Patent ID: 8270181
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A mechanism for locking boards with components mounted on them onto a chassis of an electronic device, comprising: a plurality of brackets, each of which is attached to each of said boards and which are to be mounted onto said chassis at a series of fixation spots disposed on said chassis at intervals of a predetermined length, and a locking element which is a single-piece component having a plurality of tongues configured so that locking is accomplished by inserting each of said tongues between a pair of adjacent ones of said brackets and so that each of said tongues engages with the pair of adjacent ones of said brackets for attachment onto the chassis, wherein a tip of each said tongues of said locking element has a first protrusion, wherein locking in a lateral direction is accomplished by inserting and engaging said first protrusion between a pair of adjacent ones of said brackets, and wherein each of said tongues has, on each side of said protrusion, a presser flange formed with a chipped-away cavity, which presses down said pair of adjacent ones of said brackets and holds said pair of adjacent ones of said brackets in place in a vertical direction.