Removable electronic device configured for one-hand operations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10976786-B2
Application number	US-202016804299-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2020
Priority date	Mar 14, 2019
Publication date	Apr 13, 2021
Grant date	Apr 13, 2021

Abstract

An electronic device which can be installed and removed in an apparatus using only one hand includes a base and a positioning member. A positioning opening is formed on a first side surface of the base, and a channel is formed in the base with one end connected to the positioning opening. The positioning member is located in the channel and has a holding groove exposed from a front surface of the base. The positioning member is movable along the channel between a released position and a compressed (mounted) position. In the released position, a locking portion of the positioning member extends out of the channel via the positioning opening, in the compressed position the locking portion is retracted into the channel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A removable device, comprising:
a base comprising a front surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface, wherein the front surface is between the first side surface and the second side surface, a positioning opening is on the first side surface, and the base has a channel, the channel extends along an imaginary transverse axis that passes the first side surface and the second side surface, and an end of the channel is in communication with the positioning opening;
a positioning member in the channel, and has a first holding groove, wherein the first holding groove is exposed from the front surface, and the positioning member is moveable between a released position and a compressed position in the channel along the imaginary transverse axis;
wherein in the released position, a locking portion of the positioning member extends outside the channel via the positioning opening, and in the compressed position, the locking portion is retracted into the channel,
wherein the base further comprises a guide portion adjacent to the positioning opening, and the guide portion defines a guide channel, a first transverse rib, and a plurality of first longitudinal ribs for the locking portion to pass therethrough,
wherein an end of the first transverse rib defines an upper boundary of the guide channel, an edge of the positioning opening defines a lower boundary of the guide channel, and ends of the first longitudinal ribs define a left and a right boundaries of the guide channel.

2. The removable device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the front surface comprises a second holding groove, and the second holding groove is between the channel and the second side surface.

3. The removable device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first holding groove defines a first holding surface, and the second holding groove defines a second holding surface, and the first holding surface and the second holding surface face opposite directions.

4. The removable device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a block structure in the channel, wherein the block structure is protruded from an inner surface of the channel to a center of the channel, and the positioning member has a positioning structure facing the block structure.

5. The removable device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positioning member comprises a body, an elastic structure, and a locking portion, the body extends from a first end to a second end in the imaginary transverse axis, the locking portion is connected to the first end of the body, and the elastic structure is connected to the second end of the body and an end surface of the channel.

6. The removable device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first holding groove is on the body.

7. The removable device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein in the released position, the elastic structure is released, and in the compressed position, the elastic structure is compressed.

8. The removable device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the elastic structure comprises a compressing portion and two end portions, the compressing portion is a wave-shaped structure, and the end portions are connected to two opposite sides of the compressing portion respectively, and adjacent to the front surface.

9. The removable device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein in the released position, the locking portion passes through the positioning opening.

10. The removable device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a width of the locking portion in a direction perpendicular to the imaginary transverse axis is less than the width of the body in the direction perpendicular to the imaginary transverse axis.

11. The removable device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the guide portion further comprises a second transverse rib and a second longitudinal rib, the first transverse rib and the second transverse rib are arranged on the positioning opening in a Z-axis direction,
wherein a length of the second transverse rib is the same as a width of the positioning opening in a Y-axis direction, a length of the first transverse rib is less than the length of the second transverse rib, and the second longitudinal rib is connected to the first transverse rib and the second transverse rib.

Assignees

• Nanning Fugui Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Wei

Classifications

• G11B33/123

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