Retaining device for sensor
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsYun-Lin Hsu, Li Ping Chen
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Abstract
A retaining device (30) for a sensor (10) includes a front wall (34), a rear wall (32), and a sidewall (36) connecting between the front wall and the rear wall. A pair of poles (361) extends perpendicularly from the sidewall. A pair of L-shaped hooks (38, 321) is arranged at the front and rear walls respectively. The sensor defines a pair of through holes (16). In assembly, the sensor is received in the retaining device, with the poles of the retaining device being received in the through holes of the sensor. The combined retaining device and sensor is then attached to an internal side panel (54) of a computer enclosure (50). The hooks resiliently engage with the internal side panel at apertures (541) thereof.
Claims15
A retaining device for attaching a sensor to a computer enclosure, the sensor defining a pair of holes, the retaining device comprising:
- a first wall, a first hook being arranged at the first wall;
- a second wall, a second hook being arranged at a free end of the second wall;
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- a third wall connecting between the first wall and the second wall to define a space therebetween for accommodating the sensor therein, a pair of protrusions being arranged at the third wall;
- wherein the protrusions are adapted to be received in the holes of the sensor respectively, and the first and second hooks are adapted to resiliently engage with the computer enclosure for securing the sensor to the computer enclosure.
A retaining device assembly comprising:
- a computer enclosure comprising a panel defining a pair of apertures therein;
- a sensor defining a pair of holes;
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- a retaining device comprising a space accommodating the sensor therein, a pair of protrusions disposed in the space and received in the holes of the sensor respectively, and first and second hooks resiliently engaging in the apertures of the panel of the computer enclosure respectively thereby securing the retaining device to the computer enclosure.
A retainer device assembly comprising:
- a panel defining opposite first and second holes;
- a sensor defining a rectangular parallelopiped configuration;
- a retaining device defining a generally U-like frame with therein a space snugly receiving said sensor, said U-like frame including opposite first and second walls connected by third wall, said first and second walls having a relatively rigid hook and a relative resilient hook, respectively latched to the corresponding first and second holes;
- wherein
- said first and second walls are perpendicular to said panel while said third wall is parallel to said panel, and interengaging mechansim is formed between the sensor and the retaining device to allow said sensor to be assembled to the retaining device in a direction perpendicular to said third wall while preventing relative movement, after assembled, between the sensor and the retaining device in other directions perpendicular to said direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.