[background technology]
The generation of computer and its develop fast; for modern humans's data is preserved and resource-sharing provides great convenience; but; in the actual life, office occurs leaving or family is gone on business, handled official business to another place, need to carry the file of a large amount of files, data or individual secret simultaneously through regular meeting; and no matter be traditional desktop PC; or portable luggable computer, it is big all to exist volume, the shortcoming that inconvenience is carried.For this reason, removable mobile storage has just produced, and it makes the great mass of data that is stored in the storage device be able to move with the user.
Portable hard drive mainly is made of hard disk body and printed circuit board (PCB), and hard disk body and printed circuit board (PCB) electrically connect, and reaches storage and the function of transmitting data.It has little, the easy to carry characteristic of volume, but in carrying or the carrying in assembly, what be afraid of most is vibrations, in case portable hard drive is subjected to foreign impacts power, all can the memory property and the transmission performance of hard disk body be impacted, even make all interior loss of datas of portable hard drive.So general portable hard drive all has a shell, in order to protection hard disk body and printed circuit board (PCB).For avoiding the electric component on the printed circuit board (PCB) to be squeezed, shell is made with material usually, and shell can be with the vibrations that are subjected to, impact to the miscellaneous part transmission that is attached thereto.
A kind of existing technology such as China Intellectual Property Office on June 18th, 2003 authorize, the patent No. is 02271716.1, denomination of invention is the innovation and creation of " mobile hard disc box "; this patent has disclosed a kind of mobile hard disc box; as shown in Figure 1; it is by being arranged with the protective sleeve made from silica gel material 3 on the surface of box body 1; and between two medial surfaces of box body 1 and described built-in hard disk body (hard disk), be provided with flexible shockproof 5,7, reach and prevent that hard disk body (hard disk) is because of being subjected to extraneous impact, the purpose that vibrations damage.But, the direction that the hard disk body is connected with printed circuit board (PCB) is because needs transmission data, so comparatively reliable and stable connection must be arranged, and prior art is all used on the connected mode of hard disk body and printed circuit board (PCB) and is connected, promptly, the contact pin of hard disk body directly inserts in the socket of printed circuit board (PCB), and printed circuit board (PCB) also is connected with mobile hard disc box.Existing this patent only can protect the hard disk body to avoid shaking and damaging to a certain extent; but when product falls earthward from eminence; when being subjected to greater impact; impact is directly delivered to printed circuit board (PCB) by the touchdown point of shell in solid; be delivered to the hard disk body by printed circuit board (PCB) and being connected of hard disk body again; make contact pin fracture or bending, the hard disk body also can be damaged, and makes the transmit data functionality of portable hard drive and the corrupted data of its storage.
[summary of the invention]
For solving the existing shockproof impaired problem of electric connection that inadequately, easily makes between printed circuit board (PCB) and the hard disk body of above-mentioned existing portable hard drive; main purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of portable hard drive; it has favorable shock resistance, can effectively protect the electric connection between hard disk body and printed circuit board (PCB) and the hard disk body.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of mobile hard disc box; it has favorable shock resistance; strengthen the electric connection of the electrical interface between printed circuit board (PCB) and the hard disk body, and strengthen protection, prolong the useful life of portable hard drive the hard disk body.
Portable hard drive provided by the invention comprises printed circuit board (PCB), and it has external terminal and interior connecting terminal; Peripheral Interface electrically connects with external terminal; The hard disk body, it has electrical interface; With the shell that is used to hold printed circuit board (PCB), hard disk body; Between the interior connecting terminal of described printed circuit board (PCB) and the electrical interface of hard disk body be connected and the external terminal of printed circuit board (PCB) and Peripheral Interface between be connected in both have at least one to be to electrically connect by the flexible electrical connector, be separated with flexible body between hard disk body and the shell.
Another preferred version of the present invention is: shell is provided, and it comprises loam cake and lower cover, and loam cake and lower cover cooperate the formation container cavity, have opening on the shell; Peripheral Interface, the opening of its corresponding shell, and with the shell relative fixed; And printed circuit board (PCB), it holds in the enclosure, comprises external terminal and interior connecting terminal; The interior connecting terminal of described printed circuit board (PCB) is connected with between the external terminal of match with hard-disk interface flexible electrical connector and/or printed circuit board (PCB) and the Peripheral Interface and electrically connects by the flexible electrical connector.
The present invention further optimization scheme is: described flexible electrical connector comprises the flexible socket that links to each other with connecting terminal, external terminal in the printed circuit board (PCB).
A progressive preferred version more of the present invention is: described flexible electrical connector comprises soft arranging wire.
A progressive preferred version more of the present invention is: described flexible electrical connector comprises flexible socket and the soft arranging wire that links to each other with connecting terminal, external terminal in the printed circuit board (PCB), and described socket and soft arranging wire are electrical connected.
A progressive preferred version more of the present invention is: be provided with shock-absorbing means on the end angle of described hard disk body or in the end angle of shell.
Portable hard drive of the present invention and mobile hard disc box; be connected between printed circuit board (PCB) and hard disk body and the Peripheral Interface by a flexible electrical connector; because flexible electrical connector such as soft arranging wire, flexible socket have the characteristic of softness, flexible, elastic recovery; the effect that vibrations or the impact that passes from printed circuit board (PCB) to the hard disk body had buffering, thus electric connection between hard disk body and printed circuit board (PCB) and hard disk body effectively protected.In addition, the present invention also by on the end angle of hard disk body or the flexible body of tool vibration-absorbing function is set in the end angle of shell, has further strengthened the protection to the hard disk body.
[embodiment]
As shown in Figure 2, be first kind of embodiment of the present invention, portable hard drive of the present invention comprises: printed circuit board (PCB) 1, hard disk body 2, Peripheral Interface (not label) and shell 3; During assembling, shell 3 is accommodated described printed circuit board (PCB) 1 and hard disk body 2 in it, electrically connects by flexible electrical connector 4 between described printed circuit board (PCB) 1 and the hard disk body 2, is separated with flexible body 22 between described hard disk body 2 and the shell 3.
Shell 3 is roughly a square body, and it comprises: loam cake 31, lower cover 32, loam cake 31 and lower cover 32 fasten, and form a cavity, in order to hold described printed circuit board (PCB) 1 and hard disk body 2.On a side of shell 3, offer opening 33, the opening 33 of the corresponding described shell 3 of Peripheral Interface, and with shell 3 relative fixed.
Printed circuit board (PCB) 1 is set up the bridge of the transfer of data between hard disk and peripheral hardware such as computer, it comprises external terminal 11 and interior connecting terminal 12, this external terminal 11 can be the external terminal of interfaces such as USB, IEEE1394, electrically connect the corresponding opening that is arranged on shell 3 33 places of Peripheral Interface with Peripheral Interfaces such as USB, IEEE1394, to link to each other with the corresponding data-interface of peripheral hardware such as USB interface, IEEE1394 interface.
Hard disk body 2 is provided with the electrical interface 21 of externally carrying out transfer of data, by printed circuit board (PCB) 1 and host exchanging data.
Flexible electrical connector 4 is connected between the electrical interface 21 of the interior connecting terminal 11 of printed circuit board (PCB) 1 and hard disk body 2; set up the electric connection of 2 of printed circuit board (PCB) 1 and hard disk bodies; described flexible electrical connector 4 is soft arranging wire in the present embodiment; when portable hard drive is vibrated; during foreign impacts; because soft arranging wire has softness; flexible characteristic; it has effectively slowed down the vibration that is subjected to by printed circuit board (PCB) 1; impact the speed and the intensity that pass to hard disk body 2, thereby effectively protected hard disk body 2 and printed circuit board (PCB) 1 and hard disk body 2 electrical interface between the two.
In order to reach best shockproof, shock resistance effect, described flexible electrical connector 4 also comprises the socket 111 of being located at connecting terminal 11 places in the printed circuit board (PCB) 1, and this socket 111 is made by elastic material such as rubber, silica gel.In such cases, described soft arranging wire is set to the contact pin of an end for cooperating with socket 111.
Understandable; the electrical interface 21 of hard disk body 2 of the present invention can be made as the plug with contact pin; directly match with the flexible socket 111 of printed circuit board (PCB) 1; thereby omission soft arranging wire; utilize the elasticity of socket 111; cushioned because of printed circuit board (PCB) 1 is vibrated, impacts the speed, the intensity that transmit vibration, impact to hard disk body 2, reached protection hard disk body 2 and printed circuit board (PCB) 1 and hard disk body 2 electrical interface between the two equally.
Understandable, the soft arranging wire among the present invention can be welded direct on the interior connecting terminal 11 and hard disk body 2 electrical interface 21 of printed circuit board (PCB) 1 by the mode of welding.
Understandable, it is contact pin that the soft arranging wire among the present invention can be two ends, described hard disk body 2 correspondences socket is set.
In order to strengthen socket to being contained in the fixing of the contact pin in it, prevent to be subjected to vibration, during foreign impacts at portable hard drive, contact pin separation connector and influence the problem of electrical transmission, the socket among the present invention can be designed to the little bellmouth of outer imperial palace.
Described connection hard disk body 2 is the damping foam with the flexible body of shell 3, be filled between hard disk body 2 and the shell 3, in the present embodiment, the side extension that described damping foam is located at four end angles of hard disk body 2 and is prolonged hard disk body 2, simultaneously, between the bottom surface of end face and hard disk body 2 on shell 3 and the hard disk body 2, also be provided with the damping foam.So not only hard disk body 2 is played effect shockproof, damping from front, the back side of portable hard drive, and most importantly also hard disk body 2 is played effect shockproof, damping from four of portable hard drive end angles, because, when portable hard drive when the high-altitude falls, the end angle that its place that contacts with ground at first is a portable hard drive.
Certainly, the flexible body among the present invention also can be the elasticity shock-absorbing means of rubber, silica gel, spring, foamed plastics, inflation or topping up, and it also can be located between the left and right side of shell 3 and hard disk body 2.
During assembling, earlier printed circuit board (PCB) 1 is placed in the lower cover 32 of shell 3, make each Peripheral Interface aim at the opening 33 of its corresponding shell 3, and printed circuit board (PCB) 1 is fixed in the shell 3 by screw or other modes, when preventing that Peripheral Interface on peripheral hardware and the printed circuit board (PCB) 1 from plugging, can't aim at socket owing to rocking of printed circuit board (PCB) 1, thereby cause plug inconvenience.Again with the interior connecting terminal 12 of flexible electrical connector 4 fit printed circuit board 1, this flexible electrical connector 4 can be the elasticity gang socket 111 of the interior connecting terminal 12 of printed circuit board (PCB) 1, also can be that elasticity gang socket 111 cooperates soft arranging wire, can also be the soft arranging wire that is welded direct to connecting terminal 12 places in the printed circuit board (PCB) 1.This moment, then shell 3 and printed circuit board (PCB) 3 formations one had the mobile hard disc box of flexible electrical connector if cover the loam cake 31 of shell 3.
Connect flexible electrical connector 4 to the printed circuit board (PCB) 1 after; the roof that flexible body 22 is fixed to inwall, the shell 3 at the end angle of shell 3 as foam by viscose glue is that the diapire of loam cake 31 roof inboards and shell 3 is the inside bottom wall of lower cover 32; simultaneously can also be on also fixing on the inboard of the sidewall of shell 3 flexible body; be equipped with flexible body on end angle, roof, diapire and the sidewall of shell 3 like this, the device in the shell 3 is reached the anti-vibration protected of multi-angle.
Afterwards, hard disk body 2 is placed in the lower cover 32 of shell 3, and set up the electrical interface of hard disk body 2 and being connected of soft electric connector 4, comprise physical connection and electric connection, at last loam cake 31 is cooperated lower cover 32 and fixing.
Certainly, also flexible body can be fixed on the roof, diapire, sidewall of hard disk body 2 and four the end angles after, attach it to again in the lower cover 32.
Assemble the portable hard drive after complete, all do not have the slit between hard disk body and flexible body, flexible body and the shell, limited the freedom of motion of hard disk on the flexible body direction, played effect fixing or that support.
Fig. 4 is the another one embodiment that the present invention is assembled with the mobile hard disc box of printed circuit board (PCB), flexible electrical connector, in the present embodiment, flexible body is flexible bullet 23, and its branch is located on the inwall of loam cake 31, lower cover 32, comprises on roof, diapire, the sidewall being provided with.In the time of in hard disk body 2 is installed on this mobile hard disc box, the flexible bullet of being located on shell 30 inner roof walls, diapire, the sidewall 23 surrounds this hard disk body 2 from each side, effectively it is played anti-vibration protected effect.
Understandable; in order to reach shockproof function, protection portable hard drive equally; the present invention also provides another scheme: being connected by the flexible electrical connector between the Peripheral Interface in the portable hard drive of the present invention and the external terminal of printed circuit board (PCB) connects Peripheral Interface and mobile hard disc box relative fixed.Described flexible electrical connector and formation described in the above-mentioned embodiment, the mode when being connected are basic identical, do not state tired at this.Then in this embodiment, being connected between printed circuit board (PCB) and the shell can be by connecting as modes such as screws, also can be as above among the embodiment equally by as between the two, add flexible body such as foam and fix.Being connected and can connecting between printed circuit board (PCB) and the hard disk body by modes such as welding, also can be as above among the embodiment equally by flexibly connecting as flexible electrical connectors such as soft arranging wires.In order to strengthen the shockproof function of portable hard drive; can on the inwall of shell and/or on the end angle of shell flexible body be set; then in this scheme, not only the hard disk body has reached six anti-vibration protected effects, and printed circuit board (PCB) also can reach six anti-vibration protected effect.
But the shell of the mobile hard disc box among the present invention can be to be made by the just explosion of a kind of power of having certain impact, cracked material, causes shell explosion, cracked stressed critical point to depend on the ability to bear of the hard disk body in it.Simultaneously in order better to fix its inner device such as hard disk body and printed circuit board (PCB), mobile hard disc box inside is provided with fixed mount as around its madial wall groove or protrude in locating rack in the mobile hard disc box, and described hard disk body and printed circuit board (PCB) are fixed on the described fixed mount.Adopt the mobile hard disc box of this kind scheme, then can be omitted in the flexible body between shell and the hard disk body.When portable hard drive is subjected to extraneous impulsive force, and when this impulsive force exceeds the critical point of bearing of mobile hard disc box sheathing material, this mobile hard disc box shell meeting explosion, cracked, thus the effect of this impulsive force to the hard disk body disperseed, weakened to this impulsive force in the mode of explosion.