Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Patent
1994-11-21
1996-04-23
Picard, Leo P.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
361683, 200 5A, G06F 116
Patent
active
055109535
ABSTRACT:
The top side wall of a portable computer base housing portion has a rectangular opening therein that complementarily receives a keyboard assembly. The keyboard assembly has a rear side edge portion from which a spaced plurality of mounting tabs outwardly project, and a spaced plurality of latch structures are captively retained on a front side edge portion of the keyboard assembly. Each latch structure includes a tab member that is slidable relative to the balance of the keyboard assembly between a forwardly extended position and a rearwardly retracted position, and a cap portion pivotally retained on the tab member. To install the keyboard assembly in the base housing top side opening the assembly is placed in the top side opening, the rear side tabs are inserted into corresponding openings in the top base housing side wall, the front side tabs are forwardly moved to their extended positions in which they enter facing openings in the base housing top side wall, and the cap portion are pivoted inwardly against the top side of the keyboard assembly and latched into place thereon to prevent the front side tabs from rearwardly moving to their retracted release positions. To subsequently remove the keyboard, the cap portions are upwardly pivoted to unlatch them, the unlatched cap portions are rearwardly moved to move the front side tabs to their retracted positions, and the cap portions are lifted to remove the keyboard assembly from the base housing top side opening.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5153589 (1992-10-01), Heys, Jr. et al.
patent: 5400055 (1995-03-01), Ma et al.
Compaq Computer Corporation
Gandhi Jayprakash N.
Picard Leo P.
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