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Granted Patent B2
US 12,745,344 · App. 18/690,310 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

PCB, PCB mounting box, case assembly, and case

Inventors: Shoulong Wei (Shenzhen, CN); Chaoxing Xu (Shenzhen, CN); Lixia Wu (Shenzhen, CN); Guiming Lu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H05K1/0215H05K5/0247H05K5/13H05K7/1418H05K7/1427H05K9/0039H05K2201/09354
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Patent No.
US 12,745,344
App. No.
18/690,310
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a PCB, a PCB mounting box, a case assembly, and a case. The PCB includes: a PCB body and a grounding region on a side surface of the PCB body. The grounding region is connected to a GND network in the PCB body. By providing an additional grounding region connected to the GND network of the PCB body on the side surface of the PCB body, the PCB can be grounded by means of the grounding region on the side surface instead of a grounding hole running through the PCB. In this way, the PCB is allowed to be grounded by means of the grounding region on the side surface in a pluggable mounting mode, so that the mounting mode of the PCB becomes more flexible, and the grounding of the PCB becomes more convenient.

Claims (21)

1 . A PCB mounting box, comprising: a cuboid mounting box body having an opening on one side, and a grounding plate placed over the opening of the mounting box body, wherein

a fixing assembly is disposed around the opening of the mounting box body, through which the mounting box body is fixed to the grounding plate;

a guide groove for fixing a PCB is further provided on an inner wall of the mounting box body in a direction perpendicular to the opening; and

a conductive component in contact with a grounding region of the PCB is provided inside the grounding plate.

2 . The mounting box according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive component is any one of a conductive fabric or a metal tab.

3 . The mounting box according to claim 1 , wherein the number of conductive components is the same as the number of grounding regions on the PCB.

4 . The mounting box according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting box body is a plastic box.

5 . The mounting box according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing assembly comprises a screw and a screw hole;

the screw is fixed to the mounting box body, the screw hole is provided in the grounding plate at a position corresponding to the screw, so that the screw passes through the screw hole to fix the grounding plate to the mounting box body.

6 . The mounting box according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing assembly comprises a screw and a screw hole;

the screw is detachably connected to the grounding plate, the screw hole is provided in the mounting box body at a corresponding position, so that the screw is screwed into the screw hole by rotation to fix the grounding plate and the mounting box body.

7 . A case assembly, comprising: a PCB and a mounting box, wherein

the PCB includes a PCB body and a grounding region on a side surface of the PCB body, the grounding region being connected to a GND network in the PCB body, wherein the grounding region is connected to a GND network in the PCB body, the GND network in the PCB body is wirings for grounding in a wiring layer of the PCB, and the grounding region is a metal plate formed by the GND network in the PCB body extending to the side surface of the PCB body;

wherein the PCB mounting box includes a cuboid mounting box body having an opening on one side, and a grounding plate placed over the opening of the mounting box body, a fixing assembly being disposed around the opening of the mounting box body, through which the mounting box body is fixed to the grounding plate, a guide groove for fixing the PCB being further provided on an inner wall of the mounting box body in a direction perpendicular to the opening, and a conductive component in contact with the grounding region of the PCB being provided inside the grounding plate; and

wherein the PCB is mounted into a guide groove in the mounting box; and the grounding region of the PCB is in contact with the conductive component inside the grounding plate.

8 . A case, comprising: a case housing, and a case assembly according to claim 7 ; wherein

the case housing is grounded; and

a grounding plate of the case assembly is fixedly connected to the case housing.

9 . The case assembly according to claim 7 , wherein at least one grounding region is provided on the side surface of the PCB body.

10 . The case assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the conductive component is any one of a conductive fabric or a metal tab.

11 . The case assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the number of conductive components is the same as the number of grounding regions on the PCB.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2024
From: WEI, SHOULONG; XU, CHAOXING; WU, LIXIA; LU, GUIMING
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202111049858.3 · Sep 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240407078A1 · Dec 5, 2024
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