Bracket

Details Bracket Bracket

1999-10-28

2001-11-20

King, Anita (Department: 3632)

Supports

Brackets

Specially mounted or attached

C248S694000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06318688

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a bracket for mounting a circuit board, and particularly to a bracket incorporating a rib for reinforcing the bracket.
2. The Related Art
A circuit board is mounted on a bracket and assembled to a signal exchanging device. Referring to
FIGS. 7-9
, a conventional bracket
100
includes a body
102
and a plurality of ribs
104
(only one being visible) connected to the body
102
for reinforcing the bracket
100
. The body
102
includes a top plate
106
, a bottom plate
108
and a side plate
110
connecting the top and bottom plates
106
,
108
. The top plate
106
defines a plurality of slots
112
. A plurality of apertures
114
is defined in the bottom plate
108
. Each rib
104
forms a top protrusion
116
and a bottom protrusion
118
for respectively extending into the slot
112
and the aperture
114
of the body
102
by flexing the top plate
106
. The rib
104
is soldered and thus fixed to the body
102
.
However, since the top and bottom protrusions
116
,
118
of the ribs
104
are inserted into the slot
112
and aperture
114
of the body
102
by flexing the top plate
106
, the operation is complicated. Furthermore, since the rib
104
is fixed to the body
102
by soldering, the operation is further complicated and time consuming.
Thus, it is desired to have a rib which is easily connected to a body of a bracket for overcoming the above problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a bracket comprising a rib which is easily connected to the bracket.
To fulfil the object mentioned above, a bracket in accordance with the present invention comprises a body and a rib. The body including a top plate, a bottom plate and a side plate connected between the top and the bottom plates. A top latch and a bottom latch respectively extend from the top and the bottom plates. The rib is retained between the top and the bottom plates of the body. A top aperture and a bottom aperture are defined in the rib for respectively engagingly receiving the top and the bottom latches of the body therein to attach the rib to the body.


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patent: 5486681 (1996-01-01), Dagnac et al.
patent: 5653412 (1997-08-01), Martorano et al.
patent: 5931426 (1999-08-01), Heckner
patent: 6002586 (1999-12-01), Chen et al.

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