TWM647651U - electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device is used to install an expansion card, and includes a casing, a motherboard, a support frame set, at least one support member and at least one fastener. The housing has at least one fastening part. The motherboard is disposed on the casing and has at least one through hole, and the expansion card is disposed on the motherboard. The support frame group includes a fixed frame body, a movable frame body and a first support frame body. The fixed frame body is arranged on the motherboard. The movable frame body is movably arranged on the fixed frame body, and the first support frame body is movably arranged on the movable frame body, and the movement directions of the two are different. The first support frame is used to support the expansion card. One end of at least one support member is fixed to the fixed frame body through at least one fastener, and the other end of at least one support member passes through at least one through hole and is fastened to at least one fastening part, so that the fixed frame body passes through at least one support member Fixed to the motherboard.

Description

electronic device

The present invention relates to an electronic device, in particular to an electronic device having a support frame set for supporting an expansion card.

In computer systems, expansion cards serve various purposes, such as image processing, network interface, peripheral device interface, data storage, etc. Recently, users' demand for the performance of expansion cards has been increasing, so more and more electronic components have been added to the circuit board components of the expansion cards to meet the needs of users. As a result, the overall weight of the expansion card also increases. Therefore, after the expansion card is inserted into the motherboard, the expansion card slot and even the motherboard will bend, causing damage.

Generally speaking, manufacturers will add expansion card support brackets around the expansion card to support the expansion card to prevent the expansion card slot or the motherboard from being damaged due to bending. However, with the improvement of computer performance, the number of electronic components configured on the motherboard has also increased, making the space around the expansion card smaller. Therefore, the expansion card support bracket is difficult to install due to space limitations. Therefore, how to improve the convenience of installing an expansion card support bracket is one of the problems that developers should solve.

The present invention provides an electronic device to improve the convenience of installing a support frame set for supporting expansion cards.

An electronic device disclosed in one embodiment of the present invention is used to install an expansion card, and includes a casing, a motherboard, a support frame set, at least one support member and at least one fastener. The housing has at least one fastening part. The motherboard is disposed on the casing and has at least one through hole, and the expansion card is disposed on the motherboard. The support frame group includes a fixed frame body, a movable frame body and a first support frame body. The fixed frame body is arranged on the motherboard. The movable frame body is movably arranged on the fixed frame body. The first support frame body is movably arranged on the movable frame body, and the movement direction of the first support frame body is different from the movement direction of the movable frame body. The first support frame is used to support the expansion card. One end of at least one support member is fixed to the fixed frame body through at least one fastener, and the other end of at least one support member passes through at least one through hole and is fastened to at least one fastening part, so that the fixed frame body passes through at least one support member Fixed to the motherboard.

According to the electronic device of the above embodiment, since the support frame set for supporting the expansion card is provided through the existing perforation of the motherboard, and in the support frame set, the movable frame body and the support frame body can move relative to the fixed frame body, so In addition to eliminating the need to install additional assembly components in the small space around the expansion card, the support positions of the movable frame and the support frame of the support frame set can also be adjusted according to the size of the expansion card. Therefore, the function of supporting the expansion card and the convenience of installing the support frame set can be taken into consideration.

The above description of the content of the present invention and the following description of the embodiments are used to demonstrate and explain the principles of the present invention, and to provide a further explanation of the patent application scope of the present invention.

See Figure 1 to Figure 3. FIG. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional view of an electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded schematic diagram of the electronic device of FIG. 1 . FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic view of the support frame set and the expansion card of the electronic device in FIG. 1 .

The electronic device 10 of this embodiment is used to install the expansion card 20 . The expansion card 20 is, for example, a display card. The electronic device 10 includes a housing 11 , a motherboard 12 , a support frame set 13 , two support members 14 and two fasteners 15 . The housing 11 includes a bottom plate 111 , a first side plate 112 and a second side plate 113 . The first side plate 112 and the second side plate 113 are connected to adjacent two sides of the bottom plate 111 respectively. The specification of the motherboard 12 is, for example, ATX specification, and the motherboard 12 is disposed on the first side panel 112 . The expansion card 20 is provided on the motherboard 12 .

The support frame group 13 includes a fixed frame body 131 , a movable frame body 132 and a first support frame body 133 . The fixing frame 131 is provided on the motherboard 12 . Specifically, one end of the two supporting members 14 is fixed to the fixing frame body 131 through two fasteners 15 respectively. The housing 11 has two fastening parts 114 , and the two fastening parts 114 protrude from the first side plate 112 . The motherboard 12 has two through holes 121 . The other ends of the two supporting members 14 respectively pass through the two through holes 121 and are fastened to the two fastening parts 114 , so that one end of the fixing frame 131 is fixed to the motherboard 12 through the two supporting members 14 . The two supporting members 14 and the two fastening parts 114 are, for example, studs, and the two fasteners 15 are, for example, screws. In addition, the other end of the fixed frame body 131 is connected to the second side plate 113 . The expansion card 20 is located between the fixed frame body 131 and the base plate 111 . That is to say, the fixing frame body 131 is located on the top side of the expansion card 20 . The fixed frame body 131 has a plurality of slide grooves 1311.

The movable frame body 132 includes a connecting part 1321 and an extending part 1322. The connecting portion 1321 can be movably and selectively provided on two of the slide grooves 1311 of the fixed frame body 131 through screws according to the size of the expansion card 20 , so that both of the slide grooves 1311 guide the connecting portion 1321 Move. The extending portion 1322 is connected to one end of the connecting portion 1321 , and the extending portion 1322 extends in a direction away from the fixing frame body 131 . The connecting part 1321 and the extending part 1322 are not parallel. For example, the connecting part 1321 and the extending part 1322 are perpendicular to each other, so that the connecting part 1321 and the extending part 1322 form an L shape.

Please also refer to Figure 4. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the electronic device of FIG. 1 . The first supporting frame body 133 is used to support the expansion card 20 and can be movably provided on the extension portion 1322 of the movable frame body 132 through screws according to the size of the expansion card 20 , and the moving direction of the first supporting frame body 133 is consistent with The connecting portions 1321 of the movable frame 132 have different movable directions. For example, the first support frame 133 can move up and down, and the connecting portion 1321 of the movable frame 132 can move forward, backward, left, and right. The connecting portion 1321 of the movable frame 132 and the first supporting frame 133 are used to jointly hold the expansion card 20 .

In this embodiment, the electronic device 10 may further include a first elastic member 16 and a second elastic member 17 . The first elastic member 16 and the second elastic member 17 are, for example, rubber gaskets. The first elastic member 16 is disposed on a side of the first support frame body 133 close to the connecting portion 1321, and the second elastic member 17 is disposed on a side of the connecting portion 1321 of the movable frame body 132 close to the first support frame body 133, so that the movement When the connecting portion 1321 of the frame body 132 and the first support frame body 133 jointly clamp the expansion card 20, the vibration of the expansion card 20 caused by the electronic device 10 during transportation can be reduced.

In this embodiment, the electronic device 10 may further include a buffer member 18 . The buffer member 18 is, for example, a sponge, and is disposed on the extension portion 1322 of the movable frame body 132 close to one end of the second elastic member 17 so that the connecting portion 1321 of the movable frame body 132 and the first support frame body 133 jointly clamp the expansion card 20 , for example, the vibration generated by the electronic device 10 to the expansion card 20 when being transported can be further reduced.

In this embodiment, since the support frame set 13 is provided through the existing through hole 121 of the motherboard 12 , and the movable frame body 132 and the first support frame body 133 can move relative to the fixed frame body 131 , there is no need to install the expansion card 20 In addition to installing additional assembly components in the surrounding narrow space, the support positions of the movable frame body 132 and the first support frame body 133 of the support frame set 13 can also be adjusted according to the size of the expansion card 20 . Therefore, both the function of supporting the expansion card 20 and the convenience of installing the support frame set 13 can be taken into consideration.

In addition, since the fixing frame 131 is located on the top side of the expansion card 20 , it will not block the cooling airflow generated by the fan of the expansion card 20 . Furthermore, by clamping the expansion card 20 through the connecting portion 1321 of the first support frame 133 and the movable frame 132, the expansion card 20 can be more firmly installed on the motherboard 12.

See Figure 5 and Figure 6. FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the movable bracket installed on the fixed bracket in the electronic device of FIG. 1 . FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of the first support frame installed on the movable bracket in the electronic device of FIG. 1 .

As shown in Figure 5. When the user wants to install the support bracket set 13 on the motherboard 12 to support the expansion card 20, first, the fixing bracket body 131 is fixed to the motherboard 12 through the two support members 14, and is disposed on the top side of the expansion card 20 to prevent The cooling airflow generated by the fan of the expansion card 20 is blocked, and the connecting portion 1321 of the movable frame 132 is installed on both of the slide grooves 1311 of the fixed frame 131 according to the size of the expansion card 20 . Then, the user can adjust the position of the movable frame 132 along directions A and B through the guidance of the slide groove 1311. For example, the user can move the movable frame 132 between the two fans of the expansion card 20 to further avoid blocking the cooling airflow.

As shown in Figure 6. Next, the first support frame body 133 is installed on the extension portion 1322 of the movable frame body 132 , and the position of the first support frame body 133 is adjusted along directions C and D according to the size of the expansion card 20 . At this time, the connecting portion 1321 of the movable frame 132 and the first supporting frame 133 can jointly clamp the expansion card 20 . In this way, the installation of the support frame set 13 can be completed, so that the support frame set 13 can support the expansion card 20 .

See Figure 7 to Figure 9. FIG. 7 is a schematic three-dimensional view of an electronic device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is an exploded schematic diagram of the electronic device of FIG. 7 . FIG. 9 is an exploded schematic view of the support frame set and the expansion card of the electronic device of FIG. 7 .

The electronic device 10A of this embodiment is similar to the electronic device 10 of the first embodiment. Therefore, the differences between this embodiment and the first embodiment will be described below, and the similarities will not be described again. In this embodiment, the standard of the motherboard 12 of the electronic device 10A is, for example, micro ATX standard. Since the size of the micro ATX standard is smaller than that of the ATX standard, in the electronic device 10A, the fixing frame body 131A of the support frame set 13A can only be fixed to the motherboard 12 through a support member 14 and a fastener 15 . The fixed frame body 131A is located between the expansion card 20 and the bottom plate 111 of the housing 11 . That is to say, the fixing frame body 131A is located on the bottom side of the expansion card 20 .

Please also refer to Figure 10. FIG. 10 is a schematic side view of the electronic device of FIG. 7 . In addition, the support frame group 13A may also include a second support frame body 134 . The second support frame 134 is used to support the expansion card 20 , and can be movably provided on the extension portion 1322 of the movable frame 132 through screws according to the size of the expansion card 20 , and is located on the same side as the first support frame 133 , and the moving direction of the second supporting frame body 134 is different from the moving direction of the connecting portion 1321 of the movable frame body 132 . For example, the second support frame body 134 can move up and down, and the connecting portion 1321 of the movable frame body 132 can move forward, backward, left and right. The first supporting frame body 133 and the second supporting frame body 134 are used to jointly hold the expansion card 20 .

In this embodiment, the first elastic member 16 is disposed on a side of the first support frame body 133 close to the second support frame body 134 , and the second elastic member 17 is disposed on the second support frame body 134 close to the first support frame body. 133 on one side, so that when the first supporting frame body 133 and the first supporting frame body 133 jointly clamp the expansion card 20 , for example, the vibration caused by the electronic device 10A to the expansion card 20 when being transported can be reduced. In addition, the electronic device 10A may not be provided with the buffer member 18 .

According to the electronic device of the above embodiment, since the support frame set for supporting the expansion card is provided through the existing perforation of the motherboard, and in the support frame set, the movable frame body and the support frame body can move relative to the fixed frame body, so In addition to eliminating the need to install additional assembly components in the small space around the expansion card, the support positions of the movable frame and the support frame of the support frame set can also be adjusted according to the size of the expansion card. Therefore, the function of supporting the expansion card and the convenience of installing the support frame set can be taken into account.

In addition, since the fixing frame is located on the top side of the expansion card, it will not block the cooling airflow generated by the fan of the expansion card, and the fixing frame can also be placed on the expansion card according to the actual configuration of the electronic components located on the motherboard. Bottom side. Furthermore, by jointly clamping the expansion card through the connecting portion of the first support frame body and the movable frame body, or by jointly clamping the expansion card by the first support frame body and the second support frame body, the expansion card can be more firmly installed on the host plate.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the foregoing embodiments, they are not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in the art of modeling can make some modifications and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention is The scope of patent protection for a new model shall be determined by the scope of the patent application attached to this specification.

10,10A: Electronic devices 11: Shell 111: Bottom plate 112:First side panel 113:Second side panel 114: Fastening part 12: Motherboard 121:Perforation 13,13A: Support frame set 131,131A: Fixed frame body 1311:Chute 132: Movable frame 1321:Connection part 1322:Extension 133:First support frame body 134:Second support frame body 14:Support 15: Fasteners 16:First elastic member 17:Second elastic member 18: Buffer 20:Expansion card A~D: direction

FIG. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional view of an electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded schematic diagram of the electronic device of FIG. 1 . FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic view of the support frame set and the expansion card of the electronic device in FIG. 1 . FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the electronic device of FIG. 1 . FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the movable bracket installed on the fixed bracket in the electronic device of FIG. 1 . FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of the first support frame installed on the movable bracket in the electronic device of FIG. 1 . FIG. 7 is a schematic three-dimensional view of an electronic device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is an exploded schematic diagram of the electronic device of FIG. 7 . FIG. 9 is an exploded schematic view of the support frame set and the expansion card of the electronic device of FIG. 7 . FIG. 10 is a schematic side view of the electronic device of FIG. 7 .

13: Support frame group

131: Fixed frame body

1311:Chute

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133:First support frame body

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15: Fasteners

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17:Second elastic member

18: Buffer

20:Expansion card

Claims (10)

An electronic device used to install an expansion card, the electronic device includes: A housing has at least one fastening part; a motherboard is provided on the housing and has at least one through hole, and the expansion card is provided on the motherboard; a support frame group includes: a fixed frame body, which is provided on The motherboard; a movable frame body, movably arranged on the fixed frame body; and a first support frame body, movably arranged on the movable frame body, and the movement direction of the first support frame body is consistent with the movement direction of the first support frame body. The movement directions of the frame bodies are different, and the first support frame body is used to support the expansion card; and at least one support member and at least one fastener, one end of the at least one support member is fixed to the fixing frame through the at least one fastener. body, and the other end of the at least one support member passes through the at least one through hole and is fastened to the at least one fastening portion, so that the fixing frame body is disposed on the motherboard through the at least one support member. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the movable frame body includes a connecting part and an extension part, the connecting part is movably provided on the fixed frame body, the extending part is connected to one end of the connecting part, and the extending part The connecting part extends in a direction away from the fixed frame body, and the connecting part is not parallel to the extending part. The first supporting frame body is movably arranged on the extending part. The electronic device according to claim 2 further includes a first elastic member disposed on a side of the first supporting frame body close to the connecting portion. The electronic device according to claim 3 further includes a second elastic member, the second elastic member is disposed on a side of the connecting portion of the movable frame body close to the first supporting frame body. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4 further includes a buffer member disposed on an end of the extension portion of the movable frame body close to the second elastic member. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the support frame group includes a second support frame body, the second support frame body is movably disposed on the extension part of the movable frame body and connected with the first support frame body. They are located on the same side, and the movement directions of the second support frame body and the movable frame body are different. The electronic device according to claim 6 further includes a second elastic member, the second elastic member is disposed on a side of the second support frame body close to the first support frame body. The electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the housing includes a base plate, and the expansion card is located between the fixing frame body and the base plate. The electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the housing includes a bottom plate, and the fixing frame is located between the expansion card and the bottom plate. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixed frame body has a plurality of slide grooves, and the movable frame body can be selectively disposed in at least two of the slide grooves.

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