Card-holding/locking device for the securing/latching of a printed circuit card/board

US6246585A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Schroff GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hans-Ulrich Gunther · Remchingen, DE
• Volker Haag · Bad Wildbad, DE
• Paul Mazura · Waldbronn, DE
• Klaus Pfeifer · Karlsruhe, DE
• Klaus-Michael Thalau · Malsch, DE
• Udo Weiss · Neuenbürg, DE
• Michael Joist · Gaggenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2001
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K7/1409
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A card-holding device for locking a printed circuit card in a guide rail of a subassembly/subrack includes a retaining element that is inserted in the guide rail at the front edge of a printing circuit card when the circuit card is inserted to retain the card. The retaining element swivels outward and away against the elastic restoring force of an activating element. The activating element is releasable from the retaining element to allow withdrawal of the printed circuit card.