Housing having fixing mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9541968-B2
Application number	US-201514918766-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2015
Priority date	Feb 4, 2015
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

A housing having a fixing mechanism for fixing at least one electronic device includes a housing body and a pivotable fixing mechanism. The fixing mechanism includes a first positioning device and a second positioning device. The second positioning device has a first fixing member for accommodating a electronic device, and a second fixing member detachably engaged with the first positioning device to fix the second positioning device in a first position on the first positioning device. When the second fixing member is disengaged, the second positioning device is fixed in a second position on the first positioning device, and when the first positioning device is rotated outwards relative to the housing body, the second positioning device can be removed or installed on the first positioning device through the second fixing member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A housing having a fixing mechanism, for holding an electronic device, the housing comprising:
a housing body, having a front plate; and
a fixing mechanism, including:
a first positioning device, rotatably connected to the housing body and configured to rotate around a rotation axis R, wherein the first positioning device has an accommodating portion, the accommodating portion has a wall surface, and
a second positioning device, received in the accommodating portion of the first positioning device, wherein the second positioning device has a first fixing member for accommodating the electronic device and a second fixing member connected to a side end of the first fixing member to fix the first fixing member and the electronic device in a first position or a second position on the first positioning device,
wherein the second fixing member is detachably engaged with the wall surface of the first positioning device to fix the second positioning device in the first position on the first positioning device, and a front end of the electronic device extended outside the front plate of the housing body;
wherein the second fixing member is disengaged from the wall surface so that the second positioning device with the electronic device are moved and fixed in the second position on the first positioning device, and the front end of the electronic device is separated from the front plate of the housing body, whereby the first positioning device and the second positioning device with the electronic device are in a rotatable state relative to the housing body about the rotation axis R.

2. The housing having a fixing mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein at least one engaging block is formed on a bottom surface of the second fixing member and at least one engaging hole is formed on the wall surface of the accommodating portion, wherein the at least one engaging block is engaged in the at least one engaging hole.

3. The housing having a fixing mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein the second fixing member includes a pull ring and a wrench portion on a bottom surface of the pull ring, the at least one engaging block being formed on a bottom surface of the wrench portion.

4. The housing having a fixing mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein a positioning arm is provided on the wall surface of the accommodating portion, so that when the second fixing member is disengaged from the wall surface, the positioning arm is engaged with the first fixing member to fix the second positioning device in the second position on the first positioning device.

5. The housing having a fixing mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein the first fixing member has a frame limiting portion and the positioning arm has a bracket limiting portion, wherein the frame limiting portion of the first fixing member is detachably engaged with the bracket limiting portion of the positioning arm to fix the second positioning device in the second position on the first positioning device.

6. The housing having a fixing mechanism according to claim 5 , wherein the frame limiting portion of the first fixing member is a plate protruding downwards from the first fixing member, and the bracket limiting portion of the positioning arm includes a pair of bumps and a recess between the pair of bumps, the plate being limited in the recess.

7. The housing having a fixing mechanism according to claim 5 , wherein the second positioning device further includes an unlocking button at a side of the second fixing member, an unlocking arm is elastically extended from the unlocking button, the unlocking arm is close to the frame limiting portion of the first fixing member and pushes against the positioning arm of the first positioning device so that the positioning arm is separated from the frame limiting portion of the first fixing member.

8. The housing having a fixing mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the accommodating portion further has a pair of side walls connected two sides of the wall surface, wherein a limiting structure is formed between a side of the second positioning device and the pair of side walls of the accommodating portion to limit a moving route of the second positioning device from the first position to the second position to be in a longitudinal direction of the side walls of the accommodating portion.

9. The housing having a fixing mechanism according to claim 8 , wherein a pair of shaft portions protrudes from each of two sides of the second positioning device, and a guide rail is formed on each of the pair of side walls of the accommodating portion, wherein the guide rail is substantially L-shaped and has a longitudinal portion parallel to a longitudinal direction of the side walls and an outlet portion formed by bending and extending the longitudinal portion.

Assignees

• Lite On Electronics Guangzhou Ltd
• Lite On Technology Corp

Inventors

• Chen Chuan-Feng
• Hsu Chin-Pang
• Liu Chin-Yueh
• Chiu Hung-Hsing

Classifications

• G06F1/181 Primary

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