Hard disk drive holder

• US 10,249,343 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2017
• Issued: 04/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lite-On Electronics Company Limited (Lite-On Technology Corporation), Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lite-On Electronics Company Limited (Lite-On Technology Corporation), Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Chiu, Liang-Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Adrian S
• Application Number:
  US15/857,634
• Publication Number:
  US 20180233176A1
• Time in Patent Office: 459 Days
• Field of Search: 36167933
• 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 hard disk drive holder includes a bottom plate, a first side plate, and a second side plate. Gaps and a first bending line define a bendable portion and an unbendable portion on the bottom plate. The first side plate has first positioning portions. The second side plate has second positioning portions. The first side plate and the second side plate are respectively and integrally connected to opposite sides of the bottom plate. The first positioning portions and part of the second positioning portions are correspondingly disposed to install a first hard disk drive. The bendable portion has a plurality of third positioning portions, and the third positioning portions and part of the second positioning portions are correspondingly disposed to be adapted for installing at least one second hard disk drive. A size of the second hard disk drive is less than a size of the first hard disk drive.

Claims

1. A hard disk drive holder, comprising:

a bottom plate, wherein a plurality of gaps and a first bending line define a bendable portion and an unbendable portion on the bottom plate;

a first side plate, having a plurality of first positioning portions; and

a second side plate, having a plurality of second positioning portions, wherein the first side plate and the second side plate are respectively and integrally connected to opposite sides of the bottom plate, and the first positioning portions and part of the second positioning portions are correspondingly disposed to be adapted to install a first hard disk drive,

wherein the bendable portion has a plurality of third positioning portions, the third positioning portions and part of the second positioning portions are correspondingly disposed to be adapted to install at least one second hard disk drive, and a size of the at least one second hard disk drive is less than a size of the first hard disk drive.

2. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bendable portion has a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the first side and the third side are opposite to each other, the second side and the fourth side are opposite to each other, the gaps are respectively located at the first side, the second side, and the third side, and the fourth side is connected to the unbendable portion.

3. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one breakable portion is provided between the gaps, and the at least one breakable portion is connected between the bendable portion and the unbendable portion.

4. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 3, wherein the at least one breakable portion and the first bending line are respectively located at opposite sides of the bendable portion.

5. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein a protruding lug extends from the unbendable portion towards the bendable portion, the bendable portion has a space-allowing notch, and the space-allowing notch corresponds to the protruding lug.

6. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bendable portion comprises a first section and a second section, the first section is connected between the second section and the unbendable portion, the third positioning portions are located at the first section, the first section is adapted to be bent relative to the unbendable portion and the second section is adapted to be bent relative to the first section such that the second section is joined to the first side plate.

7. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 6, wherein the bendable portion has a second bending line, the first bending line is located at a juncture between the first section and the unbendable portion, the second bending line is located at a juncture between the first section and the second section, and the first bending line is parallel to the second bending line.

8. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first side plate has at least one first engaging portion, the second section has at least one second engaging portion, and the at least one second engaging portion and the at least one first engaging portion are adapted to be positioned with each other such that the second section is joined to the first side plate.

9. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 8, wherein one of the at least one first engaging portion and the at least one second engaging portion comprises an opening, the other one of the at least one first engaging portion and the at least one second engaging portion comprises a protruding portion, and the protruding portion is configured to be engaged in the opening.

10. A hard disk drive holder, comprising:

a bottom plate, wherein a plurality of gaps and a first bending line defines a bendable portion and an unbendable portion on the bottom plate;

a first side plate; and

a second side plate, wherein the first side plate and the second side plate are respectively and integrally connected to opposite sides of the bottom plate, a first distance is provided between the first side plate and the second side plate to be adapted for accommodating a first hard disk drive when the bendable portion is in an unbent state, and a second distance less than the first distance is provided between the bendable portion and the second side plate to be adapted for accommodating at least one second hard disk drive when the bendable portion is in a bent state.

11. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 10, wherein the bendable portion has a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the first side and the third side are opposite to each other, the second side and the fourth side are opposite to each other, the gaps are respectively located at the first side, the second side, and the third side, and the fourth side is connected to the unbendable portion.

12. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 10, wherein at least one breakable portion is provided between the gaps, and the at least one breakable portion is connected between the bendable portion and the unbendable portion.

13. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 12, wherein the at least one breakable portion and the first bending line are respectively located at opposite sides of the bendable portion.

14. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 10, wherein a protruding lug extends from the unbendable portion towards the bendable portion, the bendable portion has a space-allowing notch, and the space-allowing notch corresponds to the protruding lug.

15. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 10, wherein the bendable portion comprises a first section and a second section, the first section is connected between the second section and the unbendable portion, the first section is adapted to be bent relative to the unbendable portion and the second section is adapted to be bent relative to the first section such that the second section is joined to the first side plate.

16. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 15, wherein the bendable portion has a second bending line, the first bending line is located at a juncture between the first section and the unbendable portion, the second bending line is located at a juncture between the first section and the second section, and the first bending line is parallel to the second bending line.

17. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 15, wherein the first side plate has at least one first engaging portion, the second section has at least one second engaging portion, and the at least one second engaging portion and the at least one first engaging portion are adapted to be positioned with each other such that the second section is joined to the first side plate.

18. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 17, wherein one of the at least one first engaging portion and the at least one second engaging portion comprises an opening, the other one of the at least one first engaging portion and the at least one second engaging portion comprises a protruding portion, and the protruding portion is configured to be engaged in the opening.

19. A hard disk drive holder, comprising:

a bottom plate, having a bendable portion;

a first side plate, having a plurality of first positioning portions; and

a second side plate, having a plurality of second positioning portions, wherein the first side plate and the second side plate are respectively and integrally connected to opposite sides of a bottom plate, the bendable portion has a plurality of third positioning portions, the first positioning portions and part of the second positioning portions are adapted to respectively position two opposite sides of a first hard disk drive when the bendable portion is in an unbent state, and part of the second positioning portions and the third positioning portions are adapted to respectively position two opposite sides of at least one second hard disk drive when the bendable portion is in a bent state.