Side-coupling-type electronic device unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9408321-B2
Application number	US-201314771844-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2013
Priority date	Mar 7, 2013
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

A guide groove has two protrusions on a side face, and a slider has three concave grooves, into which the two protrusions are capable of being fitted, on a sidewall. When the slider is located at a lock position, the two protrusions are fitted into two of the three concave grooves on one end side of the guide groove to restrict movement of the slider. When the slider is located at an unlock position, the two protrusions are fitted into two of the three concave grooves on the other end side of the guide groove to restrict movement of the slider.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A side-coupling-type electronic device unit comprising:
a casing including:
a coupling hook provided projectingly on a coupling surface to be coupled with another electronic device unit;
an engagement hole into which a coupling hook of the another electronic device unit is capable of being inserted; and
a guide groove; and

a slider that includes a bolt, that is installed in the guide groove, and that moves between a lock position located at one end side of the guide groove at which the bolt is capable of blocking insertion and removal of the coupling hook of the another electronic device unit into and from the engagement hole, and an unlock position located at another end side of the guide groove at which the bolt is not capable of blocking insertion and removal of the coupling hook of the another electronic device unit into and from the engagement hole, wherein
the guide groove has two convex shaped portions on a side face thereof,
the slider has three concave shaped portions, into which the two convex shaped portions are capable of being fitted, on a side face thereof,
when the slider is located at the lock position, the two convex shaped portions are fitted into two of the three concave shaped portions on one end side of the guide groove so as to restrict movement of the slider, and
when the slider is located at the unlock position, the two convex shaped portions are fitted into two of the three concave shaped portions on the other end side of the guide groove so as to restrict movement of the slider.

2. The side-coupling-type electronic device unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the two convex shaped portions are respectively provided on both side faces of the guide groove, and
the three concave shaped portions are respectively provided on both side faces of the slider.

3. The side-coupling-type electronic device unit according to claim 2 , wherein when the slider is located between the lock position and the unlock position, both the side faces of the slider and both the side faces of the guide groove bend as a whole.

4. The side-coupling-type electronic device unit according to claim 1 , wherein the convex shaped portion has a shape in which a projecting amount in a width direction from one end toward a center continuously increases from zero and reaches the maximum, and a projecting amount in the width direction toward the other continuously decreases down to zero.

5. The side-coupling-type electronic device unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the casing includes a box-like case having an open face, and a lid-like lock/unlock component that covers the open face of the case,
the engagement hole and the guide groove are formed in the lock/unlock component, and
the case includes the coupling hook.

Assignees

• Nomoto Hirokazu
• Watanabe Nobuhiro
• Kurose Yusuke
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Nomoto Hirokazu
• Watanabe Nobuhiro
• Kurose Yusuke

Classifications

• H05K5/30 Primary

  Side-by-side or stacked arrangements · CPC title

• H05K7/14 Primary

  Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack · CPC title

• H05K5/0217

  Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03) · CPC title

• H05K5/03

  Covers · CPC title

• H05K7/1474

  Mounting of modules, e.g. on a base or rail or wall · CPC title