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Mounting assembly for front panel of computer enclosure

a computer enclosure and mounting assembly technology, applied in the field of mounting assembly for the front panel can solve the problems of maintenance and parts replacement or installation in the ever more confining spaces of the computer enclosure, and achieve the effect of improving the service life and reducing the inconvenience of users

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-07-05
HON HAI PRECISION IND CO LTD
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The patent describes a mounting assembly that allows for easy attachment of a front panel to a chassis. The assembly includes a chassis with slots on its sides, a front panel with slots on its sides, and push members that can be moved between a locked position and an unlocked position. The push members have a catch that can be engaged or disengaged with the slots on the chassis and front panel. The technical effect of this design is that it allows for quick and easy attachment of the front panel to the chassis without the need for additional hardware or tools.

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Nowadays, with the trend being to produce ever smaller computers, users are faced with the inconvenience of trying to do maintenance and parts replacement or installation within the ever more confining spaces of computer enclosures.

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[0013] Referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, a mounting assembly in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a chassis 10, a front panel 20, a pair of elastic components 30, a pair of pushing members 40, and a pair of locking members 50. In the preferred embodiment, the elastic components 30 may be torsion springs, and the locking members 50 may be screws.

[0014] The chassis 10 includes a bottom wall 14, and two opposite sidewalls 11, 12 extending upwardly and perpendicularly from two opposite sides of the bottom wall 14. An elongated through slot 112 is defined in a front end of the sidewall 11. A top edge of the sidewall 11 of the chassis 10 is bent inward and horizontally to form a flange 114. The flange 114 defines a screw hole 116 for engaging with one of the locking members 50, and a through hole 118 for extension of an end of one of the elastic components 30 therethrough, thereby locating an end of the elastic component 30 therein. An elongated throug...

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Abstract

A mounting assembly includes a chassis having a bottom wall and two opposite sidewalls, a front panel having two opposite sidewalls, and a pair of pushing members pivotally attached to the sidewalls of the chassis respectively. Each of the sidewalls of the front panel forms a sliding post for sliding in the through slot, thereby slidably mounting the front panel to the chassis. Each of the sidewalls of the chassis defines a through slot therein. Each of the pushing members forms a catch thereon. The pushing members are pivotable between a first position in which the sliding post engages with the catch and a second position in which the sliding post disengages from the catch.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a mounting assembly for a front panel of a computer enclosure, and more particularly to a mounting assembly for a front panel of a computer enclosure that is convenient to attach and remove to / from a chassis. DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART [0002] Nowadays, with the trend being to produce ever smaller computers, users are faced with the inconvenience of trying to do maintenance and parts replacement or installation within the ever more confining spaces of computer enclosures. Therefore, it is desirable that a front panel should be conveniently removable from a chassis for access to the electronic components inside. A typical mounting assembly is that a front panel is directly riveted to a chassis, or a front panel is integratedly molded with a chassis, so the front panel cannot be detached from the chassis when necessary for installation or removal of other electronic components. [0003] What is needed, therefore, is a mountin...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47B81/00
CPCG06F1/181
Inventor CHEN, YUN-LUNGSUN, DA-LONGSHI, JIAN-WEI
Owner HON HAI PRECISION IND CO LTD