Removable hard disk housing assembly

• US 20070211422A1
• Filed: 03/07/2006
• Published: 09/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd. (ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd. (ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Liu, Kuo-Kuang, Chu, Yu-Chen
• Application Number:
  US11/368,492
• Publication Number:
  US 20070211422A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.370
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/128 of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis

Abstract

The removable hard disk housing assembly includes a housing base, a hard disk bracket connected to a rear side of the housing base for carrying a hard disk, a securing handle pivotably mounted to a front side of the housing base, a locking hook pivotably mounted to the securing handle and a restoring spring. The locking hook has a hooking portion and is rotatable along a longitudinal direction relative to the securing handle. The hooking portion is selectively engaged in or departed from the engaging opening of the housing base. The restoring spring is disposed between the securing handle and the locking hook to provide a restoring force to the locking hook. Therefore, the hard disk housing assembly is prevented from falling off when it is subjected to an external force, and the locking hook is located along a longitudinal direction to increase a heat-dissipating space.

Claims

1. A removable hard drive housing assembly, being received in a hard disk chassis along a longitudinal direction, comprising:

a housing base, forming an engaging opening;

a hard disk bracket, connecting to a rear side of said housing base for carrying a hard disk;

a securing handle, pivotably mounted at a front side of said housing base;

a locking hook, having a trigger portion and a hooking portion, said locking hook pivotably mounted to said securing handle, said hooking portion being rotatable along a longitudinal direction relative to said securing handle, thereby said hooking portion of said locking hook being selectively engaged in or departed from said engaging opening of said housing base; and

a restoring spring, disposed between said securing handle and said locking hook.

2. The removable hard drive housing assembly as in claim 1, wherein said housing base forms a plurality of heat-dissipating holes, said heat-dissipating holes penetrate through front and rear sides of said housing base, said securing handle forms a concaved portion corresponding to said heat-dissipating holes.

3. The removable hard drive housing assembly as in claim 1, wherein said housing base has a first pivotal mount formed at a front side thereof, said first pivotal mount forms a first pivotal hole therein, said securing handle has a second pivotal hole formed therein and a handle pin inserted in said first pivotal hole and said second pivotal hole, thereby said securing handle is pivotably mounted to a front side of said housing base.

4. The removable hard drive housing assembly as in claim 1, wherein said hard disk bracket comprises a pair of side racks, each said side racks has a front end respectively connected to two sides of a rear end of said housing base via connecting components, said hard disk is received between said side racks, said hard disk is fixed to said side racks via a fixing component.

5. The removable hard drive housing assembly as in claim 1, wherein said securing handle has a protrusive latch protruding from an end thereof, said hard disk chassis forms a locking aperture corresponding to said protrusive latch, said protrusive latch of said securing handle rotates into said locking aperture of said hard disk chassis when said hard disk housing assembly is pushed to a predetermined inside position of said hard disk chassis and said securing handle is pushed inwardly.

6. The removable hard drive housing assembly as in claim 1, wherein said securing handle has a second pivot mount formed at an end thereof, said second pivot mount forms a third pivot hole along a longitudinal direction, said locking hook has a fourth pivotal hole formed along a longitudinal direction and a hook pin inserted into said third pivot hole and said fourth pivotal hole, thereby said locking hook is pivotably mounted to said securing handle.

7. The removable hard drive housing assembly as in claim 1, wherein said housing base has a spring leaf disposed at a front side thereof, said spring leaf has an abutting portion that is elastically abutted against a rear side of said securing handle.

8. The removable hard drive housing assembly as in claim 7, wherein said spring leaf is fixed to said housing base via a fixing component.