MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICE

• US 20130083471A1
• Filed: 10/28/2011
• Published: 04/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
• 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: ZHOU, HAI-QING
• Application Number:
  US13/283,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20130083471A1
• 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 33/124 of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis

Abstract

A mounting apparatus for mounting a data storage device includes a mounting plate, first and second mounting members, and a connecting member movably connected between the first and second mounting members. The first mounting member is fixed to a side of the data storage device. The connecting member is adjustable to move the second mounting member toward or away from the first mounting member, thereby sandwiching or releasing the data storage device. The mounting members are fixable to the mounting plate.

Claims

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

a mounting plate;

first and second mounting members; and

a connecting member movably connected between the mounting members;

wherein the data storage device is to be fixed to the first mounting member, the connecting member is adjustable to move the second mounting member toward or away from the first mounting member, thereby sandwiching or releasing the data storage device together with the first mounting member, the first and second mounting members are fixable to the mounting plate.

2. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mounting plate comprises two locking portions respectively corresponding to the first and second mounting members, and defines two positioning holes respectively corresponding to the first and second mounting members, each of the first and second mounting members forms a raised protrusion engagable in the corresponding positioning hole and defines a locking slot, the corresponding locking portion is locked to the locking slot.

3. The mounting apparatus of claim 2, wherein each locking portion comprises a blocking piece, each locking slot comprises a great inlet and a small latching hole communicating with the inlet, the blocking piece is insertable into the latching hole through the inlet.

4. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second mounting members comprises a fixing plate attached to a corresponding side of the data storage device, a locking plate extending out from a bottom side of the fixing plate, and a connecting plate extending in from a top side of the fixing plate, the locking plate is fixed to the mounting plate, the connecting member connects to the connecting plate.

5. The mounting apparatus of claim 4, wherein the fixing plate forms a resilient piece abutting against the side of the data storage device.

6. The mounting apparatus of claim 4, wherein a resilient latch is formed from a middle of the locking plate, the latch comprises a handle formed up from a distal end of the latch and a protrusion formed on a bottom of the latch adjacent to the handle, the mounting plate defines two positioning holes respectively corresponding to the first and second mounting members, the protrusion is engagable in the corresponding positioning hole, the handle is operable to be pulled to release the protrusion from the corresponding positioning hole.

7. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the connecting member comprises a first pole and a second pole pivotably connected to the first pole in middles of the first pole and the second pole, therefore, the first pole is angled from the second pole.

8. The mounting apparatus of claim 7, wherein each of the first and second mounting members comprises a connecting plate, a first end of the first pole and a first end of the second pole are pivotably attached to the connecting plates respectively.

9. The mounting apparatus of claim 8, wherein a first post extends on a second end of the first pole, a second post extends on a second end of the second pole, each of the connecting plates defines a slide slot, the first post and the second post are slidably engaged in the corresponding slide slots.

10. The mounting apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first and second posts are both mushroom shaped.

11. An assembly, comprising:

a data storage device;

a mounting plate;

first and second mounting members; and

a connecting member movably connected between the mounting members;

wherein the data storage device is fixed to the first mounting member, the connecting member is adjustable to move the second mounting member toward or away from the first mounting member, to sandwich or release the data storage device together with the first mounting member, the first and second mounting members are fixable to the mounting plate.

12. The assembly of claim 11, wherein the mounting plate comprises two locking portions respectively corresponding to the first and second mounting members, and defines two positioning holes respectively corresponding to the first and second mounting members, each of the first and second mounting members forms a raised protrusion engagable in the corresponding positioning hole and defines a locking slot, the corresponding locking portion is locked to the locking slot.

13. The assembly of claim 12, wherein each locking portion comprises a blocking piece, each locking slot comprises a great inlet and a small latching hole communicating with the inlet, the blocking piece is insertable into the latching hole through the inlet.

14. The assembly of claim 11, wherein each of the first and second mounting members comprises a fixing plate attached to a corresponding side of the data storage device, a locking plate extending out from a bottom side of the fixing plate, and a connecting plate extending in from a top side of the fixing plate, the locking plate is fixed to the mounting plate, the connecting member connects to the connecting plate.

15. The assembly of claim 14, wherein the fixing plate forms a resilient piece abutting against the corresponding side of the data storage device.

16. The assembly of claim 14, wherein a resilient latch is formed from a middle of the locking plate, the latch comprises a handle formed up from a distal end of the latch and a protrusion formed on a bottom of the latch adjacent to the handle, the mounting plate defines two positioning holes respectively corresponding to the first and second mounting members, the protrusion is engagable in the corresponding positioning hole, the handle is operable to be pulled to release the protrusion from the corresponding positioning hole.

17. The assembly of claim 11, wherein the connecting member comprises a first pole and a second pole pivotably connected to the first pole in middles of the first pole and the second pole.

18. The assembly of claim 17, wherein each of the first and second mounting member comprises a connecting plate, a first end of the first pole and a first end of the second pole are pivotably attached to the connecting plates respectively.

19. The assembly of claim 18, wherein a first post extends on a second end of the first pole, a second post extends on a second end of the second pole, each of the connecting plates defines a slide slot, the first post and the second post are slidably engaged in the slide slots.

20. The assembly of claim 19, wherein the first and second posts are both mushroom shaped.