Patent ID: 7057902
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A fastening unit for securing brackets on a frame of a housing of a personal computer that includes interface cards which are to be secured to the brackets, said fastening unit comprising: a seat adapted to be mounted on the frame and having at least two parallel mounting walls that define a mounting space therebetween, said mounting space being adapted to receive a portion of one of the brackets; at least one pressing member that has a pressing part, that is disposed in said mounting space, and that is pivoted to said mounting walls so as to be rotatable relative to said seat between a pressing position, in which said pressing part thereof is adapted to press the portion of said one of the brackets against the frame, and a releasing position, in which said pressing part thereof is adapted to be moved away from the portion of said one of the brackets; and at least an interlocking mechanism that includes a first engaging member formed on said seat between said mounting walls, and a second engaging member mounted movably on said pressing member, said second engaging member being releasably engageable with said first engaging member so as to lock said pressing member at said pressing position and so as to prevent rotation of said pressing member, wherein said mounting walls of said seat are formed with a pair of opposing pivot grooves, said pressing member being adapted to be disposed above the portion of the respective one of the brackets and including a base wall that has first and second ends and two opposite sides transverse to said first and second ends and parallel to said mounting walls, two opposite side walls that respectively project from said opposite sides of said base wall in a first transverse direction relative to said base wall, and two opposing pivot studs that are disposed adjacent to said second end of said base wall and that respectively and oppositely project from said side walls in a second transverse direction relative to said side walls into said pivot grooves so as to permit rotation of said pressing member relative to said seat.