Chassis device, and cover structure and magnetic securing mechanism thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10558246-B2
Application number	US-201615375089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2016
Priority date	May 31, 2016
Publication date	Feb 11, 2020
Grant date	Feb 11, 2020

Abstract

A chassis device and its cover structure and lifting mechanism, the chassis structure includes a chassis, a cover and a lifting mechanism further including a first magnetic member fixed to the cover, a second magnetic member fixed to the chassis; a movable sleeve sheathed on the second magnetic member and capable of sliding with respect to the second magnetic member, an elastic element installed between the chassis and the movable sleeve and pushing the movable sleeve away from the chassis to resume its original position, and a third magnetic member fixed to the movable sleeve, and the third magnetic member has a side attracted or repelled with respect to the first magnetic member and the other side attracted or repelled with respect to the second magnetic member. The second and third magnetic members have a magnetic attraction force greater than an elastic restoring force of the elastic element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A magnetic securing mechanism for securing a first member to a second member, comprising:
a first magnetic member positioned on one of the first and second members;
a second magnetic member positioned on the other one of the first and second members;
a movable sleeve, sheathed on the second magnetic member, and capable of sliding with respect to the second magnetic member;
an elastic element, pushing and driving the movable sleeve to move away from the second magnetic member to restore its original position; and
a third magnetic member, fixed to the movable sleeve, and configured to magnetically interact with the first and second magnetic members;
wherein the magnetic securing mechanism is positioned between 1) a closed position, wherein the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member are attracted to each side of the third magnetic member and the magnetic attraction force between the second magnetic member and the third magnetic member being greater than the elastic restoring force of the elastic element 2) a middle position, wherein an external force detach the attraction between the second magnetic member and the third magnetic member and maintain the first magnetic member attracted to the third magnetic member; and 3) an open position, where further application of the external force detach the attraction between the first and third magnetic members.

2. The magnetic securing mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the second magnetic member has a head portion and a rod portion, and the head portion has an external diameter greater than the external diameter of the rod portion.

3. The magnetic securing mechanism of claim 2 , wherein the movable sleeve is a cylindrical member, and the cylindrical member has a top wall, a bottom wall and an inner ring wall, and an annular groove is inwardly formed on the bottom wall, and the elastic element is contained in the annular groove, and a first latch block is extended from the inner ring wall and configured to be near the bottom wall, and the first latch block and the head portion are stopped and limited by one another.

4. The magnetic securing mechanism of claim 3 , wherein the top wall has a plurality sectional grooves inwardly formed along the axial direction of the cylindrical member, and the inner ring wall has a plurality of second latch blocks configured to be corresponsive to the plurality of sectional grooves respectively and having a thickness gradually increasing in a direction away from the top wall, and the inner ring wall further having a third latch block disposed between the first latch block and the second latch block, and the third magnetic member between the cylindrical member, the plurality of second latch blocks and the third latch block.

5. The magnetic securing mechanism of claim 2 , wherein the movable sleeve includes a first cylindrical member and a second cylindrical member, and the second cylindrical member is passed and installed to the first cylindrical member, and the first cylindrical member has a first inner peripheral wall, and the first inner peripheral wall has an inner thread, and the second cylindrical member has an outer wall and a second inner peripheral wall, and the outer wall has an outer ring block, and the outer ring block has an outer thread, and the outer thread is screwed to the inner thread, and the elastic element is accommodated between the first inner peripheral wall, the outer wall and the outer ring block, and the second inner peripheral wall has an inner ring and the inner ring and the head portion stop and limit one another.

6. The magnetic securing mechanism of claim 5 , wherein the first inner peripheral wall has an inner ring block extended from an end far away from the second cylindrical member, and the third magnetic member is installed between the inner ring block and the outer ring block.

7. The magnetic securing mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member are magnets, and the third magnetic member is made of a magnetized material.

8. The magnetic securing mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member are made of a magnetized material, and the third magnetic member is a magnet.

9. A cover structure, comprising:
a cover; and
at least one magnetic securing mechanism, further comprising:
a first magnetic member, fixed to the cover;
a second magnetic member;
a movable sleeve, sheathed on the second magnetic member and capable of sliding with respect to the second magnetic member;
an elastic element, pushing and driving the movable sleeve to move away from the second magnetic member and resume its original position; and
a third magnetic member, fixed to the movable sleeve, and configured to magnetically interact with the first and second magnetic members;
wherein the magnetic securing mechanism is positioned between 1) a closed position, wherein the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member are attracted to each side of the third magnetic member and the magnetic attraction force between the second magnetic member and the third magnetic member being greater than the elastic restoring force of the elastic element 2) a middle position, wherein an external force detach the attraction between the second magnetic member and the third magnetic member and maintain the first magnetic member attracted to the third magnetic member; and 3) an open position, where further application of the external force detach the attraction between the first and third magnetic members.

10. The cover structure of claim 9 , wherein the cover has at least one lug extended therefrom, and the lug has a first screw hole, and the first magnetic member has a second screw hole, and the magnetic securing mechanism further includes a first screw screwed and secured into the first screw hole and the second screw hole.

11. The cover structure of claim 10 , wherein the cover includes a main body and a pivot pivotally coupled to the main body, and the lug is formed and extended from the pivot or the main body.

12. The cover structure of claim 9 , wherein the second magnetic member has a head portion and a rod portion, and the head portion has an external diameter greater than the external diameter of the rod portion.

13. The cover structure of claim 12 , wherein the movable sleeve is a cylindrical member having a top wall, a bottom wall and an inner ring wall, and the bottom wall has an annular groove concavely formed on the bottom wall, and the elastic element is accommodated in the annular groove, and the inner ring wall has a first latch block disposed adjacent to the bottom wall, and the first latch block stops and limits the head portion.

14. The cover structure of claim 13 , wherein the top wall has a plurality of sectional groves inwardly formed along the axial direction of the cylindrical member, and the inner ring wall has a plurality of second latch blocks extended and disposed between the plurality of sectional grooves and having a thickness gradually increasing in a direction away from the top wall, and the inner ring wall has a third latch block extended and disposed between the first latch block and the second latch block, and the third magnetic member is installed between the cylindrical member, the plurality of second latch blocks, and the third latch block.

15. The cover structure of claim 12 , wherein the movable sleeve includes a first cylindrical member and a second cylindrical member, and the second cylindrical member is passed and installed to the first cylindrical member, and the first cylindrical member has a first in

Assignees

• Cooler Master Tech Inc

Inventors

• Chen Yung-Hao

Classifications

• G06F1/20

  Cooling means · CPC title

• H05K7/20009

  using a gaseous coolant in electronic enclosures (in cabinets of standardized dimensions H05K7/20536; in server cabinets H05K7/20709; in vehicle electronic casings H05K7/20845; in power control electronics H05K7/2089; in displays H05K7/20954) · CPC title

• G06F1/182 Primary

  with special features, e.g. for use in industrial environments; grounding or shielding against radio frequency interference [RFI] or electromagnetical interference [EMI] · CPC title

• Y10T292/11

  Magnetic · CPC title

• E05C19/16

  Devices holding the wing by magnetic or electromagnetic attraction {(E05C17/56 takes precedence)} · CPC title