IP Library Granted Patent US 12,374,829
Granted Patent B2
US 12,374,829 · App. 17/965,785 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Circuit board module and release component

Inventors: Chih-Ming Lai (New Taipei, TW); Yung-Shun Kao (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H01R13/633H01R12/737H01R13/6275
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Patent No.
US 12,374,829
App. No.
17/965,785
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit board module including a circuit board body, a connector, and a release component is provided. The connector is disposed on the circuit board body and includes a base body and a rotating button rotatably disposed on the base body. The release component is disposed on the circuit board body and includes a linking member. The linking member is movably disposed beside the rotating button and does not contact the rotating button under normal conditions. When an external force triggers the release component, the linking member is driven to contact the rotating button, so that the rotating button rotates relative to the base body. In addition, a release component is also mentioned.

Claims (28)

1. A circuit board module, comprising:

a circuit board body;

a connector, disposed on the circuit board body and comprising a base body and a rotating button rotatably disposed on the base body; and

a release component, disposed on the circuit board body and comprising a linking member, wherein the linking member is movably disposed beside the rotating button and does not contact the rotating button under normal conditions,

wherein the linking member is driven to contact the rotating button when an external force triggers the release component, so that the rotating button rotates relative to the base body,

wherein the linking member comprises a first section and a second section that are linked to each other, the first section is disposed beside the rotating button, the first section does not contact the rotating button under normal conditions but contacts the rotating button when triggered by the external force, the second section is away from the connector, and the first section and the second section extend in different directions,

wherein the rotating button comprises a protruding post, the first section comprises an elongated hole, and the protruding post is located in the elongated hole,

wherein the first section comprises a wall arranged to form the elongated hole, the wall comprises a first portion away from the second section and a second portion close to the second section, a distance between the first portion of the wall and the protruding post is less than a distance between the second portion of the wall and the protruding post.

2. The circuit board module according to claim 1 , wherein the release component further comprises a button disposed on the circuit board body and away from the connector, the button is linked to the second section, and a movement direction of the button is different from a movement direction of the linking member.

3. The circuit board module according to claim 1 , wherein the elongated hole is a closed hole located inside the first section.

4. The circuit board module according to claim 1 , wherein the elongated hole is an open hole recessed in an edge of the first section, and the open hole faces the circuit board body.

5. The circuit board module according to claim 1 , wherein the elongated hole is an open hole recessed in an edge of the first section, and the open hole faces away from the circuit board body.

6. The circuit board module according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the wall does not contact the protruding post under normal conditions but contacts and pulls the protruding post when triggered by the external force, and the second portion of the wall does not contact the protruding post.

7. The circuit board module according to claim 1 , wherein the rotating button comprises a rotating button body and the protruding post protruding from the rotating button body, and the first section extends next to the rotating button body and does not contact the rotating button body.

8. The circuit board module according to claim 1 , further comprising a stand disposed on the circuit board body, wherein the linking member is movably disposed between the stand and the circuit board body, and the release component further comprises an elastic member disposed between the stand and the linking member and configured to reset the linking member when the external force is released.

9. A release component, adapted to be disposed beside a connector, so that a rotating button of the connector is rotated relative to a base body, the release component comprising:

a linking member, movably disposed beside the rotating button and not contacting the rotating button under normal conditions;

a button, linked to the linking member and away from the connector, wherein a movement direction of the button is different from a movement direction of the linking member; and

an elastic member, abutting against the linking member,

wherein the linking member is driven to contact the rotating button when an external force triggers the button, so that the rotating button rotates relative to the base body and the elastic member is compressed,

wherein the elastic member recovers to reset the linking member when the external force is released,

wherein the linking member comprises a first section and a second section that are linked to each other, the first section is disposed beside the rotating button, the first section does not contact the rotating button under normal conditions but contacts the rotating button when triggered by the external force, the second section is away from the connector, and the first section and the second section extend in different directions,

wherein the rotating button comprises a protruding post, the first section comprises an elongated hole, and the protruding post is located in the elongated hole,

wherein the first section comprises a wall arranged to form the elongated hole, the wall comprises a first portion away from the second section and a second portion close to the second section, a distance between the first portion of the wall and the protruding post is less than a distance between the second portion of the wall and the protruding post.

10. The release component according to claim 9 , wherein the elongated hole is a closed hole located inside the first section.

11. The release component according to claim 9 , wherein the elongated hole is an open hole recessed in an edge of the first section.

12. The release component according to claim 9 , wherein the first portion of the wall does not contact the protruding post under normal conditions but contacts and pulls the protruding post when triggered by the external force, and the second portion of the wall does not contact the protruding post.

13. The release component according to claim 9 , wherein the rotating button comprises a rotating button body and the protruding post protruding from the rotating button body, and the first section extends next to the rotating button body and does not contact the rotating button body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2022
From: LAI, CHIH-MING; KAO, YUNG-SHUN
To: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 061522/0466 →
Priority Claims (2)
TW 110145767 · Dec 8, 2021 · national
TW 111133307 · Sep 2, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230178935A1 · Jun 8, 2023
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