Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090073645 | COMPUTER ENCLOSURE FOR SECURING RISER CARD - A computer enclosure includes a bottom plate ( | 03-19-2009 |
20090073666 | RETAINING DEVICE FOR PCI CARD - A retaining device for PCI card includes a chassis, a clipping plate configured for retaining a PCI card, and a latch member. The chassis has a rear wall. A mounting bracket secured on the rear wall. A blocking wall perpendicularly extends from the rear wall. The mounting bracket includes a sidewall opposite to the blocking wall. The clipping plate includes a first end engaged with the chassis and a second end abutting on the sidewall of the mounting bracket. The latch member is tightly sandwiched between the blocking wall of the chassis and the sidewall of the mounting bracket. The latch member depresses the second end of the clipping plate thereby forcing the second end of the clipping plate to abut against the sidewall of the mounting bracket. | 03-19-2009 |
20090244862 | COMPUTER ENCLOSURE - The invention is related to a computer enclosure. The computer enclosure includes a chassis, an expansion card, and a rotating member. The expansion card includes a shield plate which has a bent end formed thereon. The chassis includes a sidewall. A slot is defined in the sidewall. The sidewall forms a support plate at a side of the slot. The sidewall is capable of accepting the shield plate of the expansion card to shield the slot of the sidewall, and the support plate is configured to accepting the bent end of the expansion card. The rotating member includes an arm. The rotating member is capable of rotating on the sidewall to a locked position. In the locked position, the arm is capable of exerting force on the bent end of the expansion card located on the support plate, and the locked position is capable of securing the expansion card on the sidewall of the chassis. | 10-01-2009 |
20090284915 | COMPUTER ENCLOSURE WITH DETACHABLE TOP COVER - A computer enclosure includes a chassis ( | 11-19-2009 |
20100000060 | FASTENER - A fastening assembly includes a first plate defining a first mounting hole therein, a second plate defining a second mounting hole therein, and a fastener for pivotably attaching the first plate to the second plate. The fastener includes a pivot portion engaged with the first mounting hole of the first plate and an shaft engaged with the second mounting hole of the second plate. The pivot portion includes a first end, a second end, and a neck connecting between the first end and the second end. The shaft extends from the second end of the pivot portion. A diameter of the second end is less than that of the first end, but greater than that of the second mounting hole of the second plate. | 01-07-2010 |
20100002369 | COMPUTER ENCLOSURE - A computer enclosure for mounting a disk drive bracket includes a chassis for receiving the disk drive bracket, and an extending plate releasably positioned and aligned at an end of the chassis. One portion of the disk drive bracket is fixed on the chassis, and the other portion is fixed on the extending plate. The disk drive bracket is completely mounted on the chassis and the extending plate. | 01-07-2010 |
20100014243 | HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS - A heat dissipating apparatus includes a base, a heat sink received in the base, and a retaining cover attached to the base. The retaining cover defines two crossing slots for cooperatively forming at least one flap. Each free portion of flap has a free portion. The free portion of each flap elastically curves towards the heat sink to bias the heat sink towards the base. | 01-21-2010 |
20100014939 | FASTENER - A fastener is provided. The fastener includes a ferrule, a head, a shaft, and a spring member. The ferrule includes a first end and a second end, and a hollow bore. The head is adjacent the first end of the ferrule. The shaft extending through the hollow bore of the ferrule from the second end of the ferrule to securely engage with the head. The spring member is retained in the ferrule to drive the shaft to extend out of the second end of the ferrule when the spring is in a normal state, and to retract in the ferrule from the second end of the ferrule when the spring is in a compressed state. | 01-21-2010 |
20100053855 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a chassis configured to hold electronic elements with cables, and a securing member. The chassis includes a bottom plate and at least one clip protruding from the bottom plate. The securing member includes a base portion fixed on the bottom plate, an end portion, and a neck portion connecting the base portion to the end portion. The base portion is resiliently deformable for maintaining the cables between the base portion and the bottom plate. The neck portion slidably engages with the at least one clip of the bottom plate. The end portion is configured to prevent the neck portion from disengaging from the at least one clip. | 03-04-2010 |
20100105313 | AIR CONDUCTING DEVICE - An air conducting device is used for removing heat from at least one component by directing airflow flowing along a first direction. The first direction is parallel to the at least one component. The air conducting device includes an airduct receiving the at least one component therein, and an air guiding member. The air guiding member is attached to an inner side of the airduct. The air guiding member includes a plurality of resilient legs. The legs extend diagonally relative to the first direction in a first state. The legs are able to accommodate the at least one component in a second state. Each leg in the first state is able to serve as a barrier to the airflow. | 04-29-2010 |
20100165568 | AIRFLOW CONDUCTING APPARATUS - An airflow conducting apparatus is used for dissipating heat from at least one memory module received in a corresponding socket on a motherboard. The airflow conducting apparatus includes an airduct and a valve piece. The airduct is positioned over the socket and configured to guide air to flow therethrough. The valve piece is attached to an inside of the airduct. The valve piece includes a plurality of parallel elastic flaps. Each flap has at least one configuration that deflects air flowing through the airduct. | 07-01-2010 |
20110014861 | AIR DUCT ASSEMBLY AND HEAT DISSIPATING ASSEMBLY - An air duct assembly configured for helping an electronic device to dissipate heat is provided. The air duct assembly includes a left duct, right duct spaced with the left duct, and a middle duct located between the left duct and the right duct. The left and right ducts are detachably coupled to opposite sides of the middle duct. The left duct, the middle duct, and the right duct cooperatively define an airflow passage configured for directing air flowing through to the electronic device. | 01-20-2011 |
20110021063 | ELECTRONIC CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - An electronic connector assembly includes a first connector, a second connector, and a handle. The first connector includes a main portion and two shoulders. Each shoulder defines a groove. The main portion forms at least one wedge thereon. The second connector defines at least one securing hole, which receives the at least one wedge positioned therein. The handle includes a cord and two securing portions formed on opposite ends of the cord. The two securing portions are secured in the grooves of the two shoulders of the first connector to mount the handle on the first connector. The handle is capable of being pulled to disengage the first connector from the second connector. | 01-27-2011 |
20110268532 | FASTENING APPARATUS - A fastening apparatus for securing a first component to a second component, includes a fastening anchor and a securing member. The fastening anchor has a mounting hole, and a first inner screw thread is defined in the mounting hole. The fastening anchor is attached to the first component, and the mounting hole is corresponding to a first securing hole of the first component. The securing member includes a shaft, and a protrusion is disposed on the shaft. An outer screw thread is defined on a proximal end of the protrusion, and the outer screw thread corresponds to the first inner screw thread, wherein the shaft of the securing member can pass through the mounting hole and the first securing hole, allowing the protrusion to be engaged with a second securing hole of the second component. | 11-03-2011 |
20110273853 | COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH RISER CARD - A computer system includes a riser card. The riser card includes a board body and a first socket. The board body includes a first surface. The first socket is located on the first surface. A first socket height of the first socket relative to the first surface is in the range of about 15 mm to about 16 mm. | 11-10-2011 |
20120018214 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY - A mounting apparatus for a printed circuit board includes an enclosure and a tray. The enclosure includes a bottom wall and a side wall extending from the bottom wall. The side wall is substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall. The tray includes a bottom panel substantially parallel to the bottom wall and a side panel substantially perpendicular to the bottom panel. The bottom panel is configured to secure the printed circuit board, and the side panel contacts and is mounted to the side wall. | 01-26-2012 |
20120293955 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR PCI CARDS - A mounting apparatus includes a plate and a pressing member rotatably coupled to the plate. The plate includes a frame formed with a plurality of slit ports for respectively exposing PCI cards and a supporting portion for supporting bent portions of the PCI cards. The pressing member is configured for pressing the bent portions of the PCI cards, thereby sandwiching the bent portions of the PCI cards between the pressing member and the supporting portion. A handling member is actuated to drive the pressing member to enable positioning of the pressing member relative to the supporting portion. The handling member includes a main body and two arms extending from the main body. The two arms are inserted through two slots of the plate respectively and connected to two ends of the pressing member respectively. | 11-22-2012 |
20120318709 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCLOSURE - An electronic device enclosure includes an inner tray and an outer tray. The inner tray includes a bottom plate. The outer tray receiving the inner tray and includes a base wall with a first bridge. The first bridge includes two first connecting panels and a first mounting panel between the two first connecting panels. Each of the two first connecting panels is slanted relative to the base wall. An acreage of the first mounting panel is less than an acreage of the base wall, and the base wall is engaged with the bottom plate via the first mounting panel by attaching the first mounting panel to the bottom plate, to decrease a contacting acreage between the base wall and the bottom plate. | 12-20-2012 |
20120318953 | FAN MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR HEAT DISSIPATION - A mounting apparatus includes a securing plate and a fan. The securing plate defines an engaging slot and a retaining slot. The fan includes a first sidewall attached to the securing plate. The first sidewall includes a first engaging member and a second engaging member. The first engaging member engages in the engaging slot, to prevent the fan from moving in a first direction substantially parallel to the securing plate. The second engaging member extends through the retaining slot from the front of the securing plate to the back of the securing plate, and engages with the securing plate, to prevent the fan from moving in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the securing plate. | 12-20-2012 |
20120320547 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR EXPANSION CARD - A mounting apparatus for an expansion card includes a bottom plate, a circuit board, and mounting bracket. The bottom plate defines mounting hole. The circuit board is secured to the bottom plate, and a gap is defined between the bottom plate and the circuit board. The mounting bracket includes a base secured to the bottom plate. The base includes two positioning pieces and an elastically deformable mounting portion. The two positioning pieces are received in the gap, to prevent the mounting bracket from moving along a first direction substantially perpendicular to the bottom plate, and the elastically deformable mounting portion is engaged in the mounting hole, to prevent the mounting bracket from moving along a second direction substantially parallel to the bottom plate. | 12-20-2012 |