Mounting apparatus for power supply

• US 7,495,925 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2006
• Issued: 02/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2006
• 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, Yun-Lung, Xiao, Yu-Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): HYEON, HAE M
• Application Number:
  US11/565,658
• Publication Number:
  US 20080130245A1
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• Field of Search: 361/726, 361/683, 361/685, 248/298.1
• US Class Current: 361/726
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/188 Mounting of power supply units

Abstract

A mounting apparatus for power supply includes a chassis for carrying a power supply, a computer case, and a securing bracket. A pivot portion is formed on the chassis. The computer case includes a bottom wall and a rear plate perpendicular to the bottom wall. The rear plate defines a guiding slot for the pivot portion rotating and sliding therein. The securing bracket is mounted to the computer case. The chassis is inter-engaged with the computer case and/or the securing bracket. The securing bracket includes an elastic blocking member blocking an end of the chassis, for preventing the chassis disengaging from the computer case and/or the securing bracket.

Claims

1. A mounting apparatus for a power supply, comprising:

a chassis for carrying a power supply, at least one pivot portion formed on the chassis;

a computer case having a bottom wall and a rear plate perpendicular to the bottom wall, the rear plate defining at least one guiding slot for the at least one pivot portion rotating and sliding therein; and

a securing bracket mounted to the computer case, the chassis inter-engaged with the computer case and/or the securing bracket, the securing bracket comprising an elastic blocking member blocking an end of the chassis, for preventing the chassis disengaging from the computer case and/or the securing bracket.

2. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 1, wherein the chassis comprises a side wall, a top wall and a stepped bottom wall respectively perpendicular to the side wall, and the pivot portion formed at a joint of the side wall and the top wall.

3. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 2, wherein at least one securing member is formed in the side wall of the chassis, at least one securing slot is defined in the securing bracket corresponding to the securing member.

4. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 3, wherein the securing member comprises a pair of narrow bridges connected to the side wall and a wide blocking portion connected between the pair of bridges, and the securing slot comprises a narrow slot and a wide slot in communication with the narrow slot respectively corresponding to the narrow bridges and the wide blocking portion.

5. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 2, wherein the stepped bottom wall comprises a first plate, a second plate and a third plate parallel to the top wall of the chassis, a distance from the top wall to the first plate being less than a distance to the second plate, which is less than a distance to the third plate.

6. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 5, wherein the first plate and the second plate of the chassis are connected by a first connecting wall, and the second plate and the third plate are connected by a second connecting wall, the first connecting wail and the second connecting wall are perpendicular to each other.

7. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 5, wherein the bottom wall of the computer case forms at least one securing member, at least one securing slot is defined in the third plate of the chassis corresponding to the securing member.

8. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 1, wherein a supporting bracket with a supporting flange extending from a top edge thereof folds up from the bottom wall of the computer case, for supporting the chassis.

9. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 1, wherein the securing bracket comprises a body, the elastic blocking member comprises an elastic cantilever formed on the body and a blocking portion protruding from a free end of the cantilever, for blocking an edge of the chassis.

10. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 1, wherein a shape of the pivot portion in cross-section is an unsealed annulus with a raised free end.

11. A mounting apparatus for a power supply, comprising:

a chassis for carrying a power supply, at least one pivot portion formed on the chassis;

a computer case having a bottom wall, a rear plate perpendicular to the bottom wall, and a side wall perpendicular to the bottom wall and the rear plate, the rear plate defining at least one guiding slot configured for allowing the pivot portion to rotate and slide therein resulting in the ability of the chassis to rotate and slide relative to the computer case, an elastic blocking tab extending from the bottom wall for preventing a movement of the chassis along a first direction away from the rear plate, a flange folded inward from a top edge of the side wall for covering on the chassis; and

a securing bracket mounted to the computer case, the securing bracket comprising an elastic blocking member blocking an end of the chassis, for preventing a movement of the chassis along a second direction away from the side wall of the computer case.

12. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 11, wherein the chassis comprises a side wall, a top wall and a stepped bottom wall respectively perpendicular to the side wall, and the pivot portion fanned at a joint of the side wall and the top wall.

13. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 12, wherein at least one securing member is formed in the side wall of the chassis, at least one securing slot is defined in the securing bracket corresponding to the securing member.

14. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 12, wherein the stepped bottom wall comprises a first plate, a second plate and a third plate parallel to the top wall of the chassis, a distance from the top wall to the first plate being less than a distance to the second plate, which is less than a distance to the third plate.

15. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 14, wherein the first plate and the second plate of the chassis are connected by a first connecting wall, and the second plate and the third plate are connected by a second connecting wall, the first connecting wall and the second connecting wall are perpendicular to each other.

16. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 14, wherein the bottom wall of the computer case forms at least one securing member, at least one securing slot is defined in the third plate of the chassis corresponding to the securing member.

17. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 11, wherein the securing bracket comprises a body, the elastic blocking member comprises an elastic cantilever formed on the body and a blocking portion protruding from a free end of the cantilever, for blocking an edge of the chassis.

18. The mounting apparatus for a power supply as described in claim 11, wherein a shape of the pivot portion in cross-section is an unsealed annulus with a raised free end.

19. A mounting apparatus comprising:

a chassis configured to carry a power supply therein, at least one pivot portion formed on the chassis;

a case having a bottom wall and a side wall perpendicular to the bottom wall;

a securing bracket mounted to the case adjacent to the side wall; and

a supporting bracket mounted to the bottom wall and spaced from the securing bracket, wherein

at least one securing slot is defined in the side wall and/or the securing bracket and the at least one first pivot portion is slidably and pivotally engaged with the at least one securing slot in such a manner that the chassis is slidable with respect to the case between a lock position where the chassis seating on the supporting bracket is locked with the case and a released position where the chassis is rotatable to outside of the case, and wherein

the securing bracket comprises an elastic blocking member having a blocking portion which resists against a side of the chassis to stop the chassis sliding from the locked position to the released position, the elastic blocking member being deformable toward the side wall to release the blocking portion from the side of the chassis thereby allowing the chassis sliding from the locked position to the release position.

20. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the securing bracket and the supporting bracket cooperatively form therebetween a space configured to receive a data storage device below the chassis.