STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING CABLES TO A DEVICE

• US 20120234988A1
• Filed: 12/07/2011
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ATEN International Company Limited
• Original Assignee: ATEN International Company Limited
• Inventors: CHENG, Hsin Lang
• Application Number:
  US13/314,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20120234988A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/73
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6395 for wall or panel outlets

Abstract

A fixing structure for fixing a device onto a casing. The casing includes a first side, a second side and a first hole. The first side is opposite to the second side. The first hole penetrates the first side and the second side. The device is inserted on the first side of the casing. The fixing structure includes a looping portion, a first string and at least one first protrusion. The looping portion is located at the first side of the casing and has an opening. The device is fastened in the opening. The first string is connected to the looping portion. The first protrusion is fixed to and protrudes from the first string. The first string passes through the first hole from the first side of the casing, so that the first protrusion presses on the second side of the casing.

Claims

1. A fixing structure for fixing a device to a casing, wherein the casing has a first side, a second side and a first hole, the first side is opposite to the second side, the hole penetrates through the first side and second side, the device is plugged into the first side of the casing, the fixing structure comprising:

a looping portion, located on the first side of the casing, and having an opening for coupling the device;

a first string, connected to the looping portion; and

at least one first protrusion fixed on and protruding from the first string, wherein the first string passes through the first hole from the first side of the casing, such that the at least one first protrusion presses on the second side of the casing.

2. The fixing structure of claim 1, wherein the casing has a second hole penetrating through the first side and second side, the fixing structure further comprising:

a second string, connected to the looping portion; and

at least one second protrusion fixed on and protruding from the second string, wherein the second string passes through the second hole from the first side of the casing, such that the at least one second protrusion presses on the second side of the casing.

3. The fixing structure of claim 2, wherein the first string is connected to the looping portion at a location opposite to another location where the second string is connected to the looping portion.

4. The fixing structure of claim 2, wherein at least a portion of the fixing structure crosses over at least a portion of the device.

5. The fixing structure of claim 1, wherein the device is a plug, a connector or a protruding portion of a cable.

6. A fixing assembly, comprising:

a casing having a first side, a second side and a first hole, wherein the first side is opposite to the second side, the hole penetrates through the first side and second side,

a device plugged into the first side of the casing, and

a fixing structure, comprising;

a looping portion, located on the first side of the casing, and having an opening for coupling the device;

a first string, connected to the looping portion; and

at least one first protrusion fixed on and protruding from the first string, wherein the first string passes through the first hole from the first side of the casing, such that the at least one first protrusion presses on the second side of the casing.

7. The fixing assembly of claim 6, wherein the casing has a second hole penetrating through the first side and second side, the fixing structure further comprising:

a second string, connected to the looping portion; and

at least one second protrusion fixed on and protruding from the second string, wherein the second string passes through the second hole from the first side of the casing, such that the at least one second protrusion presses on the second side of the casing.

8. The fixing assembly of claim 7, wherein the first string is connected to the looping portion at a location opposite to another location where the second string is connected to the looping portion.

9. The fixing structure of claim 7, wherein at least a portion of the fixing structure crosses over at least a portion of the device.

10. The fixing structure of claim 6, wherein the device is a plug, a connector or a protruding portion of a cable.

11. The fixing assembly of claim 6, wherein the first hole has a first notch and a second notch, the second notch is connected to the first notch, the size of the first notch is larger than the size of the second notch, whereas the first notch is for passing the at least one first protrusion and the first string, and the second notch is for passing the first string only.

12. The fixing assembly of claim 11, wherein the at least one first protrusion has a length in at least one direction larger than a length of the second notch in the at least one direction.

13. The fixing assembly of claim 11, wherein a minimum distance at where the first notch and the second notch connect is smaller or equal to an outer diameter of the first string.

14. The fixing assembly of claim 11, wherein the second notch has an inner sidewall including a first inner side wall and two second inner sidewalls, the two second inner sidewalls are connected to two opposite edges of the first inner sidewall respectively, and a distance between the two second inner sidewalls is gradually reduced towards a direction of the first notch.