Fixing device for circuit board and electronic apparatus comprising the same

• US 10,070,550 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2016
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., K-Tronics (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., K-Tronics (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Li, Xiaolai, Fu, Zesen
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Binh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Burtner, Douglas
• Application Number:
  US15/109,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20170006726A1
• Time in Patent Office: 970 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0017 with operator interface units
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1404 by edge clamping, e.g. wedges
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1417 having securing means for mounting boards, plates or wiring boards H05K7/1461 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1427 Housings

Abstract

A fixing device for a circuit board and an electronic apparatus including the fixing device, related to the display field, and can be applied for the fixation of circuit boards with different sizes and structures onto a component to be fixed. The fixing device for a circuit board includes: a holding portion, used to hold a circuit board and including a containing space and a top portion including an opening allowing the circuit board to pass through the opening and to be inserted in the containing space; and a fixing portion, connected with the bottom portion of the holding portion and configured to fix on the display device. Also, an electronic apparatus including at least one fixing device for a circuit board is disclosed.

Claims

1. A fixing device for a circuit board, configured to fix a circuit board onto a component to be fixed and comprising:

a holding portion, configured to hold the circuit board, wherein the holding portion comprises a containing space and a top portion, the top portion comprises an opening allowing the circuit board to pass through the opening to be inserted in the containing space;

a fixing portion, wherein the fixing portion is connected with the bottom portion of the holding portion, and the fixing portion is configured to fix onto the component to be fixed,

wherein the fixing portion is detachably fixed onto the component to be fixed, the fixing portion comprises;

a insertion head, configured to adapt to a mounting hole in the component to be fixed, wherein the insertion head can be inserted in the mounting hole; and

a neck portion connecting the insertion head and the bottom portion of the holding portion, wherein after the insertion head is inserted in the mounting hole, an outer circumferential surface of the neck portion is rightly opposite to an inner surface of the mounting hole,

wherein a section shape of the mounting hole cut by a plane parallel to the top portion is a first quadrangle, a section shape of the insertion head cut by the plane parallel to the top portion is a second quadrangle, a length of the first quadrangle is larger than that of the second quadrangle, a width of the first quadrangle is larger than that of the second quadrangle, and the width of the first quadrangle is smaller than the length of the second quadrangle, and after the insertion head is inserted in the mounting hole and is rotated by an angle more than 0° and

less than 180°

, the insertion head and the mounting hole form a crossed structure.

2. The fixing device for a circuit board according to claim 1, wherein a size of the neck portion and a size of the mounting hole are matched.

3. The fixing device for a circuit board according to claim 1, wherein a length of the neck portion is same as a depth of the mounting hole.

8. The fixing device for a circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the containing space comprises a bottom portion and side walls, and the bottom portion comprises a first side and a second side which are opposite to each other;

the side walls comprise a first side wall and a second side wall which are opposite to each other, the first side wall is joined to the first side, the second side wall is joined to the second side;

the top portion comprises a first top portion and a second portion which are separated from each other, the first top portion is joined to the first side wall, the second top portion is joined to the second side wall, and the opening of the top portion extends along an extending direction of the first side and the second side;

a structure comprising the first side, the first side wall and the first top portion and a structure comprising the second side, the second side wall and the second top portion are configured to respectively hold two opposite edges of the circuit board.

9. The fixing device for a circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the holding portion is made of an elastic material;

upon the holding portion not holding the circuit board, a size of the opening of the top portion of the holding portion is smaller than that of the containing spacer;

upon the holding portion holding the circuit board, the size of the opening is enlarged to allow the circuit board to pass through the opening and to be embeded in the containing space; and

after the holding portion holds the circuit board, the opening recovers so as to limit degree of freedom of the circuit board in the containing space.

10. The fixing device for a circuit board according to claim 8, wherein a scalable element, provided at a joint between the side wall and the bottom portion of the holding portion or at the bottom portion of the holding portion,

wherein, upon the holding portion not holding the circuit board, a size of the opening of the top portion of the holding portion is smaller than that of the containing space;

upon the holding portion holding the circuit board, the scalable element stretches out and enlarges the size of the opening to allow the circuit board to be inserted in the containing space, and after the holding portion holds the circuit, the scalable element draws back and recovers the opening so as to limit degree of freedom of the circuit board in the containing space.

11. The fixing device for a circuit board according to claim 10, wherein the scalable element is of a continuous scalable type or a stepping scalable type.

12. The fixing device for a circuit board according to claim 10, wherein the scalable element comprises a lock structure so as to lock the scalable element in a stretch state or a retraction state.

13. The fixing device for a circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the fixing portion and the component to be fixed are integrated.

14. The fixing device for a circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the insertion head is made of an elastic material, and a size of the insertion head is larger than that of the mounting hole upon the insertion head being not acted by a force.

4. An electronic apparatus comprising at least one fixing device for a circuit board, which is configured to fix a circuit board onto a component to be fixed and comprises:

a holding portion, configured to hold the circuit board, wherein the holding portion comprises a containing space and a top portion, the top portion comprises an opening allowing the circuit board to pass through the opening to be inserted in the containing space; and

a fixing portion, wherein the fixing portion is connected with the bottom portion of the holding portion, and the fixing portion is configured to fix onto the component to be fixed,

wherein the fixing portion is detachably fixed onto the component to be fixed, the fixing portion comprises;

a insertion head, configured to adapt to a mounting hole in the component to be fixed, wherein the insertion head can be inserted in the mounting hole; and

a neck portion connecting the insertion head and the bottom portion of the holding portion, wherein after the insertion head is inserted in the mounting hole, an outer circumferential surface of the neck portion is rightly opposite to an inner surface of the mounting hole,

wherein a section shape of the mounting hole cut by a plane parallel to the top portion is a first quadrangle, a section shape of the insertion head cut by the plane parallel to the top portion is a second quadrangle, a length of the first quadrangle is larger than that of the second quadrangle, a width of the first quadrangle is larger than that of the second quadrangle, and the width of the first quadrangle is smaller than the length of the second quadrangle, and after the insertion head is inserted in the mounting hole and is rotated by an angle more than 0° and

less than 180°

, the insertion head and the mounting hole form a crossed structure.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the containing space comprises a bottom portion and side walls, and the bottom portion comprises a first side and a second side which are opposite to each other;

the side walls comprise a first side wall and a second side wall which are opposite to each other, the first side wall is joined to the first side, the second side wall is joined to the second side;

the top portion comprises a first top portion and a second portion which are separated from each other, the first top portion is joined to the first side wall, the second top portion is joined to the second side wall, and the opening of the top portion extends along an extending direction of the first side and the second side;

a structure comprising the first side, the first side wall and the first top portion and a structure comprising the second side, the second side wall and the second top portion are configured to respectively hold two opposite edges of the circuit board.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the holding portion is made of an elastic material;

upon the holding portion not holding the circuit board, a size of the opening of the top portion of the holding portion is smaller than that of the containing spacer;

upon the holding portion holding the circuit board, the size of the opening is enlarged to allow the circuit board to pass through the opening and to be embeded in the containing space; and

after the holding portion holds the circuit board, the opening recovers so as to limit degree of freedom of the circuit board in the containing space.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the insertion head is made of an elastic material, and a size of the insertion head is larger than that of the mounting hole upon the insertion head being not acted by a force.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a scalable element is provided at a joint between the side wall and the bottom portion of the holding portion or at the bottom portion of the holding portion;

upon the holding portion not holding the circuit board, a size of the opening of the top portion of the holding portion is smaller than that of the containing space;

upon the holding portion holding the circuit board, the scalable element stretches out and enlarges the size of the opening to allow the circuit board to be inserted in the containing space, and after the holding portion holds the circuit, the scalable element draws back and recovers the opening so as to limit degree of freedom of the circuit board in the containing space.