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  Drawable housing structureUSPTO Application #: 20070228905Title: Drawable housing structure Abstract: A drawable housing structure is applicable to an electronic device for supporting a plurality of electronic components of the electronic device. The housing structure includes a main body for supporting the electronic components. The main body includes a front surface having an opening, and a top surface connected to the front surface and having a first opening. The housing structure further includes a handler. The handler includes a cantilever engaged with the first opening, and a rotatable fixing member engaged with the cantilever for buckling the opening. By drawing the rotatable fixing member the cantilever moves accordingly, and the housing structure can be took out from the electronic. (end of abstract) Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP - Boston, MA, US Inventors: Jui-Lin Chen, Wei-Chuan Hsu USPTO Applicaton #: 20070228905 - Class: 312332100 (USPTO) The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070228905. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] This invention relates to drawable housing structures, and more particularly, to a drawable housing structure applicable to an electronic device. [0003] 2. Description of Related Art [0004] With the development of information technologies, computers are allowed to operate at a very fast speed but have low cost. A computer has wide application. For example, a computer server having a plurality of complicated functions can be applied to an enterprise, while a personal computer is designed for individuals. A computer server comprises a main board, a hard drive and a plurality of electronic components, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a chip set and a memory, all of which are installed on the main board. The server computer operates individually and is replaceable. The server computer can be integrated on a rack, and becomes one of a plurality of serially connected and stacked disposed server computers of a server system. Such the server computer is called a blade server. [0005] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a rack server 1 having a plurality of blade servers 13 according to the prior art. In addition to the blade servers 13, the rack server 1 further comprises a rack 11 for all of the blade servers 13 to be installed on. Each of the blade servers 13 comprises a housing 15 and a plurality of electronic components 17 accommodated in the housing 15. [0006] As shown in FIG. 2A, the housing 15 comprises a main body 151 and a pull rod 153 connected to the main body 151. The main body 151 comprises a front surface 1511, a first side 1513, an opening 1515, a plurality of engaging openings 1517, and a pressing member 1519 accommodating on a side in the opening 1515. The first side 1513, the opening 1515 and the engaging openings 1517 are all installed on the front surface 1511. The pull rod 153 comprises a propping portion 1531, a holding portion 1533, a spring (not shown), a second side 1535 engaged with the first side 1513 of the main body 151, and a hooking portion 1537 accommodated in the opening 1515. Through the fixing of the pressing member 1519 to the hooking portion 1537, the pull rod 153 can be positioned on the main body 151. If the blade server 13 is to be took out from the rack server 1, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2B, first press the pressing member 1519 disposed on the main body 151, the pull rod 153 then enabling the hooking portion 1537 to be separated from the opening 1515 of the main body 151 due to elastic force. Then hold the holding portion 1533 of the pull rod 153 with one hand, and draw the holding portion 1533 to move toward a direction indicated by arrow A, the propping portion 1531 of the pull rod 153 then propping against the bottom side 111 of the rack 11, so as to take the housing 15 out from the rack 11. [0007] However, because the pull rod 153 makes the use of the second side 1535 to engage with the first side 1513 of the main body 151, and the hooking portion 1537 is accommodated in the opening 1515 on another side of the main body 151 and fixed to the pressing member 1519, the pull rod 153 occupies a majority of space of the front surface 1511 of the main body 151, and only a few engaging openings 1517 can be installed on the front surface 1511 for connection of external connection devices (not shown). Moreover, if the blade server 13 is to be took out from the rack server 1, the pressing member 1519 has to be pressed with hands first to pop the pull rod 153, and the holding portion 1533 has to be held by hands to take the blade server 13 out from the rack server 1. If the blade server 13 is to be installed in the rack 11, the pressing member 1519 has to be pressed first to enable the hooking portion 1537 of the pull rod 153 to be accommodated in the opening 1515 of the main body 151, so as to push the blade server 13 into the rack 11. Such the assembly/detachment processes of the prior art are complicated and inconvenient. Moreover, the suddenly popping of the pull rod 153 likely hurts users. [0008] Therefore, how to overcome the above drawbacks of the prior art is becoming one of the most important issues in the art. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0009] In views of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, it is a primary objective of the present invention to provide a drawable housing structure of less space consumption. [0010] It is another objective of the present invention to provide a drawable housing structure easily to be assembled to and detached from a rack of the electronic device. [0011] It is a further objective of the present invention to provide a labor-saving drawable housing structure. [0012] It is still another objective of the present invention to provide a drawable housing structure which is safe in use. [0013] It is still another objective of the present invention to provide an orderly and beautiful drawable housing structure after assembly. [0014] To achieve the above-mentioned and other objectives, a drawable housing structure is provided according to the present invention. The drawable housing structure is applicable to an electronic device for supporting a plurality of electronic components of the electronic device. The housing structure includes a main body for supporting the electronic components. The main body includes a front surface having an opening, and a top surface connected to the front surface and having a first opening. The housing structure further includes a handler. The handler includes a cantilever engaged with the first opening, and a rotatable fixing member engaged with the cantilever for buckling the opening. By drawing the rotatable fixing member the cantilever moves accordingly, and the housing structure can be took out from the electronic. [0015] The front surface further includes a plurality of engaging openings. The opening is in the shape of a rectangle. [0016] The rotatable fixing member further includes an elastic member. The elastic member is one selected from a group consisting of winding leaf spring, a metal spring, a leaf steel, a spring slice and a spring. The cantilever includes a second opening, a third opening and a propping portion. The rotatable fixing member includes a top cover and a bottom cover. The top cover includes a hooking portion, a ring-shaped body and a first engaging portion. The bottom cover includes a second engaging portion for engaging with the first engaging portion correspondingly. [0017] In contrast to the prior art, the handler of the housing structure of the present invention is designed to engage with the cantilever and the rotatable fixing member, to enlarge a space for connection of external connection devices, and to overcome the drawback of the prior art that the pull rod and the pressing member, which are installed separately, occupy too much space of the main body. Therefore, the application of the handler of the present invention can achieve the effective of reducing space. [0018] Moreover, the handler of the present invention is designed to engage with the cantilever and the rotatable fixing member. Assembly/detachment processes of the present invention can be realized by buckling a pull ring of the rotatable fixing member, so as to overcome the drawback of the prior art that assembly/detachment processes of the prior art is not finished unless the pressing member is pressed first, the pull rod in popped, and the pull rod is pulled with a finger. Therefore, the application of the present invention simplifies the assembly/detachment processes and saves labors. [0019] Moreover, when the handler of the housing structure of the present invention is in use, the opening of the rotatable fixing member fixed to the main body and the rotation of the handler are performed simultaneously to detach the housing structure from the rack, so as to overcome the drawback of the prior art that the popping of the pull rod due to the pressing of the pressing member might hurt users, and to improve the safety in use. [0020] Moreover, when a plurality of the housing structures of the present invention are installed in the rack, because a rack server composed of the rack and the housing structures comprises a plurality of orderly disposed handlers, the application of the present invention overcome the drawback of the prior art that the pull rods are disposed obliquely due to too large a distance between a pull rod and a pressing member of the prior art. [0021] In summary, the present invention have the advantages of labor-saving, less space consumption, simplified assembly and detachment processes. Moreover, the present invention is safe in use, and solve the drawbacks of the prior art. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS Continue reading... Full patent description for Drawable housing structure Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Drawable housing structure patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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