Electronic device installation structure

• US 20080094809A1
• Filed: 10/23/2006
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shuttle Incorporated (Shuttle International Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Shuttle Incorporated (Shuttle International Incorporated)
• Inventors: Kuo, Yi-Ting
• Granted Patent: US 7,613,006 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/756
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/123 Mounting arrangements of constructional parts onto a chassis

Abstract

An electronic device installation structure for housing an electronic device which is coupled with a signal transmission dock includes a chassis which has a housing trough to hold the electronic device. The housing trough and the electronic device have respectively a guiding track and a boss that correspond to each other. The guiding track has an inlet and a distal end that jointly define a moving displacement of the boss. The boss can be moved along the guiding track to allow the electronic device to be steadily and fully loaded into the housing trough. The electronic device and the housing trough form an interval between them in the fully loaded condition that is proximate to the thickness of the signal transmission dock so that a secure electric connection is established between the signal transmission dock and the electronic device.

Claims

1. An electronic device installation structure for housing an electronic device which is coupled with a signal transmission dock, comprising:

a chassis having a housing trough; and

an electronic device held in the housing trough;

wherein the housing trough has a guiding track and the electronic device has a boss corresponding to the guiding track, the guiding track having an inlet and a distal end to define a moving displacement of the boss, the electronic device being movable in the housing trough along the moving displacement to be fully loaded in the housing trough such that an interval is formed between the electronic device and the housing trough that is approximate to the thickness of the signal transmission dock to form a secure electric connection between the signal transmission dock and the electronic device.

2. The electronic device installation structure of claim 1, wherein the signal transmission dock conforms to a SATA specification.

3. The electronic device installation structure of claim 1, wherein the guiding track is located on a side wall of the housing trough, the inlet being located on an upper end of the guiding track to allow the boss to escape the guiding track.

4. The electronic device installation structure of claim 1, wherein the boss is located beneath the distal end of the guiding track, the interval of the electronic device and the housing trough being equal to the thickness of the signal transmission dock.

5. The electronic device installation structure of claim 1, wherein the boss is located beneath the distal end of the guiding track, the interval of the electronic device and the housing trough being smaller than the thickness of the signal transmission dock.

6. The electronic device installation structure of claim 1, wherein the guiding track has a bending portion which is formed with a curvature.

7. The electronic device installation structure of claim 1, wherein the electronic device and the housing trough have respectively a retaining cavity and a latch blade on corresponding walls to form an anchoring relationship.

8. The electronic device installation structure of claim 7, wherein the latch blade has an anchor portion to form the anchoring relationship with the retaining cavity.

9. The electronic device installation structure of claim 7, wherein the latch blade is flexible and has a forcing portion on an upper side movable with the anchor portion to release the anchoring relationship with the retaining cavity.

10. The electronic device installation structure of claim 1, wherein the housing trough has an elastic element on the bottom thereof to press the electronic device in normal conditions.

11. The electronic device installation structure of claim 1, wherein the electronic device has a force receiving member on an upper side movable with the electronic device.

12. The electronic device installation structure of claim 11, wherein the force receiving member is a thin plate.