Function Card Fixing Structure With Sliding Lock Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional function card fixing structures are prone to damage and instability due to the increased weight and size caused by heat dissipation modules, and require multiple screws for assembly and disassembly, making them inconvenient and prone to accessory loss.
Innovation Solution
A function card fixing structure with a main body featuring perpendicular portions, a sliding component, and a releasing component, which allows for screwless installation and disassembly using elastic components and bumping components to secure the card in place, ensuring stability during transport and use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a metal blank connected to the function card is used to fix the card to the computer casing, then the function card stability is improved, but the device complexity increases due to requiring multiple screws for assembly and disassembly
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing structure is divided into a main body portion and a sliding component portion that can move independently. The sliding component can slide between locked and unlocked positions, allowing the function card to be secured without requiring multiple screws for assembly and disassembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The sliding component introduces dynamic movement capability to the otherwise static fixing structure. By sliding the component along the sliding groove, the locking portion can engage or disengage from the limiting portion, enabling easy assembly and disassembly while maintaining stability during operation.
2Temperature
If the function card is made bigger to accommodate heat dissipation modules, then the heat dissipation capability is improved, but the fixing reliability deteriorates because the card cannot be solidly fixed with only one side having a metal blank
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing structure extends beyond the traditional single-side metal blank approach by adding a sliding component that engages with the main body through a sliding groove. This creates a multi-point fixation system that provides reliable securing for larger function cards with heat dissipation modules on both sides.
3Strength
If multiple screws are used to install function cards, then the fixing strength is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to inconvenience in assembly and disassembly and risk of accessory loss
Solution Approach 1:
The sliding component serves dual functions: it provides the locking mechanism to secure the function card and simultaneously acts as the operating interface for assembly and disassembly. Users simply need to slide the component to engage or disengage the locking portion, eliminating the need for separate screws and making the process self-contained and convenient.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables secure, screwless installation and disassembly of function cards, preventing damage and accessory loss, while maintaining stability and adaptability to various casing types and sizes.
Implementation Method 1
at least one elastic component, and one side of the elastic component is fixed to the main body and another side of the elastic component is fixed to the sliding component, and when the slots of the sliding components are aligned to the trenches, the elastic component applies an elastic force to the sliding component
Implementation Method 2
A releasing component comprising a locking portion is at one side, wherein the locking portion of the releasing component is locked with the locking portion of the sliding component
Implementation Method 3
the casing has a plurality of bumping components plugged into the slots of the plate body of the sliding component to limit moving of the sliding component along a direction
Data Source
AI summary
A function card fixing structure is provided, comprising a main body including a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is perpendicular to the second portion, and the first portion comprises a plurality of trenches extending along a direction of a long axis of the main body. A sliding component is disposed at a side of the second portion, wherein the sliding component comprises a plate body and a locking portion, and one side of the plate body comprises a plurality of openings and stopping portions. A releasing component comprising a locking portion is at one side, wherein the locking portion of the releasing component is locked with the locking portion of the sliding component.