Retaining mechanism and electronic device having the retaining mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9497878-B2
Application number	US-201514727880-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2015
Priority date	Feb 10, 2015
Publication date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016

Abstract

A retaining mechanism for holding a circuit board and a related electronic device include a supporter, a first fixing component, a second fixing component and a third fixing component. The first fixing component is disposed on a supporting wall of the supporter, to buckle an edge of the circuit board and to constrain a movement of the circuit board in a first direction. The second fixing component is disposed on another supporting wall of the supporter, to contact against another edge of the circuit board and to constrain a movement of the circuit board in a second direction. The third fixing component is disposed on a base of the supporter. A holding portion and a hooking unit of the third fixing component respectively holds a bottom of the circuit board and inserts into an opening on the circuit board, to prevent the circuit board and the holding portion from separation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A retaining mechanism for holding a circuit board, the retaining mechanism comprising:
a supporter, the supporter having a base, a first supporting wall and a second supporting wall, the first supporting wall and the second supporting wall being respectively disposed on opposite sides of the base;
a first fixing component disposed on a surface of the first supporting wall facing the base, the first fixing component being adapted to clamp opposite surfaces of a first edge of the circuit board to constrain a reciprocate movement of the circuit board in a first direction;
a second fixing component, an end of the second fixing component being resiliently connected to a surface of the second supporting wall facing the first supporting wall, and the other end of the second fixing component contacting against a second edge of the circuit board opposite to the first edge to push the circuit board toward the first fixing component in a second direction different from the first direction so as to constrain a reciprocate movement of the circuit board from being separated from the first fixing component in the second direction; and
a third fixing component disposed on the base and located between the first supporting wall and the second supporting wall, the third fixing component comprising a holding portion adapted to hold a bottom of the circuit board and a hooking unit disposed adjacent by the holding portion, the hooking unit being buckled with an opening formed on the circuit board to constrain a relative movement of the circuit board and the holding portion, wherein the hooking unit comprises a protruding portion and a contacting portion, the contacting portion is connected to the holding portion, and the protruding portion is disposed on a lateral surface of the contacting portion and points toward the second fixing component.

2. The retaining mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the first fixing component comprises a first constraining portion and a second constraining portion disposed on the first supporting wall along the first direction and adjacent by each other, opposite surfaces of the circuit board are respectively held and pressed by the first constraining portion and the second constraining portion.

3. The retaining mechanism of claim 2 , wherein a distance between the holding portion and the base is substantially equal to a distance between the first constraining portion and the base.

4. The retaining mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the second fixing component comprises a first slab portion and a second slab portion bent from each other, the first slab portion is resiliently disposed between the second supporting wall and the second slab portion, and the second slab portion is adapted to obliquely press the circuit board.

5. The retaining mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the second fixing component pushes the circuit board to abut an inner wall of the opening on the circuit board against the contacting portion.

6. The retaining mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the supporter further comprises a third supporting wall disposed on a side of the base different from the first supporting wall and the second supporting wall, the retaining mechanism further comprises a fourth fixing component, an end of the fourth fixing component is resiliently connected to the third supporting wall, and the other end of the fourth fixing component contacts against a third edge of the circuit board different from the first edge and the second edge, so as to move the circuit board in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction.

7. The retaining mechanism of claim 6 , wherein the fourth fixing component is an arc board, a flat board or a flexural board.

8. The retaining mechanism of claim 6 , wherein the first fixing component, the second fixing component, the third fixing component and the fourth fixing component are formed on the supporter by press stamping process.

9. An electronic device having a quick assembling function, comprising:
a housing;
a circuit board; and
a retaining mechanism for holding the circuit board inside the housing, the retaining mechanism comprising:
a supporter disposed inside the housing to accommodate the circuit board, the supporter having a base, a first supporting wall and a second supporting wall, the first supporting wall and the second supporting wall being respectively disposed on opposite sides of the base;
a first fixing component disposed on a surface of the first supporting wall facing the base, the first fixing component being adapted to clamp opposite surfaces a first edge of the circuit board to constrain a reciprocate movement of the circuit board in a first direction;
a second fixing component, an end of the second fixing component being resiliently connected to a surface of the second supporting wall facing the first supporting wall, and the other end of the second fixing component contacting against a second edge of the circuit board opposite to the first edge to push the circuit board toward the first fixing component in a second direction different from the first direction so as to constrain a reciprocate movement of the circuit board from being separated from the first fixing component in the second direction different from the first direction; and
a third fixing component disposed on the base and located between the first supporting wall and the second supporting wall, the third fixing component comprising a holding portion adapted to hold a bottom of the circuit board and a hooking unit disposed adjacent by the holding portion, the hooking unit being buckled with an opening formed on the circuit board to constrain a relative movement of the circuit board and the holding portion, wherein the hooking unit comprises a protruding portion and a contacting portion, the contacting portion is connected to the holding portion, and the protruding portion is disposed on a lateral surface of the contacting portion and points toward the second fixing component.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first fixing component comprises a first constraining portion and a second constraining portion disposed on the first supporting wall along the first direction and adjacent by each other, opposite surfaces of the circuit board are respectively held and pressed by the first constraining portion and the second constraining portion.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein a distance between the holding portion and the base is substantially equal to a distance between the first constraining portion and the base.

12. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the second fixing component comprises a first slab portion and a second slab portion bent from each other, the first slab portion is resiliently disposed between the second supporting wall and the second slab portion, and the second slab portion is adapted to obliquely press the circuit board.

13. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the second fixing component pushes the circuit board to abut an inner wall of the opening on the circuit board against the contacting portion.

14. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the supporter further comprises a third supporting wall disposed on a side of the base different from the first supporting wall and the second supporting wall, the retaining mechanism further comprises a fourth fixing component, an end of the fourth fixing component is resiliently connected to the third supporting wall, and the other end of the fourth fixing component contacts against a third edge of the circuit board different from the first edge and the second edge, so as to move the circuit

Assignees

• Wistron Corp

Inventors

• Huang Wei-Chia
• Yang Sliphen

Classifications

• H05K7/1417 Primary

  having securing means for mounting boards, plates or wiring boards (H05K7/1461 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H05K7/1405

  by clips or resilient members, e.g. hooks · CPC title

• H05K7/142

  Spacers not being card guides · CPC title

• H05K7/1404

  by edge clamping, e.g. wedges · CPC title