Circuit board module having floatable circuit board and server equipped with the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10420245-B2
Application number	US-201815859745-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 2, 2018
Priority date	Oct 13, 2017
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

A circuit board module includes a bracket, a first circuit board, a first resilient member and a second resilient member. The bracket has at least one protruding pillar. The first circuit board is disposed on the bracket. The first circuit board has at least one through hole and at least one first connector. The at least one protruding pillar passes through the at least one through hole. The at least one first connector defines an assembling direction. The first resilient member is disposed at a first side of the first circuit board. The first circuit board is configured to move in a first direction and compressing the first resilient member. The second resilient member is disposed at a second side of the first circuit board. The first circuit board is configured to move in a second direction and compressing the second resilient member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A circuit board module comprising:
a bracket having at least one protruding pillar;
a first circuit board disposed on the bracket, the first circuit board having at least one through hole, at least one first connector and at least one guiding rod, the at least one protruding pillar passing through the at least one through hole, the at least one first connector defining an assembling direction, an extending direction of the at least one guiding rod being parallel to the assembling direction;
a first resilient member disposed at a first side of the first circuit board, the first circuit board being configured to move in a first direction and compress the first resilient member; and
a second resilient member disposed at a second side of the first circuit board, the first circuit board being configured to move in a second direction and compress the second resilient member, the first side being opposite to the second side, the first direction being opposite to the second direction, the assembling direction being different from the first direction and the second direction.

2. The circuit board module of claim 1 , wherein the assembling direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.

3. The circuit board module of claim 1 , further comprising:
a third resilient member disposed at a third side of the first circuit board, the first circuit board being configured to move in a third direction and compress the third resilient member; and
a fourth resilient member disposed at a fourth side of the first circuit board, the first circuit board being configured to move in a fourth direction and compress the fourth resilient member, the third side and the fourth side being different from the first side and second side, the third side being opposite to the fourth side, the third direction being opposite to the fourth direction, the assembling direction being different from the third direction and the fourth direction, the third direction and the fourth direction being different from the first direction and the second direction.

4. The circuit board module of claim 3 , wherein the assembling direction is perpendicular to the third direction and the fourth direction, and the third direction and the fourth direction are perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.

5. The circuit board module of claim 3 , wherein the through hole is a slotted hole and an extending direction of the slotted hole is parallel to the third direction and the fourth direction.

6. The circuit board module of claim 1 , wherein the at least one guiding rod is adjacent to the at least one first connector.

7. The circuit board module of claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one protruding pillar further has a fixing portion and a restraining portion, and the fixing portion extends from the restraining portion and passes through the through hole.

8. The circuit board module of claim 7 , further comprising at least one fixing member, the at least one fixing member being fixed on the fixing portion of the at least one protruding pillar.

9. The circuit board module of claim 1 , further comprising a third resilient member and a fourth resilient member, the third resilient member being disposed at a third side of the first circuit board, the first circuit board being configured to move in a third direction and compress the third resilient member, the fourth resilient member being disposed at a fourth side of the first circuit board, the first circuit board being configured to move in a fourth direction and compress the fourth resilient member, the third side and the fourth side being different from the first side and second side, the third side being opposite to the fourth side, the third direction being opposite to the fourth direction, the assembling direction being perpendicular to the third direction and the fourth direction, the third direction and the fourth direction being perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, the assembling direction being perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.

10. A server comprising:
a casing;
a circuit board module disposed in the casing, the circuit board module comprising:
a bracket having at least one protruding pillar;
a first circuit board disposed on the bracket, the first circuit board having at least one through hole, at least one first connector and at least one guiding rod, the at least one protruding pillar passing through the at least one through hole, the at least one first connector defining an assembling direction, an extending direction of the at least one guiding rod being parallel to the assembling direction;
a first resilient member disposed at a first side of the first circuit board, the first circuit board being configured to move in a first direction and compress the first resilient member; and
a second resilient member disposed at a second side of the first circuit board, the first circuit board being configured to move in a second direction and compress the second resilient member, the first side being opposite to the second side, the first direction being opposite to the second direction, the assembling direction being different from the first direction and the second direction; and

a second circuit board having at least one second connector and at least one guiding hole;
wherein the at least one second connector of the second circuit board is configured to be assembled to the at least one first connector of the first circuit board in the assembling direction; when the at least one second connector of the second circuit board is assembled to the at least one first connector of the first circuit board in the assembling direction, the at least one guiding rod and the at least one guiding hole cooperate with each other to guide the at least one second connector.

11. The server of claim 10 , wherein the assembling direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.

12. The server of claim 10 , wherein the circuit board module further comprises:
a third resilient member disposed at a third side of the first circuit board, the first circuit board being configured to move in a third direction and compress the third resilient member; and
a fourth resilient member disposed at a fourth side of the first circuit board, the first circuit board being configured to move in a fourth direction and compress the fourth resilient member, the third side and the fourth side being different from the first side and second side, the third side being opposite to the fourth side, the third direction being opposite to the fourth direction, the assembling direction being different from the third direction and the fourth direction, the third direction and the fourth direction being different from the first direction and the second direction.

13. The server of claim 12 , wherein the assembling direction is perpendicular to the third direction and the fourth direction, and the third direction and the fourth direction are perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.

14. The server of claim 12 , wherein the through hole is a slotted hole and an extending direction of the slotted hole is parallel to the third direction and the fourth direction.

15. The server of claim 10 , wherein the at least one guiding rod is adjacent to the at least one first connector.

16. The server of claim 10 , wherein each of the at least one protruding pillar further has a fixing portion and a restraining portion, and the fixing portion extends from the restraining portion and passes through th

Assignees

• Wistron Corp

Inventors

• Ho Fong-Chi

Classifications

• H05K7/1402

  for securing or extracting printed circuit boards · CPC title

• H05K2201/10409

  Screws · CPC title

• H05K7/1487 Primary

  Blade assemblies, e.g. blade cases or inner arrangements within a blade · CPC title

• H05K7/1427

  Housings · CPC title

• H05K2201/10189

  Non-printed connector · CPC title