US 12,446,168 B2
Tamper-resistant enclosure coupling system
David Schattner, Newnan, GA (US)
Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/462,510.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/404,968, filed on Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 22197369 (EP), filed on Sep. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0090143 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/30 (2025.01)
CPC H05K 5/0208 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0204 (2013.01); H05K 5/0221 (2013.01); H05K 5/30 (2025.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An enclosure comprising:
a first enclosure component comprising:
a first enclosure component side; and
a snap-fit fastener that extends from the first enclosure component side, wherein the snap-fit fastener comprises a body with an aperture that traverses therethrough; and
a second enclosure component comprising:
a second enclosure component side;
a ridge that protrudes from the second enclosure component side to form a cavity, wherein the ridge has an inner perimeter with a shape that is substantially similar to that of an outer perimeter of the snap-fit fastener, wherein the outer perimeter of the snap-fit fastener is configured to abut against the inner perimeter of the ridge when the snap-fit fastener is positioned within the cavity, and wherein the ridge has a plurality of gaps along its top end; and
a catch that protrudes from the second enclosure component side, wherein the catch is positioned within the inner perimeter of the ridge, and wherein the catch is configured to be positioned within the aperture formed by the snap-fit fastener and abut against the snap-fit fastener when the snap-fit fastener is disposed within the cavity formed by the ridge, wherein the catch and the snap-fit fastener remain engaged with each other until a plurality of sloped tines of a tool are substantially simultaneously pushed through the plurality of gaps along the top end of the ridge, and wherein the plurality of sloped tines wedge a top end of the snap-fit fastener out of the cavity and separate the snap-fit fastener from the catch.