Hard disk assembly device

• US 10,535,376 B1
• Filed: 05/21/2019
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maintek Computer Company Limited (Pegatron Corporation), Pegatron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Maintek Computer Company Limited (Pegatron Corporation)
• Inventors: Bian, Hui, An, Yan-Bo, Wang, Jing-Bo, Tang, Chia-Cheng, Cheng, Xue-Bing
• Primary Examiner(s): Edwards, Anthony Q
• Application Number:
  US16/418,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20200013433A1
• Time in Patent Office: 238 Days
• Field of Search: 36167933, 36167936, 36167937
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/022 Cases
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/124 of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a hard disk assembly device for assembling a hard disk into a case. Two opposite sides of the hard disk respectively have at least one first positioning portion and at least one second positioning portion. The hard disk assembly device includes a flexible fixing frame and a fixing bracket. One side of the flexible fixing frame includes at least one third positioning portion and at least one first guiding portion, and the other side of the flexible fixing frame includes at least one fourth positioning portion, a draw tape, and two fastening portions. The two fastening portions are respectively correspondingly connected with two ends of the draw tape. The hard disk is fixed in the flexible fixing frame. The flexible fixing frame is fixed to the fixing bracket.

Claims

1. A hard disk assembly device for assembling a hard disk into a case, two opposite sides of the hard disk respectively having at least one first positioning portion and at least one second positioning portion, the hard disk assembly device comprising:

a flexible fixing frame, one side of the flexible fixing frame including at least one third positioning portion and at least one first guiding portion, the other side of the flexible fixing frame including at least one fourth positioning portion, a draw tape, and two fastening portions, the two fastening portions being respectively correspondingly connected with two ends of the draw tape, wherein when the hard disk is assembled to the flexible fixing frame, the at least one third positioning portion is engaged with the at least one first positioning portion, and the at least one fourth positioning portion is engaged with the at least one second positioning portion to allow the hard disk to be fixed in the flexible fixing frame; and

a fixing bracket capable of being fixed in the case, the bottom side of the fixing bracket having at least one second guiding portion, and two sides of the fixing bracket respectively having a limiting portion, where when the flexible fixing frame is assembled to the fixing bracket, the at least one first guiding portion is engaged with the at least one second guiding portion, and the two fastening portions are respectively correspondingly engaged with the two limiting portions to allow the flexible fixing frame to be fixed to the fixing bracket.

2. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the flexible fixing frame is a plastic material, and the flexible fixing frame is capable of generating elastic deformation.

3. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the fixing bracket is a metal material.

4. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one first positioning portion and the at least one second positioning portion are hole-like structures, the at least one third positioning portion and the at least one fourth positioning portion are columnar structures corresponding to the at least one first positioning portion and the at least one second positioning portion, and the at least one third positioning portion and the at least one fourth positioning portion are respectively correspondingly engaged with the at least one first positioning portion and the at least one second positioning portion to limit the relative position between the hard disk and the flexible fixing frame.

5. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one first guiding portion is a columnar structure, the at least one second guiding portion is a hole-like structure corresponding to the at least one first guiding portion, and the at least one first guiding portion is engaged with the at least one second guiding portion to limit the relative position between the flexible fixing frame and the fixing bracket.

6. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 1, where the two fastening portions are hook-like structures, the two limiting portions are hole-like structures corresponding to the two fastening portions, and the two fastening portions are engaged with the two limiting portions to limit the relative position between the flexible fixing frame and the fixing bracket.

7. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the flexible fixing frame comprises:

a frame body, the at least one third positioning portion being coupled to the frame body, the at least one first guiding portion and the at least one fourth positioning portion being respectively connected with the frame body, the two ends of the draw tape being respectively connected with the frame body, and the frame body being configured to accommodate the hard disk, wherein the at least one third positioning portion is located between the at least one first guiding portion and the at least one fourth positioning portion, and the at least one fourth positioning portion is located between the at least one third positioning portion and the draw tape.

8. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 7, wherein the frame body, the at least one first guiding portion, the at least one fourth positioning portion, the draw tape, and the two fastening portions are integrally formed.

9. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 7, wherein the frame body comprises:

a bottom frame;

a first side wall connected with one side of the bottom frame, wherein the at least one third positioning portion is coupled to the first side wall, and the at least one first guiding portion is connected with the first side wall; and

a second side wall connected with the other side of the bottom frame, wherein the at least one fourth positioning portion, the draw tape, and the two fastening portions are connected with the second side wall.

10. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 9, wherein the flexible fixing frame further comprises a first gap and a second gap, the first gap is located between the first side wall and the second side wall and is located on one side of the bottom frame, the second gap is located between the first side wall and the second side wall and is located on the other side of the bottom frame, and the first gap and the second gap are configured to make the second side wall easy to generate elastic deformation in a direction away from the first side wall.

11. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 9, wherein the bottom frame comprises:

a first connecting portion;

a second connecting portion connected with the first connecting portion; and

a third connecting portion connected with the second connecting portion, the second connecting portion being located between the first connecting portion and the third connecting portion, wherein the first side wall is connected with one end of the first connecting portion, the second connecting portion, and the third connecting portion, and the second side wall is connected with the other end of the first connecting portion, the second connecting portion, and the third connecting portion.

12. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 11, wherein the bottom frame further comprises:

a fourth connecting portion, two ends of the fourth connecting portion being connected with one end of the first connecting portion and one end of the second connecting portion;

a fifth connecting portion, two ends of the fifth connecting portion being connected with the other end of the first connecting portion and the other end of the second connecting portion;

a sixth connecting portion, two ends of the sixth connecting portion being connected with one end of the second connecting portion and one end of the third connecting portion, wherein the second connecting portion is located between the fourth connecting portion and the sixth connecting portion; and

a seventh connecting portion, two ends of the seventh connecting portion being connected with the other end of the second connecting portion and the other end of the third connecting portion, wherein the second connecting portion is located between the fifth connecting portion and the seventh connecting portion, the first side wall is connected with the fourth connecting portion and the sixth connecting portion, and the second side wall is connected with the fifth connecting portion and the seventh connecting portion.

13. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 11, wherein the width of the first connecting portion is greater than the width of the second connecting portion and the width of the third connecting portion, so as to enhance the overall strength of the flexible fixing frame.

14. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 11, wherein the first connecting portion has a recess, and the recess is configured to make the second side wall easy to generate elastic deformation in a direction away from the first side wall.

15. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 11, where the bottom frame has a first opening between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, the bottom frame has a second opening between the second connecting portion and the third connecting portion, and the first opening and the second opening are configured to make the second side wall easy to generate elastic deformation in a direction away from the first side wall.

16. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 7, wherein the flexible fixing frame further comprises at least one positioning member, the frame body has at least one first fastening hole and at least one second fastening hole communicating with the at least one first fastening hole, and the at least one positioning member comprises:

a body configured to pass through the at least one first fastening hole;

a penetrating portion connected with the body and configured to pass through one of the at least one first fastening hole and the at least one second fastening hole, wherein when the penetrating portion moves into the second fastening hole, the positioning member is fixed to the frame body; and

a buffer portion connected with the penetrating portion, the penetrating portion being located between the body and the buffer portion, wherein the at least one third positioning portion is connected with the buffer portion, the buffer portion is located between the penetrating portion and the at least one third positioning portion, and the buffer portion is configured to abut against the hard disk to reduce the vibration transmitted into the hard disk by the case.

17. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 16, wherein the hole diameter of the at least one first fastening hole is greater than the hole diameter of the at least one second fastening hole, the outer diameter of the body is equal to the hole diameter of the at least one first fastening hole, the outer diameter of the penetrating portion is equal to the hole diameter of the at least one second fastening hole, and the outer diameter of the buffer portion is greater than the hole diameter of the at least one first fastening hole and the hole diameter of the at least one second fastening hole.

18. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 7, wherein the draw tape comprises:

a tape body, two ends of the tape body being respectively connected with the frame body;

a pulling portion connected with the tape body and configured to make the tape body generate elastic deformation in a direction away from the frame body; and

two pressing portions connected with the tape body, wherein the pulling portion is located between the two pressing portions, and the two pressing portions are configured to help the two fastening portions move into the two limiting portions.

19. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 18, wherein the draw tape further comprises:

two reinforcing portions connected with the two ends of the tape body to increase the connection strength between the draw tape and the frame body.

20. The hard disk assembly device according to claim 18, wherein the flexible fixing frame has a third gap located between the draw tape and the frame body, and the third gap is configured to make the draw tape easy to generate elastic deformation in a direction away from the two limiting portions further to allow the two fastening portions to move out of the two limiting portions.