Patent ID: 9167717
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connection device for a cable management arm and a slide assembly, comprising: a connection member having a pair of bent portions and a sidewall extending between the bent portions, a longitudinal passage defined by the bent portions and the sidewall, the sidewall having a window and at least one stop, the window having an enlarged hole and a narrow hole which communicates with a side of the enlarged hole; an engaging member attached to the sidewall of the connection member, the engaging member having a longitudinally projecting resilient arm and at least one engaging portion protruding from the resilient arm, the resilient arm extending from the narrow hole of the window and reaching the enlarged hole, the at least one engaging portion having a bent section; and insertion piece detachably inserted into the longitudinal passage, insertion piece having two insertion arms, a body connected between the two insertion arms, and at least one projecting portion, the projecting portion ensuring that the insertion piece is inserted into the connection member in a proper orientation, a thickness of each of the insertion arms being sized to match a width of the longitudinal passage, at least one of the insertion arms having a contact section located corresponding to the at least one engaging portion, the contact section having a contact end located corresponding to the at least one engaging portion, at least one of the insertion arms having an inclined guiding surface located corresponding to the bent section of the at least one engaging portion; wherein, when the insertion arms are inserted into the longitudinal passage, the at least one engaging portion is lifted by the contact section; and when the insertion piece is completely inserted into the longitudinal passage with one of the insertion arms contacting the stop, the contact section is separated from the at least one engaging portion of the engaging member, the at least one engaging portion of the engaging member returns to an initial position thereof, and the at least one engaging portion of the engaging member contacts the contact end of the contact section and thereby releasably locks the insertion piece to the connection member.