IP Library Granted Patent US 12696420
Granted Patent B2
US 12696420 · App. 19/144,151 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Fastening device for fastening an electronic component

Inventors: Alexander Geng (Vienna, AT); Josef Hofstätter (Vienna, AT)
Assignee: PATCHBOX GMBH
H05K7/1489
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Patent No.
US 12696420
App. No.
19/144,151
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fastening device for fastening an electronic component, which has at least one fastening tab with at least one hole, to a sheet-metal angled rail of a rack having a row of holes, including a plate which can be placed on a side wall of the component and can optionally be connected thereto, the plate having a fastening section bent along a bending line, the fastening section having at least one first fastening bolt that extends away from the plate and can be inserted into the hole of the fastening tab and optionally into the row of holes.

Claims (27)

1 . A rack for storing electronic components, comprising:

at least two spaced-apart, vertically extending sheet-metal angled rails having a row of holes, the mutually facing first legs of which delimit an opening and to which at least one electronic component is fastened;

wherein the electronic component has a width substantially corresponding to the opening and at least two fastening tabs which project outwards at a front side at their edges are arranged adjacent to the first legs, and have holes aligned with holes of the row of holes; and

wherein a fastening device is fastened to the first legs, the fastening device including a plate configured to be placed on a side wall of the component, the plate having a fastening section bent along a bending line, the fastening section having at least one first fastening bolt that extends away from the plate and penetrates the hole of the fastening tab;

wherein the component is supported in a positive-locking manner against gravity on the fastening devices; and

wherein the plate has a positive-locking element which acts in a direction of the bending line and can be brought into positive-locking engagement with the component in order to support the component against gravity.

2 . The rack according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two fastening tabs are aligned with the front side.

3 . The rack according to claim 1 , wherein the plate is connected to the side wall of the component.

4 . The rack according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first fastening bolt penetrates the row of holes.

5 . The rack according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening section extends at a right angle to the plate.

6 . The rack according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening section has two first fastening bolts which extend away from the plate and are configured to each penetrate a hole in the fastening tab.

7 . The rack according to claim 6 , wherein the two first fastening bolts are configured to each penetrate the row of holes.

8 . The rack according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening section has a through-hole for a screw bolt connecting the fastening section to the row of holes.

9 . The rack according to claim 8 , wherein the fastening section has at least one second fastening bolt extending away from the plate and across from the at least one first fastening bolt.

10 . The rack according to claim 9 , wherein the fastening section has two second fastening bolts, which extend away from the plate and are configured to each be inserted into a hole in the row of holes and between which the through-hole is arranged.

11 . The rack according to claim 1 , wherein:

the plate is formed with a long and a short side; and

the fastening section is bent along the short side and a holding section forming the positive-locking element is bent along the long side, on which the component are configured to be supported.

12 . The rack according to claim 11 , wherein the plate is rectangular.

13 . The rack according to claim 11 , wherein the holding section is bent starting from the plate plane in a direction opposite to the fastening section.

14 . The rack according to claim 1 , wherein the positive-locking element is formed by an end region of the plate which is bent in a hook-like manner.

15 . The rack according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening section is arranged on an inside of the sheet-metal angled rail on the first leg.

16 . The rack according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening section is arranged on the outside of the sheet-metal angled rail on the first leg.

17 . The rack according to claim 9 , wherein the second fastening bolts penetrate holes of the row of holes, wherein the through-hole arranged between the second fastening bolts is arranged in alignment with a hole of the row of holes and is penetrated by a screw bolt connecting the fastening section to the row of holes.

18 . The rack according to claim 11 , wherein the component rests on the holding section.

19 . The rack according to claim 14 , wherein the end region, which is bent in a hook-like manner, engages in a slot-shaped recess of the component.

20 . The rack according to claim 1 , wherein the rack has four sheet-metal angled rails delimiting a cuboid-shaped storage space, and the fastening devices do not form a continuous connection between two adjacent sheet-metal angled rails.