Modularized server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9280186-B2
Application number	US-201213591165-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2012
Priority date	Dec 6, 2011
Publication date	Mar 8, 2016
Grant date	Mar 8, 2016

Abstract

A modularized server includes a main housing, a first block unit, a second block unit, and a removable module. The main housing has a first inserting groove and a second inserting groove, and the removable module has a guide channel. When the removable module is disposed in the first inserting groove along a sliding direction, the first block unit is located in the guide channel. Moreover, the second block unit blocks the removable module from being installed to the second inserting groove.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A modularized server, comprising:
a main housing having a first inserting groove, a second inserting groove, and a partition plate disposed therein to form the first inserting groove and the second inserting groove, wherein each of the first inserting groove and the second inserting groove has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, and a relative orientation between the first side of the first inserting groove and the second side of the first inserting groove is the same as a relative orientation between the first side of the second inserting groove and the second side of the second inserting groove;
a block element formed as a single piece passing through the partition plate, wherein the block elements comprises a first block unit at one end thereof, and a second block unit at another end thereof, arranged such that the first block unit is disposed at the first side of the first inserting groove and protrudes toward the second side of the first inserting groove and the second block unit is disposed at the second side of the second inserting groove, and protrudes toward the first side of the second inserting groove, such that the first block unit and the second block unit are directly disposed on two opposite sides of the partition plate and located at a plane;
a first removable module comprising a first housing having a first lateral surface, a second lateral surface and a first guide channel extending along a sliding direction and disposed at the first lateral surface, wherein the first lateral surface and the second lateral surface are located at two opposite sides of the first housing; and
a second removable module comprising a second housing having a second guide channel extending along the sliding direction, wherein the first housing and the second housing have the same structure,
wherein the first housing has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end;
arranged such that when the first end of the first housing faces the first inserting groove, and the first lateral surface of the first housing corresponds to the first side of the first inserting groove, the first housing is insertable into the first inserting groove and the first block unit is movable in the first guide channel along the sliding direction,
when the first housing is inserted in the first inserting groove along the sliding direction, the first lateral surface of the first housing faces the first side of the first inserting groove, and the second removable module is disposed in the second inserting groove along the sliding direction, the first block unit is located in the first guide channel and moved in relation to the first guide channel, and when the and the second block unit is located in the second guide channel and moved in relation to the second guide channel,
when the first end of the first housing faces the second inserting groove, and the second lateral surface of the first housing corresponds to the second side of the second inserting groove, the second block unit blocks the second lateral surface from being inserted into the second inserting groove,
when the second end of the first housing faces the first inserting groove, and the second lateral surface of the first housing corresponds to the first side of the first inserting groove, the first block unit blocks the second lateral surface from being inserted into the first inserting groove, and
when the second end of the first housing faces the second inserting groove and the first lateral surface of the first housing corresponds to the second side of the second inserting groove, the first housing is insertable into the second inserting groove, and the second block unit is movable in the first guide channel along the sliding direction.

2. The modularized server as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second housing having a third lateral surface, a fourth lateral surface, the second guide channel disposed at the fourth lateral surface, wherein the third lateral surface and the fourth lateral surface are located at two opposite sides of the second housing,
wherein the second housing has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end;
arranged such that when the first end of the second housing faces the second inserting groove, and the fourth lateral surface of the second housing corresponds to the second side of the second inserting groove, the second housing is insertable into the second inserting groove and the second block unit is movable in the second guide channel along the sliding direction,
when second housing is inserted in the second inserting groove along the sliding direction, and the fourth lateral surface of the second housing faces the second side of the second inserting groove, the second block unit is located in the second guide channel and moved in relation to the second guide channel,
when the first end of the second housing faces the first inserting groove, and the third lateral surface of the second housing corresponds to the first side of the first inserting groove, the first block unit blocks the third lateral surface from being inserted into the first inserting groove,
when the second end of the second housing faces the second inserting groove, and the third lateral surface of the second housing corresponds to the second side of the second inserting groove, the second block unit blocks the third lateral surface from being inserted into the second inserting groove, and
when the second end of the second housing faces the first inserting groove and the fourth lateral surface of the second housing corresponds to the first side of the first inserting groove, the second housing is insertable into the first inserting groove, and the first block unit is movable in the second guide channel along the sliding direction.

3. The modularized server as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first housing is inserted in the first inserting groove along the sliding direction by the first end of the first housing facing the first inserting groove, and the second housing is inserted in the second inserting groove along the sliding direction by the first end of the second housing facing the second inserting groove.

4. The modularized server as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first removable module and the second removable module are network modules.

5. The modularized server as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first removable module comprises an electronic element disposed at the first housing, and the second removable module comprises an electronic element disposed at the second housing, wherein the electronic elements are hard disks, hard disk switching elements, CPUs, memories, or electronic connectors.

6. The modularized server as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a connecting interface, disposed in the main housing, comprising a first connecting portion located in the first inserting groove, and a second connecting portion located in the second inserting groove, wherein the first connecting portion is different from the second connecting portion.

7. The modularized server as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first removable module comprises a first connector, the second removable module comprises a second connector, and the first connector is different from the second connector, wherein when first removable module is disposed in the first inserting groove, the first connector is connected to the first connecting portion, and when the second removable module is disposed in the second inserting groove, the second connector is connected to the second connecting portion.

8. A modularized server, comprising:
a main housing having a first inserting groove, a second inserting groove, and a partition plate disposed therein to form the first inserting groove and the se

Assignees

• Yang Fu-Jen
• Lin Chung-Ta
• Wistron Corp

Inventors

• Yang Fu-Jen
• Lin Chung-Ta

Classifications

• G06F1/183 Primary

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• H05K7/1487

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