Positioning unit for a computer housing-and-peripheral device assembly
AssigneeMitac International Corp.
InventorChin-Tang Lin
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Abstract
A positioning unit is provided for a computer housing-and-peripheral device assembly that includes a computer housing and a peripheral device. The positioning unit includes a positioning member disposed between the peripheral device and the computer housing, and including a thin plate that is stamped to form a bent spring arm having a first section which extends toward the casing, and a second section which bends from the first section and which extends toward the computer housing.
Claims4
A positioning unit for a computer housing-and-peripheral device assembly that includes a computer housing and a peripheral device, the peripheral device including a casing with two opposite side walls, the computer housing having two opposite side walls that are formed with a pair of guiding grooves for receiving the side walls of the casing, said positioning unit comprising:
- a pair of positioning members, each of which is adapted to be disposed between a respective one of the side walls of the casing and a respective one of the side walls of the computer housing, and each of which includes a thin plate that is stamped to form a peripheral wall with an inner face confining a frame space, and a pair of opposing bent spring arms which extend oppositely from said inner face into said frame space, each of said bent spring arms having a first section that is adapted to extend toward the respective one of the side walls of the casing, and a second section that bends from said first section to form an apex therebetween and that is adapted to extend toward the respective one of the side walls of the computer housing so as to permit elastic abutment of said apex against the respective one of the side walls of the casing and elastic abutment of said second section against the respective one of the side walls of the computer housing when the casing is mounted in the computer housing, thereby limiting sidewise movement of the casing in the computer housing.
A computer housing-and-peripheral device assembly comprising:
- a peripheral device including a casing with two opposite side walls;
- a computer housing defining an inner space and having a front wall formed with a front opening for insertion of said peripheral device therethrough into said inner space, and two opposite side walls that are formed with a pair of opposing guiding rails projecting into said inner space and cooperatively defining a pair of guiding grooves for receiving said casing and for permitting sliding movement of said casing along said guiding rails;
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- a positioning unit including a pair of positioning members, each of which is disposed between a respective one of said side walls of said computer housing and a respective one of said side walls of said casing, and each of which is formed with a bent spring arm that elastically abuts against the respective one of said side walls of said computer housing and the respective one of said side walls of said casing so as to limit sidewise movement of said casing in said inner space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.