ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY WITH TWO-PART BRACKET

• US 20120087069A1
• Filed: 10/28/2010
• Published: 04/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd., Fuzhun Precision Industry Company Limited (Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd., Fuzhun Precision Industry Company Limited (Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: FU, MENG, CHEN, CHUN-CHI, XIE, BANG-JIE
• Granted Patent: US 8,411,420 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.01
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/08 Foot or support base
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/02 Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers

Abstract

An electronic device assembly includes an electronic device and a bracket holding the electronic device. The bracket includes a first supporting seat defined a first receiving groove therein and a second supporting seat defined a second receiving groove therein. The first supporting seat is disengagably attachable to the second supporting seat according to either of two selectable arrangements. In a first one of the arrangements, the first receiving groove and the second receiving groove cooperatively define a first receiving chamber having a first width for holding the electronic device in a first orientation. In a second one of the arrangements, the first receiving groove and the second receiving groove cooperatively define a second receiving chamber having a second width for holding the electronic device in a second orientation.

Claims

1. A bracket for supporting an electronic device, the bracket comprising:

a first supporting seat defined a first receiving groove therein; and

a second supporting seat defined a second receiving groove therein;

wherein the first supporting seat is disengagably attachable to the second supporting seat according to each of two selectable arrangements;

in a first one of the arrangements, the first receiving groove and the second receiving groove cooperatively define a first receiving chamber having a first width for holding the electronic device in a first orientation; and

in a second one of the arrangements, the first receiving groove and the second receiving groove cooperatively define a second receiving chamber having a second width for holding the electronic device in a second orientation.

2. The bracket of claim 1, wherein two first latching portions are formed at two adjacent surfaces of the first supporting seat, respectively, and two second latching portions are formed at two adjacent surfaces of the second supporting seat, respectively, and each first latching portion is engagable with a corresponding second latching portion to assemble the first and second supporting seats together.

3. The bracket of claim 2, wherein each first latching portion comprises a groove, and each second latching portion comprises a protruding plate slidingly receivable in the groove of the corresponding first latching portion.

4. The bracket of claim 3, wherein the first receiving groove comprises a first boundary and a second boundary adjoining the first boundary, and the first latching portions extend along directions parallel to the first boundary and the second boundary of the first receiving groove, respectively.

5. The bracket of claim 4, wherein the second receiving groove comprises a first boundary and a second boundary adjoining the first boundary, and the two second latching portions extend along directions parallel to the first boundary and the second boundary of the second receiving groove, respectively.

6. The bracket of claim 5, wherein a length of the first boundary of the first receiving groove is larger than that of the first boundary of the second receiving groove, and a length of the second boundary of the first receiving groove is approximately equal to that of the second boundary of the second receiving groove and larger than that of the first boundary of the second receiving groove.

7. The bracket of claim 6, wherein in the first arrangement, the first boundaries of the first receiving groove and the second receiving groove are aligned with each other and cooperatively form a bottom boundary of the first receiving chamber, and the second boundaries of the first and second receiving grooves are located at lateral sides of the bottom boundary and function as lateral boundaries of the first receiving chamber.

8. The bracket of claim 6, wherein in the second arrangement, the second boundaries of the first and second receiving grooves are aligned with each other and cooperatively form a bottom boundary of the second receiving chamber, and the first boundaries of the first and second receiving grooves are located at lateral sides of the bottom boundary and function as lateral boundaries of the second receiving chamber.

9. The bracket of claim 5, wherein the first supporting seat comprises a cubic main body, a supporting bar and a cover, the supporting bar and the cover cooperatively formed an L-shaped configuration at a same side of the main body, the first latching portions are defined in two adjacent surfaces of the main body, the first boundary of the first groove is a top surface of the supporting bar, and the second boundary of the first groove is a lateral surface of the cover.

10. The bracket of claim 5, wherein the second supporting seat comprises a cubic main body, a supporting bar and a cover, the supporting bar and the cover cooperatively form an L-shaped configuration at a same side of the main body, the second latching portions are formed on two adjacent surfaces of the main body, the first boundary of the second groove is a top surface of the supporting bar, and the second boundary of the second groove is a lateral surface of the cover.

11. The bracket of claim 2, wherein two first connecting portions and two second connecting portions are formed on the adjacent surfaces of the first and second supporting seats, respectively, and each of the first connecting portions is engagable with a corresponding second connecting portion.

12. The bracket of claim 11, wherein each first connecting portion comprises a hole, and each second connecting portion is a detent engagable in the hole of the corresponding first connecting portion.

13. The bracket of claim 12, wherein the first supporting seat comprises two operating portions connected to the second connecting portions, respectively, the operating portions configured for manual operation by a user.

14. The bracket of claim 1, wherein an electrical connecter protrudes from the first supporting seat and is adapted for electrically connecting with the electronic device.

15. An electronic device assembly comprising:

an electronic device; and

a bracket for holding the electronic device, the bracket comprising;

a first supporting seat defined a first receiving groove therein; and

a second supporting seat defined a second receiving groove therein;

wherein the first supporting seat is disengagably attachable to the second supporting seat according to each of two selectable arrangements;

in a first one of the arrangements, the first receiving groove and the second receiving groove cooperatively define a first receiving chamber having a first width for holding the electronic device in a first orientation; and

in a second one of the arrangements, the first receiving groove and the second receiving groove cooperatively define a second receiving chamber having a second width for holding the electronic device in a second orientation.

16. The electronic device assembly of claim 15, wherein the first supporting seat comprises a cubic main body, a supporting bar and a cover, cooperatively form an L-shaped configuration at a same side of the main body, and the main body, the supporting bar and the cover cooperatively define the first receiving groove therebetween.

17. The electronic device assembly of claim 16, wherein the second supporting seat comprises a cubic main body, a supporting bar and a cover cooperatively form an L-shaped configuration at a same side of the main body, and the main body, the supporting bar and the cover cooperatively define the second receiving groove therebetween.

18. The electronic device assembly of claim 17, wherein in the first arrangement, top surfaces of the supporting bars of the first and second supporting seats are aligned with each other and cooperatively form a bottom boundary of the first receiving chamber, and a lateral surface of the cover of the first supporting seat and a lateral surface of the cover of the second supporting seat are located at lateral sides of the bottom boundary and function as lateral boundaries of the first receiving chamber.

19. The electronic device assembly of claim 18, wherein in the second arrangement, the lateral surface of the cover of the first supporting seat and the lateral surface of the cover of the second supporting seat are aligned with each other and cooperatively form a bottom boundary of the second receiving chamber, and the top surfaces of the supporting bars of the first and second supporting seats are located at lateral sides of the bottom boundary and function as lateral boundaries of the second receiving chamber when the bracket in the second arrangement.

20. The electronic device assembly of claim 18, wherein a length of the top surface of the supporting bar of the first supporting seat is larger than that of the top surface of the supporting bar of the second supporting seat, a length of the lateral surface of the cover of the first supporting seat is approximately equal to that of the lateral surface of the cover of the second supporting seat and is larger than that of the top surface of the supporting bar of the second supporting seat.