CN1396504A - Snapping device - Google Patents

Abstract

A kind of fastening device, in order to make up a first unit and a second unit, the first unit has a first cover plate, the second unit has a second cover plate, this fastening device includes: a positioning column mounted on the first cover plate; a positioning hole positioned on the second cover plate; a sliding sheet arranged on the second cover plate; one end of the elastic element is fixed on the sliding sheet, and the other end of the elastic element is fixed on the second cover plate; a control key arranged at the upper end of the sliding sheet; by the clamping of the positioning column and the positioning hole of the clamping device, the host box and the display of the computer can be assembled together or disassembled.

Description

Snapping device

(1) Technical field

The invention relates to a computer, in particular to an engaging device for easy combination and separation of a computer host and a display.

(2) Background technology

The role played by the computer in the daily life of modern people has gradually evolved from a simple calculator or word processor to an indispensable and important tool in all aspects. Whether it is searching information, writing reports, chatting, reading news, making briefings, sending e-mails, etc., these daily activities can be completed on computers, and because computers are so close to life, consumers' requirements for computers are also high. will become higher and higher.

Taking desktop computers as an example, general desktop computers include separate computers and all-in-one computers. The so-called separated computer refers to the computer system in which the display and the main body of the system are separate independent individuals, while the fully functional integrated type refers to the computer system in which the display and the main body of the system are combined as one main body. Both forms of computer systems have their pros and cons. The advantage of a separate computer is that it is easier to maintain and the cost of upgrading is lower, but the disadvantage is that it is too bulky. The advantage of a full-featured integrated computer is that it is small in size, so it is easy to display, and the appearance can be designed as a whole, which can create a unique sense of value for brand products, making consumers more willing to get close to and use them. However, since the host computer and the display cannot be separated, maintenance is difficult and the upgrade cost is relatively high. This is because the full-featured integrated computer mostly uses an expensive LCD display, and the entire computer system must be replaced when upgrading, and the LCD cannot be left alone. Due to display usage.

(3) Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a locking device, which can hang the main box and fix it on the display. The locking device allows the user to easily assemble or disassemble the main box and the display.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an engaging device for assembling a first unit and a second unit, wherein the first unit has a first cover plate, the second unit has a second cover plate, and the second unit has a second cover plate. Snap-in devices include:

a positioning column, including a cylinder and a dome, one end of the cylinder is installed on the first cover plate, the diameter of the dome is larger than the diameter of the cylinder;

A positioning hole, located on the second cover plate, is composed of a circular hole and an elongated extension hole, the circular hole allows the dome to pass through, the width of the elongated extension hole is smaller than the diameter of the dome and the The elongated extension hole allows the cylinder to move therein;

a sliding piece, arranged on the second cover plate, the sliding piece has a fixed oblique arm, and the oblique side of the fixed oblique arm is inclined upward along a first direction;

An elastic element, one end of the elastic element is fixed on the sliding piece, and the other end of the elastic element is fixed on the second cover plate, so as to connect the sliding piece and the second cover plate, so that the sliding piece can follow the the elastic element moves on the second cover;

a manipulation key, arranged on the upper end of the sliding piece, the user can push the sliding piece along the first direction through the manipulation key;

Wherein, before the positioning post is inserted into the positioning hole, the fixed oblique arm of the sliding sheet is located above the elongated extending hole. When the positioning post is inserted into the positioning hole, the gravity of the first unit will It will make the positioning post slide down along the hypotenuse of the fixed inclined arm, and the positioning post will therefore push the sliding plate away along the first direction and elongate the elastic element. When the positioning post continues to slide downward When reaching the bottom of the elongated extending hole, the elastic restoring force of the elastic element will pull back the sliding piece, so that the fixing oblique arm returns to the top of the elongated extending hole, and then the positioning column is engaged and fixed.

The engaging device is characterized in that: the first unit is a main box, and the second unit is a display.

The engaging device is characterized in that the display is a liquid crystal display.

The engaging device is characterized in that the positioning post is a pin.

The engaging device is characterized in that: the elastic element is a spring.

The present invention also provides an engaging device for assembling a main box and a display, characterized in that: the main box has a first cover plate, and the display has a second cover plate, and the engaging device includes:

a positioning column, including a cylinder and a dome, one end of the cylinder is installed on the first cover plate, the diameter of the dome is larger than the diameter of the cylinder;

A positioning hole, located on the second cover plate, is composed of a round hole and an elongated extension hole, the diameter of the round hole is larger than the diameter of the dome of the positioning column, and the width of the elongated extension hole is smaller than the the diameter of the dome is greater than the diameter of the cylinder;

a sliding piece, arranged on the second cover plate, the sliding piece has a fixed oblique arm, and the oblique side of the fixed oblique arm is inclined upward along a first direction;

An elastic element, one end of the elastic element is fixed on the sliding piece, and the other end of the elastic element is fixed on the second cover plate, so as to connect the sliding piece and the second cover plate, so that the sliding piece can follow the the elastic element moves on the second cover;

a manipulation key, arranged on the upper end of the sliding piece, the user can push the sliding piece along the first direction through the manipulation key;

Wherein, before the positioning post has not been inserted into the positioning hole, the fixed oblique arm of the sliding piece is located above the elongated extending hole. When the positioning post is inserted into the positioning hole, the gravity of the main box will It will make the positioning post slide down along the hypotenuse of the fixed inclined arm, and the positioning post will therefore push the sliding plate away along the first direction and elongate the elastic element. When the positioning post continues to slide downward When reaching the bottom of the elongated extending hole, the elastic restoring force of the elastic element will pull back the sliding piece, so that the fixing oblique arm returns to the top of the elongated extending hole, and then the positioning column is engaged and fixed.

The engaging device is characterized in that the display is a liquid crystal display.

The engaging device is characterized in that the positioning post is a pin.

The engaging device is characterized in that: the elastic element is a spring.

The engaging device of the present invention is used to combine a first unit and a second unit, wherein the first unit has a first cover plate, and the second unit has a second cover plate. The first unit can be a main box, and the second unit can be a display. The engaging device includes: a positioning column, including a cylinder and a dome, one end of the cylinder is installed on the first cover plate, and the diameter of the dome is larger than that of the cylinder. A positioning hole, located on the second cover plate, is composed of a round hole and an elongated extension hole, the round hole allows the dome to pass through, the width of the elongated extension hole is smaller than the diameter of the dome and the elongated extension hole allows The cylinder moves in it. A sliding sheet is arranged on the second cover plate, the sliding sheet has a fixed oblique arm, and the oblique side of the fixed oblique arm is inclined upward along a first direction. An elastic element, one end of the elastic element is fixed on the sliding piece, and the other end of the elastic element is fixed on the second cover plate, so as to connect the sliding piece and the second cover plate, and make the sliding piece follow the elastic element on the second cover plate move. A control key is arranged on the upper end of the sliding piece, and the user can push the sliding piece along the first direction through the control key. Before the positioning post is inserted into the positioning hole, the fixed oblique arm of the sliding sheet is just above the elongated extending hole. When the positioning post is inserted into the positioning hole, the gravitational force on the first unit will pull the positioning post down, so that the positioning post slides down along the hypotenuse of the fixed diagonal arm, and the positioning post will push the sliding plate along the first direction open and stretch the elastic element. When the positioning post continues to slide down to the bottom end of the elongated extension hole, the elastic restoring force of the elastic element will pull the sliding sheet back, so that the fixed oblique arm returns to the top of the elongated extension hole, and then the positioning post is engaged and fixed .

To sum up, the engaging device of the present invention has the advantage that the user can hang the main box outside and fix it on the display, and the engaging device allows the user to easily assemble the main box and the display together or Disassembly and separation make the computer system using the engaging device have the advantages of separate and full-function integrated computers.

(4) Description of drawings

FIG. 1A is a side view of a computer system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1B is a side view of the assembled main box and display in FIG. 1A .

Fig. 2A is a side view of the cover plate of the main box according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2B is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2A .

FIG. 2C is a schematic view of the back of the display cover in a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3A to 3C are schematic diagrams of the process of the engaging action of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a fixed oblique arm of the present invention whose hypotenuse is a sliding piece that slopes upward along the right side.

(5) Specific implementation methods

Referring to FIG. 1A , the computer system 100 includes a main box 110 , a display 120 and a base 130 , and the display 120 is fixed on the base 130 . The display 120 can be a liquid crystal display. The host box 110 includes CPU, hard disk, memory, display card, sound card, modem and other hardware required by the system. The main box 110 and the display 120 are independent entities, so the computer system 100 has the advantage that a separate computer is easy to maintain and upgrade. However, the difference between the computer system 100 and the general separate computer is that the computer system 100 includes a locking device (not shown), and the user can easily assemble the main box 110 and the display 120 together through the locking device. . Please refer to FIG. 1B , which shows a side view of the assembled main box and display in FIG. 1A . As shown in FIG. 1B , the host box 110 and the display 120 assembled together by a locking device (not shown) are integrated in appearance and reduce the space occupied by the computer system 100, so that the computer system 100 can also have The advantages of a full-featured all-in-one PC. The structure of the engaging device will be described in detail later.

2A and 2B, the main box 210 has a first cover 211 and two positioning posts 213 protrude from the first cover 211 for fixing the main box 210 on a display (not shown). The positioning post 213 includes a dome 213a and a cylinder 213b, and the diameter of the dome 213a is larger than the diameter of the cylinder 213b. The positioning post 213 can be a pin.

Referring to FIG. 2C , the display (not shown) has a second cover 221 , and the second cover 221 has two positioning holes 223 , a slide 225 , two springs 227 and a control key 231 . One end of the spring 227 is connected to the sliding piece 225 , and the other end of the spring 227 is connected to the sliding piece 225 of the second cover 221 , so the sliding piece 225 can move on the second cover 221 along with the spring 227 . The spring 227 can also be replaced by other elastic elements with elastic restoring force. Both ends of the sliding piece 225 respectively have a fixed oblique arm 229 , and the oblique side of the fixed oblique arm 229 is inclined upward along a first direction, and the first direction referred to here is the direction to the left. Moreover, the fixed oblique arm 229 of the sliding piece 225 is just above the positioning hole 223 . The control key 231 is disposed on the sliding piece 225. When the user pushes the control key 231 along the first direction, the control key 231 will drive the sliding piece 225, so that the sliding piece 225 also moves along the first direction.

The engaging device of the present invention composed of the first cover plate shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B and the second cover plate shown in FIG. 2C allows the user to only insert the positioning post 213 of the first cover plate 211 into the positioning hole 223 During this process, the action of hanging the main box 210 on the second cover plate 221 of the display (not shown) can be completed. This is because the weight of the main box 210 makes the positioning column 213 inserted into the positioning hole 223 be pulled down by a gravity, and then the fixed oblique arm 229 is pushed to the left, and when the positioning column 213 descends to the bottom of the positioning hole 223, the fixed The oblique arm 229 returns to its original position due to the elastic force of the spring 227 , and fixes the positioning column 213 to the bottom of the positioning hole 223 . When the user needs to disassemble the main box 210 from the second cover plate 221, he only needs to push the control key to the left, and then push the main box 210 upwards, so that the positioning column 213 can leave the positioning hole 223 to complete the disassembly. action.

Please refer to FIG. 3A to FIG. 3C , which are schematic diagrams of the process of the engaging action. In order to make the figure clearly show the process of the snapping action, only the left half of the positioning post and the second cover is illustrated in FIG. 3A to FIG. 3C . FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram of the positioning post just inserted into the positioning hole. As shown in FIG. 3A, the positioning hole 223 has a circular hole 223a and an elongated extending hole 223b. And the round hole 223a can allow the dome 213a and the cylinder 213b to pass through, but the width of the elongated extension hole 223b is smaller than the diameter of the dome 213a and the elongated extension hole 223b can allow the cylinder 213b to move therein, and the cylinder of the positioning column One end of the dome 213b is in contact with the dome 213a, and the other end is mounted on the first cover plate (not shown) of the main box. There is a fixed oblique arm 229 on the edge of the sliding piece 225, and the oblique side of the fixed oblique arm extends upward along the left side. When the positioning post 213 is just inserted into the circular hole 223 a of the positioning hole 223 , the fixed oblique arm 229 of the sliding piece 225 is just above the elongated extending hole 223 b. One end 227 a of the spring 227 is hooked to the second cover 221 , and the other end 227 b is hooked to the sliding piece 225 .

3B, when the positioning post 213 is inserted into the circular hole 223a, the positioning post 213 will be pulled down by the gravity brought by the weight of the main box (not shown), so the post body 213b of the positioning post 213 will follow the The hypotenuse of the fixed oblique arm 229 slides obliquely downward. And when the cylinder 213b slides down to the extreme end of the fixed oblique arm 229, due to the gravity of the positioning column 213 pulled down, the cylinder 213b will push the fixed oblique arm 229 and the sliding piece 225 to the left, and the spring 227 will also thus elongated. Since the elongated spring 227 has an elastic recovery force, when the cylinder 213b continues to slide down to the bottom of the elongated extension hole 223b due to gravity, the spring 227 and the sliding piece 225 connected with the spring 227 will spring back to the original position . As shown in Figure 3C, the spring 227 has returned to its original position, and the fixed oblique arm 229 of the sliding plate 225 has also returned to the top of the elongated extension hole 223b, thereby fixing the positioning column 213 at the bottom of the elongated extension hole 223b .

Since the control key 231 on the sliding plate 225 can drive the sliding plate 225 to move sideways, when the user wants to separate the main box from the display, he only needs to push the control key 231 to the left so that the control key 231 drives the sliding plate 225 To the left, the user lifts the main box upwards so that the positioning post 213 moves upward to the round hole 223a, and then the positioning post 213 can be pulled out from the round hole 223a to complete the removal of the main box from the display. .

Although the oblique side of the fixed oblique arm 229 of the sliding piece 225 in FIG. 2C is upwardly inclined along the left side, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Please refer to FIG. 4 , which shows a schematic view of a fixed slanted arm whose slanted edge is a sliding piece that slopes upward along the right side. As shown in Figure 4, the fixed oblique arm 429 of the sliding piece 425 has an oblique side that slopes upward along the right side, and the control key 431 arranged on the sliding piece 425 is used to enable the user to pull the sliding piece 425 to the right. . Using the engaging device of the sliding piece 425, when the positioning column slides down due to gravity, the sliding piece will be pushed to the right. When the positioning column slides down to the bottom of the positioning hole, the sliding piece will also bounce back to its original position due to the elastic force of the spring . The present invention is not limited to use when assembling a host box and a display. The present invention can be used when a first unit is externally hung on a second unit, and the weight of the first unit must bear enough gravity to make the positioning post push the sliding sheet.

The engaging device disclosed in the above-mentioned embodiments of the present invention enables users to hang the main box and fix it on the display by themselves. This engaging device allows the user to easily assemble or disassemble the main box and the display, and then The computer system using the engaging device has the advantages of separate and full-function integrated computers.

In summary, although the present invention has been disclosed as above with a preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in this art can make various modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Moving and retouching should still belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. clamping close device, in order to make up a first module and Unit one second, it is characterized in that: this first module has one first cover plate, and there is one second cover plate this Unit second, and this clamping close device comprises:

One reference column comprises a cylinder and a dome, and an end of this cylinder is to be installed on this first cover plate, and the diameter of this dome is the diameter greater than this cylinder;

One pilot hole is positioned at this second cover plate, is made up of a circular hole and a microscler elongated hole, and this Circularhole diameter is the diameter greater than the dome of this reference column, and the width of this microscler elongated hole is less than the diameter of this dome and greater than the diameter of this cylinder;

One slide is placed on this second cover plate, and this slide has a fixing oblique arm, this fixedly the hypotenuse of oblique arm be to be inclined upwardly along a first direction;

One flexible member, an end of this flexible member is fixed in this slide, and the other end of this flexible member is fixed in this second cover plate, and this flexible member connects this slide and this second cover plate, and makes this slide move on this second cover plate with this flexible member;

One controls key, is arranged at the upper end of this slide, and the user can control key by this and promote this slide along this first direction;

Wherein, before this reference column does not inject this pilot hole as yet, the fixedly oblique arm of this slide is the top that is positioned at this microscler elongated hole, when this reference column injects this pilot hole, the suffered gravity of this first module can make this reference column prolonging this fixedly the hypotenuse of oblique arm to lower slider, and therefore this reference column can be pushed this slide open along this first direction, and elongate this flexible member, continue to slide down to the bottom of this microscler elongated hole when this reference column, the elastic restoring force of this flexible member can retract this slide, make this fixedly oblique arm return back to the top of this microscler elongated hole, and then it is fixing that this reference column is stuck.

2. clamping close device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: this first module is a host box, and this Unit second is a display.

3. clamping close device as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: this display is a LCD.

4. clamping close device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: this reference column is a latch.

5. clamping close device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: this flexible member is a spring.

6. clamping close device, in order to make up a host box and a display, it is characterized in that: this host box has one first cover plate, and this display has one second cover plate, and this clamping close device comprises:

One reference column comprises a cylinder and a dome, and an end of this cylinder is to be installed on this first cover plate, and the diameter of this dome is the diameter greater than this cylinder;

One pilot hole is positioned at this second cover plate, is made up of a circular hole and a microscler elongated hole, and this circular hole allows that this dome passes through, and the width of this microscler elongated hole is to be to allow that this cylinder is in wherein moving less than the diameter of this dome and this microscler elongated hole;

One slide is placed on this second cover plate, and this slide has a fixing oblique arm, this fixedly the hypotenuse of oblique arm be to be inclined upwardly along a first direction;

One flexible member, an end of this flexible member is fixed in this slide, and the other end of this flexible member is fixed in this second cover plate, in order to connecting this slide and this second cover plate, and makes this slide move on this second cover plate with this flexible member;

One controls key, is arranged at the upper end of this slide, and the user can control key by this and promote this slide along this first direction;

Wherein, before this reference column does not inject this pilot hole as yet, the fixedly oblique arm of this slide is the top that is positioned at this microscler elongated hole, when this reference column injects this pilot hole, the suffered gravity of this host box can make this reference column prolonging this fixedly the hypotenuse of oblique arm to lower slider, and therefore this reference column can be pushed this slide open along this first direction, and elongate this flexible member, continue to slide down to the bottom of this microscler elongated hole when this reference column, the elastic restoring force of this flexible member can retract this slide, make this fixedly oblique arm return back to the top of this microscler elongated hole, and then it is fixing that this reference column is stuck.

7. clamping close device as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that: this display is a LCD.

8. clamping close device as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that: this reference column is a latch.

9. clamping close device as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that: this flexible member is a spring.

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