example, in one embodiment, the materials of the first frame 21 and the second frame 31 may be different from each other, that is, when the specifications of the first storage unit 22 and the second storage unit 32 are different, the first frame 21 and the second frame 31 may be made of suitable materials according to the heat dissipation requirement. For the present invention, when the specification of the first storage unit 22 is PCIe and the specification of the second storage unit 32 is SATA, the material of the first frame 21 may be plastic, and the material of the second frame 31 may be metal, but the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned examples.
As mentioned above, when the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 need to be taken out, a cover 14 disposed on the body 10 of the carrier module 1 and used for covering the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 can be opened to expose the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3. Then, the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 are pulled out. Thereby, the cover 14 can be used as a protective cover for preventing liquid or dust from entering the first slot 11 and/or the second slot 12.
In view of the above, in one embodiment, in order to allow the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 to be easily pulled out from the first slot 11 and the second slot 12, the first frame 21 may include a first body 211 and a first pull rod 212 disposed on the first body 211, and the second frame 31 may include a second body 311 and a second pull rod 312 disposed on the second body 311. In the present invention, the first pull rod 212 can rotate relative to the first body 211 along a first predetermined axis a1, and the second pull rod 312 can rotate relative to the second body 311 along a second predetermined axis a2, so that the first pull rod 212 and the second pull rod 312 can rotate relative to the first frame 21 and the second frame 31, respectively, and a user can take out the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 by pulling the first pull rod 212 and the second pull rod 312.
Next, referring to fig. 5 to 10, the circuit board 13 further includes a substrate 130 disposed on the carrier module 1, a first connection port 131 disposed on the substrate 130, a second connection port 132 disposed on the substrate 130, and a third connection port 133 disposed on the substrate 130. In addition, the first frame 21 may further include a first signal connection end 214 disposed on the first body portion 211 and extending toward the predetermined direction (negative Y direction). In addition, the second frame 31 may further include a second signal connection terminal 314 disposed on the second body portion 311 and extending toward the predetermined direction (negative Y direction) and a third signal connection terminal 315 disposed on the second body portion 311 and extending toward the predetermined direction (negative Y direction). Thereby, when the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 are respectively disposed in the first slot 11 and the second slot 12, the first signal connection terminal 214 can be connected to the first connection port 131, the second signal connection terminal 314 can be connected to the second connection port 132, and the third signal connection terminal 315 can be connected to the third connection port 133. It should be noted that, although the embodiment of the present invention is illustrated that the first storage module 2 includes one signal connection terminal (the first signal connection terminal 214) and the second storage module 3 includes two signal connection terminals (the second signal connection terminal 314 and the third signal connection terminal 315), the present invention is not limited to the number of signal connection terminals included in the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3.
It should be noted that, in one preferred embodiment of the present invention, only the first signal connection terminal 214 is connected to the first connection port 131, the second signal connection terminal 314 is connected to the second connection port 132, and the third signal connection terminal 315 is connected to the third connection port 133, so that the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 are fixed on the carrier module 1, and other fasteners such as screws are not required to fix the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 on the carrier module 1. Therefore, a user can directly insert and pull the first storage module 2 and/or the second storage module 3 by hands to disassemble and assemble the first storage module 2 and/or the second storage module 3 on the bearing module 1 without using other hand tools or electric tools to disassemble and assemble the first storage module 2 and/or the second storage module 3.
For example, if the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 are storage modules with different specifications, in order to prevent the user from mistakenly placing the storage module in an inappropriate slot, in a preferred embodiment, the first frame 21 may further include a first abutting portion 213 connected to the first body portion 211 and protruding toward a predetermined direction (negative Y direction), the second frame 31 may further include a second abutting portion 313 connected to the second body portion 311 and protruding toward the predetermined direction (negative Y direction), the first slot 11 may further include a first stopping portion 1120 corresponding to the first abutting portion 213, and the second slot 12 may further include a second stopping portion 1220 corresponding to the second abutting portion 313. Therefore, when the first signal connecting end 214 is connected to a first connecting port 131 disposed in the carrier module 1, the first abutting portion 213 can abut against the first stopping portion 1120. In addition, when the second signal connection terminal 314 is connected to a second connection port 132 disposed in the carrier module 1, and the third signal connection terminal 315 is connected to a third connection port 133 disposed in the carrier module 1, the second abutting portion 313 can abut against the second blocking portion 1220.
For example, for the present invention, the first abutting portion 213 may be disposed on one side of the first signal connection end 214 and adjacent to the first signal connection end 214, and the second abutting portion 313 may be disposed between the second signal connection end 314 and the third signal connection end 315, which is not limited thereto. It should be noted that the first abutting portion 213 and the second abutting portion 313 are different from each other in arrangement position and/or structure shape relative to the first body portion 211 and the second body portion 311, so that the difference between the first abutting portion 213 and the second abutting portion 313 can be utilized to prevent a user from mistakenly placing a storage module in an improper slot, which may cause damage to the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3. That is, the difference between the first abutting portion 213 and the second abutting portion 313 can be used as a fool-proof mechanism.
Next, referring to fig. 11 again, fig. 11 is a schematic perspective exploded view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. Preferably, the first connection port 131 of the embodiment of the invention can be disposed on a floating end 1302 of the substrate 130 because the electronic device U has some tolerance during the manufacturing and/or assembling process. In other words, the floating end 1302 of the substrate 130 may be disposed on a body 1301 of the substrate 130, and since the floating end 1302 is disposed in a floating manner with respect to the body 10 of the carrier module 1, the floating end 1302 may be deflected with respect to the body 1301 of the substrate 130 or the body 10 of the carrier module 1. Therefore, when the first storage module 2 is inserted into the first slot 11, the problem of alignment accuracy caused by tolerance can be avoided by the feature that the first connection port 131 is disposed on the suspended end 1302 of the substrate 130.
Referring to fig. 12 to 14, fig. 12 is a side view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention, fig. 13 is an enlarged view of a XIII portion of fig. 12, and fig. 14 is a side view of a first storage module and a second storage module of an XIV portion of fig. 2. In fig. 12 and 13, the cover 14 is omitted to show the first slot 11 and the second slot 12. Further, for example, according to the present invention, the first slot 11 includes a first shape feature, the second slot 12 includes a second shape feature, and the first shape feature is different from the second shape feature. In addition, the first storage module 2 includes a third shape feature corresponding to the first shape feature, the second storage module 3 includes a fourth shape feature corresponding to the second shape feature, and the third shape feature is different from the fourth shape feature. Therefore, in terms of the present invention, in one embodiment, the first storage module 2 can be inserted into the first slot 11, and the first signal connection terminal 214 of the first storage module 2 is further connected to the first connection port 131 in the first slot 11, but the first storage module 2 cannot be inserted into the second slot 12, and the first signal connection terminal 214 of the first storage module 2 is further connected to the second connection port 132 or the third connection port 133 in the second slot 12. In addition, the second storage module 3 can be inserted into the second slot 12 to further connect the second signal connection terminal 314 and the third signal connection terminal 315 of the second storage module 3 to the second connection port 132 and the third connection port 133 of the second slot 12, but the second storage module 3 cannot be inserted into the first slot 11 to further connect the second signal connection terminal 314 and/or the third signal connection terminal 315 of the second storage module 3 to the first connection port 131 of the first slot 11.
Therefore, the user can not only distinguish the difference between the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 from the third shape feature of the first storage module 2 and the fourth shape feature of the second storage module 3, but also avoid the damage of the first storage module 2 and/or the second storage module 3 caused by inserting the first storage module 2 into the second slot 12 or inserting the second storage module 3 into the first slot 11.
Further, referring to fig. 7 and fig. 10 to 14, the first frame 21 of the first storage module 2 includes a third shape feature corresponding to the first shape feature, and the second frame 31 of the second storage module 3 includes a fourth shape feature corresponding to the second shape feature. Therefore, the present invention can utilize the shape characteristics of the first frame 21 and the second frame 31 to insert into the first slot 11 and the second slot 12 having corresponding shape characteristics.
As mentioned above, for example, the first slot 11 includes a first insertion port portion 111 exposed outside the carrier module 1, the second slot 12 includes a second insertion port portion 121 exposed outside the carrier module 1, the first shape feature includes the shape of the first insertion port portion 111, and the second shape feature includes the shape of the second insertion port portion 121, so that the first storage module 2 can be inserted into the first insertion port portion 111, and the second storage module 3 can be inserted into the second insertion port portion 121. In addition, for example, in the present invention, the first insertion port portion 111 has an outer shape different from that of the second insertion port portion 121.
In view of the above, for example, the first socket 11 further comprises a first socket bottom 112, the second socket 12 further comprises a second socket bottom 122, the first shape feature comprises the shape of the first socket bottom 112, and the second shape feature comprises the shape of the second socket bottom 122. Thereby, the first storage module 2 can be inserted from the first insertion port portion 111 towards the first insertion slot bottom portion 112 so that the first signal connection terminal 214 of the first storage module 2 is connected to the first connection port 131, and the second storage module 3 can be inserted from the second insertion port portion 121 towards the second insertion slot bottom portion 122 so that the second signal connection terminal 314 and the third signal connection terminal 315 of the second storage module 3 are connected to the second connection port 132 and the third connection port 133. In addition, for example, with the present invention, the profile of the first insert groove bottom 112 is different from the profile of the second insert groove bottom 122.
Referring to fig. 13 and 14, the first insertion port 111 includes a first predetermined width W1 and a first predetermined height H1, and the second insertion port 121 includes a second predetermined width W2 and a second predetermined height H2. For example, the first predetermined width W1 is less than the second predetermined width W2, and the first predetermined height H1 is greater than the second predetermined height H2. However, in other embodiments, the first predetermined width W1 may be greater than the second predetermined width W2, and the first predetermined height H1 may be less than the second predetermined height H2. In addition, for example, for the present invention, the first insertion port portion 111 may be a hexagon, and the second insertion port portion 121 may be a pentagon. It should be noted, however, that the present invention is not limited by the actual size of the first slot 11 and the second slot 12, and is not limited by the actual shape of the first insertion port portion 111, the second insertion port portion 121, the first insertion groove bottom portion 112 and the second insertion groove bottom portion 122 of the first slot 11 and the second slot 12. In other words, in a preferred embodiment, the first shape feature of the first slot 11 and the second shape feature of the second slot 12 may be different from each other.
In summary, the first storage module 2 includes a first predetermined width W3 and a first predetermined height H3, and the second storage module 3 includes a second predetermined width W4 and a second predetermined height H4. For example, the first predetermined width W3 is smaller than the second predetermined width W4, and the first predetermined height H3 is greater than the second predetermined height H4. However, in other embodiments, the first predetermined width W3 may be greater than the second predetermined width W4, and the first predetermined height H3 may be less than the second predetermined height H4. However, in other embodiments, the first predetermined width W3 may be greater than the second predetermined width W4, and the first predetermined height H3 may be less than the second predetermined height H4. For example, according to the present invention, the cross section of the first storage module 2 perpendicular to the predetermined direction (negative Y direction) may be a hexagon (e.g., the first side 2101, the second side 2012, the third side 2103, the fourth side 2104 and the fifth side 2105) corresponding to the first insertion port portion 111, and the cross section of the second storage module 3 perpendicular to the predetermined direction (negative Y direction) may be a pentagon (e.g., the first side 3101, the second side 3012, the third side 3103, the fourth side 3104, the fifth side 3105 and the sixth side 3106) corresponding to the second insertion port portion 121. However, it should be noted that the present invention is not limited by the actual size of the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3, and is not limited by the actual shape of the cross section of the first storage module 2 perpendicular to the predetermined direction (negative Y direction) and the cross section of the second storage module 3 perpendicular to the predetermined direction (negative Y direction). In other words, in a preferred embodiment, the third shape feature of the first storage module 2 and the fourth shape feature of the second storage module 3 may be different from each other.
Next, referring to fig. 15, fig. 15 is a schematic side view of another embodiment of a first storage module and a second storage module of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. As can be seen from a comparison between fig. 15 and fig. 14, in the embodiment of fig. 15, the cross section of the first storage module 2 perpendicular to the predetermined direction (negative Y direction) may be rectangular (for example, the first side 2101, the second side 2012, the third side 2103 and the fourth side 2104), and the cross section of the second storage module 3 perpendicular to the predetermined direction (negative Y direction) may be rectangular (for example, the first side 3101, the second side 3012, the third side 3103 and the fourth side 3104), but the actual sizes of the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 are not the same, that is, the third shape feature of the first storage module 2 and the fourth shape feature of the second storage module 3 are different from each other. It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 15, when the cross section of the first storage module 2 in the direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction (negative Y direction) is rectangular, the first slot 11 also has a first shape feature corresponding to the first storage module 2, so that the first storage module 2 can be inserted into the first slot. Meanwhile, when the cross section of the second storage module 3 in the direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction (negative Y direction) is rectangular, the second slot 12 also has a second shape characteristic corresponding to the second storage module 3, so that the second storage module 3 is pluggable into the second slot.
One of the advantages of the present invention is that the electronic device U provided by the present invention can easily distinguish the difference between the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 by the technical solutions that "the first slot 11 includes a first shape feature, the second slot 12 includes a second shape feature, and the first shape feature is different from the second shape feature", "the first storage module 2 includes a third shape feature corresponding to the first shape feature", "the second storage module 3 includes a fourth shape feature corresponding to the second shape feature", and "the third shape feature is different from the fourth shape feature".
Furthermore, the user can set the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 in the carrying module 1 or move out of the carrying module 1 by using a plugging manner, so that convenience in replacing or detaching the first storage module 2 and the second storage module 3 can be improved, and meanwhile, the protection performance of information safety can be improved.
Further, since the hanging end 1302 can flex relative to the body 1301 of the substrate 130 or the body 10 of the carrier module 1, when the first storage module 2 is inserted into the first slot 11, the feature of the first connection port 131 disposed on the hanging end 1302 of the substrate 130 can be utilized to avoid the problem of alignment accuracy caused by tolerance.
The disclosure is only a preferred embodiment of the invention and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the invention, so that the invention is not limited by the disclosure of the specification and drawings.