Method for mounting an element

• US 6,049,963 A
• Filed: 06/23/1997
• Issued: 04/18/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Micro Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Boe, Craig L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bryant, David P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cozart, Jermie E.
• Application Number:
  US08/880,840
• Time in Patent Office: 1,030 Days
• Field of Search: 29/453, 29/525.01, 24/563, 24/545, 24/295, 248/300, 248/500, 403/397, 403/329, 361/685, 361/686, 361/747
• US Class Current: 29/525.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/184 Mounting of motherboards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: H02B 1/04 Mounting thereon of switches or of other devices in general, the switch or device having, or being without, casing
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0204 Mounting supporting structures on the outside of casings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44923 Clasp, clip, or support-clamp cut or shaped from a single sheet of resilient, uniformly thick, planar material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49876 by snap fit
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49947 by applying separate fastener
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7176 Resilient clip

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for mounting an element on a chassis. The method comprises several steps. The element is stopped from sliding in at least one direction when the element is placed on the surface of the chassis. A clip is pivotably connected to the chassis. The clip pivots between first and second position holding the element in place in the second position. The clip is locked in the second position.

Claims

1. A method for mounting an element on a computer chassis comprising:

a) stopping the element from sliding in at least one direction by placing the element between protrusions on a surface of the chassis;

b) connecting a clip having a first and second end to the chassis, wherein the clip is joined to the chassis at the first end by hooking a furrowed edge of the clip around at least one protrusion attached to the chassis; and

c) connecting the second end of the clip to the element by engaging holes in the clip with bumps on the element.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising the step of pivoting said clip toward said element until languets on said clip contact the surface of said element opposite to the surface of said chassis that contacts said element, said languets being stopped from pivoting backwards by bumps on the surface of said element.

3. The method as set forth in claim 2, wherein the step of pivoting said clip toward said element further comprises the step of engaging said bumps in holes in said languets.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the step of engaging said clip in said chassis brings languets of said clip in contact with the surface of said element opposite to the surface of said chassis in contact with said element, said languets holding said element against said chassis.