FASTENING STRUCTURE FOR EXPANSION CARD

• US 20100091453A1
• Filed: 10/10/2008
• Published: 04/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: HUANG, Wei-Xiao
• Granted Patent: US 7,920,388 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.58
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/185 Mounting of expansion boards

Abstract

A fastening structure for an expansion card has a pair of blocks disposed in a case. Each block has a slit, and each slit is facing and parallel to the slit on the other block. When fastening the expansion card, two opposite sides of the expansion card may be engaged into the opening of the pair of slits. At least a locking tab having a dent is disposed on one block and may rotate around the block. When the locking tab rotates, the dent and the slit may be selectively aligned or misaligned. When the dent and the slit are aligned, they may form a continuous passage for a side of the expansion card slitting into. Or when they are misaligned, the sidewall of the dent may block up the slit.

Claims

1. A fastening structure for an expansion card, comprising:

a pair of blocks disposed in a case, each block having a slit facing and parallel to the slit on the other block, and the slits are operated for two opposite sides of the expansion card slitting into; and

at least a locking tab disposed in one of the blocks and having a dent disposed thereon, and when the locking tab being rotated around the block, the dent and the slit being selectively aligned or misaligned,

when the dent and the slit being aligned, the dent and the slit forming a continuous passage for the side of the expansion card passing through, and when the dent and the slit being misaligned, a sidewall of the dent blocking up the slit.

2. The fastening structure of claim 1, further comprising at least a rabbet disposed on the side of the expansion card, wherein the locking tab is jammed in the rabbet when the sidewall of the dent blocks up the slit.

3. The fastening structure of claim 2, wherein a width of a bottom of the rabbet is equal to a width of an opening of the rabbet.

4. The fastening structure of claim 2, wherein a width of a bottom of the rabbet is longer than a width of an opening of the rabbet.

5. The fastening structure of claim 4, wherein a width of a top of the locking tab is about shorter than the width of the bottom of the rabbet and is longer than the width of the opening of the rabbet.

6. The fastening structure of claim 2, wherein a height of the rabbet is equal to a height of the dent.

7. The fastening structure of claim 1, further comprising a slide rail fastened in the case, wherein one of the blocks connects the slide rail to move along the slide rail.

8. The fastening structure of claim 7, further comprising a fastening element disposed on the slide rail for fastening the slide rail and the block connected thereto.

9. The fastening structure of claim 8, wherein the fastening element is a screw.

10. The fastening structure of claim 1, wherein the expansion card is a riser card.

11. A fastening structure for an expansion card, comprising:

a movable block connected to a case via a slide rail to move along the slide rail horizontally, wherein the movable block has a first slit for a first side of the expansion card vertically slitting into;

a fixed block fixed in the case and having a second slit for a second side of the expansion card vertically slitting into, wherein an opening of the second slit is facing and parallel to an opening of the first slit;

a first locking tab disposed in the movable block and operated for rotating around the movable block, wherein when the first locking tab being rotated, the first locking tab selectively opens or blocks up the first slit; and

a second locking tab disposed in the fixed block and operated for rotating around the fixed block, wherein when the second locking tab being rotated, the second locking tab selectively opens or blocks up the second slit.

12. The fastening structure of claim 11, wherein the first locking tab has a first dent, and when the first locking tab being rotated, the first dent and the first slit being selectively aligned or misaligned, wherein when the first dent and the first slit are aligned, the first dent and the first slit form a continuous passage for the first side of the expansion card passing through, and when the first dent and the first slit are misaligned, a sidewall of the first dent blocks up the first slit.

13. The fastening structure of claim 12, wherein the first locking tab is jammed in a first rabbet disposed on the first side of the expansion card when the sidewall of the first dent blocks up the first slit.

14. The fastening structure of claim 13, wherein a width of a bottom of the first rabbet is longer than the width of an opening of the first rabbet.

15. The fastening structure of claim 14, wherein a width of a top of the first locking tab is about shorter than the width of the bottom of the first rabbet and longer than the width of the opening of the first rabbet.

16. The fastening structure of claim 12, wherein the second locking tab has a second dent, and when the second locking tab being rotated, the second dent and the second slit being selectively aligned or misaligned, wherein when the second dent and the second slit are aligned, the second dent and the second slit form a continuous passage for the second side of the expansion card passing through, and when the second dent and the second slit are misaligned, a sidewall of the second dent blocking up the second slit.

17. The fastening structure of claim 16, wherein the second locking tab is jammed in a second rabbet disposed on the second side of the expansion card when the sidewall of the second dent blocks up the second slit.

18. The fastening structure of claim 11, further comprising a fastening element disposed on the slide rail for fastening the slide rail and the movable block.

19. The fastening structure of claim 18, wherein the fastening element is a screw.