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US 8,007,290 B1Granted
Mounting device for a connector
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorsMartin Wolff, Omid Kazemifar, Ninus Brodin, Daniel Skagmo, Peter Sendelius, Bengt Mattsson, Maria Romedahl, Jonas Bergkvist
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Abstract
A mounting device for mounting a connector to an opening of an electronic device, an electronic device comprising the mounting device, and a method for mounting a connector to an opening of an electronic device are described.
Claims10
A mounting device for mounting a connector to an opening of an electronic device, the mounting device comprising:
- a lower sheet formed to enclose a lower part of the connector, the lower sheet comprising a first locking mechanism at a first edge of the lower sheet and a second locking mechanism at a second edge of the lower sheet opposite to the first edge, and
- an upper sheet formed to enclose an upper part of the connector, the upper sheet comprising a third locking mechanism at a first edge of the upper sheet and a fourth locking mechanism at a second edge of the upper sheet opposite to the first edge,
- wherein the lower sheet and the upper sheet are formed to enclose the connector at least partly when the first locking mechanism engages the third locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism engages the fourth locking mechanism,
- wherein the first locking mechanism and the third locking mechanism are adapted to engage a first edge of the opening when the first locking mechanism engages the third locking mechanism,
- wherein the second locking mechanism and the fourth locking mechanism are adapted to engage a second edge of the opening opposite to the first edge of the opening when the second locking mechanism engages the fourth locking mechanism, and
- wherein at least one of either i) the first locking mechanism and the third locking mechanism compose a cooperating snap-in locking mechanism or ii) the second locking mechanism and the fourth locking mechanism compose a cooperating snap-in locking mechanism.
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A mounting device for mounting a connector to an opening of an electronic device, the mounting device comprising:
- a lower sheet formed to enclose a lower part of the connector, the lower sheet comprising a first locking mechanism at a first edge of the lower sheet and a second locking mechanism at a second edge of the lower sheet opposite to the first edge, and
- an upper sheet formed to enclose an upper part of the connector, the upper sheet comprising a third locking mechanism at a first edge of the upper sheet and a fourth locking mechanism at a second edge of the upper sheet opposite to the first edge,
- wherein the lower sheet and the upper sheet are formed to enclose the connector at least partly when the first locking mechanism engages the third locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism engages the fourth locking mechanism,
- wherein the first locking mechanism and the third locking mechanism are adapted to engage a first edge of the opening when the first locking mechanism engages the third locking mechanism,
- wherein the second locking mechanism and the fourth locking mechanism are adapted to engage a second edge of the opening opposite to the first edge of the opening when the second locking mechanism engages the fourth locking mechanism, and
- wherein at least one of either i) one of the first locking mechanism and the third locking mechanism comprises a resilient tongue, and the other of the first locking mechanism and the third locking mechanism comprises a cutout, wherein the resilient tongue and the cutout are configured such that the resilient tongue snaps into the cutout when the first locking mechanism engages the third locking mechanism, or ii) one of the second locking mechanism and the fourth locking mechanism comprises a resilient tongue, and the other of the second locking mechanism and the fourth locking mechanism comprises a cutout, wherein the resilient tongue and the cutout are configured such that the resilient tongue snaps into the cutout when the second locking mechanism engages the fourth locking mechanism.
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A mounting device for mounting a connector to an opening of an electronic device, the mounting device comprising:
- a lower sheet formed to enclose a lower part of the connector, the lower sheet comprising a first locking mechanism at a first edge of the lower sheet and a second locking mechanism at a second edge of the lower sheet opposite to the first edge, and
- an upper sheet formed to enclose an upper part of the connector, the upper sheet comprising a third locking mechanism at a first edge of the upper sheet and a fourth locking mechanism at a second edge of the upper sheet opposite to the first edge,
- wherein the lower sheet and the upper sheet are formed to enclose the connector at least partly when the first locking mechanism engages the third locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism engages the fourth locking mechanism,
- wherein the first locking mechanism and the third locking mechanism are adapted to engage a first edge of the opening when the first locking mechanism engages the third locking mechanism,
- wherein the second locking mechanism and the fourth locking mechanism are adapted to engage a second edge of the opening opposite to the first edge of the opening when the second locking mechanism engages the fourth locking mechanism, and
- wherein the mounting device is adapted for mounting the connector to the opening of a printed circuit board of the electronic device.
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A method for mounting a connector to an opening of a printed circuit board of an electronic device, comprising the step of mounting the connector to the opening of the printed circuit board of the electronic device with a mounting device, the mounting device comprising:
- a lower sheet formed to enclose a lower part of the connector, the lower sheet comprising a first locking mechanism at a first edge of the lower sheet and a second locking mechanism at a second edge of the lower sheet opposite to the first edge, and
- an upper sheet formed to enclose an upper part of the connector, the upper sheet comprising a third locking mechanism at a first edge of the upper sheet and a fourth locking mechanism at a second edge of the upper sheet opposite to the first edge,
- wherein the lower sheet and the upper sheet are formed to enclose the connector at least partly when the first locking mechanism engages the third locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism engages the fourth locking mechanism,
- wherein the first locking mechanism and the third locking mechanism are adapted to engage a first edge of the opening when the first locking mechanism engages the third locking mechanism, and
- wherein the second locking mechanism and the fourth locking mechanism are adapted to engage a second edge of the opening opposite to the first edge when the second locking mechanism engages the fourth locking mechanism;
- wherein the first locking mechanism and the third locking mechanism compose a cooperating snap-in locking mechanism.
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