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Granted Patent B2
US 11,997,820 · App. 17/819,104 · Granted May 28, 2024

Cage assembly and electronic device including the same

Inventors: Zih-Yao Liu (New Taipei, TW); Shin-Yi Hsieh (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
H05K7/1488H05K7/1427
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Patent No.
US 11,997,820
App. No.
17/819,104
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cage assembly includes a cage body and an adjustable component, where the adjustable component is movably disposed on the cage body, the adjustable component has a connector-installing portion, and a position of the connector-installing portion is changed along with the adjustable component.

Claims (35)

1. A cage assembly, comprising:

a cage body; and

an adjustable component movably disposed on the cage body and selectively fixed at one of a first position and a second position;

wherein the adjustable component has a connector-installing portion, and a position of the connector-installing portion is changed along with the adjustable component.

2. The cage assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustable component comprises a first plate portion and a second plate portion connected to each other, the first plate portion is at an angle to the second plate portion, the connector-installing portion is disposed on the second plate portion, and the connector-installing portion and the first plate portion are respectively located at different sides of the cage body.

3. The cage assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the cage body has a first through hole, the second plate portion of the adjustable component has a second through hole; when the adjustable component is in the first position, the second through hole is aligned with the first through hole, a positioning post of a chassis penetrates through the second through hole and the first through hole; when the adjustable component is in the second position, the second through hole is not aligned with the first through hole.

4. The cage assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the cage body has a slot, a tab protrudes from the first plate portion f the adjustable component, and the tab is slidably located in the slot and exposed by the slot.

5. The cage assembly according claim 2 , further comprising a latch, wherein the latch comprises two elastic arm portions and a convex portion connected between the two elastic arm portions, the convex portion is movably disposed on the cage body via the two elastic arm portions and is movably located at a latching hole of the cage body, the first plate portion of the adjustable component has two accommodating holes and a push portion connected between the two accommodating holes; when the adjustable component is in the first position, the push portion pushes one of the two elastic arm portions and the convex portion penetrates through the latching hole and sticks out of an outer surface of the cage body; when the adjustable component is in the second position, the push portion is located at the convex portion, the two elastic arm portions are respectively partially located in the two accommodating holes and the convex portion is submerged in the latching hole.

6. The cage assembly according to claim 3 , further comprising a latch, wherein the cage body has a latching hole, the latching hole comprises a first hole portion, a second hole portion, and a third hole portion connected between the first hole portion and the second hole portion, the latch is slidably disposed through the first hole portion, the second hole portion, or the third hole portion and is disposed on the first plate portion of the adjustable component; when the adjustable component is in the first position, the latch is located at the first hole portion; when the adjustable component is in the second position, the latch is located at the second hole portion.

7. The cage assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the first hole portion and the second hole portion are spaced apart from each other and parallel to each other, the third hole portion is connected to the same side of the first hole portion and the second hole portion.

8. The cage assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the latch is in T shape and protrudes from the first plate portion of the adjustable component.

9. The cage assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the first hole portion and the second hole portion are spaced apart by the third hole portion, the first hole portion, the third hole portion, and the second hole portion are arranged in a straight line, and the third hole portion is horizontally narrower than the first hole portion and the second hole portion.

10. The cage assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the latch is elastic and integrally formed with the first plate portion of the adjustable component.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a chassis; and

a cage assembly disposed on the chassis and comprising:

a cage body; and

an adjustable component movably disposed on the cage body and selectively fixed at one of a first position and a second position;

wherein the adjustable component has a connector-installing portion, and a position of the connector-installing portion is changed along with the adjustable component.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the adjustable component comprises a first plate portion and a second plate portion connected to each other, the first plate portion is at an angle to the second plate portion, the connector-installing portion is disposed on the second plate portion, and the connector-installing portion and the first plate portion are respectively located at different sides of the cage body.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the cage body has a first through hole, the second plate portion of the adjustable component has a second through hole; when the adjustable component is in the first position, the second through hole is aligned with the first through hole, a positioning post of the chassis penetrates through the second through hole and the first through hole; when the adjustable component is in the second position, the second through hole is not aligned with the first through hole.

14. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the cage body has a slot, a tab protrudes from the first plate portion of the adjustable component, and the tab is slidably located in the slot and exposed by the slot.

15. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the cage assembly further comprises a latch, the latch comprises two elastic arm portions and a convex portion connected between the two elastic arm portions, the convex portion is movably disposed on the cage body via the two elastic arm portions and is movably located at a latching hole of the cage body, the first plate portion of the adjustable component has two accommodating holes and a push portion connected between the two accommodating holes; when the adjustable component is in a first position, the push portion pushes one of the two elastic arm portions and the convex portion penetrates through the latching hole and sticks out of an outer surface of the cage body; when the adjustable component is in the second position, the push portion is located at the convex portion, the two elastic arm portions are respectively partially located in the two accommodating holes and the convex portion is submerged in the latching hole.

16. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the cage assembly further comprises a latch, the cage body has a latching hole, the latching hole comprises a first hole portion, a second hole portion, and a third hole portion connected between the first hole portion and the second hole portion, the latch is slidably disposed through the first hole portion, the second hole portion, or the third hole portion and is disposed on the first plate portion of the adjustable component; when the adjustable component is in the first position, the latch is located at the first hole portion; when the adjustable component is in the second position, the latch is located at the second hole portion.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the first hole portion and the second hole portion are spaced apart from each other and parallel to each other, the third hole portion is connected to the same side of the first hole portion and the second hole portion, the latch is in T shape and protrudes from the first plate portion of the adjustable component.

18. The electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the first hole portion and the second hole portion are spaced apart by the third hole portion, the first hole portion, the third hole portion, and the second hole portion are arranged in a straight line, and the third hole portion is horizontally narrower than the first hole portion and the second hole portion.

19. The electronic device according to claim 18 , wherein the latch is elastic and integrally formed with the first plate portion of the adjustable component.

20. An electronic device, adapted to accommodate an electrical component, comprising:

a chassis;

a circuit board disposed on the chassis; and

a cage assembly comprising:

a cage body removably accommodated in the chassis and configured to accommodate the electrical component; and

an adjustable component movably disposed on the cage body and selectively fixed at one of a first position and a second position;

wherein the adjustable component has a connector-installing portion, and a position of the connector-installing portion is changed along with the adjustable component switched between the first position and the second position;

wherein the circuit board has a positioning post selectively fitting to the adjustable component when the adjustable component is in the first position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2022
From: LIU, ZIH-YAO; HSIEH, SHIN-YI
To: WISTRON CORP.
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 111111451 · Mar 25, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230309254A1 · Sep 28, 2023