1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to a cable positioning mechanism and an electronic device using the cable positioning mechanism.
2. Description of Related Art
Electronic devices include a plurality of cables for electrically connecting different electronic components. However, most of the time, the cables in the electronic device are arranged disorderly and unsystematically.
Therefore, there is room for improvement in the art.
Many aspects of the embodiments can be better understood with references to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the three views.
The disclosure is illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at least one.
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The housing 201 includes a bottom case 204 and a top case (not shown) engaging with the bottom case 204. The bottom case 204 and the top case cooperatively define a receiving space 205 for receiving the cable positioning mechanism 100, the cable 203 and other components of the electronic device 200, such as, circuit board. The bottom case 204 includes a bottom wall 206 and a plurality of sidewalls 207 perpendicularly extending from rims of the bottom wall 206.
The cable positioning mechanism 100 includes a main body 10, a first positioning member 20, and a second positioning member 30. The first and second positioning members 20, 30 are arranged on the main body 10 and spaced from each other. In the embodiment, the main body 10 is the bottom wall 206 of the bottom case 204. The first and second positioning members 20, 30 perpendicularly extend from the main body 10. The first positioning member 20 is substantially rectangular, and includes a first surface 210 and a second surface 220 connecting with the second surface 220. The first and second surfaces 210, 220 are perpendicular to the main body 10.
The second positioning member 30 is substantially L-shaped, and is arranged at a side of the first positioning member 20. The second positioning member 30 includes a supporting portion 310 and a hook 320. The supporting portion 310 perpendicularly extends from the main body 10 and is substantially perpendicular to the first positioning member 20. When viewed in a direction perpendicular to the second surface 220, the supporting portion 310 and the first positioning member 20 are arranged at opposite sides of the a plane aligning with the first surface 210; when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first surface 210, the supporting portion 310 and the first positioning member 20 are arranged at opposite sides of the a plane aligning with the second surface 220.
The supporting portion 310 includes a first end 312 parallel to the first surface 210 and a second end 314 connecting with the first end 312 and parallel to the second surface 220. Referring also to
The hook 320 bents from an end of the supporting portion 310 away from the main body 10. The hook 320 further extend into the second holding space 318, to limit the cable 203 in a first direction perpendicular to the bottom wall 203. In the embodiment, the length of the hook 320 is larger than the distance between the first end 312 and the first surface 210, and the distance L between the hook 320 and the main body 10 is larger than the diameter of the cable 203. In other embodiment, when the cable positioning mechanism 100 is applied to position a plurality of the cables 203, the distance L between the hook 320 and the main body 10 should be larger than the sum of the diameter of the cables 203.
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It is to be understood, even though information and advantages of the present embodiments have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structures and functions of the present embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only; and that changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the present embodiments to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201110398389.6 | Dec 2011 | CN | national |