1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to a slide assembly for protecting an electronic device from shocking impacts.
2. Description of Related Art
Three-section slides for server units include an inner slide, an outer slide, and a third slide. A slide-aiding ball member is sandwiched between any two of the inner slide, the outer slide, and the third slide to enable a smooth sliding movement. The inner slide and the outer slide have a retaining member and a stop member mounted thereon respectively, for restricting movement. The retaining member is attached to an inner surface of the inner slide, and is provided with an engaging portion. The stop member is mounted to a front end of the outer slide, and is provided with a protrusion. When users draw out the inner slide from the outer slide, the protrusion of the stop member engages with the engaging portion of the retaining member to prevent accidental disassembling of the inner slide from the outer slide.
However, the inner slide may withstand impact forces by the outer slide and the third slide when the user directly disengages the engaging portion from the stop member to let the inner slide retract into the outer slide. Therefore, it may be inconvenient and dangerous for users to operate the slides.
Therefore there is a need 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 several 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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Two side edges of the middle slide 32 are bent to form a first fixing slot 321 for receiving the inner slide 33. Two rod-shaped connecting slots 322 are defined in the first fixing slot 321 corresponding to the two abutting portions 111. Two side edges of the inner slide 33 are bent to form a second fixing slot 331 for receiving the locking slice 11. A rod-shaped opening 332 is defined in the second fixing slot 331 corresponding to the first end of the locking slice 11. Two column-shaped mounting portions 333 are formed in the second fixing slot 331 corresponding to the two mounting holes 112.
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When the electronic device 40 is slid back to the rack 20, the inner slide 33 and the middle slide 32 are slid back sequentially. The second end of the locking slice 11 is pressed toward the second fixing slot 331. Opposite two of the three sidewalls 1131 of the blocking portion 113 doe not abut the first end of the middle slide 32. A second end of each of the two abutting portions 111 slides along a second side edge of each of the two connecting slots 322. The inner slide 33 is slid back to the rack 20.
Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present 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 the 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.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201110195700.7 | Jul 2011 | CN | national |