JPH1154965A - Enclosure structure of electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an enclosure structure of an electronic equipment that can be used both as a stationary type and a rack mounting type, with a simple structure and at low cost. SOLUTION: An enclosure main body 1 comprises a frame work, comprising both side plates 4 disposed symmetrically in left and right and corner frames 5 and upper and lower frame 6 fitted to front and rear ends of these both side plates 4 so as to be symmetrical in front and rear, and top cover 2 and a bottom cover 3, symmetrical in the upper and lower sides, closing upper and lower surfaces between the both side plates 4. And further, in the enclosure main body 1, upper and lower shelves 7a and 7b on which a card unit is mounted and a mother board 14 are provided, and a front panel 15 is detachably attached to a front surface or a rear surface of the enclosure main body 1. As a result, front and rear, left and right and upper and lower parts are made common parts, so that the number of kinds of parts is significantly reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a housing structure of an electronic device which can be used both as a stationary type and a rack mounting type.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, electronic devices on which a motherboard or a card unit is mounted are classified into a stationary type which is installed and used on a desk or the like, and a rack mounted type which is mounted and used in a rack.

FIGS. 7 to 9 show a known housing structure of a stationary electronic device.

In the case structure shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, a plurality of card units (not shown) can be mounted by connecting a front frame a and a rear frame b with side frames c arranged vertically. A frame is formed, and the upper surface and both side surfaces of the frame are covered with a U-shaped cover d, and a front panel e is detachably mounted on the front surface.

On the other hand, as a housing structure of a rack-mounted electronic device, for example, one described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 61-49486 is known.

[0006] The housing structure disclosed in the above publication includes an electronic circuit unit having a fixing piece extending upward and downward on the front surface, a side plate protruding rearward on both left and right sides of a rear surface, and an upper and lower side of the front surface. A fixing piece corresponding to the fixing piece of the electronic circuit unit, and a support provided with a support member having a concave notch in which a side plate of the electronic circuit unit fits is provided at a rear portion. By inserting the electronic circuit unit from the front, the electronic circuit unit can be fixed by the fixing piece and the support member.

[0007]

FIG. 7 through FIG.
In the stationary housing structure shown in FIG. 1, since the top and side surfaces of the frame are covered with a cover d formed in a U-shape, man-hours for mounting the cover d are required, and assembling man-hours increase. Since there are many types, many man-hours are required for manufacturing and assembling parts, causing an increase in cost.

[0008] Further, if it is intended to mount and use it on a rack, the cover must be manufactured according to the mounting width and mounting height of the rack, so that there is a problem that the whole housing becomes large and expensive.

On the other hand, the rack mounting type housing structure described in the official gazette has a problem that it cannot be applied to stationary electronic devices because it is dedicated to rack mounting.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a housing structure of an electronic device which can be used both as a stationary type and a rack mounting type with a simple structure and at a low cost. is there.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured so that the left, right, front and rear and up and down of a housing are symmetrical, and an upper and lower shelf for mounting a card unit in the housing. And, with the motherboard,
A front panel and a rack mounting member are detachably attached to the front or rear part of the housing body, and the components that make up the housing body can be shared, so that the types of parts and assembly costs can be reduced. Since it can be used for both the stationary type and the rack mounting type, there is no need to separately manufacture these housings.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the housing body is attached to both side plates arranged symmetrically to the left and right, and to the front and rear ends of these two side plates so as to be symmetrical in the front and rear direction. Upper and lower shelves and motherboard, which are composed of a frame composed of a corner frame and upper and lower frames, and upper and lower symmetric upper and lower covers for closing the upper and lower surfaces between both side plates, and mounting a card unit in the housing body. And a front panel is detachably attached to the front or rear surface of the housing body.

According to the above configuration, the both side plates, the corner frame, the upper and lower frames, the upper and lower covers, and the like can be used in common, so that the number of parts to be manufactured and the number of steps required for assembly can be reduced, and according to the usage environment. The versatility is also improved because it can be used interchangeably.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a rack mounting member is removably mounted on the front or rear outer surface of both side plates.

According to the above configuration, when the rack mounting member is removed from the housing main body, the rack mounting member is mounted, and when the rack mounting member is mounted, the rack mounting member is mounted. There is no.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings shown in FIGS. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view,
2 is a front view of an assembled state, FIG. 3 is a side view of the same, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the same, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a state in which a rack mounting member is removed, and FIG.

In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes a housing body, which comprises an upper cover 2 and a lower cover 3, both side plates 4 and a corner frame 5 and an upper and lower frame 6 for connecting the upper and lower covers 2, 3 and both side plates 4 to each other. The front, rear, left and right are symmetrical.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a pair of shelves which are vertically separated from each other in the housing body 1 and are accommodated in parallel with each other.
A plurality of guide grooves 7c are formed at opposite sides of the upper shelf 7a and the lower shelf 7b at regular intervals in the width direction so that a card unit (not shown) can be inserted and removed in a substantially vertical state.

Both ends of the upper and lower shelves 7a and 7b are connected to the two side plates 4 symmetrically arranged by fasteners 9 such as screws inserted into mounting holes 4a formed in the upper and lower sides of the both side plates 4. It is fixed horizontally.

The both side plates 4 are formed in a plate shape from, for example, an aluminum profile, and four corner frames 5 formed by, for example, zinc die-casting at the front and rear ends are vertically fixed by a fixing tool 10 so as to be symmetrical in the front and rear direction. The upper and lower ends of the corner frames 5 are fixed by fixing members 11 so that both ends of an upper and lower frame 6 made of, for example, aluminum are vertically symmetrical. The upper and lower frames 6 are configured so that the framework of the front and rear openings of the housing body 1 is symmetrical in the front and rear.

The upper cover 2 and the lower cover 3
The mounting edges 2a, 3a are formed by bending both ends of the plate material in the vertical direction.
The upper and lower surfaces of the housing main body 1 are covered by fixing the upper and lower portions a and 3a to the upper and lower portions of the corner frame 5 with the fixing members 12.

On the other hand, upper and lower shelves 7a in the housing body 1,
A motherboard 14 is attached to the front space between the front shelves 7b so as to be substantially vertical from the front opening side of the housing body 1, and upper and lower shelves 7a, 7b A fixing edge 7d for fixing the card unit inserted therebetween is formed by bending, and a screw 7e is formed in the fixing edge 7d.

A front panel 15 is provided on the front surface of the housing body 1, and a rack mounting member 16 for mounting the housing body 1 to a rack (not shown) is provided on the front outer side surfaces of both side plates 4. Mounted on

The front panel 15 has substantially L-shaped mounting members 15a and 15b fixed along the upper and lower edges by means such as spot welding at upper and lower portions of an inner surface thereof, and is formed in the mounting members 15a and 15b. Screw hole 15c
By screwing a fixing member 17 inserted through the mounting hole 6a of the upper and lower frames 6, the mounting member 17 is detachably attached to the front opening of the housing body 1.

On the front surface of the front panel 15, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the display unit 18 and the like are provided, and the rack mounting member 16 detachably mounted on the outer side surface of the both side plates 4a is formed of an angle material, and one side is a fixing member 19 Is attached to the side plate 4a, and a notch 16a for inserting a fastener (not shown) for fixing the housing body 1 to the rack is provided on the other side.
Are formed at a plurality of locations. In the figure, reference numeral 20 denotes a leg formed of rubber or the like, which is fixed to the bottom surface of the lower cover 3 by a fixing tool 21.

Next, the operation of the above-structured housing structure will be described. The assembled housing body 1 is as shown in FIG. 5, and the front opening is closed by the front panel 15 and When the apparatus is to be installed on a desk or the like, the rack mounting member 16 is removed.

When a card unit is mounted in the housing body 1, the upper and lower shelves 7 are mounted from the rear side of the housing body 1.
The upper and lower edges of the card unit are inserted between the guide grooves 7c of a and 7b to mount the card unit in a substantially vertical state, so that a plurality of card units can be mounted.
After the mounting, the fixing unit is screwed into a screw hole 7e formed in the fixing edge 7d of the upper and lower shelves 7a, 7b to fix the card unit.

On the other hand, when the housing body 1 is mounted on a rack and used, as shown in FIG. 6, the housing body 1 is mounted on the rack with the rack mounting member 16 attached to the front outer side surfaces of the side plates 4. What is necessary is just to mount and fix the rack mounting member 16 to the rack, and it is possible to change from the stationary type to the rack mounting type without any operation on the housing body 1.

[0029]

As described in detail above, the present invention is configured such that the left, right, front and rear and up and down of the housing body are symmetrical, and the upper and lower shelves for mounting the card unit in the housing body. In addition to providing a motherboard, a front panel and a rack mounting member are detachably attached to the front or rear part of the housing main body, and the components constituting the housing main body can be shared, so that the types of parts to be manufactured are different. Since there is no need to worry about assembling the front, rear, upper, lower, left and right parts erroneously, the workability at the time of assembling is improved, and the number of assembling steps can be reduced.

Further, since it can be mounted on a rack with its front and rear interchanged according to the use environment, the versatility is improved, and both the stationary type and the rack mounting type can be used simply by attaching and detaching the rack mounting members to both side plates. Therefore, it is economical because it is not necessary to separately manufacture the stationary housing and the rack mounting housing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a housing structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary front view showing a housing structure of the electronic apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a housing structure of the electronic apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a housing structure of the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a rack mounting member is removed from both side plates of the housing body.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where rack mounting members are mounted on both side plates of the housing body.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a state where a front panel of a housing structure of a conventional electronic device is removed.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a state where a front panel of a housing structure of a conventional electronic device is removed.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a state where a front panel of a housing structure of a conventional electronic device is removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Housing main body 2 Upper cover 2a Mounting edge 3 Lower cover 3a Mounting edge 4 Side plate 5 Corner frame 6 Upper and lower frame 6a Mounting hole 7 Shelf 7a Upper shelf 7b Lower shelf 7c Guide groove 7d Fixed edge 7e Screw hole 9,10, 11 Fixture 14 Motherboard 15 Front Panel 15a, 15b Attachment Member 15c Screw Hole 16 Rack Attachment 16a Notch 18 Display Unit 19 Fixture 20 Leg 21 Fixture

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A frame body comprising: a body main body; two side plates arranged symmetrically left and right; a corner frame and upper and lower frames attached to front and rear ends of these both side plates so as to be symmetrical in front and rear; And upper and lower symmetrical upper and lower covers for closing the upper and lower surfaces, and upper and lower shelves and a motherboard for mounting a card unit are provided in the housing main body, and a front or rear surface of the housing main body is provided. A housing structure for an electronic device, wherein a panel is detachably mounted. 2. A housing structure for an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a rack mounting member is detachably attached to a front or rear outer surface of both side plates.