Patent Application
20160172772
The subject matter herein generally relates to a socket device, and more particularly to a detachable socket device.
An electronic device includes a circuit board. Socket devices are attached to the circuit board to engage with cards, such as video cards and memory cards. Each socket devices generally include a socket configured to be inserted a card and an engaging member integrated with the socket. The engaging member is engageable with the card to avoid the card to detach from the socket, and a chip is located under the engaging member.
Implementations of the present technology will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the attached figures.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. Also, the description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to better illustrate details and features of the present disclosure.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The term “substantially” is defined to be essentially conforming to the particular dimension, shape or other word that substantially modifies, such that the component need not be exact. For example, substantially cylindrical means that the object resembles a cylinder, but can have one or more deviations from a true cylinder. The term “comprising,” when utilized, means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in the so-described combination, group, series and the like.
The engaging portion defines two sliding grooves 34 located at two opposite sides of the slot 21. The engaging portion further includes a mounting plate 32. The sliding grooves 34 are located between the mounting plate 32 and the main body 20. A clamping block 321 extends from a side of the mounting plate 32 away from the sliding groove 34. The clamping block 321 has a guiding surface 322 configured to guide the engaging member 50 to slide to the socket 10. In at least one embodiment, the guiding surface 322 is an inclined plane extending to a top end of the mounting plate 32. The sliding groove 34 has an inner sidewall 341 adjacent to the slot 21. The inner sidewall 341 defines a limiting slot 342 extending to a top surface of the engaging member 30, thereby forming a step structure in the inner sidewall 341. An extending direction of the sliding groove 34 is substantially perpendicular to the circuit board 200.
The engaging member 50 can include a base plate 52, two connecting pieces 54 extending from two opposite sides of the base plate 52, and two sliding pieces 56 parallel with the base plate 52. Each sliding piece 56 is connected to the base plate 52 with one connecting piece 54. The connecting pieces 54 are substantially perpendicular to the base plate 52 and the sliding piece 56. In at least one embodiment, the two sliding pieces 56 are located on a same plane. A receiving space 58 configured to receive the mounting plate 32 is cooperatively defined by the base plate 52, the connecting piece 54, and the sliding piece 56. In at least one embodiment, a thickness of the sliding piece 56 is equal to a width of the sliding groove 34.
A pressing portion 521 extends substantially perpendicularly from the base plate 52. A notch 541 is defined in the connecting piece 54 and extends to the pressing portion 521, thereby convenient for an elastic deformation of the base plate 52. Each sliding piece 56 extends from a limiting piece 561. The two sliding pieces 56 are symmetrical.
In disassembly, the pressing portion 521 is pressed to elastically deform the base plate 52 to detach the pressing portion 521 from the clamping block 321, such that the engaging member 50 can move freely relative to the socket 10. The engaging member 50 can be moved away from the socket 10, thereby users can conveniently check and repair the chip 201.
The embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Many details are often found in the art such as the other features of a socket device and a PCB assembly. Therefore, many such details are neither shown nor described. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the detail, especially in matters of shape, size and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure up to, and including the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims. It will therefore be appreciated that the embodiments described above may be modified within the scope of the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201410760746.2 | Dec 2014 | CN | national |
This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201410760746.2 filed on Dec. 12, 2014, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
