TWI847594B - Mounting structure and server - Google Patents

Abstract

A mounting structure and a server. The mounting structure includes a fixed base, an adjustable base, a first protrusion and a second protrusion. The fixed base is configured to be fixed to the motherboard. The adjustable base is rotatably disposed on the fixed base. The first and second protrusions respectively protrude from two different sides of the adjustable base. When the adjustable base is located at first assembling position, the first protrusion protrudes from the adjustable base along a protruding mounting direction and configured to allow the first expansion card to be installed on or detached from the motherboard horizontally. When the adjustable base is located at second assembling position, the second protrusion protrudes from the adjustable base along the protruding mounting direction and configured to allow the second expansion card to be installed on or detached from the motherboard vertically. The position of the first protrusion when protruding along the protruding mounting direction is different from that of the second protrusion.

Description

Installation structure and server

The present invention relates to a mounting structure and a server, and in particular to a mounting structure and a server suitable for mounting an expansion card.

As the performance requirements of servers for expansion cards continue to increase, expansion cards need to contain more electronic components and more complex structures, which increases the weight of expansion cards. Therefore, in order to allow users to install expansion cards on the motherboard, some manufacturers will set handles on the expansion cards and set assembly columns on the motherboard that match the handles through a fixed mounting frame, so that the expansion card and motherboard can be assembled without exerting too much force.

When the expansion card needs to be installed on the motherboard in different installation directions according to the space configuration in the server, the handle on the expansion card needs to be matched with the assembly columns in different positions. However, the traditional assembly columns are installed on the motherboard through fixed mounting brackets, which cannot meet such requirements. In detail, if different fixed mounting brackets are used to install assembly columns in different positions on the motherboard, it will greatly increase the cost or increase the difficulty of object management.

The present invention provides a mounting structure and a server, so that a single mounting structure can be used to install expansion cards along different mounting directions, so as to take into account both low cost and ease of object management.

The mounting structure disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention is used to horizontally disassemble a first expansion card from a motherboard or vertically disassemble a second expansion card from the motherboard. The mounting structure includes a fixing seat, an adjustment seat, a first boss and a second boss. The fixing seat is used to be fixed to the motherboard. The adjustment seat is rotatably disposed on the fixing seat. The first boss and the second boss protrude from opposite sides of the adjustment seat, respectively. The adjustment seat is used to rotate relative to the fixing seat to a first assembly position or a second assembly position. When the adjustment seat is in the first assembly position, the first boss protrudes from the adjustment seat along a protruding installation direction and is used to horizontally disassemble the first expansion card from the motherboard. When the adjustment seat is at the second assembly position, the second protrusion protrudes from the adjustment seat along the protruding installation direction and is used to vertically remove the second expansion card from the motherboard. The position of the first protrusion protruding along the protruding installation direction is different from the position of the second protrusion protruding along the protruding installation direction.

The server disclosed in another embodiment of the present invention is used for horizontal disassembly and assembly of a first expansion card or vertical disassembly and assembly of a second expansion card. The server includes a motherboard and a mounting structure. The mounting structure includes a fixing seat, an adjustment seat, a first boss and a second boss. The fixing seat is fixed to the motherboard. The adjustment seat is rotatably disposed on the fixing seat. The first boss and the second boss protrude from opposite sides of the adjustment seat, respectively. The adjustment seat is used to rotate relative to the fixing seat to a first assembly position or a second assembly position. When the adjustment seat is in the first assembly position, the first boss protrudes from the adjustment seat along a protruding mounting direction and is used to horizontally disassemble the first expansion card from the motherboard. When the adjustment seat is in the second assembly position, the second boss protrudes from the adjustment seat along a protruding mounting direction and is used to vertically disassemble the second expansion card from the motherboard. The position of the first protrusion when it protrudes along the protrusion installation direction is different from the position of the second protrusion when it protrudes along the protrusion installation direction.

According to the mounting structure and server disclosed in the above embodiment, the adjustment seat is rotatably disposed on the fixed seat, and the first boss and the second boss protrude from two opposite sides of the adjustment seat. Therefore, the user can rotate the adjustment seat to the first assembly position or the second assembly position according to the space requirements, and install the expansion card vertically or horizontally. In this way, the mounting structure can cooperate with expansion cards installed along different installation directions while taking into account low cost and ease of object management.

The following detailed description of the features and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention is provided in the embodiments, and the contents are sufficient to enable any person with ordinary knowledge in the field to understand the technical contents of the embodiments of the present invention and implement them accordingly. Moreover, according to the contents disclosed in this specification, the scope of the patent application and the drawings, any person with ordinary knowledge in the field can easily understand the relevant purposes and advantages of the present invention. The following embodiments are further detailed descriptions of the viewpoints of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention by any viewpoint.

Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2. Figure 1 is a partial enlarged view of a three-dimensional view of the adjustment seat of the server according to an embodiment of the present invention when it is in the first assembly position. Figure 2 is a partial enlarged view of the exploded view of the server in Figure 1.

In this embodiment, the server 10 includes a motherboard 100 and a mounting structure 200. In this embodiment, the mounting structure 200 includes a fixing base 210, an adjusting base 220, a pivoting member 230, a positioning member 240, a first boss 250 and a second boss 260.

The fixing base 210 is fixed to the motherboard 100. The adjusting base 220 is rotatably disposed on the fixing base 210. Specifically, in this embodiment, the adjusting base 220 is pivotally connected to the fixing base 210 through a hinge 230. In this embodiment, the fixing base 210 includes two positioning holes 211. The two positioning holes 211 are arranged along a circumferential direction C of the hinge 230. The positioning member 240 is passed through the adjusting base 220, and the positioning member 240 can be, for example, a plunger. It should be noted that in other embodiments, the mounting structure 200 may not include the hinge 230 pivotally connected to the fixing base 210. In this embodiment, the fixing base 210 includes two positioning holes 211, and the adjusting base 220 can also be rotatably disposed on the fixing base 210 through a bearing or other suitable structure. It should be noted that in other embodiments, the mounting structure 200 may not include the positioning member 240, and the fixing base 210 may not include the positioning hole 211.

The first protrusion 250 and the second protrusion 260 protrude from two opposite sides of the adjustment base 220. Specifically, in this embodiment, the first protrusion 250 and the second protrusion 260 protrude from two adjacent sides of the adjustment base 220.

Please refer to Figures 3 to 5. Figure 3 is a schematic side view of the server in Figure 1 for horizontal installation of the first expansion card, and Figure 4 is a partial enlarged view of the three-dimensional view of the server in Figure 1 when the adjustment seat is in the second assembly position. Figure 5 is a schematic side view of the server in Figure 4 for vertical installation of the second expansion card.

The adjustment base 220 is used to rotate relative to the fixing base 210 to a first assembly position (as shown in FIG. 3 ) or a second assembly position (as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 ). As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , when the adjustment base 220 is located at the first assembly position, the first protrusion 250 protrudes from the adjustment base 220 along a protrusion installation direction D, so as to horizontally disassemble the first expansion card 20 from the motherboard 100, and the positioning member 240 is positioned in one of the positioning holes 211 to position the adjustment base 220 at the first assembly position. The first protrusion 250, for example, cooperates with the handle 21 of the first expansion card 20 to horizontally disassemble the first expansion card 20 from the motherboard 100.

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 , when the adjustment base 220 is located at the second assembly position, the second protrusion 260 protrudes from the adjustment base 220 along the protrusion mounting direction D and is used to vertically remove the second expansion card 30 from the motherboard 100, and the positioning member 240 is positioned in another positioning hole 211 to position the adjustment base 220 at the second assembly position. The second protrusion 260, for example, cooperates with the handle 31 of the second expansion card 30 to vertically remove the second expansion card 30 from the motherboard 100. The position of the first protrusion 250 when protruding along the protrusion mounting direction D (as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 ) is different from the position of the second protrusion 260 when protruding along the protrusion mounting direction D (as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 ). In this embodiment, the first expansion card 20 and the second expansion card 30 are electrically connected to the motherboard 100 via a high-density connector, for example.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the first protrusion 250 and the second protrusion 260 are designed to protrude from two adjacent sides of the adjustment base 220, only to reduce the travel of the adjustment base 220 from the first assembly position to the second assembly position, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the first protrusion and the second protrusion may also protrude from two opposite sides of the adjustment base.

In this embodiment, the server of the present invention can be used for artificial intelligence (AI) computing, edge computing, and can also be used as a 5G server, cloud server, or Internet of Vehicles server.

According to the mounting structure and server disclosed in the above embodiment, the adjustment seat is rotatably disposed on the fixed seat, and the first boss and the second boss protrude from two opposite sides of the adjustment seat. Therefore, the user can rotate the adjustment seat to the first assembly position or the second assembly position according to the space requirements, and install the expansion card vertically or horizontally. In this way, the mounting structure can cooperate with expansion cards installed along different installation directions while taking into account low cost and ease of object management.

In addition, the present invention arranges the first protrusion and the second protrusion on two different sides of the rotatable adjustment seat. Therefore, compared with the conventional technology of arranging two sets of mounting posts on the same side of the fixed mounting frame, according to the mounting structure of the present invention, no matter the expansion card is mounted on the motherboard vertically or horizontally, only a single protrusion protrudes along the protruding mounting direction. In this way, the protrusion that does not protrude along the protruding mounting direction will not occupy the operating space of the handle of the expansion card, so that the expansion card can be more conveniently installed on the motherboard through the mounting structure.

Although the present invention is disclosed as above with the aforementioned embodiments, they are not used to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in similar techniques may make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the patent protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the scope defined by the application patent attached to this specification.

10: Server

100: Motherboard

200: Installation structure

210: Fixed seat

211: Positioning hole

220:Adjustment seat

230: Joint

240: Positioning piece

250: first boss

260: Second boss

20: First expansion card

21: Handle

30: Second expansion card

31:Handle

C: Circumferential direction

D: Projecting installation direction

FIG. 1 is a partially enlarged view of a three-dimensional view of an adjustment seat of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention when it is in a first assembly position. FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of an exploded view of the server in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a side schematic view of the server in FIG. 1 for horizontal installation of a first expansion card. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a three-dimensional view of an adjustment seat of the server in FIG. 1 when it is in a second assembly position. FIG. 5 is a side schematic view of the server in FIG. 4 for vertical installation of a second expansion card.

10: Server

100: Motherboard

200: Installation structure

210: Fixed seat

220: Adjustment seat

230: Joints

240: Positioning piece

250: First boss

260: Second boss

Claims (10)

A mounting structure is used to disassemble a first expansion card from a motherboard or disassemble a second expansion card from the motherboard. The mounting structure comprises: a fixing seat, which is fixed to the motherboard; an adjusting seat, which is rotatably arranged on the fixing seat; and a first protrusion and a second protrusion, which protrude from two opposite sides of the adjusting seat respectively; wherein the adjusting seat is used to rotate relative to the fixing seat to a first assembly position or a second assembly position. When the adjusting seat is in the fixing seat, the first protrusion and the second protrusion are respectively protruded from two opposite sides of the adjusting seat. When the first assembly position is set, the first protrusion protrudes from the adjustment seat along a protruding installation direction, and is used to horizontally remove the first expansion card from the motherboard. When the adjustment seat is set at the second assembly position, the second protrusion protrudes from the adjustment seat along the protruding installation direction, and is used to vertically remove the second expansion card from the motherboard. The position of the first protrusion when protruding along the protruding installation direction is different from the position of the second protrusion when protruding along the protruding installation direction. The mounting structure as described in claim 1 further includes a pivoting member, through which the adjustment seat is pivotally connected to the fixing seat. The mounting structure as described in claim 2 further comprises a positioning member, the fixing seat comprises two positioning holes, the two positioning holes are arranged along the circumferential direction of the hinge, the positioning member is penetrated through the adjustment seat, when the adjustment seat is in the first assembly position, the positioning member is positioned at one of the two positioning holes, when the adjustment seat is in the second assembly position, the positioning member is positioned at the other of the two positioning holes. The mounting structure as described in claim 3, wherein the positioning member is a plunger. The mounting structure as described in claim 1, wherein the first boss and the second boss protrude from two adjacent sides of the adjustment seat respectively. A server is used for disassembling a first expansion card or disassembling a second expansion card. The server comprises: a motherboard; and a mounting structure, comprising: a fixing seat fixed to the motherboard; an adjusting seat rotatably disposed on the fixing seat; and a first boss and a second boss protruding from two opposite sides of the adjusting seat; wherein the adjusting seat is used to rotate relative to the fixing seat to a first assembly position or a second assembly position. When the adjusting seat is in a When the first assembly position is set, the first protrusion protrudes from the adjustment seat along a protruding installation direction, and is used to horizontally remove the first expansion card from the motherboard. When the adjustment seat is set to the second assembly position, the second protrusion protrudes from the adjustment seat along the protruding installation direction, and is used to vertically remove the second expansion card from the motherboard. The position of the first protrusion when protruding along the protruding installation direction is different from the position of the second protrusion when protruding along the protruding installation direction. A server as described in claim 6, wherein the mounting structure further comprises a pivoting member, and the adjustment base is pivotally connected to the fixing base via the pivoting member. The server as described in claim 7, wherein the mounting structure further comprises a positioning member, the fixing seat comprises two positioning holes, the two positioning holes are arranged along the circumferential direction of the hinge, the positioning member is penetrated through the adjustment seat, when the adjustment seat is in the first assembly position, the positioning member is positioned at one of the two positioning holes, when the adjustment seat is in the second assembly position, the positioning member is positioned at the other of the two positioning holes. A server as described in claim 8, wherein the positioning member is a plunger. A server as described in claim 6, wherein the first boss and the second boss protrude from two adjacent sides of the adjustment base, respectively.

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