Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-27
2001-08-07
Picard, Leo P. (Department: 2835)
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
C361S679090, C361S689000, C361S689000, C361S689000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06272008
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus casing mounting arrangement for mounting an apparatus casing (for example, the casing for floppy diskdrive, hard diskdrive, or CD-ROM player) in a computer housing, and more particularly to an apparatus casing quick mounting arrangement, which enables an apparatus casing to be quickly and detachably installed without the use of a hand tool.
According to conventional mounting techniques, screws are commonly used to fix the casing of a computer peripheral apparatus, for example, a floppy diskdrive, hard diskdrive, or DC-ROM player in a computer housing. When fixing screws, a screwdriver shall be used. This apparatus casing mounting procedure is complicated and time consuming, thereby causing the assembly cost of the computer to be relatively increased. Further, a hand tool, for example, a screwdriver shall be used when dismounting an installed apparatus casing from the computer housing.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been accomplished to provide an apparatus casing quick mounting arrangement, which eliminates the aforesaid drawbacks. It is one object of the present invention to provide an apparatus casing quick mounting arrangement, which enables a computer peripheral apparatus casing to be quickly installed in a computer housing without the use of a hand tool. It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus casing quick mounting arrangement, which enables a computer peripheral apparatus casing to be quickly detachably fastened to the inside of a computer housing through a hook joint without the use of a hand tool. To achieve these and other objects of the present invention, there is provided a apparatus casing quick mounting arrangement, which comprises a computer housing having an apparatus insertion slot and a plurality of locating holes at a top flange above the apparatus insertion slot and at least one elongated guide hole, an apparatus casing mounted in the computer housing in alignment with the apparatus insertion slot to hold a computer peripheral apparatus, the apparatus casing having at least one locating strip slidably hooked in the at least one elongated guide hole at the computer housing to guide the apparatus casing into position, and a spring plate mounted on the apparatus casing and coupled to the computer housing to secure the apparatus casing in position, the spring plate having an angled front mounting flange fixedly fastened to the apparatus casing at a top side, and hooked portions raised from a free end thereof at a top side and respectively engaged into the locating holes at the computer housing from a bottom side.
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patent: 5121296 (1992-06-01), Hsu
patent: 6025987 (2000-02-01), Allirot et al.
Chang Yean-Hsi
First International Computer Inc.
Picard Leo P.
Rosenberg , Klein & Lee
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