Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mechanism for securing an add-in module in a computer device
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Application No.: US16829835Application Date: 2020-03-25
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Publication No.: US11079814B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Chao-Jung Chen , Chih-Wei Lin
- Applicant: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
- Applicant Address: TW Taoyuan
- Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
- Current Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taoyuan
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- Main IPC: G06F1/18
- IPC: G06F1/18 ; H05K7/14 ; H05K7/18

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for engaging a mounting panel of a computer device includes a bracket, as well as a lever and slider mechanism connected to the bracket. The lever and slider mechanism includes a base, a wedge slider, a lever, a geared bar, and a biasing element. The base is connected to the bracket. The wedge slider is connected to the bracket and disposed immediately below the base. Rotating the lever from a first position to a second position causes a gear to engage the geared bar, causing the geared bar to move vertically. The rotating allows movement along the contact between an angled end of the geared bar and a wedged end protrusion of the wedge slider such that the biasing element pushes the wedge slider away from the bracket and allows the wedge slider to engage an opening in a mounting panel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210208643A1 MECHANISM FOR SECURING AN ADD-IN MODULE IN A COMPUTER DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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