External hard disk drive case

• US 20110141682A1
• Filed: 12/14/2009
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wen-Ping Chen
• Original Assignee: Wen-Ping Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Wen-Ping
• Application Number:
  US12/654,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20110141682A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.33
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/025 Portable cases
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/10 Indicating arrangements; Warning arrangements G11B15/04, G11B19/04, G11B27/34, G11B27/36 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0243 for decorative purposes

Abstract

An external hard disk drive case comprises a first housing, a trim ring, a second housing and a circuit board. The trim ring is made of a light-transmitting material and sandwiched between the first housing and the second housing. The circuit board is disposed within the first housing. The circuit board is provided thereon with a light-emitting component in the socket of which is disposed a light guiding strip that is peripherally disposed within the trim ring. When used, the light emitted by a luminous source of the light-emitting component disposed in the socket can lighten the light guiding strip peripherally disposed within the trim ring so as to produce a peripheral luminous effect which considerably improves the identifiable and aesthetic properties in use.

Claims

1. An external hard disk drive case for assembling a hard disk drive therein to serve as an external storage medium, comprising:

a first housing, provided with a plurality of snap-fitting portions extending inwardly on the periphery of the first housing, and a plurality of first fixed portions being provided between the snap-fitting portions and the inner wall surface of the first housing;

a trim ring, made of a light-transmitting material and with a shape corresponding to the first housing, the trim ring being provided with a plurality of second fixed portions corresponding to the first fixed portions, the second fixed portions and the first fixed portions of the first housing being joined to form one piece, a peripheral groove being formed between the trim ring and the snap-fitting portions of the first housing;

a second housing, provided with a plurality of hooks disposed on the surface of the second housing corresponding to the first housing, and the hooks engaging with the snap-fitting portions of the first housing; and

a circuit board, disposed within the first housing, the circuit board including a light-emitting component, the light-emitting component having;

at least one socket, provided with a luminous source disposed at the inner side of the socket, and an insertion hole being provided at one end of the socket; and

a light guiding strip, inserted into the insertion hole of the socket at one end of the light guiding strip, and the light guiding strip being peripherally disposed within the peripheral groove, and the luminous source lightening the whole light guiding strip after actuation, so as to light the periphery of the external hard disk drive case.

2. The external hard disk drive case as described in claim 1, wherein the snap-fitting portions respectively disposed on two sides of the first housing, and the first housing includes bulkheads on one side of the first housing, and the bulkheads are perpendicular to the inner surface of the first housing, so that the peripheral groove is formed between the bulkheads, the snap-fitting portions and the trim ring.

3. The external hard disk drive case as described in claim 1, wherein the trim ring further includes first positioning portions respectively on the upper edges of two sides of the trim ring, and the second housing further includes second positioning portions respectively corresponding to the first positioning portions, and the first positioning portions engage with the second positioning portions after the second housing is joined with the trim ring, so as to increase the fixing effect.

4. The external hard disk drive case as described in claim 1, wherein the circuit board is provided with two sockets, and two ends of the light guiding strip are respectively inserted into the sockets.

5. The external hard disk drive case as described in claim 1, wherein the circuit board further includes an external connection port, and the first housing further includes a through hole corresponding to the external connection port so that the external connection port passes through out of and is disposed within the through hole.

6. The external hard disk drive case as described in claim 1, wherein the circuit board further includes an internal connection port, and the internal connection port is electrically and signally connected to the hard disk drive.