US 12,137,531 B2
Assembly for securing removable module
Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Taoyuan (TW); Hung-Wei Chen, Taoyuan (TW); and Ming-Lung Wang, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to QUANTA COMPUTER INC., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by Quanta Computer Inc., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/082,751.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/382,983, filed on Nov. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0155799 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1489 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for securing an electrical component to a server, the assembly comprising:
a structural case for a server, the case being configured to receive and secure in place an electrical component for the server;
a pair of rail holders mounted to the structural case, respectively, near a respective case side of two opposing case sides, each rail holder of the pair of rail holders having a plurality of mounting holes that includes a first hole and a second hole; and
a pair of latches, each latch of the pair of latches being movably mounted to a respective one of the pair of rail holders, each latch having a finger end that is coupled to a hook end via a bridge portion, the finger end and the hook end being inserted, respectively, into the first hole and the second hole of the respective one of the pair of rail holder,
wherein the finger end and the hook end independently and flexibly move relative to the bridge portion in response to applied pressure, the applied pressure being
an installation pressure caused by contact between the electrical component and, sequentially, the finger end and the hook end, the installation pressure being applied when the electrical component is advanced towards a secured position relative to the structural case, and
a disassembly pressure caused by an operator, without use of tools, in response to pressing the bridge portion, the disassembly pressure being applied when the electrical component is removed from the secured position.
 
16. A server comprising:
a structural case configured to receive and secure in place an electrical component;
a pair of rail holders mounted to the structural case, respectively, near a respective case side of two opposing case sides, each rail holder of the pair of rail holders having a plurality of mounting holes that includes a first hole and a second hole; and
a pair of latches made of an elastic material comprising plastic, rubber, or hybrid material having elastic properties, each latch of the pair of latches being movably mounted to a respective one of the pair of rail holders, each latch having a finger end that is coupled to a hook end via a bridge portion, the finger end and the hook end being inserted, respectively, into the first hole and the second hole of the respective one of the pair of rail holder,
wherein the finger end and the hook end independently and flexibly move relative to the bridge portion in response to applied pressure, the applied pressure being
an installation pressure caused by contact between the electrical component and, sequentially, the finger end and the hook end, the installation pressure being applied when the electrical component is advanced towards a secured position relative to the structural case, and
a disassembly pressure caused by an operator, without use of tools, in response to pressing the bridge portion, the disassembly pressure being applied to remove the electrical component from the secured position.