Apparatus for mounting storage device, integral unit, and electronic device

• US 20050135057A1
• Filed: 07/29/2004
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Murakami, Takeshi, Mihara, Daisuke, Mochizuki, Hiroyuki
• Granted Patent: US 7,423,868 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.330
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1658 related to the mounting of internal components, e.g. disc drive or any other functional module
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/126 Arrangements for providing electrical connections, e.g. connectors, cables, switches
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/128 of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis

Abstract

An apparatus for mounting includes a first buffer fixing piece for arranging a first buffer unit to a first hard disk drive (HDD), a holding frame for holding the first HDD that is integrated with the first buffer fixing piece, and for fixing a control board, a second buffer fixing piece for arranging a second buffer unit to a second HDD, and for arranging the second HDD away from a palm rest, and a holding case that holds the second HDD, and is connected to the holding frame.

Claims

1. An apparatus for mounting a plurality of storage devices in a mounting section in an electronic device, comprising:

a first holding unit that holds a first storage device;

a second holding unit that holds a second storage device; and

a connecting unit that connects the first holding unit and the second holding unit in such a manner that there is a predetermined distance between the first storage device and the second storage device, wherein

the second holding unit holds the second storage device in such a manner that the second storage device is displaced away by a predetermined distance from an external magnetic field when the second storage device is mounted in the mounting section.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first buffer unit through which the first holding unit holds the first storage device; and

a second buffer unit through which the second holding unit holds the second storage device.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second holding unit has an arrangement such that the second storage device is shielded from the external magnetic field.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the second holding unit is box-shaped metallic case that is closed at least on a side that faces to the external magnetic field.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a first connecting brim unit and a second connecting brim unit for connecting the first holding unit and the second holding unit, wherein each of the first connecting brim unit and the second connecting brim unit includes a dowel or a slit for positioning.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first connecting brim unit in the first holding unit;

a second connecting brim unit in the second holding unit;

a first buffer fixing unit that is fixed to the first storage device with a first screw unit;

a first buffer unit that is fixed to the first buffer fixing unit;

a second screw unit that connects the first connecting brim unit and the second connecting brim unit

a second buffer fixing unit to which a second buffer unit is fixed;

a third screw unit that engages with screw hole units prepared in advance in the second storage device via the second buffer fixing unit.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the second connecting brim has an arrangement that provides working space for screwing.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first storage device and the second storage device is a hard disk drive for RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks).

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first holding unit holds a control board that controls the first storage device and the second storage device.

10. An integral unit comprising:

an apparatus usable to mount a plurality of storage devices in a mounting section in an electronic device, the apparatus including

a first holding unit that holds a first storage device;

a second holding unit that holds a second storage device; and

a connecting unit that connects the first holding unit and the second holding unit in such a manner that there is a predetermined distance between the first storage device and the second storage device, wherein

the second holding unit holds the second storage device in such a manner that the second storage device is displaced away by a predetermined distance from an external magnetic field when the second storage device is mounted in the mounting section, and

the first holding unit holds a control board that controls the first storage device and the second storage device.

11. An electronic device comprising:

an integral unit that includes an apparatus usable to mount a plurality of storage devices in a mounting section in an electronic device, the apparatus having

a first holding unit that holds a first storage device;

a second holding unit that holds a second storage device; and

a connecting unit that connects the first holding unit and the second holding unit in such a manner that there is a predetermined distance between the first storage device and the second storage device, wherein

the second holding unit holds the second storage device in such a manner that the second storage device is displaced away by a predetermined distance from an external magnetic field when the second storage device is mounted in the mounting section, and

the first holding unit holds a control board that controls the first storage device and the second storage device.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11, further comprising:

a mounting section in which the integral unit is installed; and

a guiding rail that is arranged in the mounting section, wherein the guiding rail electrically connects the integral unit.

13. The electronic device according to claim 11, further comprising a case that houses the integral unit, wherein air vents are arranged in the case near the integral unit.

14. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the electronic device is any one of a laptop computer, a desktop computer, an in-car or a portable navigation system, an audiovisual device, and a game device.

15. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein an exclusively different unit from the integral unit can be mounted in the mounting section.

16. A portable electronic device comprising:

a first storage device;

a second storage device;

a first holding unit that holds the fist storage device;

a second holding unit that holds the second storage device;

a control board that controls the first storage device and the second storage device;

a connecting unit that connects the first holding unit and the second holding unit in layers in such a manner that there is a predetermined distance between the first storage device and the second storage device; and

a mounting section in which the first holding unit and the second holding unit are installed together with the control board.