Fixing device for use with expansion cards in a computer
View Patent ↗A fixing device for use with at least one expansion card in a computer chassis includes a positioning member and a fixing member. One side of the positioning member defines at least one first slot. The fixing member includes a fixing portion and a rotatable portion rotatablely connected to the fixing portion. The fixing portion defines at least one second slot corresponding to the at least one first slot. When the rotatable portion is able to rotate to a position where the at least one first slot face to the at least one second slot, allowing opposite sides of the free end of the at least one expansion card.
1. A fixing device for use with at least one expansion card in a computer chassis, the at least one expansion card comprising a fixed end fixed to the computer chassis and a free end, the fixing device comprising:
a position member defining at least one first slot in a sidewall thereof;
a fixing member comprising a fixing portion and a rotatable portion rotatably connected to the fixing portion, the fixing portion comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a supporting surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface, and a stopper portion extending from the supporting surface, a projection protruding from the top of the stopper portion, the rotatable portion further comprising a locking member, the locking member comprising a first hook on the top surface adjacent to the stopper portion and a second hook on the bottom surface away from the stopper portion, when the rotatable portion resists the stopper portion, the rotatable portion is latched by the first hook hooking the projection of the stopper portion; the rotatable portion further defining at least one second slot, wherein when the rotatable portion is rotated to a position where the at least one first slot faces the at least one second slot, the first and second slots are capable of engaging opposite sides of the free end of the at least one expansion card.
2. The fixing device as described in claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of fasteners and a support member, wherein the support member comprises a frame and a plurality of through holes defined in a top of the frame, the position member and the fixing member both define a plurality of fixing holes corresponding to the through holes, the fasteners pass through the fixing holes and the corresponding through holes, to fix the position member and the fixing member to the frame.
3. The fixing device as described in claim 1 , wherein the top surface and the bottom surface of the fixing portion both defines a receiving hole aligned with each other, two posts extend from the two opposite sides of the rotatable portion and respectively received in the receiving holes of the top surface and the bottom surface to allow the rotatable portion to rotate about the two posts relative to the fixing portion.
4. The fixing device as described in claim 1 , wherein the locking member is flexible.