# US 2020/0288582 A1 · Housing comprising a first housing portion, a second housing portion and a third housing portion

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- Number: US 2020/0288582 A1
- Document ID: US20200288582A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/646,062
- Filed: 2018-08-16
- Published: 2020-09-10
- Earliest claimed: 2017-09-28
- Assignees: Sagemcom Broadband SAS
- Applicants: Sagemcom Broadband SAS
- Inventors: Cécile MAURECH; Yann LE HENANFF
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200288582A1

## CPC

- H05K 5/15: assembled by resilient members
- H05K 5/0221: {Locks; Latches}
- F16B 5/0664: {at least one of the sheets or plates having integrally formed or integrally connected snap-in-features}
- H05K 5/0052: {characterized by joining features of the housing parts}
- H05K 7/1417: {having securing means for mounting boards, plates or wiring boards (H05K7/1461 takes precedence)}
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

## Abstract

Housing including a first housing portion, a second housing portion and a third housing portion, the first housing portion and the second housing portion comprising latching means formed in a wall of the first housing portion and in a first wall of the second housing portion and arranged so that, when the first housing portion and the second housing portion are assembled, an axial clearance exists along an axis parallel to the wall of the first housing portion and to the first wall of the second housing portion, the second housing portion and the third housing portion comprising complementary adjustment means arranged so that, when the third housing portion is assembled, the axial clearance is reduced and the position of the second housing portion and the third housing portion is adjusted along the axis.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A box comprising a first box portion, a second box portion, and a third box portion, the first box portion and the second box portion comprising complementary snap fastener means formed in a wall of the first box portion and in a first wall of the second box portion and arranged so that, when the first box portion and the second box portion are assembled together, and in the absence of the third box portion, axial clearance exists along an axis parallel to the wall of the first box portion and to the first wall of the second box portion, which walls are parallel to each other, the second box portion and the third box portion including complementary adjustment means arranged so that, when the third box portion is assembled with the first box portion and the second box portion, the axial clearance is reduced and the position of the second box portion and of the third box portion is adjusted along the axis.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The box according to claim 1, wherein, when the third box portion is assembled with the first box portion and with the second box portion, the third box portion is secured to the first box portion.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The box according to claim 2, wherein the third box portion is secured to the first box portion by a screw fastening, by snap fastening, by adhesive, or by thermoplastic staking.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The box according to claim 1, wherein the complementary snap fastener means comprise a first recess formed in the wall of the first box portion and a flexible catch tab formed in the thickness of the first wall of the second box portion.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The box according to claim 4, wherein the flexible catch tab has a first face presenting a slope facing towards the first recess when the first box portion and the second box portion are assembled together.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The box according to claim 1, wherein the complementary adjustment means are formed on the first wall of the second box portion and on a wall of the third box portion.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The box according to claim 6, wherein the complementary adjustment means comprise a lug formed on the first wall of the second box portion, and a second recess formed in the wall of the third box portion.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The box according to claim 7, wherein the complementary snap fastener means comprise a first recess formed in the wall of the first box portion and a flexible catch tab formed in the thickness of the first wall of the second box portion,
wherein the lug is situated on the flexible catch tab.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The box according to claim 8, wherein the flexible catch tab has a first face presenting a slope facing towards the first recess when the first box portion and the second box portion are assembled together,
wherein the complementary snap fastener means comprise a first recess formed in the wall of the first box portion and a flexible catch tab formed in the thickness of the first wall of the second box portion,
wherein the lug is situated on a second face of the flexible catch tab that is opposite from the first face.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The box according to claim 6, wherein the complementary adjustment means comprise an end of a second wall of the second box portion that extends orthogonally to the first wall of the second box portion, and a shoulder formed in the wall of the third box portion.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

A method of making a box according to claim 1, the method comprising the steps of:
assembling together the first box portion, the second box portion, and the third box portion;
securing the third box portion to the first box portion.