# US 2014/0153207 A1 · Circuit board mounting apparatus

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- Number: US 2014/0153207 A1
- Document ID: US20140153207A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/727,530
- Filed: 2012-12-26
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-12-04
- Assignees: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: CHIEN-CHUNG HUANG; ZHENG-HENG SUN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153207A1

## CPC

- H05K 7/1405: {by clips or resilient members, e.g. hooks}
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS

## Abstract

A circuit board mounting apparatus includes a chassis and a circuit board. The chassis includes a side plate defining a slide slot and a latching hole. A latch protrudes forward from the circuit board, and includes a neck and a latching portion extending left from a front end of the neck. A cutout is defined in a front side of the circuit board. A cantilever extends into the cutout. A hook protrudes forward from the cantilever. The latch extends through the slide slot to allow the neck to abut against a portion of the side plate bounding a left end of the slide slot, and to allow the latching portion to engage with a front side of the side plate. The cantilever resists the hook to engage in the latching hole and abut against a portion of the side plate bounding a right end of the latching hole.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A circuit board mounting apparatus, comprising:
a chassis comprising a side plate defining a latching hole and at least one slide slot; and
a circuit board, at least one substantially L-shaped latch protruding from a front side of the circuit board, each of the at least one latch comprising a neck connected to the front side of the circuit board, and a latching portion extending left from a front end of the neck, the front side of the circuit board defining a cutout, a cantilever extending from an end wall bounding the cutout, a hook protruding from a front side of the cantilever and comprising an engaging surface facing rightward;
wherein the at least one latch extends through the at least one slide slot and slides to allow the neck to abut against a portion of the side plate bounding a left end of the slide slot, and to allow the latching portion to engage with a front side of the side plate, the cantilever resists the hook to engage in the latching hole, to allow the engaging surface of the hook to abut against a portion of the side plate bounding a right end of the latching hole, to perpendicularly fix the circuit board to the side plate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The circuit board mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cantilever is received in the cutout, and extends horizontally from the end wall bounding the cutout.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The circuit board mounting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the hook protrudes from a distal end of the front side of the cantilever.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The circuit board mounting apparatus of claim 3, wherein the cantilever extends left from a right end wall bounding the cutout.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The circuit board mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the number of the at least one slide slot is two, and the number of the at least one latch is two, the latching hole is arranged between the two slide slots, and the cantilever is arranged between the two latches.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The circuit board mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hook further comprises a guide surface facing leftward and slantingly connected between the cantilever and the front end of the engaging surface.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The circuit board mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the front side of the circuit board abuts against a rear side of the side plate.