Divider Wall Assembly With Coupling Rod for Space-Saving Fastening
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional sheet metals in computing systems lack sufficient space for forming holes to receive fasteners, necessitating wider sheets or increased thickness, which occupies unnecessary space in the housing.
Innovation Solution
A coupling rod is used to couple two sheets together, providing holes for fasteners without requiring holes on the sheets, allowing for secure attachment to the housing frame.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the width of sheet metal is increased to form holes for fasteners, then the fasteners can be securely fixed to the housing, but the divider wall occupies too much space in the housing
Solution Approach 1:
A coupling rod is introduced as an intermediary component between the sheet metal divider wall and the housing frame. The coupling rod provides the necessary holes for fasteners while the sheet metal only needs to interface with the coupling rod, eliminating the need for holes in the sheet metal itself. This mediator resolves the contradiction by centralizing the hole formation in a dedicated component rather than requiring the sheet metal to be wider.
Solution Approach 2:
The divider wall assembly is segmented into distinct functional components: the sheet metal divider wall, the coupling rod with holes, and the fasteners. By separating the hole-providing function into a dedicated coupling rod component, the sheet metal can remain thin and narrow while still enabling secure attachment to the housing frame through the coupling rod's holes.
2Reliability
If the thickness of sheet metal is increased to provide space for holes, then fasteners can be received, but the divider wall takes up more space in the housing
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling rod serves as a mediator that provides the holes for fasteners independently of the sheet metal thickness. The sheet metal only needs to be thin enough to not obstruct housing space, while the coupling rod provides the necessary structural interface with holes for fastener attachment, resolving the contradiction between thickness and space utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of increasing sheet metal thickness in the vertical dimension to accommodate holes, the solution moves the hole formation to a separate coupling rod component. The coupling rod provides holes in a different dimensional arrangement, allowing the sheet metal to remain thin while still enabling fastener attachment through the coupling rod's structured hole pattern.
Data Source
AI summary
A computing system is disclosed. The computing system includes a housing configured to receive a plurality of electronic components including a first electronic component and a second electronic component; and a divider wall assembly mounted to the housing to separate the first electronic component from the second electronic component. The divider wall assembly includes a plurality of sheets including a first sheet and a second sheet, each sheet of the plurality of sheets having a sheet through-hole, a coupling rod positioned between the first and second sheets, the coupling rod having a flat surface formed between cylindrical ends, the coupling rod having a rod through-hole on the flat surface, the rod through-hole being perpendicular to an axis of the coupling rod, and a fastener fixedly attaching the plurality of sheets and the coupling rod, the fastener being inserted through the sheet through-hole of each sheet and the rod through-hole.