Receiving mechanism and holder thereof

• US 10,600,450 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2019
• Issued: 03/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chenbro Micom Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Chenbro Micom Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Yun-Hsiang, Lu, Wei-Ting, Hu, Tung-Yang
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Jerry
• Application Number:
  US16/387,551
• Publication Number:
  US 20190325917A1
• Time in Patent Office: 341 Days
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/128 of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis

Abstract

A holder includes a bracket, a first side portion, two second side portions and a third side portion. The bracket includes a support arm and an elastic plate inclinedly connected to the support arm. The first side portion is connected to one end of the support arm, and located at one side of the bracket. The second side portions are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the support arm, and collectively located at the side of the bracket. The third side portion is connected to one end of the elastic plate opposite to the support arm, and located at the same side of the bracket with the second side portions. When the elastic plate is pressed to be flush with the support arm, the bracket, the first side portion, the second side portions and the third side portion collectively form a holding space for holding a loaded object.

Claims

1. A holder, comprising:

a bracket comprising a support arm and an elastic plate inclinedly connected to the support arm;

a first side portion connected to one end of the support arm, and extending in a first direction to be located at one side of the bracket;

two second side portions respectively connected to two opposite sides of the support arm, and extending in the first direction to be collectively located at the one side of the bracket;

a third side portion connected to one end of the elastic plate opposite to the support arm, wherein, when the elastic plate is pressed to be flush with the support arm, the bracket, the first side portion, the two second side portions and the third side portion collectively form a holding space, and the third side portion extends towards the holding space to be located at the same side of the bracket with the two second side portions;

an extending rib connected to one end of the third side portion being opposite to the elastic plate, and extending away from the elastic plate, such that the third side portion is connected between the extending rib and the elastic plate, and the extending rib is closer to the holding space than the elastic plate; and

a pivotal portion disposed on one end of the extending rib opposite to the support arm such that the extending rib is connected between the pivotal portion and the third side portion, and the pivotal portion extending in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction such that the third side portion, the extending rib and the pivotal portion collectively define a depressed space.

2. The holder of claim 1, wherein one end of each of the two second side portions facing away from the first side portion is formed with a folding lug, and the folding lugs of the two second side portions are respectively bent away from each other in opposite directions.

3. The holder of claim 1, wherein the bracket further comprises:

two auxiliary side portions respectively connected to two opposite sides of the elastic plate, and collectively located at the side of the bracket.

4. The holder of claim 1, wherein the bracket further comprises:

at least one hanging portion fixedly connected to another side of the bracket being opposite to the two second side portions.

5. The holder of claim 1, wherein one major axis direction of the support arm and one major axis direction of the elastic plate are intersected with each other so that a folding mark is formed between the elastic plate and the support arm, and an included angle between the major axis direction of the support arm and the major axis direction of the elastic plate is an acute angle.

6. The holder of claim 5, wherein the included angle between the major axis direction of the support arm and the major axis direction of the elastic plate is 6.5°

-7°

.

7. The holder of claim 5, wherein the included angle between the major axis direction of the support arm and the major axis direction of the elastic plate is 3°

-30°

.

8. The holder of claim 1, wherein the holder is a sheet metal member, and the bracket, the first side portion, the two second side portions and the third side portion collectively are integrally formed.

9. The holder of claim 1, wherein the bracket further comprises at least one protrusion that is protrusively formed on the side of the bracket.

10. A receiving mechanism, comprising:

a chassis comprising;

a first partition plate; and

a second partition plate disposed aside the first partition plate, wherein a receiving recess for receiving a loaded object is formed between the first partition plate and the second partition plate;

a holder of claim 1 received in the receiving recess, wherein the support arm is slidably connected to the second partition plate, one end of the elastic plate being opposite to the support arm is abutted against to the second partition plate, and is pressed to be temporarily deformed by the second partition plate, such that at least one portion of the loaded object is able to be restrained in the holding space; and

a cover panel disposed on one side of the chassis, and pivotally connected to the pivotal portion for selectively covering the receiving recess,

wherein, when the holder is partially drawn outwards from the receiving recess, the elastic plate extends outwards from the receiving recess to rebound to move the cover panel and the elastic plate in a direction facing away from the side of the bracket,

when the cover panel is brought to the first partition plate aside the receiving recess by the elastic plate, a part of the cover panel is received in the depressed space.

11. The receiving mechanism of claim 10, wherein when the holder is partially drawn outwards from the receiving recess, a folding mark is formed between the elastic plate and the support arm, and is located within the receiving recess, so that the elastic plate extending outwards from the receiving recess is pressed by the second partition.

12. The receiving mechanism of claim 11, wherein the second partition plate comprises:

a plate body comprising a linear opening in which one major axis direction of the linear opening is parallel to one major axis direction of the support arm, and the bracket is slidably limited within the receiving recess; and

a position-limited portion disposed at a position of the plate body facing towards the linear opening, and configured to limit the extent of the holder extending outwards from the receiving recess, and hold the folding mark within the receiving recess.

13. The receiving mechanism of claim 10, wherein, when the cover panel covers the receiving recess, the third side portion and an inner surface of the cover panel facing towards the receiving recess are in contact with the loaded object, respectively.

14. The receiving mechanism of claim 13, wherein a sunken space connected to the holder is concavely formed on the inner surface of the cover panel.

15. The receiving mechanism of claim 10, wherein, when the at least one portion of the loaded object is restrained in the holding space, the bracket, the first side portion, the two second side portions and the third side portion are in contact with different sides of the loaded object, respectively.

16. The receiving mechanism of claim 10, wherein the first partition plate comprises a sliding rail portion, the sliding rail portion is located within the receiving recess, and disposed opposite to the holder,

wherein the loaded object is loaded by the sliding rail portion and the holder, respectively.

17. The receiving mechanism of claim 10, wherein the loaded object is a dummy hard disk;

or

the loaded object is a naked hard disk worn without any protecting case;

or

the loaded object is a hard disk set comprising a naked hard disk and a protecting case which is worn on the naked hard disk.

18. The receiving mechanism of claim 10, further comprise:

a torsion spring element connected to the cover panel and the holder for elastically moving the cover panel away from the receiving recess.