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US 2004/0203267 A1Published application
Self-alignment structure
OwnerChing-Shih Chen, Che-Hung Huanginventors
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A self-alignment structure inside a cradle set for accommodating a personal digital assistant (PDA) module is provided. The cradle set has a circuit board (206) and a connector (204) therein. The alignment structure comprises a base plate (208), at least a sectional bolt (210) and an elastic body (220). The base plate has at least a threaded hole (208a). The sectional bolt has a cap piece (216) at the top end and a threaded section (212) at the bottom end. The threaded section of the sectional bolt passes through the circuit board and screwed into the threaded hole in the base plate so that the circuit board and the base plate are locked together. In addition, there is a space between the sectional bolt and the circuit board for accommodating the elastic body. The ends of the elastic body are in contact with the surface of the circuit board and the bottom surface of the cap piece respectively so that any stress resulting from a misalignment between the connector of the PDA module the connector in the cradle set is buffered by the elastic body.
A self-alignment structure for a cradle set comprising a circuit board and a connector mounted on the circuit board, the self-alignment structure comprising:
A connector mounting structure for a cradle set having a connector therein, the connector mounting structure at least comprising:
A cradle set for mounting a handheld device, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.