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US 8,411,461 B2Granted
Mounting apparatus for expansion cards
AssigneesHONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsHai-Qing Zhou, Chung-Chi Huang
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Abstract
A mounting apparatus for mounting an expansion card with a cover plate to a rear panel includes a retaining member fixed to the rear panel, and a pressing member slidably attached to the retaining member. The pressing member can be slid down to press the cover plate of the expansion card. The pressing member can be slid up to release the cover plate of the expansion card.
Claims16
A mounting apparatus for mounting an expansion card with a cover plate to a rear panel, comprising:
- a retaining member fixed to the rear panel, the retaining member defining a sliding slot and comprises a positioning portion at a side of the sliding slot;
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- a pressing member comprising a stop portion, a pressing portion, and a sliding portion to be slidably received in the sliding slot of the retaining member;
- wherein, when in use, the pressing member is slid down along the sliding slot of the retaining member to make the pressing portion of the pressing member press the cover plate of the expansion card, the stop portion of the pressing member is stopped under the positioning portion of the retaining member to avoid the pressing portion of the pressing member disengaging from the cover plate of the expansion card;
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- wherein the retaining member comprises a main plate and two parallel limiting blocks, each limiting block has a substantially T-shaped cross section and comprises a main piece parallel to and spaced from the main plate, a connecting piece is substantially perpendicularly connected between the main plate and the main piece, the positioning portion protrudes on an upper portion of the main piece, and the sliding slot is bounded by the limiting blocks and the main plate.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a rear panel defining a plurality of card slots, a support wall substantially perpendicularly formed from the rear panel, above the card slots;
- a plurality of expansion cards each with a cover plate covering a corresponding one of the plurality of the card slots, the cover plate comprising a bent portion positioned on the support wall;
- a retaining member fixed to the rear panel above the support wall, the retaining member defining a plurality of sliding slots and comprising a plurality of positioning portions corresponding to each of the plurality of sliding slots;
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- a plurality of pressing members each comprising a stop portion, a pressing portion, and a sliding portion slidably received in the sliding slots of the retaining member;
- wherein the pressing members are slid down along the sliding slots of the retaining member to make the pressing portions of the pressing members press the cover plates of the expansion cards, the stop portions of the pressing members are stopped under the positioning portions of the retaining member to avoid the pressing portions of the pressing members disengaging from the bent portions of the expansion cards;
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- wherein the retaining member comprises a main plate and a plurality of parallel limiting blocks, each limiting block has a substantially T-shaped cross section and comprises a main piece parallel to and spaced from the main plate, a connecting piece is connected between the main plate and the main piece, the positioning portion protrudes on an upper portion of the main piece, and each of the sliding slots is bounded by two adjacent limiting blocks and the main plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.