# US 9,436,228 B2 · Fixing mechanism with quick-releasing function and related electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,436,228 B2 - Document ID: US9436228B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/709,469 - Filed: 2015-05-11 - Published: 2016-06-23 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-12-22 - Assignees: Wistron Corporation - Applicants: Wistron Corporation - Inventors: Yuanqing Liu; Hsing-Min Chang; Yuanlin Chen; Shin-Yi Hsieh; Chia-Sheng Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9436228B2 ## CPC - H05K 5/0221: {Locks; Latches} - G06F 1/16: Constructional details or arrangements - G06F 1/1601: {Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64)} - G06F 1/1675: {Miscellaneous details related to the relative movement between the different enclosures or enclosure parts} - G06F 1/181: {Enclosures (for portable computers G06F1/1613)} - H05K 5/15: assembled by resilient members - F16B 21/09: Releasable fastening devices with a stud engaging a keyhole slot - G06F 2200/1612: Flat panel monitor - G06F 2200/1631: Panel PC, e.g. single housing hosting PC and display panel - H04N 5/64: Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers (furniture aspects {of television cabinets} A47B81/06) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - 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) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A fixing mechanism with quick-releasing function for assembling a cover with a base includes a buckling component and an actuating component. The buckling component includes a main body, a first wedging portion, a hooking portion and a pushing portion. The first wedging portion is disposed on a hole on the main body. The hooking portion and the pushing portion are disposed on the main body and respectively protrude from the main body at different directions. The actuating component includes a shaft body and a second wedging portion. The hooking portion is engaged with a constraining portion of the base to constrain a movement between the base and the cover while the buckling component is in the first position. The pushing portion pushes the constraining portion to separate the base and the cover while the buckling component is in the second position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fixing mechanism with quick-releasing function for assembling a cover with a base, the fixing mechanism comprising: a buckling component, comprising: a main body whereon a hole is formed; a first wedging portion formed on an inner wall of the hole; a hooking portion disposed on the main body and stretching from the main body outwardly at a first direction, the hooking portion being adapted to engage with a constraining portion of the cover; and a pushing portion disposed on a position of the main body adjacent to the hooking portion and stretching from the main body outwardly at a second direction different from the first direction, the pushing portion being adapted to push the constraining portion; and an actuating component adapted to drive rotation of the buckling component, the actuating component comprising: a shaft body piercing through the hole and rotatably disposed on the base; and a second wedging portion formed on the shaft body and wedged with the first wedging portion, the shaft body being adapted to revolve on a structural axial direction of the shaft body to switch the buckling component between a first position and a second position, the hooking portion being engaged with the constraining portion to constrain a relative movement between the cover and the base while the buckling component is located in the first position, the pushing portion pushing the constraining portion to separate the cover from base while the buckling component is located in the second position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fixing mechanism of claim 1, wherein the hooking portion is engaged with a constrained surface of the constraining portion, and the pushing portion pushes a pressed surface of the constraining portion different from the constrained surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fixing mechanism of claim 1, wherein a level height difference between the hooking portion and an axial center of the hole is greater than a level height difference between the pushing portion and the axial center while the buckling component is located in the first position, the level height difference between the hooking portion and the axial center is smaller than the level height difference between the pushing portion and the axial center while the buckling component is located in the second position. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fixing mechanism of claim 1, wherein the hooking portion is engaged with the constraining portion while the buckling component is located in the first position, the hooking portion is separated from the constraining portion and the pushing portion presses the constraining portion while the buckling component is located in the second position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The fixing mechanism of claim 1, further comprising: a fixing component disposed on the base and pressing upon the actuating component and/or the buckling component. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The fixing mechanism of claim 5, wherein the buckling component further comprises a contacting portion disposed on a side of the main body opposite to the pushing portion, the contacting portion leans against the fixing component to constrain rotation of the buckling component. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The fixing mechanism of claim 6, wherein the fixing component comprises a yielded structure and an abutted structure, the yielded structure provides rotary space to the contacting portion, and the contacting portion leans against the abutted structure. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The fixing mechanism of claim 6, wherein the main body comprises a first side, a second side and a third side connected with each other, the first side is connected between the second side and the third side, the hooking portion is disposed on the first side, the pushing portion and the contacting portion are respectively disposed on the second side and the third side and opposite to each other. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The fixing mechanism of claim 1, wherein the shaft body comprises a first section, a second section and a third section, the second section is located between the first section and the third section, the second wedging portion is disposed on the second section, the first section and the third section are rotatably disposed on the base. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The fixing mechanism of claim 9, wherein the shaft body further comprises at least one annular slot structure disposed on the first section and/or the third section to be rotatably engaged with the base. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The fixing mechanism of claim 1, further comprising: a resilient component disposed on the shaft body, two ends of the resilient component respectively leaning against the base and the buckling component. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The fixing mechanism of claim 11, wherein a slide slot structure is formed on the pushing portion, an end of the resilient component is movably disposed inside the slide slot structure. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The fixing mechanism of claim 11, wherein the resilient component is a torsional spring. ### Claim 14 An electronic device with quick-releasing function, comprising: a base adapted to support a plurality of electronic components; a cover assembled with the base to cover the plurality of electronic components, the cover comprising a constraining portion; and at least one fixing mechanism disposed on the base, the fixing mechanism comprising: a buckling component, comprising: a main body whereon a hole is formed; a first wedging portion formed on an inner wall of the hole; a hooking portion disposed on the main body and stretching from the main body outwardly at a first direction, the hooking portion being adapted to engage with the constraining portion; and a pushing portion disposed on a position of the main body adjacent to the hooking portion and stretching from the main body outwardly at a second direction different from the first direction, the pushing portion being adapted to push the constraining portion; and an actuating component adapted to drive rotation of the buckling component, the actuating component comprising: a shaft body piercing through the hole and rotatably disposed on the base; and a second wedging portion formed on the shaft body and wedged with the first wedging portion, the shaft body being adapted to revolve on a structural axial direction of the shaft body to switch the buckling component between a first position and a second position, the hooking portion being engaged with the constraining portion to constrain a relative movement between the cover and the base while the buckling component is located in the first position, the pushing portion pushing the constraining portion to separate the cover from base while the buckling component is located in the second position. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the hooking portion is engaged with a constrained surface of the constraining portion, and the pushing portion pushes a pressed surface of the constraining portion different from the constrained surface. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The electronic device of claim 14, wherein a level height difference between the hooking portion and an axial center of the hole is greater than a level height difference between the pushing portion and the axial center while the buckling component is located in the first position, the level height difference between the hooking portion and the axial center is smaller than the level height difference between the pushing portion and the axial center while the buckling component is located in the second position. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the hooking portion is engaged with the constraining portion while the buckling component is located in the first position, the hooking portion is separated from the constraining portion and the pushing portion presses the constraining portion while the buckling component is located in the second position. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the fixing mechanism further comprises a fixing component disposed on the base and pressing upon the actuating component and/or the buckling component. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the buckling component further comprises a contacting portion disposed on a side of the main body opposite to the pushing portion, the contacting portion leans against the fixing component to constrain rotation of the buckling component. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the fixing component comprises a yielded structure and an abutted structure, the yielded structure provides rotary space to the contacting portion, and the contacting portion leans against the abutted structure. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the main body comprises a first side, a second side and a third side connected with each other, the first side is connected between the second side and the third side, the hooking portion is disposed on the first side, the pushing portion and the contacting portion are respectively disposed on the second side and the third side and opposite to each other. ### Claim 22 (depends on 14) The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the shaft body comprises a first section, a second section and a third section, the second section is located between the first section and the third section, the second wedging portion is disposed on the second section, the first section and the third section are rotatably disposed on the base. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The electronic device of claim 22, wherein the shaft body further comprises at least one annular slot structure disposed on the first section and/or the third section to be rotatably engaged with the base. ### Claim 24 (depends on 14) The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the fixing mechanism further comprises a resilient component disposed on the shaft body, two ends of the resilient component respectively lean against the base and the buckling component. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The electronic device of claim 24, wherein a slide slot structure is formed on the pushing portion, an end of the resilient component is movably disposed inside the slide slot structure. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The electronic device of claim 24, wherein the resilient component is a torsional spring.