Mounting device for expansion card

• US 7,408,789 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2006
• Issued: 08/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Li-Ping, Yang, Chieh, Tao, Lang
• Primary Examiner(s): Reichard; Dean A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HOA CAO
• Application Number:
  US11/309,209
• Publication Number:
  US 20080013297A1
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 361/726, 361/732, 361/740, 361/747, 361/759, 361/796, 361/801
• US Class Current: 361/801
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/186 Securing of expansion boards in correspondence to slots provided at the computer enclosure

Abstract

A mounting device for a circuit card includes a motherboard adapted for receiving the circuit card inserted therein, a computer enclosure configured for accommodating the motherboard, a securing plate mounted on the computer enclosure, and a retaining member with a receiving slot. The retaining member slides along the securing plate and in parallel with one end edge of the circuit card to have the end edge of the circuit card received in the receiving slot. A locking structure is formed between the retaining member and the securing plate for locking the retaining member to the securing plate.

Claims

1. A mounting device for a circuit card comprising:

a motherboard adapted for receiving the circuit card inserted therein;

a computer enclosure configured for accommodating the motherboard;

a securing plate mounted on the computer enclosure; and

a retaining member comprising a body having a U-shaped cross-section with a receiving slot formed between legs of the U-shaped cross-section body and an opening formed between distal ends of the legs of the U-shaped cross-section body, the retaining member being configured for receiving an end edge of the circuit card in the receiving slot and allowing the end edge thereof to extend through the opening of the body, a locking structure formed between the retaining member and the securing plate for locking the retaining member to the securing plate;

wherein the retaining member comprises a resilient operating portion extending from the body, the locking structure comprises a positioning aperture defined in the securing plate and a protrusion formed on the resilient operating portion of the retaining member engaging in the positioning aperture.

2. The mounting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the resilient operating portion forms at least one resilient arm extending from the body, and the protrusion is formed on the at least one resilient arm.

3. The mounting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the securing plate defines at least one positioning slot in parallel with the receiving slot, and at least one positioning block is formed on the retaining member and slidably received in the at least one positioning slot.

4. The mounting device as claimed in claim 3, wherein at least one enlarged opening is formed in the securing plate and communicated with the at least one positioning slot for allowing the at least one positioning block to enter the positioning slot.

5. The mounting device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the at least one positioning block is cross-shaped.

6. The mounting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiving slot has a closed end resisting against another end edge of the circuit card which is opposite to the motherboard to press the circuit card towards the motherboard.

7. A mounting assembly comprising:

a circuit card;

a computer enclosure, comprising a securing plate apart from the circuit card; and

a retaining member slidably attached to the securing plate and located between the securing plate and an end edge of the circuit card, a first side of the retaining member, which faces to the end edge of the circuit card, defining a receiving slot parallel with the end edge to sandwich the end edge therein, and a locking structure formed on a second side of the retaining member opposite to the first side and the securing plate for detachably locking the retaining member in the computer enclosure;

wherein at least one positioning slot is defined in the securing plate in parallel with the receiving slot, and at least one positioning block is formed on the retaining member and slidably engaged in the at least one positioning slot, an opening is defined in an end of the at least one positioning slot for allowing the at least one positioning block to enter the positioning slot, and at least one positioning slot is narrower than the opening.

8. The mounting assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein the retaining member comprises two parallel pieces parallel to the end edge of the circuit card, the receiving slot is defined between the two parallel pieces, the receiving slot has an open end through which the circuit card is inserted into the receiving slot to be clamped by the two parallel pieces.

9. The mounting assembly as claimed in claim 8, wherein the receiving slot has a closed end resisting against another end edge of the circuit card which is adjacent to the sandwiched end edge.

10. The mounting assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein the locking structure comprises a positioning aperture defined in the securing plate and a protrusion formed on the retaining member engaging in the positioning aperture.

11. The mounting assembly as claimed in claim 10, wherein the retaining member comprises an operating portion, and the protrusion is formed on the operating portion.

12. The mounting assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein the operating portion forms at least one resilient arm, and the protrusion is formed on the at least one resilient arm.

13. A combination comprising:

a computer enclosure comprising a front panel, a rear panel parallel to the front panel, and a side panel perpendicularly to the front and real panels and connecting the front and rear panels;

a motherboard lain on the side panel;

a circuit card perpendicularly attached to the motherboard, the circuit card comprising a front edge and a rear edge both parallel to the front and rear panels, and a top edge parallel to the motherboard, the rear edge of the circuit card secured to the rear panel of the computer enclosure;

a retaining member located between the front edge of the circuit card and the front panel of the computer enclosure, a first side of the retaining member, which faces to the front edge of the circuit card, defining a receiving slot parallel with the first edge of the circuit card, the receiving slot having an open end through which the circuit card is inserted into the receiving slot to be clamped by the retaining member, and a closed end resisting against the top edge of the circuit card towards the motherboard, a second side of the retaining member opposite to the first side being slidably mounted on the front panel of the computer enclosure.

14. The combination as claimed in claim 13, wherein the retaining member comprises two parallel pieces parallel to the front edge of the circuit card, the receiving slot is defined between the two parallel pieces.

15. The combination as claimed in claim 13, wherein a securing plate is secured on the front panel of the computer enclosure, at least one positioning slot is defined in the securing plate in parallel with the receiving slot, and at least one positioning block is formed on the retaining member and slidably engaged in the at least one positioning slot to slidably mount the retaining member to the front panel of the computer enclosure.