Portable electronic device and electronic module fixing structure thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9042104-B2
Application number	US-201213596083-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2012
Priority date	Jul 18, 2012
Publication date	May 26, 2015
Grant date	May 26, 2015

Abstract

A portable electronic device includes an electronic module and an electronic module fixing structure. The electronic module fixing structure includes a main body, a sliding component, a rod and an elastic component connected between the main body and the sliding component. The main body has a track with a positioning portion. The sliding component is slidably disposed on the main body. The rod is rotatably connected with the sliding component. An end of the rod is adapted to move along the track. When the end is located at the positioning portion, the end and the positioning portion are interfered with each other to position the sliding component. When the electronic module pushes the sliding component, the rod is rotated to drive the end to move away from the positioning portion, and the sliding component pushes the electronic module away from the main body through elastic force of the elastic component.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
an electronic module; and
an electronic module fixing structure, comprising:
a main body, having a track, wherein the track has a positioning portion;

a sliding component, slidably disposed on the main body, wherein when the electronic module is installed in the main body, the sliding component is located at a first position;
a rod, rotatably connected with the sliding component, wherein an end of the rod is adapted to move along the track, and the end of the rod and the positioning portion are interfered with each other such that the sliding component is positioned at the first position when the end of the rod is located at the positioning portion;
a fixing plate disposed between the sliding component and the main body and pushing against the rod to limit the end of the rod in the track, and
an elastic component, connected between the main body and the sliding component, wherein when the electronic module receives a force to push the sliding component, the rod is rotated relative to the sliding component to drive the end of the rod to move away from the positioning portion, and the sliding component slides to a second position by the elastic force of the elastic component to push the electronic module away from the main body,.
wherein the rod is separated from the elastic component.

2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein when the sliding component resists the elastic force of the elastic component to slide from the second position to first position, the rod is rotated relative to the sliding component to drive the end of the rod to move to the positioning portion along the track.

3. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein when the sliding component is located at the first position, the end of the rod tightly leans against the positioning portion by the elastic force of the elastic component.

4. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic module is adapted to receive the force to push the sliding component along a first direction, the sliding component is adapted to slide from the first position to the second position along a second direction, and the first direction is opposite to the second direction.

5. The portable electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the main body comprises at least one guiding rail, an extending direction of the at least one guiding rail is parallel to the first direction and the second direction, and the electronic module is adapted to slide into the main body along the at least one guiding rail.

6. The portable electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the track comprises:
a first segment, connected with a side of the positioning portion, wherein the end of the rod is adapted to be guided by the first segment to move to the positioning portion along the first direction; and
a second segment, connected with the other side of the positioning portion, wherein the end of the rod is adapted to be guided by the second segment to move away from the positioning portion along the second direction.

7. The portable electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the track further comprises a third segment connected between the first segment and the second segment, and the end of the rod is adapted to be guided by the third segment to move from the second segment to the first segment.

8. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the track has a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface, intersected with each other to form the positioning portion, and the end of the rod is positioned between the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface when the sliding component is located at the first position.

9. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding component has an axis aperture, the rod has a bending portion, and the bending portion is pivoted to the axis aperture.

10. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing plate has an opening, and the rod penetrates the opening.

11. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing plate comprises:
a first plate body, leaning against the sliding component; and
a second plate body, connected with and inclined to the first plate body and pushing against the rod.

12. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic module fixing structure further comprises:
a cover body, pivoted to the main body, wherein the cover body is adapted to be pivotally rotated to a closed state to cover the electronic module or pivotally rotated to an expanded state to expose the electronic module; and
a position-limiting component, pivoted to the main body and limiting the electronic module in the main body, wherein the position-limiting component is pushed by the cover body to release the electronic module when the cover body is in the expanded state.

13. The portable electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein when the sliding component pushes the electronic module away from the main body, the electronic module moves away from the main body along a moving path, when the cover body is in the closed state, the cover body is located on the moving path, and when the cover body is in the expanded state, the cover body is not located on the moving path.

14. The portable electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the electronic module has a notch, the position-limiting component has a protrusion, the protrusion is adapted to enter the notch to limit the electronic module, and the protrusion moves away from the notch to release the electronic module when the position-limiting component is pushed by the cover body.

15. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the main body comprises an electrical connection portion, and the electronic module is plugged to the electrical connection portion when the electronic module is installed in the main body.

16. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic module is a hard-disk module.

17. An electronic module fixing structure, applicable to a portable electronic device comprising an electronic module, the electronic module fixing structure comprising:
a main body, having a track, wherein the track has a positioning portion;
a sliding component, slidably disposed on the main body, wherein when the electronic module is installed in the main body, the sliding component is located at a first position;
a rod, rotatably connected with the sliding component, wherein an end of the rod is adapted to move along the track, the end of the rod and the positioning portion are interfered with each other such that the sliding component is positioned at the first position when the end of the rod is located at the positioning portion;
a fixing plate disposed between the sliding component and the main body and pushing against the rod to limit the end of the rod in the track, and
an elastic component, connected between the main body and the sliding component, wherein when the electronic module receives a force to push the sliding component, the rod is rotated relative to the sliding component to drive the end of the rod to move away from the positioning position, and the sliding component slides to a second position by the elastic force of the elastic component to push the electronic module away from the main body,
wherein the rod is separated from the elastic component.

18. The electronic module fixing structure according to c

Assignees

• Tsai Yu-Han
• Lin Chun-Wang
• Ku Ching-Wei
• Yu Chia-Hsing
• Tsai Yao-Te
• Tsai Chia-Hung
• Wistron Corp

Inventors

• Tsai Yu-Han
• Lin Chun-Wang
• Ku Ching-Wei
• Yu Chia-Hsing
• Tsai Yao-Te
• Tsai Chia-Hung

Classifications

• G06F1/187 Primary

  Mounting of fixed or removable disk drives · CPC title

• G11B33/124

  of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis · CPC title