MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR STORAGE DEVICE

• US 20080298005A1
• Filed: 11/05/2007
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, GUANG-YAO, CHEN, HSUAN-TSUNG, LO, WEN-KANG, DENG, SONG, LIANG, CHUN-CHI
• Application Number:
  US11/934,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20080298005A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/825
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives

Abstract

A mounting apparatus includes a bracket, a frame for receiving a storage device, and a fixing member mounted on the frame for fixing the storage device to the frame. The bracket includes two sidewalls each forming two inward bent sliding rails. The frame includes two elastic arms, and each of the elastic arms forms two spaced strip-shaped flanges slidably receivable between the sliding rails of a corresponding sidewall of the bracket. Two elastic bent portions are formed on the flanges of each of the elastic arms respectively. The elastic bent portions are bent away from each other and capable of being deformed and received between the sliding rails of the corresponding sidewall.

Claims

1. A mounting apparatus for a storage device, the mounting apparatus comprising:

a bracket comprising two sidewalls each forming two inward bent sliding rails;

a frame for receiving the storage device, the frame comprising two elastic arms, each of the elastic arms forming two spaced strip-shaped flanges slidably receivable between the sliding rails of a corresponding sidewall of the bracket, two elastic bent portions formed on the flanges of each of the elastic arms respectively, the elastic bent portions bent away from each other and capable of being deformed and received between the sliding rails of the corresponding sidewall, at least one of the elastic bent portions constantly engaging with a corresponding sliding rail when no vibration happens; and

at least one fixing member mounted on the frame for fixing the storage device to the frame.

2. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a slot is defined between the elastic bent portion of each of the flanges and a corresponding elastic arm.

3. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the fixing member defines an elongate slot allowing the flanges of the corresponding elastic arm to extend therethrough, a fixing tab extends perpendicularly down from the fixing member toward the elongate slot for engaging in the slot between the corresponding elastic arm and flange.

4. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the elastic arms defines a through hole, and the fixing member forms a pin for extending through the through hole of said one of the elastic arms and latching the storage device.

5. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the fixing member defines a bore therein, and said one of the elastic arms forms a post on an outside surface thereof for extending through the bore of the fixing member.

6. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bracket further comprises a top wall, the top wall defines an engaging slot adjacent to an end thereof, a connecting portion is formed on the top of the frame, a latch extends from the connecting portion for engaging in the engaging slot of the top wall of the bracket.

7. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the latch comprises an upward bent latching portion for engaging in the engaging slot of the top wall of the bracket, and a pressing portion extending from a free end of the latching portion for disengaging the latch from the top wall of the bracket.

8. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a supporting portion is formed on the bottom of the frame, two stop plates extend from two ends of each of the elastic arms respectively, the supporting portion and the stop plates cooperatively form a receiving space for receiving the storage device.

9. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a handle is formed on one end of the frame with two ends connecting with the elastic arms respectively.

10. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein a generally U-shaped protrusion is formed on each of the elastic arms away from the handle, the protrusions are slidably receivable between the sliding rails of the corresponding sidewalls, the sliding rails of each of the sidewalls respectively form stop portions toward each other adjacent to an end thereof, for abutting against the protrusion of the corresponding elastic arm when the frame is received in the bracket.

11. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bracket defines an opening between the sidewalls for allowing the frame to be insert into the bracket therefrom, the sliding rails of each of the sidewalls respectively from slanted portions away from each other on ends adjacent to the opening.

12. A mounting apparatus for a storage device, the mounting apparatus comprising:

a bracket comprising two sidewalls each forming two inward bent sliding rails; and

a frame comprising two elastic arms, and a receiving space defined between the elastic arms for receiving the storage device, each of the elastic arms forming two spaced strip-shaped flanges slidably receivable between the sliding rails of a corresponding sidewall of the bracket, at least one slot defined between each of the flanges and a corresponding elastic arm, each of the flanges forming an elastic bent portion adjacent to the corresponding slot, the elastic bent portions of the flanges of each of the elastic arms bent away from each other and capable of being deformed and abuttingly received between the sliding rails of the corresponding sidewall.

13. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein a supporting portion is formed on the bottom of the frame, two stop plates extend from two ends of each of the elastic arms respectively, a connecting portion is formed on the top of the frame, the receiving space is defined between the supporting portion, the connecting portion, the elastic arms, and the stop plates.

14. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the bracket further comprises a top wall, the top wall defines an engaging slot adjacent to an end thereof, a latch extends from the connecting portion of the frame for engaging in the engaging slot of the top wall of the bracket.

15. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 12, further comprising two fixing members mounted on the elastic arms of the frame respectively, each of the elastic arms defining at least one through hole therein, and each of the fixing members forming at least one pin for extending through the through hole of a corresponding elastic arm and engaging with the storage device.

16. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein each of the sidewalls defines two sliding slots adjoining to the sliding rails respectively, each of the fixing members defines an elongate slot to allow the flanges of the corresponding elastic arm to extend therethrough, and forms an upper portion above the elongate slot and a bottom portion below the elongate slot, each of the upper portion and the bottom portion forms two spaced outward bent bridges for being slidably received in a corresponding sliding slot of the corresponding sidewall of the bracket.