Patent ID: 6396685
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
A structure for adjustably pressing interface cards against card slots in a computer case, comprising:a main support being transversely mounted on and between two side walls of said computer case to locate above said card slots; said main support being formed along two longitudinal sides with two displacement channels, at a top close and parallel to said two displacement channels with two fixing channels, and at a top center with an axially extended adjusting channel; and said adjusting channel being provided therein with a plurality of through holes corresponding to said interface card slots to each receive an adjusting means therein; at least one pressing plate being detachably connected to said support, said pressing plate including an upper portion movably engaged with one of said two displacement channels, an upward bent lower portion, and a middle portion between said upper and said lower portions to extend below said main support; and at least one leaf spring having a lower end fixedly connected to a lower side of said middle portion of said pressing plate, an upper end detachably engaged in one said fixing channel on the top of said main support adjacent to said displacement channel with which said upper portion of said pressing plate is engaged, and a curved elastic section between said upper and said lower ends of said leaf spring to provide a predetermined spring force to normally push said pressing plate toward said main support; and said adjusting means in each said through hole in said adjusting channel on said main support being adapted to move downward to push said pressing plate downward until said lower portion of said pressing plate firmly presses an interface card corresponding to said adjusting means against said card slot for said interface card.