Data cartridge device for computer equipment

• US 20100187957A1
• Filed: 07/05/2007
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ablecom Technology Inc., AEON Lighting Technology Incorporated
• Original Assignee: AEON Lighting Technology Incorporated
• Inventors: Liang, Chien-Kuo
• Granted Patent: US 8,050,027 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 312/223.200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives

Abstract

A data cartridge device for computer equipment includes a data cartridge which is assembled in an interior of an outer cover, so to be provided with a shock-proof effect. Widths of two side walls of the data cartridge are effectively decreased to reduce entire size of the data cartridge, and an upper and a lower layer of the outer covers are stacked with each other to effectively utilize a storage space. By the modularized design of the outer covers and the data cartridges, the present invention can be flexibly applied to outer housings with various heights (such as an industrial computer cabinet, or a server cabinet).

Claims

1. A data cartridge device for computer equipment comprising:

a data cartridge, which is provided with a left wall and a right wall, and an interior of which is provided with a containing space, with outer surfaces of the left and right walls being disposed respectively with arc-shape spring leaves and hooks that are protruded outward;

a left board and a right board, which are screwed and fixed respectively on the outer surfaces of the left and right walls, and central positions of which are provided with at least one long through-hole out of which being protruded by the arc-shape spring leaf, with a side of the long through-hole being disposed with at least one positioning hole, an edge of the positioning hole being disposed with a locking interface that is concaved inward, the hook being transfixed out of the positioning hole to be hooked at the locking interface, a long narrow hole being located above the long through-hole, and an interface above the long narrow hole being formed with an arc-shape end surface; and

an outer housing, which is provided with a U-shape cross section, a bottom board at a U-shape notch of which is fixed respectively with at least one U-shape outer cover, with each outer cover being disposed with a slot, left and right wall of the slot being disposed respectively with an inner sliding surface having a larger width, a top part of the inner sliding surface being formed with a top sliding surface, the data cartridge being inserted into the slot 32, the arc-shape spring leaf being abutted and sliding on the inner sliding surface, and the arc-shape end surface being deformed, abutted and sliding on the top sliding surface.

2. The data cartridge device for computer equipment, according to claim 1, wherein upon that the arc-shape end surface is abutted on the top sliding surface, the arc-shape end surface is deformed and displaced toward the long narrow hole, to form an elastic sliding surface.

3. The data cartridge device for computer equipment, according to claim 1, wherein the inner surface of the right board is formed with line-shape grooves, a line-shape light pipe which has a same shape as that of the line-shape grooves is latched into the line-shape grooves, and is further fixed on an outer interface of the right wall, with a front end of the light pipe being protruded out of the line-shape grooves.

4. The data cartridge device for computer equipment, according to claim 1, wherein two sides at a bottom part of the U-shape outer cover in the most bottom layer are provided with horizontal connection pieces for screwing and fixing into the bottom board, with a left and a right side above the U-shape outer cover being provided respectively with L-shape upper connection parts which are concaved inward;

two sides below a U-shape outer cover in the upper layer being provided with lower connection parts which are concaved inward and extended downward in vertical direction, with the lower connection parts being screwed and fixed on the upper connection parts of the bottom outer cover, thereby forming overlapped connection for the upper and lower U-shape outer covers.

5. The data cartridge device for computer equipment, according to claim 1, wherein in front of the data cartridge is formed with a transversal U-shape fixing slot, with a seat being fixed into the U-shape fixing slot, a right side of the seat being provided with a chamber, and a side wall of the chamber being provided with a through-hole;

an outer handle, a right end of which is provided with a connection pillar;

a middle element, a left side of which is provided with a U-shape slot that is protruded outward, with an end at a side of the U-shape slot being formed with a first projected body, an end at the other side being formed with a second projected body, a side surface of the middle element being provided with a shaft hole, and a surface of the middle element being provided with a left insertion hole and a right insertion hole;

an elastic element, a left board of which is provided with a left insertion hole, a right side of which is formed with a twitching member in a vertical sheet shape, with a rear wall of the twitching member being provided with a projected body in a slope shape, the connection pillar of the outer handle being inserted into the left insertion hole, and the right insertion hole of the middle element, enabling the elastic element to be positioned at the right side of the middle element, the projected body to be locked into the through-hole of the seat, the twitching member to be located at a side in the chamber; and

an inner wall of the outer handle being protruded with a projected body which is transfixed into the left insertion hole of the middle element, enabling the outer handle to be assembled with the middle element into one body.

6. The data cartridge device for computer equipment, according to claim 1, wherein a shaft is transfixed into a left shaft hole of the seat, and a shaft hole of the middle element, with the shaft being sheathed with a spring, enabling the outer handle and the middle element to rotate elastically, with the shaft as a center of axis.

7. The data cartridge device for computer equipment, according to claim 1, wherein a wall of an upper connection part at a left side of the U-shape outer cover is excavated with a through-hole;

the second projected body of the middle element being locked into the through-hole, and the first projected body corresponding to an outer edge end of the upper connection part.

8. The data cartridge device for computer equipment, according to claim 1, wherein a bottom part of the U-shape fixing slot is fixed with a V-shape spring leaf.

9. The data cartridge device for computer equipment, according to claim 1, wherein a right surface of the chamber is provided with at least one lens cover, with a front end of the light pipe corresponding to the lens cover.

10. The data cartridge device for computer equipment, according to claim 1, wherein an end of the arc-shape spring leaf is suspended in air, with the other connection end being formed integrally with the left and right walls.