Backplane Structure With Locking Components For Electronic Board
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing backplane structure requires significant manpower and increases production costs due to the need for multiple individuals to fix an electronic board to a backplane using screws.
Innovation Solution
A backplane structure featuring locking components with inwardly concave slots and strutting components, which allow for the electronic board to be fixed via through-holes without screws, reducing the number of workers required and production costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If screws are used to fix the electronic board to the backplane, then the connection strength is improved, but the manufacturing complexity and manpower requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the fastening function from the electronic board assembly and integrates it into the backplane structure through locking components. The locking components with inwardly concave locking slots are built into the backplane, eliminating the need for separate screw fastening operations and reducing manufacturing complexity while maintaining connection strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the support and fastening functions into a single integrated structure. The locking components are embedded in the backplane and work together with the strutting components to provide both structural support and secure fastening of the electronic board, eliminating the need for separate screw fastening mechanisms.
2Reliability
If multiple workers are used to fix the electronic board with screws, then the fixing reliability is improved, but the productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The locking components are designed to automatically engage with the electronic board when placed in position. The inwardly concave locking slots self-align and lock the board to the backplane without requiring manual screw tightening operations, enabling single-person assembly while maintaining reliable fixation.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking components are pre-installed and integrated into the backplane structure before the electronic board assembly process. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for complex assembly operations during production, allowing workers to simply place the board and achieve secure fixation immediately, thereby improving productivity without compromising reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
A backplane structure includes: a backplane; an electronic board having a plurality of first through-holes and a plurality of second through-holes spaced apart from the plurality of the first through-holes, the first through-holes each having a rectangular cross section; a plurality of strutting components, a plurality of connecting pieces, and a plurality of locking components, wherein the plurality of strutting components and the plurality of locking components are both disposed at positions corresponding to the second through-holes and the first through-holes on the backplane, respectively, the plurality of strutting components are fixedly connected to the electronic board via the plurality of connecting pieces, each of the locking components includes an inwardly concave locking slot disposed in a side surface of the locking component perpendicular to the backplane, and each of the locking components is locked with the electronic board via each of first through-holes.