ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY FOR MOUNTING ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Abstract
The present invention relates to an attachment assembly with a housing (105) for mounting at least one electronic device (110), and with at least one distance element (120) inserted between the housing (105) and the electronic device (110). The housing (105) comprises a casing (130) with stops (141) and a cover (160) whereas the distance element (120) is bracket-shaped and surrounds the electronic device (110) at three sides and is placed in a region adjacent to the stops (141).
Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will now be described by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:



FIG. 1 shows an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of an attachment assembly;



FIG. 2 shows an enlarged top plan view of the attachment assembly shown in FIG. 1;



FIG. 3 shows an enlarged cross-section view of the attachment assembly taken according to line A-A shown in FIG. 2;



FIG. 4 shows an enlarged perspective view of a distance element;



FIG. 5 shows an enlarged side view of the distance element shown in FIG. 4;



FIG. 6 shows an exploded perspective view of a second embodiment of an attachment assembly; and



FIG. 7 shows a top plan view of a third embodiment of an attachment assembly.


Claims
  • 1. An attachment assembly for mounting electronic devices comprising: a housing (105, 205) for mounting at least one electronic device (110, 210) and provided with a casing (130, 230) with stops (141, 241) and a cover (160, 260); at least one distance element (120, 220) inserted between the housing (105, 205) and the electronic device (110, 210) and placed in a region adjacent to the stops (141, 241) and having bracket-shape and surrounding the electronic device (110, 210) at three sides.
  • 2. The attachment assembly according to claim 1, wherein the distance element (120) has a top arm longer than a bottom arm to avoid interfere with the electronic circuits on a bottom side of the electronic device (110, 210) and to provide good holding conditions of the electronic device (110, 210).
  • 3. The attachment assembly according to claim 1, wherein the distance element (120) has a protrusion (121) extending from a surface facing the electronic device (110, 210) and has a diameter adapted to be inserted in an opening (111) situated in a side wall of the electronic device (110, 210).
  • 4. The attachment assembly according to claim 1, wherein the distance element (120) has a vertical wall with thickness g which is greater than a distance between a side wall (133, 134) of the casing (130) and the electronic device (110).
  • 5. The attachment assembly according to claim 1, wherein the distance element (120) has height h, which is greater than a distance between a bottom surface of the cover and a surface of a stop (141, 241) extending perpendicularly from a side wall (133, 134) of the casing (130).
  • 6. The attachment assembly according to claim 1, wherein a vertical axis (121) of symmetry of the distance element (120) and an axis (152) of the first connecting elements (151) are situated in one plane running perpendicularly to the side wall (133, 134) of the casing (130).
  • 7. The attachment assembly according to claim 1, wherein the casing (130) and the cover (160) has additional walls forming an air channel (264) connected with an inside of the housing (205).
  • 8. The attachment assembly according to claim 1, wherein in the casing (130) is mounted a fan (270) and the cover (160) has additional walls forming an air channel (264) causing flow of air stream from the outside of the housing (205) to the electronic device (210).
  • 9. The attachment assembly according to claim 1, wherein the casing (130, 230) is provided with first connecting elements (151, 251) and the cover (160, 260) is provided with second connecting elements (161, 261) adapted to be engaged with the first connecting elements (151, 251) wherein the first connecting elements (151, 251) and the second connecting elements (161, 261) are placed in a region adjacent to the placement of the distance elements (120, 220).
  • 10. The attachment assembly according to claim 1, wherein the distance element (320) has a top arm which is rounded such as to provide easier airflow over a top surface of the electronic device (110, 210).
  • 11. The attachment assembly according to claim 1, wherein the cover (160, 260) has openings (165, 265) providing more efficient cooling of the electronic device.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
06461004.1 Mar 2006 EP regional