ENCLOSURE WITH BACKPLANE
An enclosure includes a bottom plate, a cover, a number of parallel sidewalls perpendicularly connected between the bottom plate and the cover, and a backplane perpendicularly mounted to the bottom plate and adjacent to the sidewalls. Each of the sidewalls includes a hook. The backplane defines a number of locking slots for receiving the hooks of the sidewalls. A latch member is secured to the backplane. The latch member includes a locking board which is movable back and forth. The locking board forms a stopping portion and a supporting portion. A tongue extends from a rear side of the cover. When the locking board is moved forwards to a locking position, the stopping portion abuts a rear end of the abutting tab, and the supporting portion abuts a bottom side of the abutting tab.
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1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to an enclosure including a backplane.
2. Description of Related Art
A server or storage apparatus includes a plurality of hard disk drives received in an enclosure and electrically connected to a backplane mounted in the enclosure. The backplane is traditionally fixed by screwing. However, mounting the backplane with screws is tedious and inefficient.
Many aspects of the embodiments can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
The disclosure is illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean “at least one.”
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The sidewalls 20 are adjacent to a front side of the bottom plate 10. Each of the sidewalls 22 includes a plurality of connecting tabs 22 at a top of the sidewall 22. Each of the connecting tabs 22 defines a fastening hole 221. An L-shaped hook 21 is connected to each of the sidewalls 20. Each of the hooks 21 includes an extension portion 211 extending from a rear end of a sidewall 21, and a blocking portion 212 extending up from a rear end of the extension portion 211. A plurality of hard disk drives 800 can be arranged between neighboring sidewalls 20.
A plurality of bulges 11 protrudes from a top side of the bottom plate 10, adjacent to the rear ends of the sidewalls 20.
Two tongues 31 extend from a rear side of the cover 30. The cover 30 defines a plurality of fixing holes 32 corresponding to the fastening holes 221 of the sidewalls 20.
The backplane 40 defines a plurality of vertically elongated retaining slots 41 and two horizontally elongated attachment slots 43 in a middle of the backplane 40.
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To detach the backplane 40, the manipulation portions 541 of the latch members 50 are pressed to drive the locking aboard 54 to an unlocking position, where the supporting tabs 543 and the stopping tabs 542 disengage from the cover 30, and enable the backplane 40 to be moved up and away from the sidewalls 20.
It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages have been set forth in the foregoing description of embodiments, together with details of the structures and functions of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only and changes may be made in detail, especially in the matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
Claims
1. An enclosure, comprising:
- a bottom plate;
- a plurality of parallel sidewalls perpendicularly extending up from the bottom plate, a hook extending from a rear end of each of the sidewalls;
- a cover fixed to tops of the sidewalls, and comprising a tongue extending from a rear side of the cover;
- a backplane perpendicularly mounted to the bottom plate, the backplane defining a plurality of retaining slots correspondingly receiving the hooks of the sidewalls; and
- a latch member secured to the backplane, and comprising a locking board forming a supporting tab and a stopping tab, wherein the locking board is operable to move between a first position, where the tongue of the cover presses on a top of the supporting tab to prevent the backplane from moving up, and abuts a front side of the stopping tab to prevent the backplane from moving forwards, and a second position, where the supporting tabs and the stopping tabs disengage from the cover.
2. The enclosure of claim 1, wherein the backplane further defines an attachment slot; the latch member further comprises a base board and two first engagement arms extending forwards from the base board through the attachment slot of the backplane, a wedged protrusion extends up from each of the first engagement arms adjacent to a distal end of the first engagement arm to abut a front surface of the backplane, an abutting block extends down from a middle of each of the first engagement arms to abut a back surface of the backplane.
3. The enclosure of claim 2, wherein the latch member further comprises a resilient connecting board connected between the base board and the locking board.
4. The enclosure of claim 3, wherein the latch member further comprises a second engagement arm extending forwards from the connecting board and riding on the backplane, the connecting board is stepped and extending forwards and up from the base board, the connecting board abuts a rear surface of the backplane, a wedged protrusion extends down from each of the second engagement arms adjacent to a distal end of the second engagement arm to abut a front surface of the backplane.
5. The enclosure of claim 2, wherein the base board defines a finger-receiving hole adjacent to a top of the base board.
6. The enclosure of claim 1, wherein the locking board of the latch member comprises a manipulation portion.
7. The enclosure of claim 1, wherein a plurality of bulges protrudes on a top side of the bottom plate to abut a back surface of the backplane.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 27, 2012
Publication Date: Jun 19, 2014
Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (New Taipei), HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD. (Shenzhen)
Inventors: XIAO-GANG YIN (Shenzhen), JUN-HUI WANG (Shenzhen)
Application Number: 13/728,939
International Classification: B65D 85/00 (20060101);