Snap-fit assembly for securing electronic components at hard-to-reach locations
OwnerAshok Kumar Bachu, Sumegh Kadam +1inventors
InventorsAshok Kumar Bachu, Sumegh Kadam, Björn Scherdin
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Abstract
A snap-fit assembly that allows securely attaching and locking components to each other or to wall-like objects. The snap-fit assembly includes an electronic device with a plastic housing designed to have at the same surface a set of oppositely disposed hooks and a tab for defining an area which is shaped and dimensioned to receive a sliding mechanical bracket. The hooks guide the mechanical bracket into place and securely attach the mechanical bracket to the plastic housing, while the tab forms a stop device for the mechanical bracket, while at the same time locking into a locking opening formed at the mechanical tab.
Claims17
A plastic housing for an electronic device configured to snap fit connect to a mechanical bracket, wherein the electronic device is a sensor device, the plastic housing including a set of oppositely disposed hooks sized and designed to allow an outer edge of the mechanical bracket to slidably engage the hooks and eventually come to rest along a portion of the edge when a portion of the mechanical bracket comes into contact with a locking tab on the plastic housing.
A Cell Voltage Temperature Node (CVTN) device including a plastic housing configured to snap fit connect to a mechanical bracket, the plastic housing including a set of oppositely disposed hooks sized and designed to allow an outer edge of the mechanical bracket to slidably engage the hooks and eventually come to rest along a portion of the edge when a portion of the mechanical bracket comes into contact with a locking tab on the plastic housing.
A mechanical bracket adapted for snap fit connecting a plastic housing of an electronic device, wherein the electronic device is a sensor device, where the plastic housing includes a set of oppositely disposed hooks sized and designed to allow an outer edge of the mechanical bracket to slidably engage the hooks and eventually come to rest along a portion of the edge when a portion of the mechanical bracket comes into contact with a locking tab on the plastic housing.
A snap-fit assembly comprising:
- a mechanical bracket;
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- an electronic device including a plastic housing configured to snap fit connect to the mechanical bracket, wherein the electronic device is a sensor device, the plastic housing including a set of oppositely disposed hooks sized and designed to allow an outer edge of the mechanical bracket to slidably engage the hooks and eventually come to rest along a portion of the edge when a portion of the mechanical bracket comes into contact with a locking tab on the plastic housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.