MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICES

• US 20120147545A1
• Filed: 04/28/2011
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• 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: NIU, HSIAO-YUAN, WU, KANG, CHEN, GUO-YI, HU, WEN-SEN
• Application Number:
  US13/095,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20120147545A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.31
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/122 Arrangements for providing electrical connections, e.g. connectors, cables, switches
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/124 of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/126 Arrangements for providing electrical connections, e.g. connectors, cables, switches
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/128 of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis

Abstract

A mounting apparatus that can be used to selectively mount a first type of data storage device or a second type of data storage device includes a bracket, and a circuit board mounted to the bracket. The bracket includes a rear board defining an opening. The circuit board includes a first side surface, and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface. A port protrudes from the second side surface, to extend through the opening to be exposed out of the bracket. A first connector or a second connector is selectively set on the first side surface of the circuit board, to be electrically connected to the port and the first type of data storage device or the second type of data storage device.

Claims

1. A mounting apparatus to selectively mount a first type of data storage device or a second type of data storage device, the mounting apparatus comprising:

a bracket comprising a rear board defining an opening; and

a circuit board mounted to an inner surface of the rear board, wherein the circuit board comprises a first side surface, and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, a port protrudes from the second side surface, to extend through the opening to be exposed out of the bracket, and a first connector or a second connector is selectively set on the first side surface, to be electrically connected to the port and the first type of data storage device or the second type of data storage device.

2. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bracket further comprises a bottom plate and two lateral plates substantially perpendicularly extending up from opposite sides of the bottom plate, the rear plate substantially extends up from a rear end of the bottom plate.

3. The mounting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the bottom plate defines a plurality of venation holes for heat dissipation.

4. The mounting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the lateral plates each define a plurality of fastening holes through which a plurality of fastening members extend to be fixed to opposite sides of the data storage device.

5. The mounting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the bottom plate defines a plurality of fastening holes through which a plurality of fastening members extend to be fixed to a bottom of the data storage device.