Mounting apparatus for peripheral component interconnect card

• US 7,898,797 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Issued: 03/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Li-Ping, Fan, Chen-Lu
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong; Hung V
• Application Number:
  US12/494,571
• Publication Number:
  US 20100271768A1
• Time in Patent Office: 609 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/550.1, 455/90.1, 235/441, 235/492, 353/15, 353/122, 267/140.14, 369/44.14, 360/245.1, 360/97.01, 360/97.02, 360/94, 361/759, 361/679.08, 361/679.13, 361/679.14, 361/679.55, 361/679.4, 361/679.58, 361/679.32, 361/679.31, 361/679.48
• US Class Current: 361/679.4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/186 Securing of expansion boards in correspondence to slots provided at the computer enclosure

Abstract

A mounting apparatus for PCI card, includes a mounting bracket, a securing piece adapted to attach the PCI card to the mounting bracket, and an elastic securing member pivotally mounted on the blocking plate of the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket has a base and a blocking plate perpendicular to the base. An opening is defined in the mounting bracket adjacent to the blocking plate. The securing piece includes a first end and a second end perpendicular to the first end. The first end abuts and engages with the mounting bracket base, and the second end abut the blocking plate of the mounting bracket. The elastic securing member includes a pressing portion and an actuating portion. The actuating portion is resiliently received in the opening to force the pressing portion to sandwich the second end of the securing piece between the blocking plate and the pressing portion.

Claims

1. A mounting apparatus for a PCI card, comprising:

a mounting bracket having a base and a blocking plate perpendicular to the base, and an opening defined in the mounting bracket adjacent to the blocking plate;

a securing piece adapted to attach the PCI card to the mounting bracket, the securing piece comprising a first end and a second end perpendicular to the first end, the first end abutting and engaging with the mounting bracket base, and the second end abutting the blocking plate of the mounting bracket; and

an elastic securing member pivotally mounted on the blocking plate;

the elastic securing member comprising a pressing portion and an actuating portion connected with the pressing portion, the actuating portion being resiliently received in the opening to sandwich the second end of the securing piece between the blocking plate and the pressing portion.

2. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 1, wherein a blocking tab protrudes from a side edge of the opening opposite to the blocking plate, the actuating portion of the elastic securing member defines a securing slot, the blocking tab engages in the securing slot to retain the actuating portion in the base opening.

3. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 2, wherein the actuating portion of the elastic securing member comprises an operating section and a connecting section formed between the operating section and the pressing portion, the operating section is substantially parallel to the pressing portion.

4. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 3, wherein the connecting section is substantially V-shaped, the connecting section comprises a securing wall arranged at an obtuse angle relative to the operating section, and the securing slot is defined at a joint of the securing wall and the operating section.

5. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 4, wherein a first blocking protrusion is formed on the operating section, a second blocking protrusion is formed on the securing wall of the connecting section, and the securing slot is defined between the first blocking protrusion and the second blocking protrusion.

6. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 5, wherein the first blocking protrusion and the second blocking protrusion are wedge-shaped with thicker ends, the securing slot is defined between the thicker ends of the first blocking protrusion and the second blocking protrusion.

7. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 6, wherein two blocking bars extend from the elastic securing member, the two blocking bars abut the mounting bracket base, and the actuating portion is disposed between the two blocking bars.

8. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 1, wherein the pressing portion of the elastic securing member forms an elastic tab, the second end of the securing piece is sandwiched between the elastic tab and the mounting bracket blocking plate.

9. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 1, wherein the elastic securing member comprises two pivot tabs perpendicularly extending from the pressing portion, each pivot tab defines a pivot hole;

two pivot portions are located at a side of the blocking plate; and

a pivoting member is located through the pivot holes in the pivot tabs and the pivot portions of the blocking plate to pivotally attach the elastic securing member to the mounting bracket blocking plate.

10. A mounting apparatus for a PCI card, comprising:

a mounting bracket having a base and a blocking plate perpendicular to the base,

a securing piece adapted to secure the PCI card to the mounting bracket, the securing piece comprising a first end abutting and engaging with the mounting bracket base, and a second end abutting the blocking plate of the mounting bracket; and

an elastic securing member pivotally mounted on the blocking plate of the mounting bracket, the elastic securing member comprising a pressing portion and an actuating portion, the actuating portion resiliently engages the mounting bracket to force the pressing portion to abut against the second end of the securing piece;

wherein the actuating portion is capable of being moved in a direction perpendicular to the pressing portion to disengage from the mounting bracket, so as to pivot the elastic securing member to release the securing piece.

11. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 10, wherein a blocking tab protrudes from a side edge of the opening opposite to the blocking plate, the actuating portion of the elastic securing member defines a securing slot, the blocking tab engages the securing slot to secure the actuating portion in the base opening.

12. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 11, wherein the actuating portion comprises an operating section and a connecting section formed between the operating section and the pressing portion of the elastic securing member, the operating section is substantially parallel to the pressing portion.

13. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 12, wherein the connecting section is substantially V-shaped, the connecting section comprises a securing wall arranged at an obtuse angle relative to the operating section, and the securing slot is defined at a joint of the securing wall and the operating section.

14. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 13, wherein a first blocking protrusion is formed on the operating section, a second blocking protrusion is formed on the securing wall, and the securing slot is defined between the first blocking protrusion and the second blocking protrusion.

15. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 14, wherein the first blocking protrusion and the second blocking protrusion are wedge-shaped with thicker ends, the securing slot is defined between the thicker ends of the first blocking protrusion and the second blocking protrusion.

16. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 15, wherein two blocking bars extend from the elastic securing member, the two blocking bars abut the mounting bracket base, and the actuating portion is disposed between the two blocking bars.

17. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 10, wherein the pressing portion of the elastic securing member forms an elastic tab, the second end of the securing piece is sandwiched between the elastic tab and the mounting bracket blocking plate.

18. The mounting apparatus for a PCI card of claim 10, wherein the elastic securing member comprises two pivot tabs perpendicularly extending from the pressing portion, each pivot tab defining a pivot hole;

two pivoted portions are located at a side of the blocking plate; and

a pivoting member is located through the pivot holes in the pivot tabs and the pivoted portions of the blocking plate to pivotally attach the elastic securing member to the mounting bracket blocking plate.