Modular case assembly device

• US 7,735,669 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2006
• Issued: 06/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Supermicro Computer Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Supermicro Computer Incorporated
• Inventors: Liang, Chien-Fa
• Primary Examiner(s): Stashick; Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCKINLEY, CHRISTOPHER BRIAN
• Application Number:
  US11/358,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20070194021A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,574 Days
• Field of Search: 220/4.21, 220/4.02, 220/4.28, 220/4.22, 312/223.1, 312/223.2, 312/223.3
• US Class Current: 220/4.21
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613

Abstract

A modular case assembly device including:

• • a lower case, wherein a front wall and a rear wall protrude from a bottom plate respectively, and a left wall and a right wall protrude from left and right sides of the bottom plate respectively, and protruding pieces are punched out from upper edges of the left and right walls;
  • an upper case structured from an upper plate and left and right side wall plates; and
  • resilient springs, each of which is formed a press portion, a through hole and a connecting portion are further respectively formed of the press portion;

The protruding pieces of the lower case transversally cross and rest atop the position fixing portions, which assist in increasing stability of the assembled upper case and lower case, and effectively provide convenient and fast assembly and disassembly.

Claims

1. A modular case assembly device comprising:

a lower case, wherein a front wall and a rear wall protrude from a front end and a rear end of a bottom plate respectively, and a left wall and a right wall protrude from left and right sides of the bottom plate respectively, transverse protruding pieces are punched out from upper edges of the left and right walls;

an upper case structured from an upper plate and left and right side wall plates, wherein rectangular depressions are respectively defined on a top surface of the upper plate, a through hole is punched out of each of the rectangular depressions, and a longitudinally extended crosspiece is formed on an edge of each of the through holes; and

resilient springs, a press portion is formed on a surface of each of the resilient springs, a through hole and a connecting portion are further respectively formed on sides of the press portion, a hook extends from a side of the through hole, and an arc-shaped protrusion and a horizontal position fixing portion are formed on an upper end of the hook;

the connecting portion affixes to a bottom surface of each of the depressions;

each of the left and right side wall plates has an indentation positioned at an underside of each of the through holes, and a clearance is formed between the arc-shaped protrusion and a top edge of each indentation;

the protruding pieces of the lower case transversally cross the clearances and rest atop the position fixing portions.

2. The modular case assembly device according to claim 1, wherein at least more than one groove is defined in the left and right side wall plates of the upper case, a transverse position fixing groove is formed in an interior of each of the grooves forms, and an indentation is formed on an exterior of each of the grooves;

two or more joining holes are defined in the left and right walls of the lower case, which are used to hold fast shafts that embed into the grooves.

3. The modular case assembly device according to claim 1, wherein a lower protruding piece extends from an underside of a front end of the upper case, and a groove is formed between the lower protruding piece and the upper plate;

a horizontally inwardly extending protruding plate is formed at a front end of the lower case, which enables the lower protruding piece to extend underneath the protruding plate, thereby clasping the protruding piece within the groove.

4. The modular case assembly device according to claim 1, wherein an outer cover covers and is affixed within each of the depressions, and each of the outer covers is provided with a right through hole that opens onto the through hole of the depression.

5. The modular case assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the through hole defined in each of the springs enables the crosspiece to penetrate therethrough.

6. The modular case assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the front and rear walls of the lower case are provided with meshes.

7. The modular case assembly device according to claim 1, wherein a surface of the press portion is a rough surface.

8. The modular case assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal position fixing portion is formed at a side of each of the hooks and is positioned at a rear side of the arc-shaped protrusion.