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US 12,610,486 · App. 18/435,575 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Casing device

Inventors: Ching-Yi Lu (New Taipei City, TW); Ming-Cheng Wu (New Taipei City, TW); Yi-Heng Lee (New Taipei City, TW)
Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
H05K5/03G06F1/181H05K5/0217
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Patent No.
US 12,610,486
App. No.
18/435,575
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A casing device is provided in this disclosure. The casing device comprises a casing body and a slide rail assembly. The casing body includes a side panel and a top bracket. The slide rail assembly is movably arranged on the casing body. The slide rail assembly includes a slide component and a slide rail. The slide component is fixed with the slide rail. When the slide rail assembly is in a first position, the side panel is fastened to the top bracket and the slide rail. When the slide rail assembly moves from the first position to a second position, the side panel is able to be detached from the top bracket and the slide rail.

Claims (13)

1 . A casing device, comprising:

a casing body including a side panel and a top bracket, wherein the top bracket has a guide slot; and

a slide rail assembly movably arranged on the casing body, wherein the slide rail assembly comprises a slide component and a slide rail fixed with each other, and the slide component has a protrusion arranged in the guide slot;

wherein, when the slide rail assembly is in a first position, the side panel is fastened to the top bracket and the slide rail, and when the slide rail assembly moves from the first position to a second position, the side panel is able to be detached from the top bracket and the slide rail.

2 . The casing device according to claim 1 , wherein the side panel has a hook portion, when the slide rail assembly is in the first position, the hook portion passes through the top bracket and the slide rail to be engaged in the slide rail.

3 . The casing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an elastic element connected between the slide rail and the top bracket, wherein when the side panel is detached from the top bracket and the slide rail, the elastic element provides an elastic force for returning the slide rail assembly from the second position to the first position.

4 . The casing device according to claim 3 , wherein the elastic element is an extension spring.

5 . The casing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a guide bolt, wherein the guide bolt passes through the top bracket and the slide rail and is locked on the slide rail, and when the slide rail assembly moves from the first position to the second position, the slide rail and the guide bolt are moveable with respect to the top bracket.

6 . The casing device according to claim 1 , wherein the slide component is locked on the slide rail.

7 . The casing device according to claim 1 , wherein the slide component has an inclined plane structure, which provides the slide component with a position for bearing a longitudinal force.

8 . The casing device according to claim 7 , wherein the casing body comprises a front plate, the slide component passes through the front plate, and the inclined plane structure is exposed from the front plate.

9 . The casing device according to claim 1 , wherein the casing body comprises a back plate, the top bracket has a positioning shaft structure through which the top bracket is connected to the back plate, and when the slide rail assembly moves from the first position to the second position, the protrusion moves in the guide slot, such that the top bracket is able to rotate around the positioning shaft structure with respect to the back plate to be detached from the back plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2024
From: LU, CHING-YI; WU, MING-CHENG; LEE, YI-HENG
To: ACER INCORPORATED
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 112106315 · Feb 21, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240284623A1 · Aug 22, 2024
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