CARRIER FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICE

• US 20110233352A1
• Filed: 05/16/2010
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2010
• 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: ZHANG, ZI-XUAN, YE, ZHEN-XING, CHOU, CHIA-SHIN
• Granted Patent: US 8,286,922 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives

Abstract

A carrier includes a main bracket. The main bracket includes a first mounting member and a second mounting member. The first mounting member includes a first sidewall and a first front wall. The second mounting member includes a second sidewall and a second front wall. The first front wall is telescopically extensible relative to the second front wall to adjust a retaining width between the first sidewall and the second sidewall in order to couple to various size data storage devices.

Claims

1. A carrier, comprising:

a main bracket comprising;

a first mounting member comprising a first sidewall and a first front wall; and

a second mounting member comprising a second sidewall and a second front wall;

wherein the first front wall is telescopically extensible relative to the second front wall along a first direction to adjust a retaining width between the first sidewall and the second sidewall in order to couple to various size data storage devices.

2. The carrier of claim 1, wherein the first front wall comprises at least one first arm, the second front wall comprises at least one second arm, and the second arm is telescopically received in the first arm.

3. The carrier of claim 2, wherein the first arm defines a first sliding channel, the first sliding channel is rectangular in cross section, and the second arm receives in the first sliding channel.

4. The carrier of claim 3, wherein a first guiding slot is defined in the first arm connecting to the first channel, and a guiding tab is formed on the second arm corresponding to the first guiding slot.

5. The carrier of claim 1, wherein the first front wall comprises at least two parallel arms, and a space is defined between every two adjacent arms.

6. The carrier of claim 1, wherein the first front wall is perpendicular to the first sidewall, the second front wall is perpendicular to the second sidewall, and both the first mounting member and the second mounting member are L-shaped.

7. The carrier of claim 1 further comprising an extension bracket, and the extension bracket is telescopically received in the main bracket along a second direction, the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

8. The carrier of claim 7, wherein the extension bracket comprises a third mounting member and a fourth mounting member, the third mounting member comprises a third front wall and a third sidewall, the fourth mounting member comprises a fourth front wall and a fourth sidewall, the third sidewall is received in the first sidewall, the fourth sidewall is received in the second sidewall, and the third front wall and the fourth front wall are received in the first front wall and the second front wall.

9. The carrier of claim 8, wherein the third front wall and the fourth front wall are telescopically mounted.

10. The carrier of claim 9, wherein the first front wall is longer in length than the second front wall, and the fourth front wall is longer in length than the third front wall.

11. A carrier comprising:

a main bracket comprising;

a first mounting member; and

a second mounting member telescopically extensible relative to the first mounting member; and

an extension bracket telescopically received in the main bracket;

wherein the first mounting member is telescopically extensible relative to the second mounting member and the extension bracket is telescopically extensible relative to the main bracket in order to couple to various size data storage devices.

12. The carrier of claim 11, wherein the first mounting member comprising a first front wall and a first sidewall, the second mounting member comprises a second front wall and a second sidewall, and the first front wall is telescopically mounted to the second front wall.

13. The carrier of claim 12, wherein the first front wall comprises at least one first arm, the second front wall comprises at least one second arm, and the second arm is telescopically received in the first arm.

14. The carrier of claim 13, wherein the first arm defines a first sliding channel, the first sliding channel is rectangular in cross section, and the second arm receives in the first sliding channel.

15. The carrier of claim 14, wherein a guiding slot is defined in the first arm connecting to the first channel, and a guiding tab is formed on the second arm corresponding to the guiding slot.

16. The carrier of claim 12, wherein the first front wall comprises at least two parallel arms, and a space is defined between every two adjacent arms.

17. The carrier of claim 12, wherein the first front wall is perpendicular to the first sidewall, the second front wall is perpendicular to the second sidewall, and both the first mounting member and the second mounting member are L-shaped.

18. The carrier of claim 12, wherein the extension bracket comprises a third mounting member and a fourth mounting member, the third mounting member comprises a third front wall and a third sidewall, the fourth mounting member comprises a fourth front wall and a fourth sidewall, the third sidewall is received in the first sidewall, the fourth sidewall is received in the second sidewall, and the third front wall and the fourth front wall are received in the first front wall and the second front wall.

19. The carrier of claim 18, wherein the third front wall and the fourth front wall are telescopically mounted.

20. The carrier of claim 19, wherein the first front wall is longer in length than the second front wall, and the fourth front wall is longer in length than the third front wall.