Card fixer
A card fixer is suitable to assist a card to be fixed in a slot of an electronic device. The card fixer includes a body and a clipping structure, wherein the body has a first side and a second side parallel to the first side. A hook is disposed on the first side of the body. The clipping structure extends out of the second side of the body for clipping the card thereon. When the clipping structure of the card fixer clips the card and the assembly of the card fixer with the card is inserted into the slot, the hook is locked on an inside wall of the slot.
1. A card fixer, suitable to assist a card to be fixed in a slot of an electronic device, wherein the slot suitable to accommodate different size cards, the card fixer comprising:
a body, having a first side and a second side parallel to the first side, wherein a hook is disposed on the first side; and
a clipping structure, extending out of the second side for clipping the card,
when the clipping structure clips the card, the clipping structure crossing over from one side of the card to an opposite side of the card, and the assembly of the card fixer and the card is inserted into the slot, the hook is locked on an inside wall of the slot.
2. The card fixer according to claim 1 , wherein when the assembly of the card fixer and the card is inserted in the slot, the clipping structure is located at the outer side of the slot.
3. The card fixer according to claim 1 , wherein the hook is an elastic hook.
4. The card fixer according to claim 1 , wherein the clipping structure has a clipping portion to clip the card on a side edge of the body.
5. The card fixer according to claim 1 , wherein the card is an expansion card and the slot is an expansion socket.
6. The card fixer according to claim 1 , wherein the width of the card is less than the width of the slot.
7. The card fixer according to claim 1 , wherein the sum width of the body and the clipping structure is just equal to the width of the slot.
8. The card fixer according to claim 1 , further comprising a sliding part disposed in sliding way on the body and able to slide along a path, wherein the sliding part comprises at least a locking portion, when the assembly of the card fixer and the card is inserted in the slot and the sliding part slides along the path towards the inside of the electronic device, the locking portion suits to move from inside the first side of the body to outside the first side and closely contacts the inside wall of the slot.
9. The card fixer according to claim 8 , wherein the sliding part further comprises a force-exerting portion, and when the assembly of the card fixer and the card is inserted in the slot, the force-exerting portion is located at the outer side of the slot.
10. The card fixer according to claim 8 , wherein the sliding part further comprises at least a first guiding element, the body further has at least a second guiding element formed correspondingly to the first guiding element, and the sliding part reciprocating slides on the path by means of the fit between the first guiding element and the second guiding element.
11. The card fixer according to claim 10 , wherein the first guiding element is a guiding cylinder and the second guiding element is a guiding groove.
12. The card fixer according to claim 10 , wherein the first guiding element is a guiding groove and the second guiding element is a guiding cylinder.