Electronic device having elastic grounding clip
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsMING-CHIH HSIEH, TSUNG-HSI LI
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Abstract
An elastic grounding clip, set between a PCB and a housing of an electronic device, includes two first main pieces, a first connection piece connected between the two first main pieces, a second main piece adjacent one of the first main pieces, and a second connection piece connected between the one of the first main pieces and the second main piece. The two first main pieces and the first connection piece bound a first clamping part configured for clamping the PCB, and the corresponding first main piece, the second connection piece, and the second main piece bound a second clamping part configured for clamping a protruding portion of the housing of the electronic device.
Claims15
An elastic grounding clip set between a printed circuit board (PCB) and a housing of an electronic device, comprising:
- two first main pieces;
- a first connection piece connected between the two first main pieces;
- a second main piece adjacent one of the first main pieces;
- and
- a second connection piece connected between said one of the first main pieces and the second main piece;
- wherein the two first main pieces and the first connection piece bound a first clamping part configured for clamping the PCB, the corresponding first main piece, the second connection piece, and the second main piece bound a second clamping part configured for clamping a protruding portion of the housing of the electronic device.
An electronic device comprising:
- a housing comprising two opposite sidewalls, each of the sidewalls comprising two bars extending from an inner surface thereof, between which a channel being defined;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a ground layer and two opposite edges, at least one protrusion electrically connected to the ground layer extending from each of the edges of the PCB;
- and
- at least two elastic grounding clips respectively engaging with said at least one protrusion of each of the edges of the PCB, each of the elastic grounding clips comprising:
- two first main pieces located in a middle portion thereof;
- a first connection piece connected between the two first main pieces;
- two second main pieces respectively located at an upper portion and a lower portion thereof;
- and
- two second connection piece respectively connected between each of the first main pieces and a corresponding second main piece;
- wherein the first main pieces and the first connection piece bound a first clamping part configured for clamping the corresponding protrusion of the edges of the PCB, and each of the first main piece, a corresponding second connection piece, and a corresponding second main piece bound a second clamping part configured for clamping a corresponding bar of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.