Patent ID: 6354547
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
An attachment device for attaching an expansion card having a metal bracket to a back panel of a computer, said device comprising:a body having a side secured to said back panel, there being a plurality of sliding members slidable in said body such that after said expansion card has been engaged with said back panel by said body, each of said sliding members may slide from a first position in said body to a second position in said body to secure said expansion card to said back panel, a plurality of support plates in said body, a space being formed between each pair of adjacent ones of said support plates, said spaces each receiving one of said sliding members, a rail being provided on each of a top side and a bottom side of each of said support plates, each of said sliding members having a pair of opposing guide grooves, each of said guide grooves engaging one of said rails such that each of said sliding members slides on said rails, an engagement member protruding from a first side of each of said sliding members, said engagement member is positioned proximate said back panel such that said engagement member secures said metal bracket of said expansion card to said body when said sliding member slides from said first position to said second position; wherein each of said sliding members comprises a projecting member, and said body comprises a first elongated slot and a second elongated slot for each said projecting member, said projecting member being received in said first elongated slot when said sliding member is in said first position, and said projecting, member is received in said second elongated slot when said sliding member is in said second position, and each of said sliding members further comprises an integrally formed flexible latching member extending from a second side of each of said sliding members, said latching member causing said projecting member to disengage from said elongated slots when said latching member is pressed, thereby allowing said sliding member to be slidable in said space, and wherein each of said support plates comprises a bottom pin proximate said back panel, said back panel comprising a plurality of slots to receive said bottom pins such that said body is secured to a wall of said back panel when said pins are engaged with said holes.