Fixing device for an extension card
AssigneeLite-On Technology Corporation
InventorsYing-Hui Shih, Yue-Wen Jiang
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Abstract
A fixing device for an extension card having a bracket with a bent portion has a casing and a metal pressing member. The casing has a support portion. The metal pressing member has a longitudinal bottom plate, a pivotal structure, and a resilient latching structure. The pivotal structure is pivotally connected to the casing. The bent portion of the bracket of the extension card is placed on the support portion of the casing. The longitudinal bottom plate of the metal pressing member presses on the bent portion. The resilient latching structure of the metal pressing member detachably latches onto the casing. As a result, the extension card is capable of being retained in or dismounted from the casing easily and quickly.
Claims13
A fixing device for an extension card having a bracket with a bent portion, the fixing device comprising:
- a casing having a support portion;
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- a metal pressing member having a longitudinal bottom plate, a longitudinal side plate, a pivotal structure, and a resilient latching structure, the longitudinal side plate being integrally connected with a longitudinal side edge of the longitudinal bottom plate, the pivotal structure and the resilient latching structure being integrally connected with two ends of the longitudinal bottom plate, respectively, and the pivotal structure being pivotally connected to the casing;
- wherein the bent portion of the bracket of the extension card is placed on the support portion of the casing, the longitudinal bottom plate of the metal pressing member presses on the bent portion, and the resilient latching structure of the metal pressing member detachably latches onto the casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.