Server Tray Mechanism With Sliding Sheets For Connector Alignment
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional stacked server assembly methods face difficulties in easily plugging or unplugging connectors due to their high pin count, making the assembly and disassembly of mainboards inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
A tray mechanism with sliding sheets and a driving mechanism that uses a handle, gear, and rack structures to align and insert pins through oblique slots, facilitating the assembly and disassembly of electronic devices on mainboards by sliding sheets on the tray side-plate to engage with pins on the casing side-plate.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If heavy duty connectors with great number of pins are used to satisfy high power and high data transmission requirements, then the power and data transmission capabilities are improved, but the ease of plugging and unplugging connectors deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connector assembly is segmented into a fixed connector portion on the mainboard and a movable connector portion on the tray. The movable portion can be independently manipulated to engage or disengage from the fixed portion, allowing the heavy duty connector to be plugged and unplugged by moving only the tray rather than manually handling individual pins.
Solution Approach 2:
The sliding sheet acts as an intermediary mechanism between the user's manual operation and the heavy duty connector. By sliding the sheet, the user indirectly moves the connector portion, making the plugging and unplugging process easier while maintaining the integrity of the high-pin-count connector.
2Reliability
If manual assembly and disassembly of mainboards with heavy duty connectors is performed, then the connection reliability is ensured, but the time and effort required for assembly and disassembly increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connector system transitions from a static, permanently fixed connection to a dynamic, movable connection. The tray with the electronic device can be moved along the guide rail to engage or disengage the connector, enabling quick assembly and disassembly while maintaining reliable electrical connections through the heavy duty connector design.
Solution Approach 2:
The tray mechanism is designed to be self-aligning through the guide rail and positioning structures. When the tray is moved to the correct position, the connector automatically aligns and engages with the mainboard connector, reducing the need for precise manual alignment and minimizing assembly time while ensuring reliable connection.
3Adaptability or versatility
If connectors with great number of pins are used, then the computational performance and configuration flexibility are improved, but the difficulty of assembly and disassembly increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the mainboard and electronic device into separate mountable units. The electronic device is mounted on a tray that can be independently assembled and disassembled from the mainboard, allowing flexible reconfiguration of computational components while maintaining the high-pin-count connector for reliable data transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The tray mechanism provides dynamic reconfigurability, allowing users to easily add, remove, or replace electronic devices on the tray. This dynamic capability enables flexible computational configurations while the guide rail and positioning structures ensure that assembly and disassembly remain straightforward despite the complex connector design.
Data Source
AI summary
A tray mechanism is configured to mount an electronic device on a mainboard device. The mainboard device includes a casing and a mainboard disposed in the casing. A casing side-plate of the casing has a pin. The tray mechanism includes a tray and first and second sliding sheets. The tray has a bottom plate and a tray side-plate corresponding to the casing side-plate. The electronic device is disposed on the bottom plate. The first and second sliding sheets are slidably arranged on the tray side-plate and have first and second oblique slots intersecting with each other. First and second bottom end portions are formed at sides of the first and second oblique slots away from the bottom plate respectively. When the first and second sliding sheets are located at a mounting position, the pin penetrates through the first and second bottom end portions simultaneously.