MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICE

• US 20120104222A1
• Filed: 12/11/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• 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: DING, XIANG-YUN
• Granted Patent: US 8,416,562 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/634
• 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 mounting apparatus for a data storage device includes a bracket, a plurality of shock absorbers positioned between the data storage device and the bracket, a plurality of fasteners, and two elastic members. The bracket includes a bottom plate, and two sidewalls. Each of the plurality of shock absorbers includes a shock absorber pad, and a bushing protruding from an outer side of the shock absorber pad. The shock absorber pad defines a first through hole therein. Each of the plurality of fasteners includes a post and a head portion. The post is passed through the bushing, the first through hole of the shock absorber pad to engage one of a plurality of second mounting holes of the data storage device. Each of the two elastic members is fixed to the inner side of one of the two sidewalls of the bracket.

Claims

1. A mounting apparatus for a data storage device, the mounting apparatus comprising:

a bracket comprising a bottom plate, and two sidewalls extending up from two opposite edges of the bottom plate, wherein each of the two sidewalls defines a pair of first mounting holes therein;

a plurality of shock absorbers positioned between the data storage device and the bracket, each comprising a shock absorber pad, and a bushing protruding from an outer side of the shock absorber pad, wherein the shock absorber pad defines a first through hole therein, and a plurality of first protrusions protruding from an inner side of the shock absorber pad;

a plurality of fasteners, each comprising a post corresponding to the first through hole and a head portion corresponding to the bushing, wherein the post comprises a plurality of second protrusions protruding therefrom and close to the head portion, and wherein the post is passed through the bushing of a corresponding one of the plurality of shock absorbers, the first through hole of the shock absorber pad to engage one of a plurality of second mounting holes of the data storage device; and

two elastic members each fixed to the inner side of one of the two sidewalls of the bracket.

2. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bracket further comprises a pair of elastic clips connected with an outer side of each of the two sidewalls and respectively positioned close to the pair of first mounting holes, wherein each of the pair of elastic clips abuts the bushing through an elastic deformation of each of the pair of elastic clips.

3. The mounting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the bracket further comprises two pins extending from an inner side of each of the two sidewalls, and a slot, wherein the slot is defined in each of the two sidewalls and positioned close to the bottom plate.

4. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bottom plate comprises a block plate extending from a front end thereof, and each of the two sidewalls comprises a resilient plate extending inward from a rear end thereof, and wherein the bottom plate, the two sidewalls, the resilient plate and the block plate cooperatively define a receiving space for receiving the data storage device therein.

5. The mounting apparatus of claim 4, wherein each of the two sidewalls further comprises an elastic plate extending from a front end thereof, and wherein the elastic plate comprises a raised block fixed on an outer side thereof.

6. The mounting apparatus of claim 3, wherein each of the two elastic members comprises two second through holes corresponding to the two pins, a first elastic part extending from an inner side thereof, and a second elastic part extending from a front end thereof.

7. The mounting apparatus of claim 6, wherein the two pins are received in the two second through holes.

8. The mounting apparatus of claim 6, wherein the second elastic part of each of the two elastic members is received in the slot.

9. The mounting apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first elastic part abuts the data storage device.

10. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of shock absorbers is made of resilient material.

11. The mounting apparatus of claim 10, wherein the resilient material is rubber or silicone.