With Ejector Means Patents (Class 361/754)
  • Patent number: 11507150
    Abstract: An interface card cage includes a first assembly and a second assembly. The first assembly includes a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bent portion. The second side wall has an opening. The bent portion and the first side wall extend in different directions. The bent portion includes a protrusion extending from the bent portion. The second assembly includes an assembly part having a slot. The assembly part includes a first side plate and a second side plate. The first side plate has a recess. The assembly part has a first edge and a second edge. A direction from the first edge to the second edge is different from a direction from the first side plate to the second side plate. The bent portion of the first assembly is located in the slot. The protrusion is located in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhifa Chen, Sheng Guo
  • Patent number: 11301409
    Abstract: An Input/Output, I/O, module comprising a module body, a first connector disposed on a first part of the module body, and an I/O port disposed on a second part of the module body and electrically connected to the first connector. The I/O module is locatable in a module slot of an electronic device such that the first connector couples to a second connector of the module slot to electrically connect, the I/O port to the electronic device. A corresponding electronic device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Sebastien Marcet
  • Patent number: 11124003
    Abstract: An article includes a body member and a detachable member detachably attached to the body member. One of the body member and the detachable member includes a cover portion having an engaging portion on an inner wall face of the cover portion. The other includes a covered portion that is covered with the cover portion and has an engaged portion on an outer wall face of the covered portion. The engaging portion and the engaged portion are configured to be disengaged by warping the cover portion so that the cover portion displaces to an outer wall face side of the cover portion. The one of the body member and the detachable member includes a finger-applying-position indicator at a position deviated from a portion corresponding to the cover portion, on an outer wall face of the one. The finger-applying-position indicator indicates a position to be applied with fingers of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Ota, Munekazu Hirata, Kunihiko Nishioka, Tomoya Fujii, Yohei Osanai, Satoshi Narai, Masatoshi Ishida, Takayuki Andoh
  • Patent number: 10483691
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a card holder, an inserting device and a terminal. The card holder is configure to install a data card, and includes a card tray, a sliding block and an elastic element. The card tray defines a card slot and a sliding groove, the card slot is configured to receive the data card, and the sliding groove is in communication with the card slot. The sliding block is capable of sliding along the sliding groove. The elastic element is coupled to the sliding block, fixed to the card tray, and configured to press the sliding block to make the sliding block abut against the data card when the elastic element is in a deformation state. The inserting device includes a card socket and the card holder. The terminal includes the card holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Hanjie Huang
  • Patent number: 10340635
    Abstract: A pluggable and unpluggable device and a handle for the same are provided. The pluggable and unpluggable device includes a carrier, a shaft disposed at the carrier, and a handle movably mounted on the shaft and adapted to engage with and pull out, from an apparatus, the pluggable and unpluggable device in an engaged state and a pulled-out state respectively, alternately and repeatedly. The handle includes a handle body, a guide tunnel disposed in the handle body, and an engaging portion disposed on the handle body. The handle body fits around the shaft by the guide tunnel to thereby slide or rotate relative to the shaft. The engaging portion engages with and escapes from the apparatus as the handle body slides relative to the shaft by the guide tunnel. Therefore, the handle is unlikely to sever, capable of being locked and unlocked, one-piece and thus structurally simple, and space-efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kun-Cheng Lee
  • Patent number: 10285291
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a line card ejector configured to engage with a chassis to retain the line card within a slot in the chassis in a closed position, a locking member movable between a locked position in which the ejector is locked in its closed position and an unlocked position in which the ejector may be moved to an open position to remove the line card from the chassis, and an actuation device for moving the locking member from its locked position to its unlocked position. The locking member comprises an accessible release lever for moving the locking member from its locked position to its unlocked position without use of the actuation device for emergency release and removal of the line card. A method for emergency release of the line card is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mandy Hin Lam, Vic Hong Chia, Keith Frank Tharp
  • Patent number: 10165709
    Abstract: Modular network switches and other computer systems are described herein. A modular network switch can include a latching device for installing and removing computer modules (e.g., line cards) from an associated cabinet or enclosure. The network switch can also include interconnected computer modules (e.g., line cards, fabric cards, control modules, etc.) that include circuit boards oriented parallel to the flow of cooling air through the cabinet in the absence of a backplane or midplane oriented perpendicular to the air flow. The absence of such backplanes and/or midplanes provides a more direct air flow path through the cabinet, thereby enabling a more efficient flow of cooling air and lower operating temperatures. Additionally, the network switch can include an orthogonal arrangement of data planes, control planes, and/or power planes that can be efficiently interconnected to increase operational speed and further facilitate the flow of cooling air through the computer cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Schmidtke, Zhiping Yao, Che Kin Leung, Xu Wang
  • Patent number: 10070548
    Abstract: A circuit board housing assembly includes a housing; a circuit board having an opening attached to the housing; and a board removal tool having a holding member, a rivet and a pin. The holding member has an aperture corresponding to the opening and the rivet is inserted in the opening and the aperture. The rivet has a head with a proximal end and a distal end and a central axis, the head has an internal passage extending parallel to the central axis from the proximal end to the distal end, and the distal end is mechanically connected to legs extending distally from the head and having an internal surface facing the central axis. When the pin is inserted into the internal passage along a direction from the proximal end towards the distal end, the pin applies force to the internal surface of the at least two legs in a direction perpendicular to the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Microelectronics Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Yu Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 9837765
    Abstract: An apparatus is described. In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises a housing; a tray; an ejector; a push member having two positions, the push member is configured to receive an external force for moving the push member and to operate the ejector to eject the tray to an ejected open position when the push member is moved to a second position and to maintain in the second position; and a switch comprising two electric position; the switch is configured to switch to a first electric position when receiving the external force, and the push member is configured to maintain the switch in the first electric position when the push member is moved to the second position causing the tray to eject; when the tray is returned to a retracted closed position, the push member is moved to a first position causing the switch to switch to a second electric position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Juuso Heiskanen
  • Patent number: 9829939
    Abstract: A device for mounting a hard disk in a server or other housing includes a frame, a hard disk, and a rotatable element. The frame defines a receiving space thereon and includes an end wall. The hard disk is slidably received in the receiving space. The hard disk includes a fastening element facing to the end wall. The hard disk is slidably attached to the end wall and the fastening element is locked to the end wall. The rotatable element is attached to the end wall and can rotate from a first position to a second position to abut the fastening element. The rotatable element can be pressed against the fastening element to unlock and the hard disk can be slidably detached from the end wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Lien, Tsang-Sen Lai, Cheng-Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 9699280
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a back cover releasing mechanism, a back cover and a mobile device using the same. The back cover releasing mechanism for a mobile device comprises an elongated side key comprising a first end and a second end, configured to be mounted along and in parallel with a side of the mobile device; and a sliding member comprising a base portion configured to be coupled to the side key, and a latch portion, wherein the latch portion is configured to engage a back cover of the mobile device, and wherein the latch portion is also configured to be disengaged from the back cover of the mobile device if the first end and the second end of the side key are both pressed toward the interior of the mobile device and the base portion of the sliding member is forced to move toward the interior of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Wuyang Huang, Zhigang Chen
  • Patent number: 9545028
    Abstract: An electronic circuit unit includes an electronic circuit unit main body that is housed in a shelf, a first rotating shaft that is provided on a front side of the electronic circuit unit main body, a lever member rotatably provided about the first rotating shaft for urging the electronic-circuit-unit-main-body toward a depth side of the shelf, a second rotating shaft that is provided in the lever member and extends parallel to the first rotating shaft, a locking member rotatably provided about the second rotating shaft. When the lever member is rotated in a first direction about the first rotating shaft, the electronic circuit unit main body is moved toward a depth side of the shelf. When the lever member is rotated in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, the electronic circuit unit main body is moved toward a front side of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hoshino, Kazuya Fuke
  • Patent number: 9425529
    Abstract: A socket for testing or connecting an integrated circuit is disclosed having a platform for receiving the integrated circuit and adapted to overlay a piece of test equipment or other board, the platform formed with an array of slots each locating a portion of a two-piece connector assembly. When the integrated circuit is seated on the platform, the two piece connector assemblies pivot so as to make contact between a contact pad on the IC and the board for establishing or evaluating signal transmission by the IC. The platform houses a resilient elongate elastomer that biases the connector assembly out of the platform to make contact with the board or test equipment. When the IC is placed on the platform, the bias of the resilient tubular member is overcome and an electrical connection is established across the connector assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: XCERRA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Victor Landa
  • Patent number: 9329643
    Abstract: A memory module attaches as a component to a printed circuit board. An apparatus is disclosed for securing a memory module to a memory module socket. The apparatus includes a bracket device securely holding the memory module against the memory module socket. The memory module cannot disengage from the memory module socket without first removing the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Michael R. Tobias
  • Patent number: 9247666
    Abstract: An electronic device detachably coupled to an electric terminal of an apparatus, the apparatus including an engagement portion adjacent to the electric terminal, the electronic device includes a rotation piece disposed at an insertion end portion of the electronic device, the rotation piece being rotated to engage the engagement portion disposed adjacent to the electric terminal; a connection member coupled to the rotation piece and configured to slide relative to the electronic device to rotate the rotation piece; and an operation lever coupled to the connection member and disposed at a removal end portion of the electronic device, the operation lever being interlocked with the rotation piece through the connection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 9223359
    Abstract: A fixing system for fixing a PCI card includes: a module having a substrate including carrier portion, a pivot portion and a securing portion; and a press rod having a pivot section connected pivotally to the pivot portion of the substrate, an extension section and a securing section; wherein, the press rod is pivotable relative to the module between a locked position, in which the securing section of the press rod engages the securing portion of the substrate such that the extension section thereof compresses so as to fix the PCI card on the carrier portion of the substrate and an open position, in which the press rod is rotatable about a common axis defined by the pivot section and the pivot portion, thereby permitting the press rod to rotate away from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: CELESTICA TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANCY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 9042104
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes an electronic module and an electronic module fixing structure. The electronic module fixing structure includes a main body, a sliding component, a rod and an elastic component connected between the main body and the sliding component. The main body has a track with a positioning portion. The sliding component is slidably disposed on the main body. The rod is rotatably connected with the sliding component. An end of the rod is adapted to move along the track. When the end is located at the positioning portion, the end and the positioning portion are interfered with each other to position the sliding component. When the electronic module pushes the sliding component, the rod is rotated to drive the end to move away from the positioning portion, and the sliding component pushes the electronic module away from the main body through elastic force of the elastic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Han Tsai, Chun-Wang Lin, Ching-Wei Ku, Chia-Hsing Yu, Yao-Te Tsai, Chia-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 9036361
    Abstract: Embodiments of an avionic media system are provided, as are embodiments of an actuated media docking station and embodiments of an over-center locking mechanism suitable for usage in an actuated media docking station. In one embodiment, the avionic media system includes an actuated media docking station and an onboard electronic device. The actuated media docking station includes, in turn, a housing assembly, a mass media device (“MMD”) receptacle coupled to the housing assembly, a connector mounted to the MMD receptacle and configured to interface with the MMD when inserted into the MMD receptacle, and an actuator coupled to the housing assembly and to the MMD receptacle. The actuator moves the MMD receptacle between: (i) a loading position in which an MMD can be inserted into the MMD receptacle, and (ii) a retaining position in which removal of an MMD from the MMD receptacle is physically obstructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Schrock, Manjunath Hadadi, Animesh Mukherjee, Elliott Onstine
  • Patent number: 9015931
    Abstract: A retention-extraction device is provided for a removable card in a chassis. The device includes an actuation rod having a cam slot, the actuation rod configured to provide linear movement along the length of the actuation rod, and an extraction lever operatively connected to a proximal end of the actuation rod and pivotally secured to the chassis. The device also includes a bell crank with a cam follower that is configured to ride in the cam slot and a latch hook that pivots between an open and closed position based on the motion of the bell crank. The linear movement of the actuation rod causes the extraction lever to apply a force to a portion of the card and causes the latch hook to pivot to an open position to allow removal of the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth D. Boetzer
  • Patent number: 9013888
    Abstract: Systems and methods for ejecting removable entities from electronic devices are provided. A removable entity ejection system may include a driver that may be controllable by software (e.g., via a control unit that may be configured to send electrical signals to the driver). The driver may include a driving component that may apply a force directly, or indirectly, to one or more removable entities to eject the one or more removable entities from an electronic device. When the force is applied indirectly, one or more interfacing components may receive the applied force and may transfer the received force to the one or more removable entities to cause ejection thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Piotr S. Trzaskos, Simon Kao
  • Patent number: 9007779
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a case, a printed circuit board contained in the case and having a through-hole, and a fixing member including a shaft portion inserted in the through-hole and a head portion located at one end of the shaft portion. The electronic apparatus also includes copper foil provided on the printed circuit board, and a cover film including an opening portion configured to expose part of the copper foil. The opening portion is located at a position which is to be covered with the head portion, and the cover film covers the copper foil at positions other than the position where the opening portion is located. The electronic apparatus further includes a conductive material provided on the copper foil inside the opening portion and configured to electrically connect the head portion and the copper foil to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yamamoto, Takahisa Funayama
  • Patent number: 8995142
    Abstract: Provided is a power module invented for easy manufacturing and fatigue reduction at a soldered portion, and a method for manufacturing the same. The power module according to the present invention comprises a substrate where electronic parts are mounted by soldering, and a mold case housing the substrate and including bus bars for electrical connection with an external apparatus. The mold case comprises partition plates forming an electronic part mount area where electronic parts are mounted on the substrate, and a bonding area for bonding to the bus bars, a first resin cast to the electronic part mount area, and a second resin cast to the bonding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Saito, Hiroyuki Abe
  • Publication number: 20150070858
    Abstract: A plug-in mechanism, a subrack and a finished board are provided. The plug-in mechanism implements fast and reliable plug-in and plug-out by using a lever assistance effect and a gearing effect of a gear. The plug-in mechanism is configured to be disposed between a sub-carrier frame and a parent carrier frame to implement plug-in and plug-out of the sub-carrier frame in the parent carrier frame, and the plug-in mechanism includes a driving part and a gearing part, where the driving part includes an ejector lever, the gearing part includes at least one gear that is engaged successively, a gear at one end is connected to the ejector lever, each of the at least one gear is fastened onto the sub-carrier frame by using a rotating shaft, and the at least one gear is connected to the parent carrier frame by using a linkage structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dingqiang Wu, Dongli Wang, Yao Li
  • Patent number: 8976536
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a housing that includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion coupled at a first end. The apparatus further comprises a bulkhead secured to a second end of the second housing portion, and a handle pivotally secured to a second end of the first housing portion. The bulkhead includes a distally extending pin and a spring latch. The handle has a hole that is sized and positioned to selectively receive the distally extending pin and allow the handle to close only with the first and second housing portions in a closed position. The handle also has a hook that is captured by the spring latch in response to the handle being closed. A torsion spring may be used to bias the handle to an open position where the handle can be easily grabbed when the handle has not been latched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael D. French, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8971051
    Abstract: A chip card ejecting mechanism includes a base body, a push member, a rotating member and an elastic member resisting between the base body and the rotating member. The base body includes a guiding member defining a hole and having a number of guiding rails. Each guiding rail includes a resisting surface and a guiding surface. The push member includes a push rod extending through the hole and a number of active gears. Each active gear defines an active cooperative surface. The rotating member includes a number of the passive gears. Each passive gear includes a passive cooperative surface. When the push member is pressed toward the rotating member by a transient external force, the rotating member compresses the elastic member until the active cooperative surface arrives at the guiding surface, the elastic member releases and drives the passive cooperative gears to slide along the first sliding slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventor: Hua-Xiang Liang
  • Patent number: 8964398
    Abstract: A lockable infrastructure included a frame assembly, including a first portion of an electrical connector, configured for use within an IT infrastructure. A module assembly, including a second portion of the electrical connector, is configured to be removably positionable within the frame assembly. A locking system is configured to lock the module assembly within the frame assembly in one of a plurality of locked positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Feroli, Joseph P. King, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8953331
    Abstract: A card key has a molded body and an upper and a lower housings. The molded body has a circuit board, to which electronic parts for communicating with an in-vehicle equipment are mounted and which is covered with resin. The molded body is formed in a plate shape. The upper and the lower housings are fixed to each other so that the molded body is arranged between them. An external appearance of the card key is defined by the upper and the lower housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Sugimoto, Mitsuru Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8947885
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a tray, and an ejection mechanism. The housing defines a slot and a slit in a sidewall thereof. The ejection mechanism includes a button and a pivoting member. The pivoting member includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The button includes a head portion and a shaft portion. The button is slidable along the slit between a first position where the shaft portion contacts the first end portion, the first end portion is urged by the shaft portion to move away from the sidewall, and the second end portion is leveraged to push the tray to move outwardly through the slot, and a second position where the shaft portion contacts the first end portion adjacent to the axis, the first end portion is moved, the tray is entirely received in the housing, and the second end portion abuts against the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian-Guo Wu
  • Patent number: 8947884
    Abstract: A device includes a printed circuit assembly (PCA) including a printed circuit board and at least one electronic component integrated with the printed circuit board, and a support to which the PCA is securable. At least one of the PCA and the support includes engaging structure elements, and some engaging structure elements are configured to secure the PCA to the support while other engaging structure elements are configured to secure the support to a securing structure within a housing of an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Don Grimm, Edward John Kliewer, Kwok Keung Lee, Sam David Blackwell
  • Patent number: 8937811
    Abstract: A chip card holding mechanism includes a tray, a supporting plate, an unlocking member, a driving arm, and an elastic member. The unlocking member includes a base body, an unlocking block formed on the base body, and a rotation portion protruding from the base body. The supporting plate defines a first sliding groove, and forms a first block. The driving arm defines a second sliding groove, and forms a second block positioned thereon. The first block is received in the second sliding groove, and the second block is received in the first sliding groove. The elastic member is compressed between the first block and the second block. The rotation of the rotation portion is capable of driving the unlocking block to rotate, thereby releasing the elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hua-Yong Wang
  • Patent number: 8923003
    Abstract: An electronic device may contain components such as flexible printed circuits and rigid printed circuits. Electrical contact pads on a flexible printed circuit may be coupled electrical contact pads on a rigid printed circuit using a coupling member. The coupling member may be configured to electrically couple contact pads on a top surface of the flexible circuit to contact pads on a top surface of the rigid circuit. The coupling member may be configured to bear against a top surface of the flexible circuit so that pads on a bottom surface of the flexible circuit rest against pads on a top surface of the rigid circuit. The coupling member may bear against the top surface of the flexible circuit. The coupling member may include protrusions that extend into openings in the rigid printed circuit. The protrusions may be engaged with engagement members in the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Schlaupitz, Joshua G. Wurzel
  • Patent number: 8913396
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, and a card holding mechanism for holding an electronic card. The housing defines a through hole, and the card holding mechanism may be inserted into the housing via the through hole. The card holding mechanism includes a tray for receiving the electronic card, an operating component, and a transmission component. The operating component moves from a latched position to an unlatched position, the transmission component is driven by the operating component to rotate and drive the tray to eject from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Yi Chao, Zuo-Dong Li, Xiao-Hui Qin, Zhen-Cun Lu, Jian-Feng Fan, Yong-Hua Wang, Zheng-Wei Liu, Chih-Chieh Huang, Chung-Yuan Chen, Shi-Yong Huang, Huan Ren
  • Publication number: 20140362548
    Abstract: A chip card holder includes a housing, a receiving frame, a tray, and a pin. The housing defines a latching groove. The receiving frame is mounted to the housing, and the receiving frame includes at least one ejecting arm. The tray is slidably received in the receiving frame and defines a receiving groove configured for receiving a chip card. The tray includes a latching tongue. When the tray is received in the receiving frame, the latching tongue is latched in the latching groove, and the ejecting arm abuts against one end of the tray. The pin deforms the latching tongue to unlock the tray from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited, SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ZHEN-LIN LIU, HUI-TAO QIU, WEN-ZE LIU
  • Patent number: 8902602
    Abstract: An ejection mechanism includes a top cover, a bottom cover having a first sidewall and a second sidewall, and a sliding assembly. The sliding assembly includes a sliding block and an elastic rod. The sliding block defines a containing groove which is divided into an insertion rail and an ejection rail. The sliding block is configured to move back and force between the first and second sidewalls. A first distal end of the elastic rod is fixed in a fixing hole of the first sidewall. When the card is inserted into the ejection mechanism, the second distal end slides along the insertion rail until the second distal end is locked in a joint of the insertion and ejection rails. When the second distal end of the elastic rod disengages from the locked position by an external force, the second distal end slides in the ejection rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hua-Yong Wang
  • Patent number: 8902601
    Abstract: A removable tool includes a toe, a clevis, and a handle. The toe is configured to be insertable into and removable from an enclosure notch of a card guided computer enclosure. The clevis is configured to be insertable into and removable from a card hook of a circuit card assembly. The handle is for receiving force for inserting or extracting an array of circuit card assembly contacts into or out of an array of motherboard contacts, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Trotman, Michael Maynard
  • Publication number: 20140321083
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis, an installation board, an expansion card mounted to a bottom surface of the installation board, and a fixing member. The chassis includes a motherboard forming a socket. The expansion card includes a connector engaged in the socket. The fixing member includes a movable portion including a bar. The movable portion is rotated to drive the bar to lift the installation board away from the motherboard, thereby disengaging the connector from the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MING-YU LIU, GUO-YI CHEN, AN-GANG LIANG
  • Publication number: 20140247568
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a case, a switch, a connecting tray and a moving member. The case has an opening. The switch is disposed in the case and near the opening. The connecting tray is disposed in the case and near the opening. The moving member is disposed on the opening in a movable manner. The moving member includes a pressing portion and a carrying portion. The pressing portion is movably connected to the carrying portion, the carrying portion is for carrying a function card and is plugged in the connecting tray in a detachable manner, and the pressing portion is for moving relative to the carrying portion, thereby triggering the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventor: Cho-Yi LIN
  • Publication number: 20140247567
    Abstract: Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies that can be substantially flush with the external surfaces of the housings of the devices, despite variations in their manufacture. The ejectable component assemblies may include connectors coupled to circuit boards of the devices, and trays that can be loaded with removable modules, inserted through openings in the housings of the devices, and into the connectors for functionally aligning the removable modules with the circuit boards. The ejectable component assemblies may also include ejectors coupled to the housings of the devices for ejecting the trays from the connectors and, thus, from the devices themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Erik L. Wang, Robert Sean Murphy, Tang Yew Tan, Jeffrey Eugene Neaves, Lawrence E. Davis, Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 8824140
    Abstract: A handheld computing device that includes an enclosure having structural walls formed from a glass material that can be radio-transparent. The enclosure can be formed from a hollow glass tube or two glass members bonded together. A laser frit bonding process may be used to hermetically seal the two glass members together to create a water resistant electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Prest, Emery A. Sanford
  • Patent number: 8824153
    Abstract: A chip card holder for holding at least two chip cards is disclosed. The chip card holder includes a base, a drawer slidably attached to the base. The drawer includes at least two receiving spaces, each receiving space for receiving a chip card. The drawer moves relative to the base to make the at least two receiving spaces be exposed out of the base or be received in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Chia-Hsin Chang
  • Patent number: 8824154
    Abstract: A chip card holder for holding at least one chip card is disclosed. The chip card holder includes a base, a drawer slidably attached to the base and a cover. The drawer defines at least one receiving space, each receiving space for receiving a chip card. The cover is detachably latched to the base to retain the drawer in the base or allow the drawer to be slid out of the base. After the cover is detached from the base, the drawer can automatically partially or completely slide out of the cabinet to expose it from the base, thereby facilitating grasping chip cards out of the receiving spaces or putting the chip cards in the receiving spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Chia-Hsin Chang
  • Patent number: 8811025
    Abstract: A connector ejects a tray along an eject direction opposite to an insert direction along which the tray is inserted. The connector comprises an eject bar movable along the insert direction, a lock portion movable in a width direction perpendicular to the insert direction, and a stopper. The lock portion moves along the insert direction when the eject bar moves along the insert direction. When the inserted tray is pulled along the eject direction, the tray is brought into abutment with the lock portion. The lock portion in the abutment moves in the width direction to be stopped by the stopper so that the tray is prevented from being ejected. When the eject bar is moved along the insert direction, the lock portion is brought into abutment with the tray. In this case, the lock portion moves in the width direction without being stopped so that the tray is ejected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Kenta Kume
  • Patent number: 8804369
    Abstract: A PCI card fastening device for fastening a PCI card to a chassis includes a latching plate fixed to the PCI card, a latching element slidably fixed to the chassis and a locking element. The latching element includes a latching hole and a latching portion. The locking element is rotatably fixed to the latching element, the locking element includes a pressing board and a hook, the hook includes a securing block. The latching plate is latched to the latching portion, the securing block is latched in the latching hole to latch the locking element to the latching element. After the securing block is released from the latching hole, the pressing board moves away from the latching element to release the latching plate between the pressing arm and the latching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hai-Qing Zhou
  • Patent number: 8797751
    Abstract: A server cabinet includes a housing and a power distribution unit (PDU). The housing includes a bottom plate defining two first holes, and a top plate defining two second holes. The PDU includes a main body, a top base, a motion member, a resilient member, and a handle. Two first pins protrude down from the main body to be inserted into the first holes. The top base is fastened to the main body. A top of the top base defines two through holes. The motion member is movably received in the top base, and forms two second pins. The resilient member is connected between the main body and the motion member, to bias the motion member to move up, thereby allowing the second pins to extend out of the corresponding through holes and be inserted into the second holes. The handle is attached to the motion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Tang Peng, Xiao-Zheng Li
  • Patent number: 8737088
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing and a chip card holder. The chip card holder includes a base fixed to the housing, a drawer slidably fixed to the base. The drawer includes at least two stacked receiving grooves, each receiving groove receives one of the chip cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Chia-Hsin Chang
  • Patent number: 8730682
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a housing that includes a first connector, and a printed circuit board unit that includes a printed circuit board, a second connector that is connected to the first connector at the completion of insertion of the printed circuit board into the housing, a lever that is rotatably provided for the printed circuit board, and a lock mechanism that locks the lever in a predetermined position. Wherein when the printed circuit board is inserted into the housing, the lever in a first position comes into contact with the housing, when the printed circuit board is further inserted into the housing, the lever rotates in one direction while being in contact with the housing, and when the insertion of the printed circuit board into the housing is completed, the lever is in a second position, and the lock mechanism locks the lever in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Sato, Tsutomu Takahashi, Kazuya Fuke
  • Patent number: 8730680
    Abstract: A chip card holding mechanism includes a support bracket defining a receiving chamber and an opening communicating with the receiving chamber; a resilient member fixed to the support bracket at an end of the support bracket opposite to the opening, and partial received in the receiving chamber; a latching assembly rotatably fixed to the support bracket and further comprising a pair of latching portions; and a tray slidably assembled to the support bracket, in which the tray comprises an accommodating space defined thereon to receive a chip card, and a pair of opposite sidewalls adjacent to the accommodating space, each sidewall defining a latching groove according to the corresponding latching portion; and the tray is received in the receiving chamber by having the latching portions of the latching assembly engaged in the latching grooves and resisting against the resilient member. An electronic device using the same is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zi-Ming Tang
  • Publication number: 20140111931
    Abstract: A device comprises a rail configured to span and detachably couple to a housing. The device includes a plate that engages the housing and a mechanism securing the tool to the housing. The housing contains a printed circuit board configured with at least one row of slots, each slot configured with a retainer mechanism. A jaw assembly slides along the rail over more than one card positioned in the row of slots. The assembly includes a pair of inserts that perform either seating or extracting more than one card positioned in more than one slot. The device includes a lever for biasing the jaw assembly, where the inserts engage a selected one of more than one card positioned in more than one slot and the retainer mechanism for performing either simultaneously seating more than one card into or simultaneously extracting more than one card from more than slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Karl O. Casserly, Leung M. Hung, Ronny R. Shipley, Tracy A. Tong, James P. Verzi
  • Publication number: 20140092571
    Abstract: Systems and methods for ejecting removable entities from electronic devices are provided. A removable entity ejection system may include a driver that may be controllable by software (e.g., via a control unit that may be configured to send electrical signals to the driver). The driver may include a driving component that may apply a force directly, or indirectly, to one or more removable entities to eject the one or more removable entities from an electronic device. When the force is applied indirectly, one or more interfacing components may receive the applied force and may transfer the received force to the one or more removable entities to cause ejection thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Piotr S. Trzaskos, Simon Kao
  • Patent number: 8687373
    Abstract: A card structure includes a first element and a second element. The first element includes a first peripheral portion and a plurality of first contact points exposed by the first peripheral portion. The second element includes a second peripheral portion and a plurality of second contact points corresponding to the first contact points of the first element and exposed by the second peripheral portion. When the first and second elements are joined with each other, the first peripheral portion of the first element and the second peripheral portion of the second element are adjacent to each other, to juxtapose the first contact points of the first element and the second contact points of the second element to each other. The juxtaposed first and second contact points of the first and second elements are coupled to each other by a welding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Liu, Chien-Hong Lin, Yuan-Heng Sun