Enclosure of electronic device
View Patent ↗An enclosure includes a sidewall defining an opening through which a connector is to extend and a through hole, a resilient piece, and a sliding member slidably received in the through hole. The resilient piece includes a connecting piece slantingly extending from the sidewall between the opening and the through hole and a contacting piece connected to a distal end of the connecting piece. When the connector extends through the opening, The sliding member is slid toward the resilient piece to force the contacting piece to contact the connector.
1. An enclosure, comprising:
a metal sidewall defining an opening through which a connector is to extend, and a through hole;
a resilient metal piece comprising a connecting piece slantingly extending down from a first side of the sidewall between the opening and the through hole, and a contacting piece extending from a distal end of the connecting piece; and
a sliding member slidably received in the through hole;
wherein, when the connector extends through the opening, the sliding member is operable to be slid toward the resilient piece to deform the resilient piece toward the connector, thus maintaining the contacting piece contacting the connector.
2. The enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the resilient piece further comprises a block on a surface of the contacting piece opposite to the connector, the block comprises a top wall opposite to the contacting piece and a slanted surface facing the connecting piece, the sliding member comprises a protrusion slidable along the slanted surface to deform the resilient piece and abutted the top surface to maintain the contacting piece contacting the connector.
3. The enclosure of claim 2 , wherein a surface of the protrusion facing the metal piece is arc-shaped.
4. The enclosure of claim 2 , wherein the sliding member further comprises two spaced latches at an end of the sliding member away from the protrusion, a projection protrudes from one of the latches away from the other latch, the latches extend through the through hole, and the projection abuts a second side of the sidewall opposite to the first side to retain the sliding member to the sidewall.
5. The enclosure of claim 1 , wherein a hollow holding portion protrudes from the sidewall around the through hole to slidably receive the sliding member.
6. The enclosure of claim 5 , wherein the through hole is rectangular, the holding portion comprises four L-shaped rails facing the through holes and located at four corners of the through hole.