ANTI-VIBRATION HARD DISK DRIVE ASSEMBLY

• US 20110128695A1
• Filed: 04/21/2010
• Published: 06/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: FANG, TSAI-YIN, WANG, CHAO-TANG, KE, CHIH-WEI
• Granted Patent: US 8,264,833 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives

Abstract

An exemplary of an anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly includes a hard disk drive, a bracket containing the hard disk drive, a rack supporting the hard disk drive and the bracket, and an elastic structure disposed between the bracket and the rack. The rack includes a pair of rails supporting the bracket thereon. The elastic structure is disposed between the bracket and the pair of rails of the rack, whereby a vibration caused operation of the hard disk drive can be absorbed by the elastic structure.

Claims

1. An anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly comprising:

a hard disk drive;

a bracket containing the hard disk drive; and

a rack comprising a pair of rails supporting the bracket thereon;

wherein an elastic structure is disposed between the bracket and the pair of rails of the rack, whereby a vibration caused during operation of the hard disk drive can be absorbed by the elastic structure.

2. The anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly of claim 1, wherein the bracket comprises a chassis and two opposite sidewalls connected to two opposite edges of the chassis, the hard disk drive is received in a space defined by the chassis and the two sidewalls.

3. The anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly of claim 2, wherein bottoms of the two sidewalls are supported on the pair of rails, respectively, and the elastic structure is disposed between the bottom of each of the two sidewalls and the corresponding rail.

4. The anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly of claim 3, wherein the elastic structure comprises a base and a plurality of dampers integrally formed on the base, the base is secured to the bottom of each of the two sidewalls, and the dampers are compressed between the base and the corresponding rail.

5. The anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly of claim 4, wherein the dampers are equidistantly formed on the strip.

6. The anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly of claim 4, wherein each of the dampers is an arc-shaped sheet having two ends and a middle portion between the two ends, the two ends are integrally protruded on the base, and the middle portion is spaced from a corresponding portion of the base over the middle portion of the damper.

7. A anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly comprising:

a hard disk drive;

a bracket comprising a chassis and two sidewalls connected to two opposite edges of the chassis, the hard disk drive being received in a space defined by the two sidewalls and the chassis; and

a rack comprising a pair of rails, the two sidewalls of the bracket being capable of sliding along the pair of rails, respectively;

wherein an elastic structure is disposed between a bottom of each of the sidewalls of the bracket and a corresponding rail of the rack, whereby a vibration caused during operation of the hard disk drive can be absorbed by the elastic structure.

8. The anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly of claim 7, wherein the elastic structure comprises an elongated base strip secured to the bottom of each of the sidewalls of the bracket, and a plurality of dampers extending downwardly from the base strip, and the dampers are compressed between the base strip and the corresponding rail of the rack.

9. The anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly of claim 8, wherein the dampers of the elastic structure are equidistantly formed on the base strip.

10. The anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly of claim 8, wherein the dampers of the elastic structure are capable of being compressed along a direction perpendicular to the base strip.

11. The anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly of claim 8, wherein each of the dampers is an arc-shaped sheet having two ends and a middle portion between the two ends, the two ends are integrally formed on the base strip, the middle portion is spaced from a corresponding portion of the base strip over the middle portion.

12. A anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly comprising:

a hard disk drive;

a bracket containing the hard disk drive;

a rack supporting the bracket; and

a plurality of dampers disposed between the bracket and the rack to thereby absorb any vibration caused during operation of the hard disk drive.

13. The anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly of claim 12, wherein the bracket comprises a chassis and two sidewalls connected to two opposite edges of the chassis, the hard disk drive is received in a space defined by the two sidewalls and the chassis.

14. The anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly of claim 13, wherein the rack comprises a pair of rails, the two sidewalls of the bracket are capable of sliding along the pair of rails, respectively.

15. The anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly of claim 14, wherein the dampers are compressed between each sidewall of the bracket and the corresponding rail of the rack.

16. The anti-vibration hard disk drive assembly of claim 15, wherein the dampers are equidistantly disposed between each sidewall of the bracket and the corresponding rail of the rack.