Mounting device for electronic component and electronic apparatus using the same

A mounting device includes a mounting plate and a mounting frame. The mounting plate defines a plurality of mounting grooves and a latching hole therein. Each of the mounting grooves includes a receiving hole and a sliding slot communicating with each other. The mounting frame includes a plurality of hooks and a resilient tab. The resilient tab is provided with a blocking portion. Each of the hooks is received in a corresponding mounting groove through the receiving hole of the mounting hole and slides in the sliding slot until the blocking portion of the resilient tab is received in the latching hole and the hook hooks on an edge of the sliding slot of the mounting groove. An electronic apparatus using the mounting device is also provided.

BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field

The disclosure generally relates to mounting devices, and particularly to a device for mounting an electronic component in an electronic apparatus.

2. Description of Related Art

Electronic apparatuses, such as a power supply of a computer, often comprises electronic components therein directly mounted on a side plate thereof by a plurality of screws. To install the screws on the side plate, a screwdriver is needed. In addition, considerable room is required to operate the screwdriver in the electronic apparatus. Therefore, the manner in which electronic components are directly mounted presents numerous limitations.

In addition, a major trend in information technology is the miniaturization of various electronic apparatuses. In many such small apparatuses, the inner space is crowded with components, increasing the likelihood of interference between a screwdriver and inner structures of the electronic apparatus. This may render installation and removal of certain electronic components highly inconvenient.

Accordingly, what is needed is a mounting apparatus which can overcome the limitations described.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Referring toFIG. 1, an electronic apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. The electronic apparatus includes a case10, a mounting frame20mounted on the case10, and an electronic component30mounted on the mounting frame20.

The case10includes a mounting plate11at a top side thereof. The mounting frame20is mounted on the mounting plate11of the case10. The mounting frame20and the mounting plate11cooperatively form a mounting device for the electronic component30. For clarity, in the embodiment, the electronic component30is mounted at an outside of the case10.

Referring also toFIG. 2, two elongated projecting strips111protrude from an outer surface of the mounting plate11, the projecting strips111spaced from and parallel to each other. Each of the projecting strips111is punched from an inside of the mounting plate11toward an outside of the mounting plate11, whereby a groove (not visible) is correspondingly formed in an inner surface of each projecting strip111. The projecting strip111defines two mounting grooves112in two opposite ends thereof, respectively. Each of the mounting grooves112is substantially P-shaped, including a receiving hole1121and a sliding slot1122communicating with each other end to end along a length of the projecting strip111. The mounting grooves112of the two projecting strips111are located at four corners of an imaginary rectangle. The mounting grooves112of one of the two projecting strips111are symmetrical with the mounting grooves112of the other one of the two projecting strips111relative to an imaginary midline between the two projecting strips111. A transverse width of the receiving hole1121is greater than that of the sliding slot1122. A recess113is sunken from the outer surface of the mounting plate11, between the two projecting strips111. The recess113is rectangular and located adjacent to an end of each of the two projecting strips111. A part of the outer surface of the mounting plate11at a bottom of the recess113defines a latching hole1131therein. The latching hole1131is rectangular.

Referring also toFIG. 3, the mounting frame20includes a rectangular base plate21and a resilient tab23formed on the base plate21.

The base plate21is substantially rectangular, and includes a first mounting surface211and a second mounting surface212at opposite sides thereof. The first mounting surface211faces the mounting plate11of the case10, and the second mounting surface212faces the electronic component30. The first mounting surface211is provided with four hooks22at two opposite sides thereof. Each of the hooks22includes a neck portion221extending from the first mounting surface211, and a hooking portion222extending from a free end of the neck portion221. A width of the neck portion221is less than that of the sliding slot1122of the mounting groove112. A width of the hooking portion222is less than that of the receiving hole1121of the mounting groove112of the mounting plate11, and greater than that of the sliding slot1122of the mounting groove112of the mounting plate11.

The base plate21defines a cutout213at a middle portion of a lateral side thereof. The resilient tab23is located in the cutout213. The resilient tab23includes a resilient portion231and an operating portion232. The resilient portion231includes a connecting plate2311angling obliquely downward from the base plate21towards the cutout213, and a planar plate2312extending from a free end of the connecting plate2311in a direction parallel to the base plate21. A rib233is provided on a bottom surface of the connecting plate2311. The rib233is triangular and extends from the first mounting surface211to the bottom surface of the connecting plate2311, reinforcing a mechanical strength of the connecting plate2311. The planar plate2312is provided with a blocking portion234at a bottom surface thereof. The blocking portion234includes an abutting plate2341depending from the bottom surface of the planar plate2312, and two side plates2342formed at two opposite sides of the abutting plate2341. The two side plates2342are parallel, and reinforce a mechanical strength of the abutting plate2341. The operating portion232includes a drive plate2321extending upwardly from a free end of the planar plate2312, and a handle plate2322extending outwardly from a free end of the drive plate2321.

The second mounting surface212of the base plate21is used for seating the electronic component30. The second mounting surface212can be designed with different mounting structures according to a structure of the electronic component30, such that the electronic component30can be conveniently mounted to the mounting structures of the mounting frame20.

In assembly of the mounting apparatus, the hooking portion222of each hook22of the mounting frame20is aligned with the receiving hole1121of a corresponding mounting groove112of the mounting plate11. The blocking portion234of the resilient tab23abuts the bottom of the recess113of the mounting plate11. The mounting frame20is pushed toward the mounting plate11such that the hook22is received in the receiving hole1121of the mounting groove112. The resilient tab23deforms accordingly, and the mounting frame20approaches the sliding slot1122of the mounting groove112of the mounting plate11such that the neck portion221of the hook22is received in the sliding slot1122of the mounting groove112until the blocking portion234of the resilient tab23slides along the bottom of the recess113and is received in the latching hole1131of the recess113of the mounting plate11. The hooking portion222of the hook22of the mounting frame20hooks on an edge of the sliding slot1122of the mounting groove112of the mounting plate11. The planar plate2312of the resilient tab23of the mounting frame20is received in the recess113of the mounting plate11of the case10. The abutting plate2341of the blocking portion234abuts an inner wall of the latching hole1131to prevent movement of the mounting frame20.

In disassembly of the mounting apparatus, the handle plate2322of the resilient tab23is moved upward and away from the mounting plate11such that the blocking portion234of the resilient tab23is withdrawn from the latching hole1131of the mounting plate11. The mounting frame20is pushed toward the receiving hole1121of the mounting groove112such that neck portion221of each hook22is received in the receiving hole1121of the corresponding mounting groove112. At this stage, the mounting frame20is easily removed from the mounting plate11.

In the embodiment, the mounting frame20is assembled on or disassembled from the mounting plate11through a simple operation, with no requirement for additional tools. The electronic component30can be preassembled on the second mounting surface212of the mounting frame20before the mounting frame20is assembled to the case10. When the mounting frame20is mounted on the mounting plate11of the case10, considerable operation space in the case10is not required. This provides the mounting apparatus with good adaptability in electronic apparatuses of limited size and volume.