Holding apparatus

• US 8,537,556 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2009
• Issued: 09/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GMBH (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Beyer, Bernd, Friesner, Horst, Hofmann, Florian, Repp, Helmut, Schnitzerlein, Wolfgang, Stark, Markus, Tichy, Peter, Hemmerlein, Markus
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi, Jayprakash N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Desai, Nidhi
• Application Number:
  US12/418,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20090257206A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,625 Days
• Field of Search: 361/807, 361/810, 361728-729, 361752-753, 361758-759, 361/801, 361/804, 361/742, 361/770, 36167901-67945, 36167955-67959, 174/162, 174/252, 174260-261, 248/223.41, 248/223.31, 248/222.11, 220/788, 220/345.1, 220/254.9, 211/41.17, 312/223.1, 312/223.2
• US Class Current: 361/727
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1417 having securing means for mounting boards, plates or wiring boards H05K7/1461 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention specifies a holding apparatus comprising a support element and a circuit board. A trench for receiving the circuit board is embodied in the support element. At least one first clamping element is arranged on one or both longitudinal sides of the circuit board and/or at least one second clamping element is arranged in the trench. As a result, the circuit board received by the trench is fixed in the trench in a clearance-free fashion.

Claims

1. A holding apparatus comprising:

a circuit board comprising a top, a bottom, and at least two outer perimeter sides, the top and the bottom each having a greater area than each of the at least two outer perimeter sides, the at least two outer perimeter sides being outermost in relation to a central axis along the length of the circuit board; and

a support element having a trench for receiving the circuit board formed in or on the support element, the trench including longitudinal sides and a bottom, the bottom extending from a first of the longitudinal sides to a second of the longitudinal sides, wherein at least one first clamping element is arranged on one or both longitudinal sides of the circuit board and at least one second clamping element is arranged in the trench, as a result of which the circuit board received by the trench is fixed in the trench in a clearance-free fashion, wherein each of the longitudinal sides of the trench includes a groove, the circuit board having a shape that fits in the grooves, wherein the grooves at least partially enclose at least one of the at least two outer perimeter sides of the printed circuit board, wherein the at least one second clamping element includes an elastically or plastically deformable tapering of the trench and a bevel of the longitudinal sides of the trench, and wherein the at least one first clamping element is formed by an elastically or plastically deformable, continuous or punctiform widening, thickening, or widening and thickening of the circuit board.

2. The holding apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the longitudinal sides of the trench include the at least one second clamping element.

3. The holding apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tapering is a lug or snap-fit hook.

4. The holding apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the widening or thickening includes a lug or snap-fit hook.

5. The holding apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the circuit board and the at least one first clamping element are configured as a single part.

6. The holding apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the length of the groove is at least half the length of the circuit board.

7. The holding apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the entire width of the circuit board is disposed in the trench.

8. A computed tomography system comprising:

a circuit board comprising a top, a bottom, and at least two outer perimeter sides, the top and the bottom each having a greater area than each of the at least two outer perimeter sides, the at least two outer perimeter sides being outermost in relation to a central axis along the length of the circuit board; and

a holding apparatus having a support element, the support element having a trench for receiving the circuit board formed in or on the support element, the trench including longitudinal sides and a bottom, the bottom extending from a first of the longitudinal sides to a second of the longitudinal sides, wherein at least one first clamping element is arranged on one or both of the longitudinal sides of the circuit board, and at least one second clamping element is arranged in the trench, as a result of which the circuit board received by the trench is fixed in the trench in a clearance-free fashion, wherein each of the longitudinal sides of the trench includes a groove, the circuit board having a shape that fits in the grooves, wherein the grooves at least partially enclose at least one of the at least two outer perimeter sides of the printed circuit board, wherein the at least one second clamping element includes an elastically or plastically deformable tapering of the trench and a bevel of the longitudinal sides of the trench, and wherein the at least one first clamping element is formed by an elastically or plastically deformable, continuous or punctiform widening, thickening, or widening and thickening of the circuit board.

9. The computed tomography system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the longitudinal sides of the trench include the at least one second clamping element.

10. The computed tomography system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the tapering is a lug or snap-fit hook.