# US 10,374,645 B2 · Holding slot for electronic device

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- Number: US 10,374,645 B2
- Document ID: US10374645B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/567,592
- Filed: 2015-09-17
- Published: 2018-05-31
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2015-04-20
- Assignees: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
- Applicants: THOMSON Licensing
- Inventors: Mickey Jay Hunt
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10374645B2

## CPC

- H04B 1/08: Constructional details, e.g. cabinet
- G06F 1/181: {Enclosures (for portable computers G06F1/1613)}
- G06F 1/183: Internal mounting support structures, e.g. for supporting printed circuit boards
- H01Q 1/007: {specially adapted for indoor communication}
- H01Q 1/1214: {through a wall}
- H01Q 1/22: by structural association with other equipment or articles
- H01Q 21/28: Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems {(multiple beam H01Q25/00)}
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72)

## Abstract

A device is provided that includes a plurality of walls and at least one holding slot on a wall for temporarily holding the printed circuit board during assembly of the device at an angle with respect to the wall.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device comprising:
a plurality of walls;
a printed circuit board;
two holding slots on one wall of the plurality of walls, each of the two holding slots having a constant hollowed shape that extends inward from said one wall and being configured to hold a corner of an edge of the printed circuit board during assembly of the electronic device, the constant hollowed shape of the two holding slots are U-shape, V-shape or C-shape having an opening portion, the opening portions or the two holding slots facing each other to hold the printed circuit board perpendicularly with respect to said one wall during assembly of the electronic device, while the printed circuit board is positioned parallel to said one wall once the electronic device is assembled.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the two holding slots are at a lateral position that is above an upper edge of the printed circuit board.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the two holding slots are at a lateral position that is above an upper edge of the printed circuit board and below an antenna bracket.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The electronic device of claim 3, further comprising a plurality of antenna connectors on the printed circuit board, the antenna connectors being positioned closer to an upper edge of the printed circuit board and away from the antenna bracket and being configured to connect with a plurality of antenna wires extending from each of the antennas.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The electronic device of claim 4 wherein the upper edge of the printed circuit board is positioned at least partially below the antenna bracket and the antenna connectors are positioned on a component side of the printed circuit board.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The electronic device of claim 5, wherein each of the antenna wires of the antennas is routed to one of the sides of the antenna bracket and the antenna bracket is mounted to said one wall by attaching one of the sides of the antenna bracket to said one wall; and
wherein the component side of the printed circuit board faces said one wall.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the electronic device is a vertically oriented set top box or a vertically oriented gateway device.