HARD DISK DRIVE BRACKET

• US 20120250244A1
• Filed: 04/19/2011
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: SUN, ZHENG-HENG
• Granted Patent: US 8,351,196 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.33
• 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 hard disk drive (HDD) bracket for fixing a HDD includes an arm, a frame pivotably connected to the arm, a handle mounted to the frame, and a fixing member slidably attached to the arm and capable of engaging with both of the handle and the arm.

Claims

1. A hard disk drive (HDD) bracket, comprising:

a connection arm;

a first arm extending rearward from a first end of the connection arm;

a second arm pivotably connected to a second end of the connection arm opposite to the first end;

a handle mounted to the connection arm opposite to the first and second arms; and

a fixing member slidably mounted to the second arm, and operable to engage with both of the handle and the second arm to prevent the second arm from pivoting about the connection arm.

2. The HDD bracket of claim 1, wherein a protrusion protrudes from the second end of the connection arm, two tabs extend from a front end of the second arm, a shaft pivotably extends through one of the tabs, the protrusion, and the other tab to pivotably mount the second arm to the connection arm.

3. The HDD bracket of claim 2, wherein the second arm comprises an attaching portion, from where the tabs extend forward, the tabs each define a first slot, the fixing member comprises a connection plate, two extension plates extending from top and bottom of the connection plate, and two blocking plates extend from the plates toward each other, an engaging portion protrudes from an inner surface of each extension plate to engage in the first slot of the corresponding tab.

4. The HDD bracket of claim 3, wherein an installing portion is formed on an end of the handle for engaging with the fixing member, two slide slots are defined in top and bottom of the installing portion for receiving the corresponding blocking plates of the fixing member, two second slots are defined in the top and bottom of the installing portion for engaging with the corresponding engaging portions of the fixing member in response to the fixing member engaging with both of the handle and the second arm.

5. The HDD bracket of claim 3, wherein an antiskid portion is formed on an outer surface of the connection plate of the fixing member.

6. The HDD bracket of claim 2, wherein two pins extend from an inner side of each of the first and second arms, to engage in a corresponding side of the HDD.