Rotatable Link Plate Circuit Board Packaging Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing circuit board packaging structures, such as those for PCI cards, require cumbersome operations to insert and extract cards from information processing equipment, often resulting in friction issues and the need for external guides, which can lead to catching or scraping problems due to misaligned lever and slide guide positions.
Innovation Solution
A circuit board packaging structure featuring a lever that converts operator force into a direction different from the card's insertion or extraction direction, utilizing a link plate and joint plate mechanism to move the card parallel to the connector, eliminating the need for external guides and reducing friction by allowing vertical motion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a slide guide is provided to forcibly move the PCI card parallel in the interior of the carrier, then the PCI card can be moved parallel to the direction of inserting and extracting the connector, but the lever is caught in the middle of sliding or the slide is scraped off by friction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the link plate rotatable rather than fixed, allowing it to dynamically adjust its orientation during the insertion/extraction process. This rotation capability enables the mechanism to absorb misalignment and friction issues that would occur with a rigid slide guide, while still maintaining the necessary parallel movement of the PCI card relative to the connector direction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of the link plate from a fixed rigid structure to a rotatable structure with variable orientation. This parameter change allows the system to transition between different angular positions during operation, enabling smooth movement without the friction and catching problems that would occur with a fixed slide guide at a specific angle.
2Ease of operation
If the lever is disposed on the external interface side surface where the carrier is projected, then the operating point of the lever is outside the carrier, but the lever is caught in the middle of sliding
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces the link plate as an intermediary component between the lever and the PCI card. The link plate receives force from the lever and transmits it to move the PCI card, while its rotatable nature allows it to mediate the force transmission smoothly without causing the lever to get caught, thus maintaining both accessibility and reliability.
3Volume of moving object
If space for pressing the upside of the PCI card by hand cannot be provided, then the equipment size is reduced, but a lever should be disposed on the external interface side surface
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves the operation from a vertical pressing motion (requiring space above the PCI card) to a rotational motion of the lever applied at the side surface. This dimensional change in the operation vector allows the mechanism to function in a compact space while maintaining ease of operation through the side-mounted lever.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables smooth insertion and extraction of circuit board cards without causing damage to connectors and reduces operational complexity by allowing card movement parallel to the connector surface, eliminating frictional resistance and the need for external guides.
Implementation Method 1
a lever (111) for applying the operating force by an operator; a link plate (121) for converting the force applied to the lever (111) to the vertical motion of a PCI card (201)
Data Source
AI summary
The circuit board packaging structure capable of inserting and extracting an interface part of a circuit board into and from a connector part of the processing equipment in a direction different from a direction of attaching and detaching the circuit board to and from the processing equipment includes: an operating part which turns on receiving force; a plate part which is fixed to the circuit board to be rotatable in a direction reverse to a turning direction of the operating part, and converts the force received by the operating part to force in a direction different from the attaching and detaching direction to move the circuit board in that direction; a link part which connects the operating part with the plate part to transmit the force received by the operating part to the plate part; and a fastener which fastens the circuit board and the operating part with play.