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US4930694A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Device mounting appliance

Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1989-06-13
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Granted: 1990-06-05
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Expires: 2009-06-13
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Abstract

Abstract A device mounting appliance comprising a device and a mounting appliance, the device mounting appliance including at least three combined leg-lugs formed on a mounting surface of the device; recesses formed in the combined leg-lugs, respectively; a fixing lug formed on the mounting surface of the device so as to be positioned within a polygon formed by connecting the combined leg-lugs; a movable lever attached to the mounting appliance, the lever having a hook portion and a wobbling preventing projection and being urged in one direction by a spring; and a guide provided on the mounting appliance and engaged with lugs of the appliance which are fitted into the recesses of the combined leg-lugs when the device on the mounting appliance is slid a predetermined distance, and also engaged with the combined leg-lugs upon such sliding of the device, wherein when the device on the mounting appliance is slid, the lever is once moved by the fixing lug of the device against the spring and then, at the end of the sliding motion, it is returned by the spring, allowing the hook portion to grip the fixing lug substantially in the sliding direction, and at the same time, the wobbling preventing projection of the lever is brought into pressure contact with the fixing lug, whereby the device can be easily fixed firmly to the mounting appliance without wobbling and can be easily detached therefrom.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kunitoshi Yoshitake
  • 👤 Yoshihiro Tsujita
  • 👤 Nobuyuki Kakuta

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60P; B60P7/00; B60P7/06; B60P7/13; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S224/00; Y10S224/929

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 214 words
A device mounting appliance comprising a device and a mounting appliance, said device mounting appliance including: at least three combined leg-lugs formed on a mounting surface of the device; recesses formed in said combined leg-lugs, respectively; a fixing lug formed on the mounting surface of the device so as to be positioned within a polygon formed by connecting the combined leg-lugs; a movable lever attached to the mounting appliance, said lever having a hook portion and a wobbling preventing projection; a spring for urging the lever in one direction; and guide means provided on the mounting appliance and engaged with lugs of the appliance which are fitted into the recesses of said combined leg-lugs when the device on the mounting appliance is slid a predetermined distance, and also engaged with the combined leg-lugs upon sliding of the device wherein when the device on the mounting appliance is slid, said lever is moved once by said fixing lug of the device against said spring and then, at the end of the sliding motion, the lever is returned by the spring, allowing said hook portion to grip the fixing lug substantially in the sliding direction, and at the same time said wobbling preventing projection of the lever is brought into pressure contact with the fixing lug.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 214 words
A device mounting appliance comprising a device and a mounting appliance, said device mounting appliance including: at least three combined leg-lugs formed on a mounting surface of the device; recesses formed in said combined leg-lugs, respectively; a fixing lug formed on the mounting surface of the device so as to be positioned within a polygon formed by connecting the combined leg-lugs; a movable lever attached to the mounting appliance, said lever having a hook portion and a wobbling preventing projection; a spring for urging the lever in one direction; and guide means provided on the mounting appliance and engaged with lugs of the appliance which are fitted into the recesses of said combined leg-lugs when the device on the mounting appliance is slid a predetermined distance, and also engaged with the combined leg-lugs upon sliding of the device wherein when the device on the mounting appliance is slid, said lever is moved once by said fixing lug of the device against said spring and then, at the end of the sliding motion, the lever is returned by the spring, allowing said hook portion to grip the fixing lug substantially in the sliding direction, and at the same time said wobbling preventing projection of the lever is brought into pressure contact with the fixing lug.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 18 words
The device mounting appliance according to claim 1, wherein said lever is rotatably attached to said mounting appliance.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
The device mounting appliance according to claim 1, wherein said lever is attached to said mounting appliance for reciprocation in predetermined directions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 39 words
The device mounting appliance according to claim 1, wherein four combined leg-lugs are provided on said mounting surface of the device, and four lugs of the mounting appliance are also provided correspondingly to the number of said combined leg-lugs.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1993-06-04 1993-12-04 1994-06-05 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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