Slide positioning device

• US 8,870,170 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2010
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fulian Yuzhan Precision Technology Company Limited, Cloud Network Technology Singapore Pte. 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, Wen-Sheng, Zhao, Zhi-Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Lee D
• Application Number:
  US12/975,743
• Publication Number:
  US 20120049431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,406 Days
• Field of Search: 269/55, 269/56, 269/60, 269/71, 269/69, 269/70, 269/74, 269/67, 269/289.R
• US Class Current: 269/56
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/043 Allowing translations
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/028 by positive interaction, e.g. male-female connections

Abstract

A slide positioning device includes a main body and a slide member slidable relative to the main body along a axis. The main body defines a plurality of positioning holes along the axis, and the slide member defines a plurality of positioning grooves along the axis. A rough positioning member is selectively received in one positioning hole to roughly position the sliding member. A fine positioning assembly includes a latch member selectively received in one positioning groove to precisely position the sliding member. A biasing member biases the latch member toward the sliding member.

Claims

1. A slide positioning device comprising:

a main body;

a slide member slidable relative to the main body along an axis, wherein the main body defines a plurality of positioning holes arranged along the axis, and the slide member defines a plurality of positioning grooves arranged along the axis;

a rough positioning member selectively received in one positioning hole to roughly position the sliding member; and

a fine positioning assembly comprising a latch member selectively received in one positioning groove to precisely position the sliding member, and a biasing member biasing the latch member toward the sliding member.

2. The slide positioning device of claim 1, wherein the latch member forms at least one guide portion in an end toward the plurality of positioning grooves.

3. The slide positioning device of claim 2, wherein the guide portion is a rounded corner.

4. The slide positioning device of claim 1, wherein the latch member and each of the positioning grooves have rectangular cross sections.

5. The slide positioning device of claim 1, wherein the main body comprises a bottom plate, a first side plate, and a second side plate positioned on opposite sides of the bottom plate;

and the bottom plate, the first side plate, and the second side plate extend along the axis and cooperatively define a T-shaped slide groove.

6. The slide positioning device of claim 5, wherein the slide member has a T-shaped cross section and comprises a slide rail slidably received in the slide groove.

7. The slide positioning device of claim 6, wherein the plurality of positioning grooves are defined on a side surface of the slide rail toward the first side plate and distributed evenly along the axis.

8. The slide positioning device of claim 5, wherein the bottom plate defines a through hole communicated with the slide groove, and the latch member is rotatably received in the through hole.

9. The slide positioning device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of positioning grooves are distributed evenly along the axis.

10. The slide positioning device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of positioning holes are distributed evenly along the axis.

11. The slide positioning device of claim 1, wherein the rough positioning member is a pin attachable to an end of the slide member.

12. The slide positioning device of claim 1, wherein the fine positioning assembly further comprises a mounting base fixed to the main body and defining a though hole, an impeller is movably received in the through hole, and an operation bar is fixed to the impeller, wherein the impeller is fixed to the latch member, and the biasing member is positioned between and abutting the mounting base and the main body.

13. The slide positioning device of claim 1, wherein the slide positioning device further comprises a stopper positioned on an end of the main body to prevent the slide member from sliding out of the main body.

14. A slide positioning device comprising:

a main body defining a slide groove extending along an axis;

a slide member forms a slide rail slidably received in the slide groove, wherein the main body defines a plurality of positioning holes arranged along the axis, and the slide member defines a plurality of positioning grooves arranged along the axis;

a rough positioning member selectively received in one positioning hole to contact an end of the slide member to roughly position the sliding member; and

a fine positioning assembly comprising a latch member selectively received in one positioning groove to precisely position the sliding member, and a biasing member biasing the latch member toward the sliding member.

15. The slide positioning device of claim 14, wherein the latch member forms at least one guide portion in an end toward the plurality of positioning grooves.

16. The slide positioning device of claim 15, wherein the guide portion is a rounded corner.

17. The slide positioning device of claim 14, wherein the plurality of positioning grooves and the plurality of positioning holes are distributed evenly along the axis.

18. The slide positioning device of claim 14, wherein the fine positioning assembly further comprises a mounting base fixed to the main body and defining a though hole, an impeller is movably received in the through hole, and an operation bar is fixed to the impeller, wherein the impeller is fixed to the latch member, and the biasing member is positioned between and abuts the mounting base and the main body.

19. The slide positioning device of claim 14, wherein the slide positioning device further comprises a stopper positioned on an end of the main body to prevent the slide member from sliding out of the main body.