CN113677114B

CN113677114B - Server apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN113677114B
Application number: CN202010404754.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 游承翰
Original assignee: Chenbro Micom Co Ltd
Current assignee: Chenbro Micom Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-05-14
Filing date: 2020-05-14
Publication date: 2022-12-30
Anticipated expiration: 2040-05-14
Also published as: CN113677114A

Abstract

A server device and a tenon clamping mechanism thereof are provided, wherein the tenon clamping mechanism comprises a support, a sliding element, a tenon clamping part, an elastic element and a touch element. The sliding element can be positioned on the bracket in a sliding way, and the tenon part is fixedly connected with the sliding element. The elastic element connects the bracket and the sliding element. The trigger element comprises an elongated frame, a pressing part and a through opening. The long frame can be glidingly arranged on the bracket, and the pressing part and the through hole are formed on one surface of the long frame. The pressing part is directly pressed by the tenon clamping part. Therefore, the structure not only does not occupy the configuration space of the unit rack, but also reduces the complexity of the installation process of the unit rack.

Description

Server apparatus

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a latch mechanism, and more particularly, to a server device having a latch mechanism.

Background

Generally, a conventional server unit is provided with a latch mechanism to position the server unit at a predetermined position in a cabinet and prevent the server unit from undesirably swinging in the cabinet and even separating from a slide rail, which causes a safety concern.

However, the tenon engaging mechanisms of the conventional server units are all located in the casing of the server unit, which not only occupies the configuration space, but also increases the complexity of the installation process.

Therefore, how to develop a solution to improve the above-mentioned disadvantages and inconveniences is an important issue that related manufacturers have been reluctant to find.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a server device and a tenon clamping mechanism thereof, which are used for solving the problems in the prior art.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the tenon engaging mechanism includes a bracket, a sliding element, a tenon engaging portion, a first elastic element and a triggering element. The sliding element is slidably positioned on the carriage. The tenon part is fixedly connected with the sliding element. The first elastic element connects the bracket and the sliding element. The touch element comprises an elongated frame, a pressing part and a through opening. The elongated frame is slidably positioned on the carriage. The pressing part and the through hole are formed on one surface of the long frame. The pressing part is directly pressed by the tenon clamping part. Therefore, when the trigger element is pushed to move the through hole to the tenon clamping part, the first elastic element enables the tenon clamping part to extend into the through hole.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the tenon engaging mechanism of the above embodiments, the support has a front frame, and two opposite sides of the front frame respectively have a groove and a break, and the break is communicated with the groove. The sliding element further comprises a handle part and a sliding block. The handle part can be glidingly positioned on one surface of the front frame, which is opposite to the groove, and the sliding block enters the groove through the crevasse and can be glidingly positioned in the groove. The first elastic element is respectively abutted against the sliding block and the inner wall of the front frame in the groove.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the mortise and tenon mechanism of the above embodiments, the sliding element further has a bearing pin. The bearing pin is inserted on the sliding block and penetrates through the first elastic element and the inner wall of the front frame. When the tenon part exits the through hole, the sliding block and the inner wall of the front frame compress the first elastic element.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the tenon engaging mechanism of the above embodiments, the support further includes a side frame. The side frame is adjacent to the front frame, so that the long frame can be positioned on the side frame in a sliding mode, and the long axis direction of the front frame is orthogonal to the long axis direction of the side frame.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, the latch mechanism in the above embodiments further includes a second elastic element. The second elastic element is connected with the side frame and the long frame. When the tenon part exits the through hole, the second elastic element pushes the touch element, so that the tenon part moves from the through hole to the pressing part and directly touches and presses the pressing part.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server apparatus includes a rack, at least one guide rail, and a unit rack. The frame is provided with a frame body, a stop block and a fixing groove. The stop block and the fixing groove are respectively positioned on the frame body. The guide rail is fixedly connected with the inner side surface of the frame body. The unit frame comprises a tray device and a tenon clamping mechanism. The tray device comprises a casing and at least one slide rail. The housing is removably positioned within the frame. The slide rail is fixedly arranged on the outer side of the casing and can be glidingly positioned on the guide rail. The tenon clamping mechanism comprises a bracket, a sliding element, a tenon clamping part, a first elastic element and a touch element. The bracket is positioned at the outer side of the casing, and the sliding element can be slidably positioned on the bracket. The tenon part is fixedly connected with the sliding element. The first elastic element is connected with the bracket and the sliding element. The touch element comprises an elongated frame, a through opening and a pressing part. The long frame can be glidingly arranged on the bracket, and the through hole is formed on one surface of the long frame. The pressing part is positioned on the surface of the long frame and is directly pressed by the tenon clamping part.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the server apparatus of the above embodiments, the bracket includes a front frame, and two opposite sides of the front frame respectively have a groove and a break. The break is connected to the trench. The sliding element further comprises a handle part and a sliding block. The handle part is slidably positioned on one surface of the front frame opposite to the groove. The sliding block enters the groove through the crevasse and can be positioned in the groove in a sliding manner. The first elastic element is respectively abutted against an inner wall of the front frame and the sliding block in the groove.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, the server apparatus further includes a carrying pin. The bearing pin is inserted on the sliding block and penetrates through the first elastic element and the inner wall of the front frame. When the tenon part exits the through hole, the sliding block and the inner wall of the front frame compress the first elastic element.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the server apparatus of the above embodiments, the support further includes a side frame. The side frame is adjacent to the front frame and is positioned below the slide rail, so that the long frame can be slidably positioned on the side frame. Therefore, the long axis direction of the front frame and the long axis direction of the side frame are orthogonal to each other.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, the server apparatus further includes a second elastic element. The second elastic element connects the side frame and the elongated frame. Therefore, when the tenon part exits the through hole, the second elastic element pushes the touch element, so that the tenon part moves from the through hole to the pressing part and directly touches the pressing part.

Therefore, when the casing slides along the guide rail until the stop block pushes the touch element, so that the through hole moves to the tenon clamping part and aligns with the fixing groove, the tenon clamping part extends into the fixing groove from the through hole by the first elastic element, so that the tray device is fixed on the frame.

Therefore, the architecture described in the above embodiment not only does not occupy the configuration space of the unit rack, but also reduces the complexity of the installation process of the unit rack.

The foregoing is illustrative only of the problems, solutions to problems, and other problems that are addressed by the present invention, and the specific details thereof are set forth in the following description and the associated drawings.

Drawings

In order to make the aforementioned and other objects, features, and advantages of the invention, as well as others which will become apparent, reference is made to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a latch mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the latch mechanism of FIG. 1;

FIGS. 3A and 3B are schematic views illustrating the operation of the latch mechanism of FIG. 1; and

fig. 4 is an exploded view of a server device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[ notation ] to show

10 tenon clamping mechanism

100 support

110 front frame

111 break opening

112 groove

113 inner wall

120, side frame

121: groove

122, lugs

130 first cover plate

140 second cover plate

150 stud

200 sliding element

210 is a plate body

220 handle part

230 sliding block

240 tenon part

250 bearing pin

300 touch element

310 long frame

311 concave part

312 pressing part

313, through hole

320 containing groove

330 guide groove

400 first elastic element

500 second elastic element

600 server device

610: frame

611, frame body

612 stop block

613 fixing groove

614 guide rail

615 outer column

616 inner space

620 unit frame

630 tray device

631 casing

632 outer side

633 sliding rail

D1 first direction

D2 the second direction

D3 third Direction

D4 in the fourth direction

L1, L2 in the longitudinal direction

Detailed Description

In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous implementation details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the various embodiments of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that these implementation details are not required in some embodiments of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. In addition, for the sake of simplicity, some conventional structures and elements are shown in the drawings in a simple schematic manner. In addition, the dimensions of the various elements in the drawings are not necessarily to scale, for the convenience of the reader.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a latch mechanism 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the latch mechanism 10 of fig. 1. Fig. 3A and 3B are schematic views illustrating the operation of the latch mechanism 10 of fig. 1. As shown in fig. 1 to fig. 3A, in the present embodiment, the latch mechanism 10 includes a bracket 100, a sliding element 200, a latch portion 240, a first elastic element 400 and a triggering element 300. The sliding element 200 is slidably positioned on the carriage 100. The tenon portion 240 is fixedly coupled to the sliding member 200. The first elastic member 400 connects the bracket 100 and the sliding member 200. The touching element 300 comprises an elongated frame 310, a pressing portion 312 and a through opening 313. The elongated frame 310 is slidably positioned on the stent 100. The pressing portion 312 and the through hole 313 are formed on one surface of the elongated frame 310. The pressing portion 312 is connected to the through hole 313 and directly pressed by the tenon portion 240.

More specifically, in the present embodiment, the bracket 100 includes a front frame 110, a side frame 120, a first cover 130 and a second cover 140. The side frame 120 is adjacent to the front frame 110, and the long axis direction L1 of the front frame 110 and the long axis direction L2 of the side frame 120 intersect with each other, or even are orthogonal to each other. Two opposite sides of the front frame 110 respectively have a groove 112 and a break 111, and the break 111 connects the groove 112.

The sliding element 200 further includes a plate 210, a handle 220 and at least one sliding block 230. The plate 210 is slidably located on a side of the front frame 110 opposite to the groove 112, and a long axis direction L1 of the plate 210 and a long axis direction L2 of the long frame 310 intersect with each other, or even are orthogonal to each other. The handle portion 220 is located at one side of the plate body 210. The sliding block 230 is located on the other side of the plate 210 and enters the groove 112 through the crevasse 111 so as to be slidably located in the groove 112. The tenon portion 240 is formed in a wedge shape, for example, and is integrally formed at one end of the plate body 210. The first elastic element 400 is, for example, a compression spring, and abuts against the sliding block 230 and the inner wall 113 of the front frame 110 in the groove 112. Thus, when the sliding block 230 and the inner wall 113 of the front frame 110 compress the first elastic element 400, the first resilient force stored in the first elastic element 400 continuously makes the latch 240 directly contact the pressing portion 312 of the touch element 300. The first cover plate 130 is fixed on the front frame 110 and covers the groove 112, so that the sliding block 230 and the first elastic element 400 are stably limited in the groove 112.

The sliding element 200 further includes a bearing pin 250. The bearing pin 250 is inserted on the sliding block 230 and passes through the first elastic element 400 and the inner wall 113 of the front frame 110 (fig. 3A). Therefore, the bearing pin 250 can extend and contract on the front frame 110 along with the sliding block 230 to compress the first elastic element 400.

In addition, one side of the side frame 120 has a groove 121, and the elongated frame 310 is slidably disposed in the groove 121. More specifically, the elongated frame 310 further has a recess 311, a receiving groove 320 and two guiding grooves 330. The concave portion 311, the accommodating groove 320 and the guide groove 330 are all formed on one surface of the elongated frame 310 opposite to the side frame 120, and one of the guide grooves 330 is located between the concave portion 311 and the accommodating groove 320. The pressing portion 312 and the through hole 313 are both located at the bottom of the recess 311, and the pressing portion 312 and the through hole 313 are connected to each other. The bracket 100 further has two studs 150. One end of each stud 150 is locked on the side frame 120, and the other end is slidably located in the corresponding guide slot 330, so that the long frame 310 can slide back and forth in the groove 121 through the guiding of the studs 150 in the guide slots 330.

In this embodiment, the mortise and tenon mechanism 10 further includes a second elastic member 500. The second elastic element 500 connects the side frame 120 with the elongated frame 310. The second elastic element 500 is, for example, a compression spring, and abuts against the elongated frame 310 and a lug 122 of the side frame 120 in the accommodating groove 320. The stored second resilient force of the second elastic element 500 after compression can return the elongate frame 310 to the original position. The second cover plate 140 is locked on the side frame 120 and covers the groove 121, so that the touch element 300 and the second elastic element 500 are stably limited in the groove 121.

In order to clearly show the continuous operation of the latch mechanism 10, fig. 3A and 3B respectively omit the first cover plate 130 and the second cover plate 140 of the bracket 100 to see through the bracket 100.

Thus, as shown in fig. 3A, when the one end of the triggering member 300 is pushed toward the first direction D1, such that the through hole 313 moves toward the first direction D1 and aligns with the tenon portion 240 (fig. 3B), the first resilient force of the first resilient member 400 immediately pushes the tenon portion 240 into the through hole 313 toward the third direction D3 (fig. 3B). When the touching element 300 is pushed down at the same time, the long frame 310 and the lug 122 of the side frame 120 compress the second elastic element 500 to store the second resilience (fig. 3B).

Conversely, as shown in fig. 3B, when the sliding element 200 is moved toward the fourth direction D4 through the handle portion 220, and the tenon portion 240 is withdrawn from the through hole 313 toward the fourth direction D4 (fig. 3A), the second resilient force of the second elastic element 500 immediately pushes the touch element 300 toward the second direction D2, so that the tenon portion 240 withdrawn from the through hole 313 is immediately moved from the through hole 313 to the pressing portion 312, and thus the pressing portion 312 stops the tenon portion 240 from moving toward the third direction D3 (fig. 3A). When the tenon 240 exits the through hole 313, the sliding block 230 and the inner wall 113 of the front frame 110 compress the first elastic element 400 to store the first resilient force (fig. 3A).

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of a server device 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the server apparatus 600 includes a rack 610, two guide rails 614, and at least one unit rack 620. The frame 610 has a frame body 611, two stop blocks 612 and two fixing slots 613. Each rail 614 is fixedly connected to the inner side surface of the frame body 611. The stop block 612 and the fixing groove 613 are respectively located on the frame body 611.

In the present embodiment, for example, the frame 611 includes four outer columns 615. The outer columns 615 are vertically spaced apart to collectively enclose an interior space 616. Each rail 614 has affixed thereto two outer columns 615. In this manner, the case 631 can slide along the guide rail 614 into the inner space 616 of the frame 611. The stop block 612 and the fixing groove 613 are respectively located on the guide rail 614, for example, the fixing groove 613 is located at the entrance of the guide rail 614 closer to the inner space 616, and the stop block 612 is located at the entrance of the guide rail 614 farther from the inner space 616.

Each unit frame 620 includes a tray unit 630 and two of the latch mechanisms 10 described above. The tray device 630 includes a housing 631 and two slide rails 633. The case 631 is removably positioned in the housing 611. The slide rails 633 are oppositely fixed on the outer side 632 of the casing 631 and slidably located on the corresponding guide rails 614.

As shown in fig. 2 and 4, each latch mechanism 10 includes a bracket 100, a sliding member 200, a latch portion 240, a first elastic member 400 and a triggering member 300. The bracket 100 is located at the outer side 632 of the case 631. In the embodiment, the front frame 110 of the support 100 is located at the front end of the casing 631, and the side frame 120 of the support 100 is located at the outer side 632 of the casing 631 and is located under the corresponding slide rail 633. The sliding element 200 is slidably positioned on the carriage 100. The tenon portion 240 is fixedly connected to the sliding member 200. The first elastic member 400 connects the bracket 100 and the sliding member 200. The touching element 300 comprises an elongated frame 310, a through opening 313 and a pressing portion 312. The long frame 310 is slidably disposed on the bracket 100, and a through hole 313 is formed on one side of the long frame 310. The pressing portion 312 is located on the surface of the long frame 310 and is directly pressed by the tenon portion 240.

Thus, when the housing 631 moves into the frame body 611 and slides along the guide rail 614 to a specific position via the slide rail 633, the first elastic element 400 extends the tenon portion 240 from the through hole 313 into the fixing groove 613 when the stop blocks 612 in the frame body 611 respectively push the corresponding trigger elements 300, so that the through hole 313 of each tenon mechanism 10 exactly moves to the tenon portion 240 and aligns with the fixing groove 613. Therefore, the tray device 630 can be fixed on the frame 610 by the tenon 240 being locked in the fixing groove 613.

It should be understood that, in addition to the stop block 612 being used to trigger the latch mechanism 10, the stop block 612 can be used as a stop element for preventing the unit frame 620 from moving further.

Therefore, the framework of the above embodiment not only does not occupy the configuration space of the unit rack, but also reduces the complexity of the installation process of the unit rack.

Finally, the above-described embodiments are not intended to limit the invention, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A server apparatus, comprising:

the rack is provided with a rack body, a stop block and a fixed groove, and the stop block and the fixed groove are respectively positioned on the rack body;

at least one guide rail fixedly connected to one inner side surface of the frame body; and

a unit frame, comprising:

the tray device comprises a machine shell and at least one sliding rail, the machine shell is removably positioned in the frame body, and the sliding rail is fixedly arranged on the outer side of the machine shell and can be glidingly positioned on the guide rail; and

a tenon clamping mechanism, which comprises a bracket, a sliding element, a tenon clamping part, a first elastic element and a touch element, wherein the bracket is positioned at the outer side of the casing, the sliding element is positioned on the bracket in a sliding way, the tenon clamping part is fixedly connected with the sliding element, the first elastic element is connected with the bracket and the sliding element, the touch element comprises a long frame, a through hole and a pressing part, the long frame is positioned on the bracket in a sliding way, the through hole is formed on one surface of the long frame, the pressing part is positioned on the surface of the long frame and is directly pressed by the tenon clamping part,

when the casing slides along the guide rail until the stop block pushes the touch element so that the through hole moves to the tenon part and aligns with the fixing groove, the first elastic element enables the tenon part to extend into the fixing groove from the through hole, and the tray device is fixed on the rack.

2. The server apparatus of claim 1, wherein the frame comprises a front frame, two opposite sides of the front frame respectively having a groove and a break, the break connecting the groove; and

the sliding element further comprises a handle part and a sliding block, the handle part can be slidably positioned on one surface of the front frame, which is opposite to the groove, the sliding block enters the groove through the break, and can be slidably positioned in the groove, and the first elastic element respectively abuts against an inner wall of the front frame and the sliding block in the groove.

3. The server apparatus of claim 2, wherein the sliding element further comprises:

a bearing pin inserted on the sliding block and passing through the first elastic element and the inner wall of the front frame,

when the tenon part exits the through hole, the sliding block and the inner wall of the front frame compress the first elastic element.

4. The server apparatus of claim 2, wherein the rack further comprises a side frame adjacent to the front frame and located below the sliding rail for slidably locating the elongated frame thereon,

wherein the long axis direction of the front frame and the long axis direction of the side frame are orthogonal to each other.

5. The server device of claim 4, further comprising:

a second elastic element connecting the side frame and the elongated frame,

when the tenon part exits the through hole, the second elastic element pushes the touch element, so that the tenon part moves from the through hole to the pressing part and directly contacts and presses the pressing part.