Protective apparatus for electronic device

• US 8,152,127 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2009
• Issued: 04/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Chin-Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Duckworth, Bradley
• Application Number:
  US12/649,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20110095164A1
• Time in Patent Office: 833 Days
• Field of Search: 248/560, 248/580, 248/581, 248/603, 248/610, 248/618, 248/624, 248/638, 248/346.03, 361/679.34, 361/679.35, 361/679.36, 361/727
• US Class Current: 248/618
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/182 with special features, e.g. for use in industrial environments; grounding or shielding against radio frequency interference [RFI] or electromagnetical interference [EMI]

Abstract

A protective apparatus for an electronic device includes a first supporting bracket, a second supporting bracket mounted to the first supporting bracket, and a number of abutting members disposed on the second supporting bracket. The electronic device is received in the second supporting bracket and sandwiched between the plurality of abutting members. A first spring is disposed between the first supporting bracket and the second supporting bracket. A number of second springs is disposed between the first supporting bracket and the corresponding abutting members. The first resilient member and the second resilient members can absorb shocks, therefore, a shockproof protection is provided for the computer.

Claims

1. A protective apparatus for an electronic device, the protective apparatus comprising:

a first supporting bracket;

a second supporting bracket supported by the first supporting bracket, to support the electronic device;

a plurality of abutting members mounted to the second supporting bracket, to respectively abut against two opposite walls of the electronic device;

at least one first resilient member disposed between the first supporting bracket and the second supporting bracket, to absorb shock of the second supporting bracket; and

a plurality of second resilient members correspondingly disposed between the abutting members and the first supporting bracket, to absorb shock of the plurality of abutting members.

2. The protective apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the first supporting bracket and the second supporting bracket comprises a bottom plate, the at least one first resilient member comprises a coil spring, opposite ends of the coil spring resist against the bottom plates of the first supporting bracket and the second supporting bracket, respectively.

3. The protective apparatus of claim 2, wherein the at least one first resilient member comprises two coil springs;

two first bulges protrude up from the bottom plate of the first supporting bracket towards the bottom plate of the second supporting bracket;

two second bulges protrude down from the bottom plate of the second supporting bracket towards the bottom plate of the first supporting bracket, correspondingly aligning with the first bulges;

opposite ends of each of the coil springs fitting about the corresponding first and second bulges of the bottom plates of the first and second supporting plates.

4. The protective apparatus of claim 2, wherein two positioning holes are defined in the bottom plate of the second supporting bracket, two positioning pins extend up from the bottom plate of the first supporting bracket and movably extend through the corresponding positioning holes of the first supporting bracket.

5. The protective apparatus of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of abutting members comprises a fixing portion secured to the bottom plate of the second supporting bracket, and an abutting portion perpendicularly extending up from the fixing portion, to abut against one of the opposite walls of the electronic device.

6. The protective apparatus of claim 5, further comprising two bands to wind around the electronic device, wherein two hooks extends from opposite ends of each of the bands, the abutting portion of each of the plurality of abutting members defines an engagement notch, the hooks of the bands are correspondingly engaged in the engagement notches of the corresponding abutting members.

7. The protective apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first supporting bracket further comprises opposite sidewalls perpendicularly extending up from opposite sides of the bottom plate of the first supporting bracket, the plurality of second resilient members are a plurality of coil springs, opposite ends of each of the second resilient members resist against one of the sidewalls of the first supporting bracket and the abutting portion of a corresponding abutting member.

8. The protective apparatus of claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of abutting members further comprises a mounting post perpendicularly extending from the abutting portion of the abutting member, to extend through one of the plurality of second resilient members.

9. The protective apparatus of claim 7, wherein the fixing portion of each of the plurality of abutting members defines two fixing holes, the bottom plate of the second supporting bracket defines a plurality of positioning holes, a plurality of positioning pins extends from the bottom plate of the first supporting bracket, and extends through the corresponding positioning holes of the second supporting bracket and the corresponding fixing holes of the plurality of abutting members, a plurality of screws engages in the corresponding positioning pins of the first supporting bracket, to secure the plurality of abutting members to the bottom plate of the second supporting bracket.

10. The protective apparatus of claim 9, wherein the fixing holes of each of the plurality of abutting members are lengthwise, with a lengthwise direction of the fixing holes perpendicular to the abutting portion of the abutting member.

11. The protective apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a band wound around the electronic device and a latch member tying up opposite ends of the band, wherein two opposite locking tabs extend from the bottom plate of the second supporting bracket, each of the locking tabs defines an attachment notch, the band extends through the attachment notches of the locking tabs.

12. The protective apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a packing box receiving the base and the electronic device, wherein two railways are attached to inner surfaces of opposite sidewalls of the packing box, a plurality of wheels is attached to the first supporting bracket and slidably received in the corresponding railways of the packing box.