Partitioned Electrical Box for Hard Disk and Control Board Isolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image forming apparatuses lack a secure and efficient method for housing and connecting a hard disk to a control board, leading to potential accidental contact with the control board during installation or maintenance, and complicating the assembly and disassembly processes.
Innovation Solution
An electrical box with a partition wall separates the hard-disk receiving space from the board receiving space, featuring an opening for easy installation and removal of the hard disk, and an insertion hole for cables, allowing secure connection of the hard disk to the control board via standardized connectors, preventing accidental contact and simplifying maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the hard disk and control board are housed in a single box and connected via a connector, then the connection is secure and stable, but the assembly and disassembly processes become complicated and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical box is divided into two separate receiving spaces by a partition wall: a hard-disk receiving space and a board receiving space. This segmentation allows the hard disk and control board to be installed and removed independently through the opening, eliminating the need to disassemble the entire unit while maintaining secure connections through the cable that passes through the partition wall.
2Volume of stationary object
If the hard disk and control board are housed in a single box, then the structure is compact, but accidental contact with the control board occurs during installation or maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The partition wall creates physical separation between the hard-disk receiving space and board receiving space, preventing accidental contact with the control board during hard disk installation or maintenance while maintaining overall structural compactness.
Solution Approach 2:
The cable serving as an intermediary element passes through the partition wall via the insertion hole, enabling connection between the hard disk and control board while maintaining physical separation between the two components and their operating spaces.
3Device complexity
If the hard disk is directly connected to the control board without separation, then the connection is simple, but the installation and maintenance processes become complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The partition wall with insertion hole provides a structured pathway for cable routing, simplifying the installation process by guiding the cable from the hard disk through the partition to the control board, and facilitating maintenance by allowing independent access to either component.
Data Source
AI summary
An image forming apparatus includes an electrical box. The electrical box has an opening for putting and removing a hard disk into and from the electrical box therethrough, a hard-disk receiving space facing the opening and receiving the hard disk, a board receiving space receiving an electrical board, and a box-shaped partition wall separating the hard-disk receiving space and the board receiving space and having formed therein an insertion hole allowing a cable to be inserted therethrough.