| US 7,516,540 B2 | ||
| Electrical device having component fixing device | ||
| Hidenori Ueda, Tokyo (Japan); Masato Yamazaki, Tokyo (Japan); and Emiko Baba, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 25, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/210,703. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-267362 (JP), filed on Sep. 14, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0053622 A1, Mar. 16, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B23P 19/00 (2006.01); H01R 43/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 29—745 [29/754; 29/834; 248/74.3; 336/175] | 10 Claims |
| 1. An electrical device, comprising:
a plurality of control boards;
a frame for fixing the control boards;
a cable for electrically connecting the control boards; and
a component fixing device for fixing a component with a hollow portion for passing the cable, said component fixing device
including a holding portion passing through the hollow portion for holding the component while restricting a movement of the
component and a fixed portion elastically connected to and integrated with the holding portion and fixed to the frame wherein
said holding portion includes a distal end portion and a step portion so that the distal end portion and the step portion
hold the component, and wherein said holding portion further includes a pair of arm portions each having the distal end portion
and an engaging portion so that the arm portions pass through the hollow portion by inserting the engaging portion into the
hollow portion, said distal end portion and said step portion holding the component when the arm portions return to an original
state after the arm portions pass through the hollow portion.
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