Patent ID: 8480046
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A bracket for mounting an expansion card to an enclosure, comprising: a base for attaching the expansion card thereon; a pair of rails fixed on the base; a sliding element disposed on the base and slidably sandwiched between the rails; a connecting element secured to the sliding element; and a locking element slidably connected to the sliding element; wherein the sliding element is slidable along the rails to bring the connecting element to a first position where the connecting element and the base have a first distance therebetween or a second position where the connecting element and the base have a second distance therebetween, the first distance being different from the second distance; wherein the locking element is slidable along the sliding element to fix the sliding element to the base or release the sliding element from the base; wherein the sliding element comprises a top plate and a pair of elastic arms extending from the top plate along a first direction, the elastic arms being deformable along a second direction as the sliding element is released from the base, and the elastic arms being locked as the sliding element is fixed to the base by the locking element; wherein each of the arms comprises a beam connecting with the top plate, a rib extending from an end of the beam and a protrusion protruded from a side of the beam, the rib being movable along the second direction with deformation of the beam; and wherein the sliding element further comprises a guiding plate formed on the top plate, the guiding plate having two grooves defined at two opposite sides thereof, and the locking element being slidably inserted into the two grooves.