TWI839030B - Dummy bracket assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

A dummy bracket assembly includes M dummy brackets and a plurality of clips. The dummy bracket has a standard height and has at least two fixed sides, and each fixed side is provided with a buckle hole. The clips include a support body and two elastic buckle structures. The support body has a first abutting surface and a second abutting surface oppositely arranged, and the first abutting surface and the second abutting surface are used to respectively abut against two dummy brackets. The two elastic buckle structures are integrally formed to extend from the support body, and are used to buckle on the dummy brackets. Wherein, the M dummy brackets are clamped by the clips to form M times standard height bracket to simulate M times the standard height, and M is a natural number greater than 2.

Description

Simulation bracket assembly

The present invention relates to a simulation bracket assembly, and more particularly to a simulation bracket assembly for filling a vacancy in a server.

Generally speaking, after a server is manufactured, it is usually in the most basic configuration state, that is, only the basic equipment is installed inside the server, and the space for other expansion equipment is left vacant, so that other workstations or users can install the required expansion equipment according to actual needs; among them, the most common expansion equipment is mainly graphics cards.

As mentioned above, the area inside the server for installing the graphics card is usually provided with an expansion card frame, and a circuit board and a corresponding slot are provided in the expansion card frame for installing the graphics card.

Please refer to the first figure, which is a cross-sectional schematic diagram showing that when the expansion card rack of the prior art is provided with four expansion card slots, four single-standard height analog brackets are respectively assembled to the four expansion card slots. As shown in the first figure, an expansion card frame PA100 includes a frame body PA1 and four circuit board assemblies PA2 (only one is marked in the figure).

The frame body PA1 has an installation space PAS1, and four circuit board assemblies PA2 are fixed in the installation space PAS1; wherein, the size of the installation space PAS1 is four times the standard height of the display card, that is, the installation space PAS1 can place four sets of display cards, and the four sets of display cards can be connected to the four circuit board assemblies PA2.

However, when the server host is manufactured but the graphics card has not yet been installed, in order to allow the testing or transportation of the server host to proceed smoothly, four simulation brackets PA200 (only one is marked in the figure) are usually installed according to the four circuit board assemblies PA2 set in the expansion card frame PA100. The height of each simulation bracket PA200 is a standard height, so that the server host can simulate the actual installation of the graphics card for testing. Even if the server host does not need to install a graphics card for the time being, these simulation brackets PA200 can also be used for dust prevention or airflow guidance inside the server.

Please continue to refer to the second figure, which is a cross-sectional diagram showing that when the expansion card rack of the prior art is provided with two expansion card slots, two double standard height analog brackets are respectively assembled to the two expansion card slots.

As shown in the first and second figures, in addition to the above-mentioned expansion card frame PA100 which has four circuit board assemblies PA2 arranged in the installation space PAS1 of four times the standard height for installing four sets of standard height display cards, there is also an expansion card frame PA100a which has two circuit board assemblies PA2 arranged in the installation space PAS1 of the same frame body PA1 for installing two sets of double standard height display cards.

Similarly, when no graphics card is installed in the installation space PAS1 of the expansion card frame PA100a, the user can also insert two analog brackets PA200a (only one is marked in the figure) into the slots PA21 of the two circuit board assemblies PA2 respectively, so as to install them in the installation space PAS1; wherein, the difference between the analog bracket PA200a and the analog bracket PA200 is only that the analog bracket PA200a simulates a graphics card with twice the standard height, while the analog bracket PA200 simulates a graphics card with one times the standard height. Therefore, although the height of the analog bracket PA200a is twice the standard height, only one socket strip can be plugged into the circuit board assembly PA2.

As mentioned above, although in the prior art, no matter whether two circuit board assemblies PA2 or four circuit board assemblies PA2 are set in the frame body PA1, you can choose to install a simulation bracket PA200 of one standard height or a simulation bracket PA200a of two standard heights to fill the installation space PAS1 of the frame body PA1, thereby achieving the dustproof and diversion effects, however, no matter whether it is the simulation bracket PA200 or PA200a, it is necessary to open a mold for manufacturing, but because there are two different heights, two molds need to be prepared, which is very inconvenient and time-consuming, resulting in relatively increased labor costs, time costs and material costs.

In view of the fact that in the prior art, the same expansion card frame is often provided with different numbers of circuit board assemblies due to different specifications of the expansion cards to be installed, and therefore the simulation bracket used to fill the gap needs to be developed in various sizes according to the ratio of the installation space to the height and number of the circuit board assemblies, resulting in a large amount of manpower and time being consumed, thereby relatively increasing the manufacturing cost of the server; therefore, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a simulation bracket that can simulate expansion cards of various sizes and specifications according to user needs, so as to effectively reduce costs.

The present invention solves the problems of the prior art by adopting a necessary technical means to provide a simulation bracket assembly, which is used to simulate an expansion card of M times the standard height to be inserted into an expansion card receiving frame of an electronic device, and includes M simulation brackets and a plurality of clamping parts.

Each of the M simulation brackets has a single standard height and at least two fixed sides, and each fixed side is provided with a buckle hole.

The plurality of clamping parts can detachably fix any two adjacent ones of the M simulation brackets when the M simulation brackets are stacked, and each clamping part includes a support body and two elastic buckle structures.

The supporting body has a first abutting surface and a second abutting surface which are arranged opposite to each other. The first abutting surface and the second abutting surface are used to abut against two adjacent ones of the M simulation brackets respectively.

Two elastic buckle structures are integrally formed and extend from the supporting body, and are used to buckle on two adjacent ones of the M simulation brackets, so as to clamp together with the supporting body the at least one buckle hole of the two adjacent ones of the M simulation brackets.

The M simulation brackets are clamped by a plurality of clamping parts to form an M-times standard height bracket to simulate M-times standard height, and M is a natural number greater than 2.

In an auxiliary technical means derived from the above-mentioned necessary technical means, each of the M simulation brackets further includes at least one first clip plate and at least one second clip plate, and the at least one first clip plate and the at least one second clip plate are arranged spaced apart from each other, and the at least one first clip plate is provided with a first clip hole among the at least one clip holes, and the at least one second clip plate is provided with a second clip hole among the at least one clip holes, and the two elastic clip structures of one of the clip parts are respectively clipped to the first clip hole and the second clip hole.

Preferably, the simulated bracket further includes a bracket body, an inner side reinforcement structure and a peripheral wall, the bracket body extends along a first direction, the inner side reinforcement structure protrudes from the bracket body along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the peripheral wall protrudes from the periphery of the bracket body along the second direction, and the at least one first clip plate and the at least one second clip plate are arranged at intervals from each other along the second direction and are respectively connected to the inner side reinforcement structure and the peripheral wall.

In addition, a first elastic buckle structure of the two elastic buckle structures further includes a first connecting portion, a first elastic arm extension portion and a first inverted hook portion, the first connecting portion extends from the supporting body along the second direction, the first elastic arm extension portion extends from the first connecting portion along the first direction, the first inverted hook portion is connected to the end of the first elastic arm extension portion and has a first inverted hook angle, and the first inverted hook angle extends along a first inclined direction inclined to one of the first direction and the second direction to between the first elastic arm extension portion and the supporting body.

One of the two elastic buckle structures further includes a second connecting portion, a second elastic arm extension portion and a second inverted hook portion, the second connecting portion extends from the supporting body along a third direction opposite to the second direction, the second elastic arm extension portion extends from the second connecting portion along the first direction, the second inverted hook portion is connected to the end of the second elastic arm extension portion and has a second inverted hook angle, and the second inverted hook angle extends along a second inclined direction inclined to the first direction and the third direction to between the second elastic arm extension portion and the supporting body.

The simulation bracket assembly of the present invention mainly clamps any two adjacent simulation brackets by means of a clamping piece, so as to effectively enable multiple simulation brackets with a single standard height to reach a height of more than twice the standard height through the clamping of the clamping piece, thereby simulating expansion cards of various multiples to be set in the expansion card accommodating frame.

The specific embodiments of the present invention will be further described by the following embodiments and drawings.

Please refer to Figures 3 to 7, Figure 3 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram showing the simulation bracket assembly of the present invention; Figure 4 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram showing another viewing angle of the simulation bracket assembly of the present invention; Figure 5 is a three-dimensional exploded schematic diagram showing a partial decomposition of the simulation bracket assembly of the present invention; Figure 6 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram showing the clamping piece of the present invention; Figure 7 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the clamping piece of Figure 6 after being partially cut along cutting line B.

As shown in the third to seventh figures, a simulation bracket assembly 100 includes two simulation brackets 1 and 1a and four clamping parts 2, 2a, 2b and 2c. The two simulation brackets 1 and 1a are of the same structure, and the four clamping parts 2, 2a, 2b and 2c are also of the same structure, so the following mainly describes the overall matching relationship between the simulation bracket 1 or 1a and the clamping parts 2, 2a, 2b or 2c.

As mentioned above, the simulation bracket 1 includes a bracket body 11, an inner side reinforcement structure 12, a peripheral wall 13, four first clamping plates 14 (only one is marked in the figure) and four second clamping plates 15 (only one is marked in the figure); wherein each simulation bracket 1 has a single standard height h, and has three fixed sides 1S1, 1S2 and 1S3 and a group connection side 1S4, and the fixed sides 1S1 and 1S2 are arranged opposite to each other at the two ends of the fixed side 1S3 and the group connection side 1S4.

The support body 11 extends along a first direction D1 and is a flat plate structure. The inner side reinforcement structure 12 is integrally formed and protrudes from the support body 11 along a second direction D2 perpendicular to the first direction D1; wherein the inner side reinforcement structure 12 of this embodiment is a lattice structure, which can effectively improve the strength of the support body 11.

The peripheral wall 13 is formed by integrally protruding from the periphery of the bracket body 11 along the second direction D2; wherein the portion of the inner side reinforcing structure 12 extending to the peripheral wall 13 is also integrally connected to the peripheral wall 13.

Four first clamping plates 14 are integrally connected to the bracket body 11 and are located at three fixed sides 1S1, 1S2 and 1S3 respectively; wherein the fixed side 1S1 is provided with one first clamping plate 14, the fixed side 1S2 is provided with two first clamping plates 14, and the fixed side 1S3 is provided with one first clamping plate 14.

The four second clamping plates 15 are integrally connected to the inner reinforcing structure 12 and the peripheral wall 13 , respectively. The four second clamping plates 15 are spaced apart and arranged at the fixed sides 1S1 , 1S2 , and 1S3 corresponding to the four first clamping plates 14 .

As mentioned above, each first clamping plate 14 is provided with a first clamping hole 141 (marked in FIG. 8 ) and a guide limit hole 142 (only one is marked in the figure), and each second clamping plate 15 is provided with a second clamping hole 151 (only one is marked in the figure) and a guide limit hole 152 (only one is marked in the figure).

The structures of the clamping parts 2, 2a, 2b and 2c are the same. Taking the clamping part 2a as an example, the clamping part 2a is an integrally formed structure, and the clamping part 2a includes a supporting body 21a, a first elastic buckle structure 22a and a second elastic buckle structure 23a. The supporting body 21a has a first abutting surface 211a and a second abutting surface 212a arranged opposite to each other. The first elastic buckle structure 22a includes a first connecting portion 221a, a first elastic arm extension portion 222a and a first hook portion 223a. The first connecting portion 221a is formed by extending from the first abutting surface 211a along the second direction D2, and the first elastic arm extension portion 222a is formed by extending from the first connecting portion 221a along the first direction D1. The first hook portion 223a is connected to the end of the first elastic arm extension portion 222a and has a first hook angle 2231a. The first hook angle 2231a extends along a first inclined direction D4 inclined to the first direction D1 and the second direction D2 to between the first elastic arm extension portion 222a and the supporting body 21a.

Similarly, the second elastic buckle structure 23a also includes a second connecting portion 231a, a second elastic arm extension portion 232a and a second hook portion 233a. The second connecting portion 231a is formed by extending from the second abutting surface 212a along a third direction D3 opposite to the second direction D2, and the second elastic arm extension portion 232a is formed by extending from the second connecting portion 231a along the first direction D1. The second hook portion 233a is connected to the end of the second elastic arm extension portion 232a and has a second hook angle 2331a. The second hook angle 2331a extends along a second inclined direction D5 inclined to the first direction D1 and the third direction D3 to between the second elastic arm extension portion 232a and the supporting body 21a.

Please continue to refer to Figure 8, which is a schematic diagram of the A-A section of Figure 5. As shown in Figures 3 to 8, the clamping member 2a is used to detachably fix the adjacent simulation brackets 1 and 1a when the simulation brackets 1 and 1a are stacked; wherein the clamping member 2a extends into between the simulation brackets 1 and 1a along the first direction D1, so that the support body 21a extends into between the first clamping plate 14 of the simulation bracket 1 and the second clamping plate 15a of the simulation bracket 1, and further the first abutting surface 211a and the second abutting surface 212a are respectively abutted on The first clamping plate 14 of the simulation bracket 1 and the second clamping plate 15a of the simulation bracket 1a; wherein, when the clamping member 2a extends into between the simulation brackets 1 and 1a along the first direction D1, the guide positioning protrusions 24a and 25a are respectively and cooperatively clamped in the guide limiting hole 142 of the first clamping plate 14 and the guide limiting hole 152a of the second clamping plate 15a, so that the first clamping plate 14 and the second clamping plate 15a are relatively fixed without shaking.

As mentioned above, when the clamping member 2a extends between the simulation brackets 1 and 1a, the first inverted hook angle 2231a of the first elastic snap structure 22a will be correspondingly snapped into the first snap hole 141 of the first snap plate 14, and the second inverted hook angle 2331a of the second elastic snap structure 23a will be correspondingly snapped into the second snap hole 151a of the second snap plate 15a, so as to clamp the simulation brackets 1 and 1a together with the supporting body 21a.

In addition, when the user needs to release the buckle of the clamping member 2a, the user can reach into the space between the first clamping plate 14 and the second clamping plate 15 from the space between the inner reinforcement structure 12 and the peripheral wall 13, and then move the first elastic buckle structure 22a to disengage the first hook portion 223a from the buckle; similarly, the user can also move the second elastic buckle structure 23a from the simulation bracket 1a to release the buckle.

It should be noted that, although in the present embodiment, the three fixed sides 1S1, 1S2 and 1S3 of the simulation bracket 1 are fixedly connected to the corresponding fixed sides of the simulation bracket 1a by clamping parts 2, 2a, 2b and 2c, in other embodiments, the simulation bracket 1 and the simulation bracket 1a can be fixed to each other as long as two of the three fixed sides 1S1, 1S2 and 1S3 are fixed by clamping parts 2, 2a, 2b or 2c.

In addition, in this embodiment, since the simulation bracket assembly 100 includes two simulation brackets 1 and 1a, and the two simulation brackets 1 and 1a are clamped by four clamping members 2, 2a, 2b and 2c, a 2-times standard height bracket can be formed to simulate 2-times standard height, but it is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the simulation bracket assembly may also include M simulation brackets, and the M simulation brackets are also clamped by a plurality of clamping members to form an M-times standard height bracket to simulate M-times standard height, where M is a natural number greater than 2. However, the simulation bracket 1 may also be used alone to simulate an expansion card of 1-times standard height.

Please continue to refer to Figure 9, which is a cross-sectional diagram showing the analog bracket assembly of the present invention inserted into an expansion card rack with two expansion card slots. As shown in the third to seventh figures, the simulation bracket assembly 100 of the present embodiment is used to simulate an expansion card of twice the standard height to be inserted into an expansion card receiving frame 200 of an electronic device (not shown in the figure, for example, a server); wherein the expansion card receiving frame 200 has a receiving space S, and in the present embodiment, since the receiving space S is a space of four times the standard height, in practice, in addition to the above-mentioned simulation bracket assembly 100, another set of simulation bracket assembly 100a is also placed in the receiving space S, so as to fill the receiving space S by simulating two expansion cards of twice the standard height through the simulation bracket assemblies 100 and 100a.

In summary, compared to the prior art which requires the development of various specifications of simulation brackets according to the ratio of the installation space and the height and quantity of the circuit board components, resulting in increased manufacturing costs, the simulation bracket assembly of the present invention can fix any two adjacent simulation brackets by means of a clamping piece, thereby effectively allowing multiple simulation brackets to reach more than twice the standard height through the clamping of the clamping piece, thereby simulating various multiples of expansion cards to be set in the expansion card accommodating frame.

In one embodiment of the present invention, 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.

The above detailed description of the preferred specific embodiments is intended to more clearly describe the features and spirit of the present invention, but is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention by the preferred specific embodiments disclosed above. On the contrary, the purpose is to cover various changes and arrangements with equivalents within the scope of the patent application for the present invention.

PA100,PA100a: expansion card frame PA1: frame body PAS1: installation space PA2: circuit board assembly PA21: slot PA200,PA200a: simulation bracket 100,100a: simulation bracket assembly 1,1a: simulation bracket 1S1,1S2,1S3: fixed side 1S4: assembly side 11: bracket body 12: inner side reinforcement structure 13: peripheral wall 14: first clamping plate 141: first clamping hole 15,15a: second clamping plate 151,151a: second clamping hole 142,152,142a,152a: guide limit hole 2,2a,2b,2c: clamping piece 21a: Support body 211a: First abutment surface 212a: Second abutment surface 22a: First elastic buckle structure 221a: First connection part 222a: First elastic arm extension part 223a: First hook part 2231a: First hook angle 24a, 25a: Guide positioning protrusion 23a: Second elastic buckle structure 231a: Second connection part 232a: Second elastic arm extension part 233a: Second hook part 2331a: Second hook angle 200: Expansion card accommodating frame h: Single standard height S: Accommodating space D1: First direction D2: Second direction D3: Third direction D4: First tilt direction D5: Second tilt direction

The first figure is a cross-sectional schematic diagram showing that when the expansion card rack of the prior art is provided with four expansion card slots, four single-standard-height analog brackets are respectively assembled to the four expansion card slots; The second figure is a cross-sectional schematic diagram showing that when the expansion card rack of the prior art is provided with two expansion card slots, two double-standard-height analog brackets are respectively assembled to the two expansion card slots; The third figure is a three-dimensional schematic diagram showing the analog bracket assembly of the present invention; The fourth figure is a three-dimensional schematic diagram showing another viewing angle of the analog bracket assembly of the present invention; The fifth figure is a three-dimensional exploded schematic diagram showing a partial decomposition of the analog bracket assembly of the present invention; The sixth figure is a three-dimensional schematic diagram showing the clamping piece of the present invention; The seventh figure is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the clamping piece of the sixth figure after being partially cut along the cutting line B; FIG8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the A-A section of FIG5; and FIG9 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the analog bracket assembly of the present invention inserted into an expansion card rack having two expansion card slots.

100: Simulation bracket assembly

1,1a: Simulation bracket

1S1,1S2,1S3: Fixed side

1S4: Group connection side

11: Bracket body

12: Internal reinforcement structure

13: Peripheral wall

14: First card plate

15: Second card plate

151: Second buckle hole

152: Guide limit hole

2a, 2b, 2c: Clamping parts

h: Single standard height

Claims (6)

A simulation bracket assembly is used to simulate an expansion card of M times the standard height to be inserted into an expansion card receiving frame of an electronic device, and includes: M simulation brackets, each of the M simulation brackets has a single standard height and at least two fixed sides, and each of the at least two fixed sides is provided with at least one buckle hole; and a plurality of clips, which are used to detachably fix all two adjacent ones of the M simulation brackets when the M simulation brackets are stacked, and each of the at least one clip includes: a support body, having a first abutting surface and a second abutting surface arranged opposite to each other, the first abutting surface and the second abutting surface are used to abut against two adjacent ones of the M simulation brackets respectively; and Two elastic buckle structures are integrally formed and extend from the supporting body, and are used to buckle in at least one buckle hole of two adjacent ones of the M simulation brackets, so as to clamp two adjacent ones of the M simulation brackets together with the supporting body; Wherein, the M simulation brackets are clamped by the clamping parts to form an M-times standard height bracket to simulate the M-times standard height, and M is a natural number greater than 2. A simulation bracket assembly as described in claim 1, wherein each of the M simulation brackets further includes at least one first clip plate and at least one second clip plate, the at least one first clip plate and the at least one second clip plate are arranged spaced apart from each other, and the at least one first clip plate is provided with a first clip hole among the at least one clip holes, and the at least one second clip plate is provided with a second clip hole among the at least one clip holes, and the two elastic clip structures of one of the clips are respectively clipped to the first clip hole and the second clip hole. A simulated bracket assembly as described in claim 2, wherein the simulated bracket further includes a bracket body, an inner side reinforcement structure and a peripheral wall, the bracket body extends along a first direction, the inner side reinforcement structure protrudes from the bracket body along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the peripheral wall protrudes from the periphery of the bracket body along the second direction, and the at least one first clip plate and the at least one second clip plate are arranged at intervals from each other along the second direction and are respectively connected to the inner side reinforcement structure and the peripheral wall. A simulation bracket assembly as described in claim 3, wherein a first elastic snap-in structure of the two elastic snap-in structures further comprises a first connecting portion, a first elastic arm extension portion and a first hook portion, wherein the first connecting portion extends from the supporting body along the second direction, the first elastic arm extension portion extends from the first connecting portion along the first direction, the first hook portion is connected to the end of the first elastic arm extension portion and has a first hook angle, and the first hook angle extends along a first inclined direction inclined to one of the first direction and the second direction to between the first elastic arm extension portion and the supporting body. A simulation bracket assembly as described in claim 4, wherein one of the two elastic snap-in structures further includes a second connecting portion, a second elastic arm extension portion and a second hook portion, the second connecting portion extends from the support body along a third direction opposite to the second direction, the second elastic arm extension portion extends from the second connecting portion along the first direction, the second hook portion is connected to the end of the second elastic arm extension portion and has a second hook angle, and the second hook angle extends along a second inclined direction inclined to the first direction and the third direction to between the second elastic arm extension portion and the support body. A simulation bracket assembly as described in claim 1, wherein each of the at least two fixed sides is further provided with at least one guide limit hole, and each of the at least one clamping parts further includes at least one guide positioning protrusion, and the at least one guide positioning protrusion is used to be fitted in the at least one guide limit hole when each of the at least one clamping parts fixes all two adjacent ones of the M simulation brackets.

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