公开(公告)号：US6130822A

公开(公告)日：2000-10-10

申请号：US83791

申请日：1998-05-22

申请人： Troy A. Della Fiora ,  Kevin W. Mundt ,  Ian Kung

发明人： Troy A. Della Fiora ,  Kevin W. Mundt ,  Ian Kung

IPC分类号： H05K5/03 ,  E05D1/06 ,  E05D7/10 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/02

CPC分类号： G06F1/181 ,  E05D1/06 ,  E05D7/1044 ,  E05D7/105 ,  E05D7/1055 ,  E05Y2900/606 ,  Y10S16/13 ,  Y10T16/535

摘要： A drive bay opening in the front bezel portion of a tower type computer CPU unit is provided with a swing-out plastic access door. The door is pivotable between a closed position and a full open stop position in which it is outwardly pivoted more than ninety degrees away from its closed position. A specially designed concealed, break-away hinge structure removably interconnects the access door and front bezel portion and includes a pair of hinge arms projecting outwardly from the door and molded integrally therewith. Outer end tabs in the hinge arms have apertures therein that rotatably receive hinge pins within recessed pocket areas in the bezel. In the event that the access door is forcibly pivoted outwardly beyond its full open stop position, separate disconnect pins disposed laterally outwardly of the hinge pins act as cams that torsionally deflect the hinge tabs out of engagement with the hinge pins. AS a result, the door simply pops off the bezel without damaging either the door, the hinge structure or the bezel. The hinge arm tabs of the separated, undamaged access door may subsequently be snapped back onto the hinge pins with chamfered edge portions of the tabs initially engaging domed portions of the hinge pins to torsionally deflect the tabs in a manner facilitating their reconnection to the hinge pins on the bezel.

摘要翻译： 塔式计算机CPU单元的前挡板部分中的驱动器托架设置有摆动塑料检修门。 门可在关闭位置和完全打开的停止位置之间枢转，在该位置中，门从关闭位置向外枢转超过九十度。 一种特别设计的隐蔽式断路铰链结构，可拆卸地将检修门和前挡板部分互连，并包括从门向外突出并与其成一体模制的一对铰链臂。 铰链臂中的外端突片在其中具有孔，其可旋转地接收在挡板中的凹进凹槽区域内的铰链销。 在门被强制地向外枢转超过其完全打开的停止位置的情况下，横向向外设置铰链销的单独的断开销作为凸轮，其将铰链突片扭转偏转与铰链销的接合。 因此，门只会弹出挡板，而不会损坏门，铰链结构或挡板。 分离的，未损坏的进入门的铰链臂突片随后可能被卡扣回到铰链销上，其中突片的倒角边缘部分最初接合铰链销的圆顶部分，从而以便于它们重新连接到铰链销的方式扭转突出部 在挡板上。

公开(公告)号：US6125031A

公开(公告)日：2000-09-26

申请号：US83836

申请日：1998-05-22

申请人： Troy A. Della Fiora ,  Daniel J. Riccio, Jr. ,  Ian Kung

发明人： Troy A. Della Fiora ,  Daniel J. Riccio, Jr. ,  Ian Kung

IPC分类号： H05K5/03 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/02

CPC分类号： G06F1/181

摘要： A tower computer housing has a molded plastic exterior wall portion with an access opening therein, a molded plastic access door, and a specially designed hinge structure that supports the access door on the housing for pivotal movement relative thereto between closed and open positions in which the door respectively covers and uncovers the access opening. The hinge structure includes spaced pairs of hinge pins and cam arms molded integrally on opposite ends of the access door, and spaced apart first and second resilient mounting and spring tab sets molded integrally with the housing exterior wall portion. Each of these sets includes a resilient mounting tab having a mounting hole therein and positioned between an opposed pair of resilient spring tabs. The door pins are removably snap-fitted into the mounting tab holes, and each of the door cam arms is positioned between and slidingly engages a pair of the spring tabs. When the door is manually pivoted through an initial arc toward a selected one of its closed and open positions, the spring tabs are deflected and function to automatically drive the door through a final arc to its selected position.

摘要翻译： 塔式计算机壳体具有模制的塑料外壁部分，其中具有进入开口，模制塑料检修门和专门设计的铰链结构，其支撑在壳体上的进入门以在关闭和打开位置之间相对于其枢转运动， 门分别覆盖和揭开出入口。 铰链结构包括一对铰链销和凸轮臂，其一体地模制在进出门的相对端上，并且间隔开的第一和第二弹性安装件以及与外壳外壁部分一体模制的弹簧片组。 这些组件中的每一个包括弹性安装突片，其中具有安装孔并且定位在相对的一对弹性突片之间。 门销可拆卸地卡扣配合到安装突片孔中，并且每个门凸轮臂都位于两个弹簧片之间并滑动地接合一对弹簧片。 当门通过初始电弧手动地枢转到其闭合和打开位置中的所选择的一个时，弹簧突片被偏转并且用于将门经由最终弧自动驱动到其选定位置。