Light emitting device mounting bracket

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1999-11-20

2001-08-14

Gaffin, Jeffrey (Department: 2841)

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...

For electronic systems and devices

C361S807000, C361S809000, C361S810000, C361S825000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06275387

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a light emitting device mounting bracket, and particularly to a modularized bracket integrally mounting light emitting devices, a power switch and a reset switch to a computer system.
2. The Related Art
Light emitting devices are mounted to a computer system and are used to indicate the operational mode of the computer system by the light emitting therefrom. The light emitting devices are usually mounted to a front panel of a computer enclosure of the computer system.
As shown in
FIG. 1
, a light emitting device
10
installed in a sleeve
14
with tags
16
is mounted to a panel
12
of a computer enclosure whereby the sleeve
14
extends through a hole
18
of the panel
12
and the tags
16
engage with the hole
18
. During assembly of the computer system, the tags
16
of the sleeve
14
can be easily broken as the technician pulls the wires connected to the light emitting device
10
back and forth. Therefore, if the sleeve
14
is loosened, the light emitting device
10
mounted in the sleeve
14
can disengage from the hole
18
.
As shown in
FIGS. 2 and 3
, a light emitting device
10
installed in a base
20
with a rounded groove
22
and a beveled surface
24
is mounted to a front panel
26
of another computer chassis whereby the base
20
is pushed into a hole
28
of the panel
26
and the groove
22
engages with the hole
28
. To mount the base
20
to the hole
28
of the panel
26
, the base
20
is pressed to extend through the hole
28
and the groove
22
engages with the hole
28
. Although the beveled surface
24
is designed for facilitating the mounting of the base
20
to the hole
28
, the process of mounting the base
20
to the hole
28
is still cumbersome and time wasting.
In addition, conventional light emitting devices have to be installed in bases or sleeves separately, and then the bases or sleeves with the light emitting devices are mounted to the panel one by one. Since the prior art for mounting the light emitting device is cumbersome and time wasting, an integrated bracket for mounting light emitting devices will make assembly of computer systems faster and cheaper. Consequently, a modularized light emitting device mounting bracket is desired.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
One object of the present invention is to provide a mounting bracket for mounting a set of light emitting devices to a computer.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a modularized light emitting device mounting bracket integrated with a reset button and a power button.
A light emitting device mounting bracket includes a body and mounting hooks for fixing the bracket to a computer enclosure. The body defines a hole for mounting a light emitting device, a turret with a snap being formed at one side of the hole and a battlement being formed around an opposite side of the hole. The light emitting device is inserted into the hole by pressing on a bottom thereof, a flange of the light emitting device abutting a stopping surface of the battlement when fully inserted, and the snap of the turret engaging the bottom of the light emitting device. The mounting hooks engage with corresponding holes in a front panel of the computer enclosure, thereby mounting the light emitting device bracket to the panel of the computer system.


REFERENCES:
patent: 3488628 (1970-01-01), Lundergan et al.
patent: 4667270 (1987-05-01), Yagi
patent: 4692571 (1987-09-01), Trinh et al.
patent: 4750091 (1988-06-01), Van Hout
patent: 5138527 (1992-08-01), Jones

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