HARD DISK DRIVE HOLDER

• US 20100321879A1
• Filed: 11/05/2009
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• 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: JIANG, TIE-SHAN, ZHANG, ZHE, PENG, WEN-TANG
• Granted Patent: US 7,864,522 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.33
• 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

Abstract

A hard disk drive holder includes a main body, a spindle mounted to the main body and slidable between first and second positions, a handle rotatably connected to the main body via the spindle, a hook mounted to the handle, and first and second elastic members. The handle includes a locking tongue. The handle moves between closed and opened positions relative to the main body. When the handle is at the closed position, if the spindle is slid from the first position to the second position, the locking tongue gradually extends outside from the main body. When the handle is at the closed position, if the spindle is not at the first position, the hook can hook the main body. The first elastic member biases the spindle to slide to the second position. The second elastic member biases the handle to rotate to the opened position.

Claims

1. A hard disk drive holder for a hard disk drive, the hard disk drive holder comprising:

a main body to mount the hard disk drive;

a spindle slidably mounted to the main body and slidable between a first position and a second position;

a handle rotatably connected to the main body via the spindle, wherein the handle comprises a covering board, and a locking tongue extending from the covering board, the handle moves between a closed position where the covering board covers the main body, and an opened position where the covering board is away from the main body, wherein when the handle is at the closed position, if the spindle is slid from the first position to the second position, the locking tongue gradually extends outside from a side of the main body;

a hook mounted to the handle, wherein when the handle is at the closed position, if the spindle is not at the first position, the hook hooks the main body;

a first elastic member to bias the spindle to tend to slide to the second position; and

a second elastic member to bias the handle to tend to rotate to the opened position.

2. The hard disk drive holder of claim 1, wherein the main body comprises opposite top and bottom boards, a first elongated hole is defined in the top board, a second elongated hole is defined in the bottom board, and a longitudinal axis of the second elongated hole is parallel with a longitudinal axis of the first elongated hole, the spindle is slidably engaged in the first elongated hole and the second elongated hole along the longitudinal axes of the first and second elongated holes so as to slide between the first position and the second position.

3. The hard disk drive holder of claim 2, wherein opposite first and second extension pieces extend from the handle, a round first pivot hole is defined in the first extension piece, a round second pivot hole is defined in the second extension piece, the spindle extends in the first pivot hole and the second pivot hole so as to rotatably connect the handle to the main body.

4. The hard disk drive holder of claim 1, wherein the first elastic member is a pressure spring.

5. The hard disk drive holder of claim 4, further comprising a sleeve fitting about the spindle, wherein a guiding hole is defined in the main body, a guiding post extends from the sleeve to enter into the guiding hole, the first elastic member is fitted about the guiding post, and opposite ends of the first elastic member abut against the main body and the sleeve, respectively, so as to bias the spindle.

6. The hard disk drive holder of claim 1, wherein the second elastic member is atorsion spring whose two spring legs abut against the main body and the handle, respectively, so as to bias the handle.

7. The hard disk drive holder of claim 6, wherein a raised portion extends from the main body, and the second elastic member is fitted about the raised portion.

8. The hard disk drive holder of claim 1, further comprising a third elastic member, wherein the hook is rotatably mounted to the handle, the third elastic member acts on the hook, wherein when the handle is at the closed position, the third elastic member biases the hook to rotate to hook the main body.

9. The hard disk drive holder of claim 8, wherein the hook comprises a post pivotably mounted to the handle, and a hooking portion extending from a circumference of the post, a hooking block extends from the hooking portion, a connecting wall extends from the main body, a hooking hole is defined in the connecting wall, the hooking block is operable to extend in the hooking hole so as to hook the hook to the main body.

10. The hard disk drive holder of claim 9, wherein a blocking piece extends from the handle to limit the rotation range of the hook, the third elastic member biases the hooking portion of the hook to abut against the blocking piece, wherein when the hook hooks the main body, the hooking portion abuts against the blocking piece, and when the handle is at the opened position, the hooking portion also abuts against the blocking piece in a same manner.

11. The hard disk drive holder of claim 10, wherein the hook further comprises an operating portion extending from the circumference of the post away from the blocking piece of the main body, the operating portion is able to be operated to rotate the hooking portion of the hook away from the blocking piece.

12. The hard disk drive holder of claim 10, wherein the hooking block of the hook comprises a slanting guiding surface, wherein when the handle is rotated to the closed position, the guiding surface is able to engage with and go over a corresponding end of the connecting wall of the main body to extend in the hooking hole of the connecting wall.

13. The hard disk drive holder of claim 10, wherein the third elastic member is torsion spring whose two spring legs abut against the main body and the hooking portion of the hook, respectively, so as to bias the hook.

14. A hard disk drive holder comprising:

a main body comprising an elongated panel, and two arms extending backward from opposite left and right ends of the panel;

a spindle slidably mounted to a front of the right end of the panel, wherein the spindle is slidable along a longwise direction of the panel between a first position and a second position;

a handle comprising opposite right and left ends, the right end of the handle is rotatably connected to the right end of the panel via the spindle, wherein a locking tongue extends from the right end of the handle away from the left end of the handle, the handle moves between a closed position where the handle covers the main body, and an opened position where the left end of the handle is away from the main body;

a hook mounted to the left end of the handle, wherein when the handle is at the closed position, if the spindle is not at the first position, the hook is able to hook the main body;

a first elastic member to bias the spindle to tend to slide to the second position; and

a second elastic member to bias the handle to tend to rotate to the opened position.

15. The hard disk drive holder of claim 14, wherein the panel comprises opposite top and bottom boards, a first elongated hole is defined in the top board, a second elongated hole is defined in the bottom board, and longitudinal axes of the first and second elongated holes are parallel with the longwise direction of the panel, the spindle is engaged in the first elongated hole and the second elongated hole and is slidable along the longitudinal axes of the first and second elongated holes so as to slide between the first position and the second position.

16. The hard disk drive holder of claim 15, wherein opposite first and second extension pieces extend from the handle, a round first pivot hole is defined in the first extension piece, a round second pivot hole is defined in the second extension piece, the spindle extends in the first pivot hole and the second pivot hole so as to rotatably connect the handle to the main body.

17. The hard disk drive holder of claim 14, further comprising a third elastic member, wherein the hook is rotatably mounted to the handle, the third elastic member acts on the hook, wherein when the handle is at the closed position, the third elastic member biases the hook to rotate to hook the main body.

18. The hard disk drive holder of claim 17, wherein the hook comprises a post pivotably mounted to the handle, and a hooking portion extending from a circumference of the post, a hooking block extends from the hooking portion, a connecting wall extends from the main body, a hooking hole is defined in the connecting wall, the hooking block is able to extend in the hooking hole so as to hook the hook to the main body.

19. The hard disk drive holder of claim 18, wherein a blocking piece extends from the handle to limit a rotation range of the hook, the third elastic member biases the hooking portion of the hook to abut against the blocking piece, wherein when the hook hooks the main body, the hooking portion abuts against the blocking piece, and when the handle is at the opened position, the hooking portion also abuts against the blocking piece.

20. The hard disk drive holder of claim 19, wherein the hook further comprises an operating portion extending from the circumference of the post away from the blocking piece of the main body, the operating portion is able to be operated to rotate the hooking portion of the hook away from the blocking piece.