Patent ID: 8657242
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A fixing device for circuit boards with different thicknesses, the fixing device comprising: a base board; a plurality of posts protruding from the base board; a plurality of resilient brackets to be respectively mounted to the posts; and a plurality of fasteners to extend through a circuit board and the resilient brackets to engage in the posts, and deform the resilient brackets according to the thickness of the circuit board; wherein each resilient bracket comprises a plate to be located above a corresponding one of the posts, and two elastic arms extending down from opposite ends of the plate; distal ends of the elastic arms are fixed on a corresponding one of the posts; wherein the elastic arms of each resilient bracket are substantially V-shaped and oppose to each other; and wherein each post defines a slot in a circumference for engaging with distal ends of the elastic arms of a corresponding one of the resilient brackets.