Self-aligning back plate for an electronic device

摘要

An illustrative electronic assembly includes a housing and a wall plate, where the wall plate is releasably connectable to the housing. The housing and the wall plate may be configured such that the housing and the wall plate may be able to initially engage each other with the wall plate misaligned relative to the housing. The housing and the wall plate may be configured to guide one another into alignment as the housing and the wall plate are moved together.

主权项

1. An electronic assembly that is mountable to a mounting surface, comprising:
a housing having a front side and a back side; a wall plate releasably connectable to the housing; the back side of the housing defining a recess for receiving at least part of the wall plate, wherein the recess is defined by a recessed back wall and recess side walls, wherein the recess side walls are configured to define a first perimeter adjacent the recessed back wall and a second perimeter positioned rearward the first perimeter toward the back side of the housing, wherein the second perimeter is larger than the first perimeter, and wherein the recess side walls extend between the second perimeter and the first perimeter; the wall plate including wall plate side walls, wherein the wall plate side walls are configured to define a first perimeter adjacent the housing and a second perimeter toward an opposing mounting side of the wall plate away from the housing, wherein the second perimeter is larger than the first perimeter, and wherein the wall plate side walls extend between the second perimeter and the first perimeter; and wherein the recess side walls of the recess of the housing and the wall plate side walls of the wall plate are configured such that the recess of the housing can initially receive the wall plate with the wall plate misaligned relative to the housing, and then through engagement between the recess side walls and the wall plate side walls, the housing is directed to be progressively further aligned with the wall plate as the housing is moved toward the wall plate.