BACKGROUND
1. Technical Field
The disclosure relates to a label assembly and a circuit board using the label assembly.
2. Description of Related Art
On a circuit board, such as a computer motherboard, a plurality of labels recording and providing information of the circuit board is attached. However, the plurality of labels, often including bar codes, part numbers, product identities, media access control addresses, and others, occupy a great deal of blank area of the circuit board, which inhibits current trends toward circuit board size reduction and density maximization.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a first embodiment of a label assembly.
FIG. 2 is an assembled, side view of the label assembly of FIG. 1 applied on a circuit board, according to the disclosure.
FIG. 3 is an isometric view of a second embodiment of a label assembly.
FIG. 4 is an isometric view of a third embodiment of a label assembly.
FIG. 5 is an isometric view of a fourth embodiment of a label assembly.
FIG. 6 is an isometric view of a fifth embodiment of a label assembly.
FIG. 7 is an isometric view of a sixth embodiment of a label assembly.
FIG. 8 is an isometric view of a seventh embodiment of a label assembly.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a first embodiment of a label assembly includes a lateral label body 30 and a support extending from a bottom of the label body 30. The support includes an upright post 10 and a fixing portion 20 formed at a distal end of the post 10. Here, the label body 30 is a lengthwise plate. The fixing portion 20 includes a fastener 22 located at the distal end of the post 10, and a ring 24 extending from a circumference of the post 10 and positioned between the fastener 22 and the label body 30. The fastener 22 includes a plurality of wedge-shaped projections 220 extending from a circumference of the distal end of the post 10. Each projection 220 includes an upper surface 221 facing the ring 24 and angled relative to the post 10, and a lower surface 222 opposite to the ring 24 and angled relative to the post 10.
In manufacture, one or more labels may be applied to the label body 30, or formed on the label body 30 via a printing process, such as a silk-screen process.
In use, the fastener 22 of the label assembly is received in a through hole defined in a circuit board 100, through which the projections 220 pass. Thus, the circuit board 100 is sandwiched between the projections 220 and the ring 24. During disassembly, the label assembly can be manually withdrawn. The angled upper surface 221 and the angled lower surface 222 allow ease of withdrawal or insertion of the label assembly.
Referring to FIG. 3, a second embodiment of a label assembly is shown, differing from the embodiment in FIG. 1 only in a fixing portion 20B of the label assembly of the second embodiment being brick-shaped. The fixing portion 20B is fixed to a circuit board via a bottom of the fixing portion 20B applied to the circuit board.
Referring to FIG. 4, a third embodiment of a label assembly is shown, differing from the embodiment in FIG. 1 only in that the label body 30C of the label assembly of the third embodiment is a laterally disposed plate.
Referring to FIG. 5, a fourth embodiment of a label assembly is shown, differing from the embodiment in FIG. 1 only in that a label body 30D of the label assembly of the fourth embodiment extends from a side of a post 10D of the label assembly.
Referring to FIG. 6, a fifth embodiment of a label assembly is shown, differing from the embodiment in FIG. 1 only in that a label body 30E of the label assembly of the fourth embodiment is horizontally supported on a top of a post 10E of the label assembly.
Referring to FIG. 7, a sixth embodiment of a label assembly is shown, differing from the embodiment in FIG. 4 only in that the label assembly of the sixth embodiment includes two supports depending from opposite ends of a bottom of a label body of the label assembly.
Referring to FIG. 8, a seventh embodiment of a label assembly is shown, differing from the embodiment in FIG. 1 only in that the label body 30G of the label assembly of the seventh embodiment is cylindrical. Labels can be attached to a circumference of the label body 30G.
The label assemblies as disclosed provide effective use of space on the circuit board, allowing size reduction or increased population thereof, and reusable label assemblies.
It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the disclosure have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
Patent Application
20100181103
