CLIPS AND LATCH TO RECEIVE A COMPUTING COMPONENT

• US 20130201626A1
• Filed: 02/02/2012
• Published: 08/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Moore, Earl W., Bondurant, Thomas Aaron
• Granted Patent: US 8,654,525 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.58
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1658 related to the mounting of internal components, e.g. disc drive or any other functional module
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49117 Conductor or circuit manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A carrier is mountable to a component, and includes first tabs and second tabs. Clips and a latch are associated with a compartment of a computing system. The clips are to receive the first tabs, and the latch is to receive the second tabs, to isolate the carrier from movement in three dimensions.

Claims

1. A mounting system comprising:

a carrier mountable to a component, including a first tab and a second tab, the carrier insertable into a compartment of a computing device along a first direction;

a clip associated with the compartment to receive the first tab along a second direction non-parallel to the first direction; and

a latch associated with the compartment including a latching portion deflectable along the first direction from a locked position to an unlocked position, in response to receiving the carrier in the compartment, wherein the carrier is movable along the second direction to enable the second tab to engage a retention portion of the latch, and the latching portion to assume the locked position, to isolate the carrier from movement in three dimensions relative to the latch.

2. The mounting system of claim 1, wherein the latching portion includes a depressible surface positioned at a height along the first direction greater than the retention portion to bias the latching portion toward the locked position, wherein the latching portion is deflectable to the unlocked position based on pressure received at the depressible surface.

3. The mounting system of claim 1, wherein the clip and the latch are each fastenable to the compartment using a fastener.

4. The mounting system of claim 3, wherein the tab includes a receptacle, and the clip is resilient and deflectable to bias the tab in contact with the fastener to receive at least a portion of the fastener at the receptacle to provide a friction fit between the first tab, fastener, and clip.

5. The mounting system of claim 1, wherein the carrier includes a side wall fastenable to a side of the component.

6. The mounting system of claim 1, wherein the carrier includes a floor fastenable to a bottom of the component.

7. The mounting system of claim 1, further comprising a carrier cover to cover a top of the component, wherein the cover includes a handle.

8. The mounting system of claim 1, wherein the first tab includes a tab ridge to oppose lateral movement between the carrier and clip.

9. The mounting system of claim 1, wherein the retention portion of the latch includes a retention ridge to oppose lateral movement between the carrier and the latch.

10. A computing system comprising:

a compartment to receive, along a first direction, a carrier mountable to a component and insertable into the compartment;

an interface fixed to the compartment to electrically connect the component to the computing system based on engagement between the interface and the component along a second direction non-parallel to the first direction;

a clip associated with the compartment to receive a first tab of the carrier along the second direction; and

a latch associated with the compartment including a latching portion deflectable along the first direction from a locked position to an unlocked position, in response to receiving the carrier in the compartment, wherein the carrier is movable along the second direction to enable the second tab to engage a retention portion of the latch, and the latching portion to assume the locked, position to isolate the carrier from movement in three dimensions relative to the latch.

11. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the interface is a blind mate interface (BMI).

12. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the carrier is mountable to a data storage component including at least one of a hard disk drive (HDD) and a solid-state drive (SSD).

13. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the latch and clip is comprised of sheet metal.

14. A method, comprising:

deflecting, along a first direction, a latching portion of a latch associated with a compartment of a computing system from a locked position to an unlocked position, in response to insertion of a carrier, mountable to a component, into the compartment;

receiving, along a second direction non-parallel to the first direction, a first tab of the carrier at a clip associated with the compartment;

receiving, along the second direction, a second tab of the carrier at a retention portion of the latch; and

enabling the latching portion to assume the locked position to isolate the carrier from movement in three dimensions relative to the latch based on engagement between the latch and the carrier.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising interfacing, based on the second direction, the component with an interface of the computing system fixed to the compartment.