Low profile tool-less mounting adapter
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPorter Rodgers Arbogast, Arlen L. Roesner, David W. Mayer
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Abstract
A mounting adapter a peripheral device. A strip is adapted to fit across the top or bottom of the device transversely. First and second device engagement tabs engage holes on left and right sides of the device, and first and second chassis engagement tabs engage holes on left and right sides of a chassis opening. The chassis engagement tabs and one of the device engagement tabs are disposed on arms that can be moved elastically in the transverse direction to engage and disengage the tabs with their corresponding holes. The adapter can be fashioned from a unitary piece of metal, and adds only the thickness of the strip to the vertical dimension of the peripheral device.
Claims14
A mounting adapter for a peripheral device, the device having longitudinal and transverse dimensions and operable to slide into a chassis opening with its longitudinal dimension orthogonal to the opening, the adapter comprising:
- a strip adapted to fit across the top or bottom of the device transversely;
- first and second device engagement tabs for engaging holes on left and right sides of the device;
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- first and second chassis engagement tabs for engaging holes on left and right sides of the chassis opening;
- wherein the chassis engagement tabs and the first device engagement tab are disposed on arms that can be moved elastically in the transverse direction to engage and disengage the chassis engagement tabs and the first device engagement tab with their corresponding holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.