Removable hard disk carrier

• US 10,228,734 B1
• Filed: 01/04/2018
• Issued: 03/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation, Inventec Pudong Technology Corp (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation, Inventec Pudong Technology Corp (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Hsieh, Han-Chih, Li, Hsueh-Chan, Liao, Chih-Lung, Liu, Chao-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): Haughton, Anthony M
• Application Number:
  US15/862,608
• Time in Patent Office: 432 Days
• Field of Search: 36167931-67939, 361724-727
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/124 of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis

Abstract

A removable hard disk carrier includes an L-shaped support, a flexible support, and a side support. The flexible support is fixedly connected to an end portion of the L-shaped support. The side support is fixedly connected to an end portion of the flexible support and is detachably engaged with another end portion of the L-shaped support. Therein, after the side support is detachably engaged with the L-shaped support, the L-shaped support, the flexible support, and the side support form an accommodating space therebetween and can fix a hard disk in the accommodating space. When the side support and the L-shaped support are not engaged, the side support can move away from the L-shaped support due to the resilient deformation of the flexible support, so that the hard disk can be detached from the removable hard disk carrier.

Claims

1. A removable hard disk carrier, comprising:

an L-shaped support, comprising a side supporting portion and a front supporting portion, the side supporting portion and the front supporting portion being fixedly connected in an L-shape form, the front supporting portion comprising a mount and an engaging structure, the engaging structure being disposed on the mount, the engaging structure comprising an operation part and a restoration spring, the operation part having a pivotal connection portion, a first engaging portion, and a pressing portion;

a flexible support, fixedly connected to an end portion of the L-shaped support; and

a side support, fixedly connected to an end portion of the flexible support, the side support being detachably engaged with another end portion of the L-shaped support;

wherein, when the side support and L-shaped support are engaged with each other, the L-shaped support, the flexible support, and the side support form an accommodating space therebetween and are capable of fixing a hard disk in the accommodating space.

2. The removable hard disk carrier of claim 1, wherein the pivotal connection portion is pivotally connected to the mount, the first engaging portion and the pressing portion are connected to the pivotal connection portion and located at two opposite sides of the pivotal connection portion, the restoration spring is compressed and disposed between the pressing portion and the mount, the side support has a second engaging portion, and the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are detachably engaged with each other.

3. The removable hard disk carrier of claim 2, wherein the first engaging portion is a hook, and the second engaging portion is a slot.

4. The removable hard disk carrier of claim 2, wherein the mount comprises a first metal frame and a plastic socket, the plastic socket is held onto the first metal frame, the first metal frame has a base plate portion and a side plate portion, the side plate portion has a through hole, and the second engaging portion passes through the through hole to be detachably engaged with the first engaging portion.

5. The removable hard disk carrier of claim 4, wherein the side supporting portion comprises a second metal frame, and the second metal frame and the base plate portion of the first metal frame are fixedly connected in an L-shape form.

6. The removable hard disk carrier of claim 5, wherein the front supporting portion comprises a metal shell, the metal shell comprises a base portion and a plurality of spring strips, the base portion is fixed on the first metal frame, and the spring strips extend outward from a perimeter of the base portion and protrude out of the plastic socket.

7. The removable hard disk carrier of claim 2, wherein the front supporting portion comprises a handle and a sliding part, the handle is pivotally connected to the mount, the sliding part is slidably disposed on the mount, and when the handle is rotated to the mount, the sliding part is capable of sliding to be engaged with the handle for preventing the handle from rotating away from the mount, or the sliding part is capable of sliding to be disengaged from the handle for allowing the handle to rotate away from the mount so that the pressing portion is exposed.

8. The removable hard disk carrier of claim 7, wherein the handle has an opening, and when the handle is rotated to the mount, the pressing portion is exposed through the opening.

9. The removable hard disk carrier of claim 1, wherein the side supporting portion is opposite to the side support, the side supporting portion comprises a plurality of first posts, the side support comprises a plurality of second posts, and when the L-shaped support, the flexible support, and the side support fix the hard disk in the accommodating space, the first posts and the second posts are inserted into locking holes formed on two sides of the hard disk.