Patent Publication Number: US-9891676-B2

Title: Computer case

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application is a continuing application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/795,696, filed on Jul. 9, 2015, which claims priority to TW104208639 filed Jun. 1, 2015, and entitled “COMPUTER CASE”. The entire disclosures of the above applications are all incorporated herein by reference. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The disclosure relates to a case, more particularly to a case for a computer. 
     BACKGROUND 
     A general computer case mainly comprises a main frame and a plurality of shell plates covering each side of the main frame. The inside of the computer case is disposed with devices such as a motherboard, a graphics card, a sound interface card, hard drive(s), an optical drive and a power supply. For the need of certain devices, a cooler is further installed to perform heat dissipation. 
     However, the aforementioned devices are installed before being shipped. The users, therefore, cannot find appropriate spaces for computer peripherals such as external hard drives when they are needed. Moreover, it is required to disassemble the computer case and remove the original air-cooled radiator when replacing the air-cooled radiator with the water-cooled radiator for significantly improving the efficiency of heat dissipation. This is considerably complicated and inconvenient, and therefore needs to be improved. 
     SUMMARY 
     One purpose of the disclosure is to provide a computer case which is configured for computer peripherals to be installed thereon without disassembling case body. 
     To reach this goal, the disclosure provides a computer case comprising a case body, a carrying structure and a cooler. The case body is with an opening formed thereon. The carrying structure is detachably connected to the case body from the outside and corresponds to the position of the opening. The carrying structure has an accommodation space and at least one aperture. The opening, the accommodation space and the at least one aperture are communicated with each other. The accommodation space is located between the opening and the at least one aperture. The cooler is fixed to the carrying structure, and at least a part of the cooler is located in the accommodation space. 
     Also, to reach this goal, the disclosure provides a computer case comprising a case and a carrying structure. The case body is with an opening formed thereon. The carrying structure is detachably connected to the case body from the outside and corresponds to the position of the opening. The carrying structure has an accommodation space and at least one aperture. The opening, the accommodation space and the at least one aperture are communicated with each other. The accommodation space is located between the opening and the at least one aperture. 
     The disclosure further includes following effects. The carrying edge is for the lapping piece to be placed thereon and this facilitates the installment of the waterblock on the heat source of the motherboard, which reduces the time required during the installing process. Additionally, the use of the protruding portion effectively prevents the carrying structure from loosing and separating. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The disclosure will become more fully understood from the detailed description, and the drawings given herein below is for illustration only, and thus does not limit the disclosure, wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an exploded view of a computer case according to the first embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective view of the combination of the computer case according to the first embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 3  is an exploded view of a computer case according to the second embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 4  is a perspective view of the combination of the computer case according to the second embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 5  is an exploded view of a computer case according to the third embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 6  is an exploded view of a computer case according to the fourth embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 7  is an exploded view of a computer case according to the fifth embodiment of the disclosure; and 
         FIG. 8  is an exploded view of a computer case according to the sixth embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     In the following detailed description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent, however, that one or more embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are schematically shown in order to simplify the drawing. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 , the disclosure provides a computer case mainly comprising a case body  10  and a carrying structure  20 . 
     The case body  10  is made of, for example, metal materials, and is roughly a hollow rectangular frame. The case body  10  has a top plate  11  with a rectangular opening  111  formed thereon. The edge of the opening  111  forms a carrying edge  112 . A plurality of screwing holes  113  is formed on the carrying edge  112  while a rectangular rim  114  is formed around the edge of the carrying edge  112 . 
     The carrying structure  20  is for a computer peripheral such as, an external hard drive, a disk drive or a cooler, to be fixed thereto. In this embodiment, the carrying structure  20  is a stand  21  mainly comprising a rectangular frame  211  and a lapping piece  214  extending from two corresponding sides of the rectangular frame  211 . The stand  21  has an accommodation space  217  and two apertures  212 . The accommodation space  217  is defined by the rectangular frame  211 . Two apertures  212  and a plurality of striped grooves  213  are disposed on the top plate of the rectangular frame  211 . Each lapping piece  214  forms a plurality of protruding portions  215 . Each protruding portion  215  is with a through hole  216  formed thereon, for a screwing member such as a screw to go through the through hole  216  for locking. The stand  21  is detachably connected to the case body  10  from the outside and corresponding to the position of the opening  111 . The stand  21  laps over the opening  111 , and a part of the stand  21  protrudes from the case body  10 . The lapping piece  214  laps over the top of the carrying edge  112  and be positioned and restricted by the rectangular rim  114 . The opening  111 , the accommodation space  217  and the two apertures  212  are communicated with each other. The accommodation space  217  is located between the opening  111  and the two apertures  212 . In this embodiment, the number of the aperture is two, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the number of the aperture can be one or more than two. 
     Referring to  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 4 , the computer case of another embodiment of the disclosure may further comprise a cooler  30 . The cooler  30  is fixed to the carrying structure  20 , and a part of the cooler  30  located in the accommodation space  217 . The cooler  30  may be a combination of a liquid-cooled radiator  31 , a cooling fan  32 , the liquid-cooled radiator  31  and a cooling fan  32  or a combination of a liquid-cooled radiator  31 , a cooling fan  32  and a waterblock  33 . The cooler  30  of this embodiment mainly comprises a liquid-cooled radiator  31 , two cooling fans  32  and a waterblock  33 . The liquid-cooled radiator  31  goes through each of the aforementioned striped grooves  213  and is locked onto the bottom of the stand  21  via a screwing member such as a screw. Each cooling fan  32  is also locked onto the bottom of the liquid-cooled radiator  31  via a screwing member such as a screw and corresponds to the arrangement of the aforementioned apertures  212 . The waterblock  33  connects with the liquid-cooled radiator  31  via two liquid tubes  34 . A pump and passages are disposed inside the waterblock  33  (not shown in the figures) and the waterblock  33  is installed on the motherboard in a manner corresponding to the position of the heat source. 
     As seen in  FIG. 5 , the carrying structure  20  of this embodiment is a U-shaped frame  22  which is basically similar to the structure of the stand  21  mentioned before. However, the opening of the U-shaped frame  22  faces the outside of the case body  10 . A part of the U-shaped frame  22  is sunken into the case body  10 . This way, each component of the cooler  30  may be changed without disassembling the U-shaped frame  22 , which makes the installation processes easier. 
     Referring to  FIG. 6  to  FIG. 8 , the carrying structure  20  of the embodiment of  FIG. 6  comprises three reversed U-shaped plates each spaced apart from each other and locked onto the case body  10  via a screwing member such as a screw. The carrying structure  20  of the embodiment of  FIG. 7  is a plate  24  which is also locked onto the case body  10  via a screwing member such as a screw. The carrying structure  20  of the embodiment of  FIG. 8  comprises three rectangular plates  25  each spaced apart from each other and locked onto the case body  10  via a screwing member such as a screw.