JP3002346U - Auxiliary storage device mounting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a structure that facilitates mounting of an auxiliary storage device such as a hard disk drive. [Structure] A mounting unit 11 in which an auxiliary storage device 20 is detachably attached and detached from a side surface of a personal computer body 10, and the mounting unit 1
1 Guide rails 13 and 13A formed on the left and right inner wall surfaces 12 and leaf springs 21a and 21b contacting the guide rails 13 and 13A in a resiliently urged state and the left and right wall surfaces of the mounting portion 12 and a mounting device 21 of the auxiliary storage device 20 having a leaf spring 21c which is elastically urged to contact with 12.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a mounting structure of an auxiliary storage device suitable for a hard disk drive or the like which is an information terminal device of a personal computer.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In the past, when the mounting structure of the auxiliary storage device such as a hard disk drive was detachable, the misalignment between the connector of the auxiliary storage device and the connector of the personal computer body had been a problem, so cables and flexible printed wiring boards ( In the following, it was connected by FPC) or one of the connectors was freed to some extent.

In order to prevent the auxiliary storage device from coming off, a mounting bracket is fixed to the main body with a screw.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, the position of the connector on the hard disk drive side and the connector on the main body side are misaligned due to variations in parts etc.Therefore, if the connector directly attached to the hard disk drive is directly inserted into the connector on the main body side, the connector part It was often stressed, causing problems such as damage to connector pins and peeling of patterns on soldered parts. Further, even if a cable or an FPC is used as a countermeasure against the above-mentioned problem, in that case, there is a drawback that connection work such as insertion of a connector in a narrow space is difficult and the cost of parts used increases.

[0007] Further, fixing the mounting bracket with a screw is cumbersome, and there is a problem that the screw is lost.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and its purpose is to absorb the positional deviation by simply inserting the connector directly attached to the auxiliary storage device into the mounting portion of the personal computer body. The present invention provides a new auxiliary storage device mounting structure.

The present invention also provides a mounting structure for an auxiliary storage device that can be prevented from coming off simply by inserting the unit.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 According to the present invention, the auxiliary storage device is attached / detached to and from the side surface of the PC body, the guide rails are formed on the left and right wall surfaces inside the attachment portion, and the guide rail is elastically urged. And a mounting device for the auxiliary storage device, which has a leaf spring that comes into contact with each other in a state and a leaf spring that comes into contact with the wall surfaces on the left and right sides of the mounting portion in a resiliently urged state. Further, the guide rail is characterized in that it is composed of a first guide rail provided at an upper portion of the mounting portion and a second guide rail provided obliquely below the first guide rail. is there. Further, the leaf spring slidably contacting the first guide rail and the leaf spring slidably contacting the second guide rail are cut and raised in different directions.

Further, the sliding contact portion of the leaf spring slidingly contacting the first guide rail and the sliding contact portion of the leaf spring slidingly contacting the second guide rail are cut and raised in the directions facing each other. To do. Further, a leaf spring is provided at a front end of the mounting device, the leaf spring being engageable with and disengageable from a protrusion at a front end of the guide rail.

[0010]

[Action]

 The auxiliary storage device is elastically urged by leaf springs so that it can move up and down and to the left and right, so that the connectors can be connected even if the positions of the connectors on the PC and auxiliary storage device are misaligned. At times, the mounting device of the auxiliary storage device absorbs the deviation and the connector is easily and surely fitted.

Further, when the connector is connected, the leaf spring is engaged with the projection at the front end of the guide rail, so that the auxiliary storage device is prevented from coming off.

[0012]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 3, when a hard disk drive (hereinafter referred to as HD D) 20 is attachable / detachable to / from the personal computer 10, in the present invention, the HDD 20 is detachably attached from the side surface of the personal computer body 10 into the mounting portion 11. It is like this. A first guide rail 13 and a second guide rail 13A are formed on the left and right wall surfaces 12, 12 inside the mounting portion 11. As shown in FIG. 1 (b), the guide rails 13 and 13A are configured such that the long guide rail 13 is positioned diagonally below the short guide rail 13A, and the long guide rail 13 is attached to the mounting portion. 11 and the short guide rail 13A is provided on the back side of the mounting portion 11, respectively. In the mounting bracket 21 which is a mounting device for the HDD 20, leaf springs 21a and 21b having sliding contact portions 21d and 21e formed at the tips thereof are cut and raised in different directions of the mounting bracket 21, and the upper surface of the guide rail 13 is cut. 13a and the lower surface 13b of the guide rail 13A are in elastically biased state, and the leaf springs 21a and 21b are in contact with and in sliding contact with each other. Further, the sliding contact portion 21e of the leaf spring 21b slidingly contacting the guide rail 13A and the sliding contact portion 21d of 21a slidingly contacting the guide rail 13 are cut and raised in a direction facing each other.

Further, on the wall surfaces 12 on both the left and right sides of the mounting portion 11, the sliding contact portions 21f at the tips of the leaf springs 21c formed on the left and right sides of the fittings 21, 21 are elastically biased. It touches and is in sliding contact. Further, a protrusion 13c is formed on the lower side of the front end of the guide rail 13, and when the HDD 20 is mounted, the tip of the leaf spring 21b at the front end formed on the mounting metal fitting 21 is attached to the protrusion 13c. The locking portion 21h is engaged and the HDD 20 is fixed so as not to come out forward.

Reference numeral 14 is a personal computer main body side connector, and 22 is a HDD 20 side connector, which are attached to the main body 10 side and the HDD 20 side, respectively. Incidentally, 15 is a lid. In the mounting structure of the auxiliary storage device thus configured, when the HDD 20 is inserted into the mounting portion 11 of the personal computer body 10, the guide pin 14a of the connector 14 on the personal computer body 10 side is guided to the guide hole 22a of the connector 20 on the HDD 20 side. Break and fit. At this time, the positional deviation of the connectors 14, 22 in the vertical and horizontal directions absorbs the stress on the connectors 14, 22 because the leaf springs 21a, 21b, 21c of the mounting member 21 have elasticity. As a result, the number of parts used is reduced and workability at the time of mounting is greatly improved.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 50 is a personal computer main body, and 51 is a mounting portion for mounting a CD-ROM drive 52 provided in the personal computer main body 50. A lid 53 is provided on the upper side of the mounting portion 51, and the disc 54 is exchanged by opening and closing the lid 53, the disc 54 is exchanged by pulling out the CD-ROM drive 52, or the CD-ROM drive 52. It is configured so that it can be replaced by detaching it from the PC body 50. For this reason, the disc 54 can be attached and detached from the lateral direction and the upper side, so that the disc 54 can be easily attached and detached in a narrow space or where there is an obstacle on the side, and operability is greatly improved. In addition, the disc 54 is less likely to be damaged.

5 and 6 show an example of the structure of the battery terminal used in the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 30 denotes an insulating plate such as a fiber plate, which is inserted into the groove 16b of the personal computer main body 10, and the holes 31 and 31 of the insulating plate 30 are fitted into the claws 16a and 16a provided on the personal computer main body 10 to insulate the insulating plate. 16 is attached to the personal computer body 10.

The battery terminals 40, 40 are attached to the upper edge of the insulating plate 30 by inserting the claw-shaped pieces 41, 41 of the battery terminal 40 into the holes 32, 32 at the upper end of the insulating plate 30. It is attached. A leaf spring contact 42 is provided on the battery pack 50 side of the battery terminals 40, 40, and a leaf spring 43 for holding the upper and lower surfaces of the printed wiring board 60 in a resiliently biased state is integrally provided on the opposite side. And is electrically connected to the printed wiring board 60 via the leaf spring 43.

Since the battery terminal 40 is assembled to the personal computer main body 10 while being attached to the insulating plate 30, there is no need to partially mask the plating for electromagnetic wave shielding of the main body. As a result, it is possible to reduce manual work during the plating process and solve problems such as short circuit due to plating adhesion due to defective masking. Further, the battery terminal 40 can be easily assembled by simply inserting it, and the workability is greatly improved.

Further, the printed wiring board 60 can be connected to the battery terminal 40 only by inserting it from the lateral direction, and it is not necessary to use a cable and a connector. Therefore, problems such as disconnection can be eliminated, and the assembling work can be significantly performed. Be improved.

[0020]

[Effect of device]

 According to the present invention described in detail above, the following effects can be obtained. (1) A mounting part where the auxiliary storage device can be freely inserted and removed from the side of the PC body, guide rails formed on the left and right wall surfaces inside the mounting part, and the guide rail is elastically urged. The auxiliary storage device mounting device has a leaf spring that comes into contact with each other in a state and a leaf spring that comes into contact with the wall surfaces on the left and right sides of the mounting portion in a resiliently biased state. Misalignment can be corrected, and there is no need to connect an auxiliary storage device with a cable or a flexible printed wiring board. Therefore, the number of parts used can be reduced and the workability at the time of mounting can be greatly improved.

(2) Since the guide rail is composed of the first guide rail provided on the upper portion of the mounting portion and the second guide rail provided obliquely below the first guide rail, the mounting portion The configuration is simple, the mounting portion can be easily formed, and the cost is low.

(3) Since the leaf spring slidingly contacting the first guide rail and the leaf spring slidingly contacting the second guide rail are cut and raised in different directions, the position of the auxiliary storage device can be easily determined. Done and facilitates the connection between the connectors.

(4) Further, in addition to the above (3), in a direction in which the sliding contact portion of the leaf spring slidingly contacting the first guide rail and the sliding contact portion of the leaf spring slidingly contacting the second guide rail face each other. Since it is cut and raised, the vertical displacement of the auxiliary storage device can be corrected accurately.

(5) Since a leaf spring that can be engaged with and disengaged from the protrusion at the front end of the guide rail is provided at the front end of the mounting device, work such as fixing the auxiliary storage device with screws is performed. Can be easily fixed to the main body without.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a mounting structure of a hard disk drive showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a plan sectional view thereof,
(B) is a sectional view taken along the line AA of (a).

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 1 (a).

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a hard disk drive attached to a portable personal computer according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view showing an example of a structure of a battery terminal used in the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a structure of the battery terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 PC main body 11 Mounting part 12 Wall surface 13 First guide rail 13A Second guide rail 13c Protrusion 20 Hard disk drive (auxiliary storage device) 21 Mounting metal fittings (mounting device) 21a, 21b, 21c Leaf springs 21d, 21e, 21f Sliding Contact

Claims (5)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A mounting part for detaching and inserting an auxiliary storage device from a side surface of a personal computer main body, guide rails formed on both left and right wall surfaces inside the mounting part, and elastically biased by the guide rail. And a mounting device of the auxiliary storage device having a leaf spring that contacts in a closed state and a leaf spring that contacts the left and right wall surfaces of the mounting portion in a resiliently urged state. Mounting structure. 2. The guide rail comprises a first guide rail provided at an upper portion of the mounting portion and a second guide rail provided obliquely below the first guide rail. The mounting device for an auxiliary storage device according to claim 1. 3. The auxiliary storage device according to claim 2, wherein the leaf spring slidingly contacting the first guide rail and the leaf spring slidingly contacting the second guide rail are cut and raised in different directions. Mounting structure. 4. A sliding contact portion of a leaf spring slidingly contacting the first guide rail and a sliding contact portion of a leaf spring slidingly contacting the second guide rail are cut and raised in directions facing each other. The mounting structure for the auxiliary storage device according to claim 3. 5. The auxiliary device according to claim 1, wherein the mounting device has a front end provided with a leaf spring which can be engaged with and disengaged from a projection at the front end of the guide rail. Storage device mounting structure.