Electronic circuit unit and communication device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9545028-B2
Application number	US-201314064854-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2013
Priority date	Oct 31, 2012
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

An electronic circuit unit includes an electronic circuit unit main body that is housed in a shelf, a first rotating shaft that is provided on a front side of the electronic circuit unit main body, a lever member rotatably provided about the first rotating shaft for urging the electronic-circuit-unit-main-body toward a depth side of the shelf, a second rotating shaft that is provided in the lever member and extends parallel to the first rotating shaft, a locking member rotatably provided about the second rotating shaft. When the lever member is rotated in a first direction about the first rotating shaft, the electronic circuit unit main body is moved toward a depth side of the shelf. When the lever member is rotated in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, the electronic circuit unit main body is moved toward a front side of the shelf.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic circuit unit comprising:
an electronic circuit unit main body that is housed in a shelf, the electronic circuit unit main body being inserted in the shelf;
a first rotating shaft that is provided on a front side of the electronic circuit unit main body in a viewpoint of a direction in which the electronic circuit unit main body is inserted;
a lever member that is rotatably provided about the first rotating shaft, the lever member urging the electronic circuit unit main body toward a depth side of the shelf by a principle of leverage by making contact with part of the shelf when the lever member is rotated in a first direction about the first rotating shaft and urging the electronic circuit unit main body toward a front side of the shelf by the principle of leverage by making contact with another part of the shelf when the lever member is rotated in a second direction about the first rotating shaft, the second direction being opposite to the first direction;
a second rotating shaft that is provided in the lever member and extends parallel to the first rotating shaft;
a locking member that is rotatably provided about the second rotating shaft, the locking member locking the lever member in such a way that rotation of the lever member in the second direction about the first rotating shaft is disabled in a state in which insertion of the electronic circuit unit main body into the shelf is completed, the locking member contacting a force transmission member causing the force transmission member to apply a force to the lever member that rotates the lever member in the second direction about the first rotating shaft while lifting a locked state of the lever member when the locking member is rotated in a second direction about the second rotating shaft in the locked state of the lever member; and
an elastic member provided around the second rotating shaft, one end of the elastic member is held by the force transmission member and another end of the elastic member is held by the locking member, wherein
the elastic member urges the locking member to rotate in a first direction about the second rotating shaft,
an elastic force is transmitted between the lever member and the locking member, and
the force transmission member is fixed to the lever member and extends in a vertical direction parallel to the second rotating shaft.

2. The electronic circuit unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the locking member is provided in a height range between a top surface and a lower surface of the electronic circuit unit main body.

3. The electronic circuit unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the locking member is provided in such a way as to occupy a middle position of the electronic circuit unit main body in a vertical direction.

4. The electronic circuit unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the first rotating shaft, the second rotating shaft, and the locking member are disposed at ends of the electronic circuit unit main body in a width direction on the front side thereof.

5. The electronic circuit unit according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first locking member receiving section that is provided in the electronic circuit unit main body, the first locking member receiving section that disables rotation of the lever member in the second direction about the first rotating shaft by engaging the locking member that rotates in the first direction about the second rotating shaft by an urging force of the elastic member when the lever member is rotated to a closed position in the first direction about the first rotating shaft; and
a second locking member receiving section that is provided in the electronic circuit unit main body, the second locking member receiving section that disables further rotation of the lever member in the second direction about the first rotating shaft by engaging the locking member that rotates in the first direction about the second rotating shaft by the urging force of the elastic member when the lever member is rotated to an open position in the second direction about the first rotating shaft.

6. The electronic circuit unit according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first locking member receiving section that is provided in the electronic circuit unit main body, the first locking member receiving section that disables rotation of the lever member in the second direction about the first rotating shaft by engaging the locking member when the lever member is rotated to a closed position in the first direction about the first rotating shaft; wherein
the lever member includes a lever operation section that extends from the first rotating shaft in a longitudinal direction,
the lever member rotates in a plane parallel to a top surface or a lower surface of a front section of the electronic circuit unit main body, the front section that extends toward the front side of the electronic circuit unit main body, the plane located above the top surface of the front section of the electronic circuit unit main body or below the lower surface of the front section of the electronic circuit unit main body, and
when the lever member is in the closed position, the lever operation section is located more on a depth side than the front section of the electronic circuit unit main body except for a tip section.

7. The electronic circuit unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the locking member includes an operation section with a notch.

8. A communication device comprising:
a plurality of electronic circuit units; and
a shelf;
wherein one of the plurality of electronic circuit units comprises:
an electronic circuit unit main body that is housed in the shelf, the electronic circuit unit main body being inserted in the shelf;
a first rotating shaft that is provided on a front side of the electronic circuit unit main body in a viewpoint of a direction in which the electronic circuit unit main body is inserted;
a lever member that is rotatably provided about the first rotating shaft, the lever member that urges the electronic circuit unit main body toward a depth side of the shelf by principles of leverage by making contact with part of the shelf when the lever member is rotated in a first direction about the first rotating shaft and urges the electronic circuit unit main body toward a front side of the shelf by the principles of leverage by making contact with another part of the shelf when the lever member is rotated in a second direction about the first rotating shaft, the second direction opposite to the first direction;
a second rotating shaft that is provided in the lever member and extends parallel to the first rotating shaft;
a locking member that is rotatably provided about the second rotating shaft, the locking member that locks the lever member in such a way that rotation of the lever member in the second direction about the first rotating shaft is disabled in a state in which insertion of the electronic circuit unit main body into the shelf is completed, the locking member contacting a force transmission member causing the force transmission member to apply a force to the lever member that rotates the lever member in the second direction about the first rotating shaft while releasing a lock on the lever member when the locking member is rotated in a second direction about the second rotating shaft in a locked state of the lever member;
an elastic member provided around the second rotating shaft, one end of the elastic member is held by the force transmission member and another end of the elastic member is held by the locking member, wherein
the elastic member urges the locking member to rotate in a first direction about the second rotating shaft,
an elastic force is transmitted between the lever member and

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Hoshino Yoshinori
• Fuke Kazuya

Classifications

• H05K7/1409

  by lever-type mechanisms · CPC title

• G06F1/185

  Mounting of expansion boards · CPC title

• H01R13/62955

  Pivoting lever comprising supplementary/additional locking means · CPC title

• H05K7/1411 Primary

  for securing or extracting box-type drawers · CPC title