Module mounting device and information processing apparatus

1 . A module mounting device comprising:

a housing configured to house a first electronic module and a second electronic module and include a front end and a rear end;

a first panel provided over a front end side of the housing and configured to include first openings in which the first electronic module and the second electronic module are insertable, a front end portion of the first electronic module being attached to the first panel while being inserted in a first opening of the first openings;

a second panel provided behind the first panel, configured to include second openings in which the first electronic module and the second electronic module are insertable, and movable between a first position behind the first panel and a second position behind the first position, the front end portion of the first electronic module and a front end portion of the second electronic module being inserted in the second openings in a state where the second panel is located at the first position, the front end portion of the second electronic module being inserted in a second opening of the second openings in a state where the second panel is located at the second position; and

a third panel provided behind the second panel and movable between a third position behind the first position and a fourth position behind the third position,

wherein one of the front end portion and a rear end portion of the second electronic module is attached to one of the second panel and the third panel, respectively, and

wherein, in a state where the second panel is located at the second position and the third panel is located at the fourth position, the second panel is allowed to be shifted to a first side that is one direction in one of an up-down direction and a right-left direction.

2 . The module mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein, in a state where the second panel is located at the second position and the third panel is located at the fourth position, the first electronic module and the second electronic module do not include an overlapping area in a direction coupling the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel.

3 . The module mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first openings are two openings in which the first electronic module and the second electronic module are insertable, respectively.

4 . The module mounting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second panel includes a second front panel and a second rear panel provided behind the second front panel,

wherein the second openings include at least a second front opening provided in the second front panel and at least a second rear opening provided in the second rear panel,

wherein, in a state where the second front panel and the second rear panel are located at the first position, a front end portion of the first electronic module is inserted in the second front opening and a front end portion of the second electronic module is inserted in the second rear opening, and

wherein, in a state where the second front panel and the second rear panel are located at the second position, a rear end portion of the first electronic module is inserted in the second front opening and the front end portion of the second electronic module is inserted in the second rear opening.

5 . The module mounting device according to claim 3 , wherein the front end portion of the second electronic module is attached to the second rear panel.

6 . The module mounting device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the second panel further includes a rotatable gear,

wherein the second front panel includes a first teeth portion that is engageable with the gear and that is formed along a direction coupling the first side and a second side in a direction opposite to the first side,

wherein the second rear panel includes a second teeth portion that is engageable with the gear and that is formed along the direction coupling the first side and the second side, and

wherein the second rear panel is shifted to the first side with a rotation of the gear when the second front panel is shifted to the second side.

7 . The module mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein, in a state where a rear end of the first electronic module is shifted to the second side and a front end of the second electronic module is shifted to the first side, a rear end surface of the first electronic module and a front end surface of the second electronic module include an overlapping area in front view.

8 . The module mounting device according to claim 4 , wherein the second front openings are two openings in which the first electronic module and the second electronic module are insertable, respectively.

9 . The module mounting device according to claim 4 , wherein the second rear openings are two openings in which the first electronic module and the second electronic module are insertable, respectively.

10 . The module mounting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a joint member configured to join the second panel and the third panel to each other,

wherein the housing includes a guide rail that guides the joint member, and

wherein, with the joint member guided along the guide rail, the second panel and the third panel are movable in a direction coupling the first panel and the third panel.

11 . The module mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein the third panel includes third openings in which the first electronic module and the second electronic module are insertable.

12 . The module mounting device according to claim 11 , wherein

the third openings includes two openings in which the first electronic module and the second electronic module are insertable, respectively.

13 . An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first electronic module;

a second electronic module; and

a module mounting device over which the first electronic module and the second electronic module are mounted, and configured to include:

a housing in which the first electronic module and the second electronic module are housed and which includes a front end and a rear end,

a first panel that is provided over a front end side of the housing and that includes first openings in which the first electronic module and the second electronic module are insertable, a front end portion of the first electronic module being attached to the first panel while being inserted in a first opening of the first openings,

a second panel that is provided behind the first panel, that includes second openings in which the first electronic module and the second electronic module are insertable, and that is movable between a first position behind the first panel and a second position behind the first position, the front end portion of the first electronic module and a front end portion of the second electronic module being inserted in the second openings in a state where the second panel is located at the first position, the front end portion of the second electronic module being inserted in a second opening of the second openings in a state where the second panel is located at the second position, and

a third panel that is provided behind the second panel and that is movable between a third position behind the first position and a fourth position behind the third position,

wherein one of the front end portion and a rear end portion of the second electronic module is attached to one of the second panel and the third panel, respectively, and

wherein, in a state where the second panel is located at the second position and the third panel is located at the fourth position, the second panel is allowed to be shifted to a first side that is one direction in one of an up-down direction and a right-left direction.