CARRIER DEVICE AND SUPPORTING ELEMENT THEREOF

• US 20140117829A1
• Filed: 03/07/2013
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation, Inventec Technology Company Limited (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation, Inventec Technology Company Limited (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Lin, Ling-Er
• Granted Patent: US 8,919,895 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 312/350
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/124 of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis

Abstract

A carrier device comprises a rail and a supporting element. The rail includes a first rail element and a second rail element disposed oppositely. The supporting element is slidably disposed between the first rail element and the second rail element along the rail. The supporting element includes a supporting base and a buffer element. The supporting base has a lateral wall. The buffer element has a lateral side as well as a first edge and a second edge disposed oppositely to each other. The buffer element is disposed on the lateral wall with its lateral side facing the lateral wall of the supporting base. The first edge is pressed against the first rail element through a first protruding portion of the first edge. The second edge is pressed against the second rail element. The material stiffness of the buffer element is less than that of the supporting base.

Claims

1. A carrier device, comprising:

a rail comprising a first rail element and a second rail element disposed oppositely to each other; and

a supporting element slidably disposed between the first rail element and the second rail element along the rail, the supporting element comprising;

a supporting base having a lateral wall; and

a buffer element having a lateral side as well as a first edge and a second edge disposed oppositely to each other, the buffer element being disposed on the lateral wall, the lateral side facing the lateral wall, the first edge comprising a first protruding portion, the first edge being pressed against the first rail element through the first protruding portion, the second edge being pressed against the second rail element, the material stiffness of the buffer element being less than the material stiffness of the supporting base.

2. The carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second edge comprises a second protruding portion, the second edge is pressed against the second rail element through the second protruding portion.

3. The carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the buffer element has a through hole, the through hole is disposed on the first protruding portion and is kept away from the first edge at a distance.

4. The carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second edge is protruded beyond the lateral wall.

5. The carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first protruding portion is protruded beyond the lateral wall.

6. The carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rail comprises a connecting wall disposed between the first rail element and the second rail element, the supporting element further comprises an elastic plate, the elastic plate is protruded out of the buffer element from the lateral wall toward the connecting wall and is adapted to being pressed against the connecting wall.

7. The carrier device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the buffer element has two ends disposed oppositely to each other, the lateral side, the first edge and the second edge are disposed between the two ends, a pressing portion is disposed at an end of the rail, and when the supporting element is disposed in the first rail element and the second rail element, one of the two ends of the buffer element relatively closer to the pressing portion is pressed against the pressing portion.

8. The carrier device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the end of the buffer element relatively closer to the pressing portion has a protruded piece, the protruded piece is protruded towards the pressing portion, and the protruded piece is adapted to being pressed against the pressing portion.

9. The carrier device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the protruded piece is protruded beyond the lateral wall.

10. The carrier device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the supporting element further comprises a handle, and the handle is disposed on the supporting base as well as being away from the pressing portion.

11. A supporting element for being slidably disposed between a first rail element and a second rail element, the supporting element comprising:

a supporting base having a lateral wall; and

a buffer element having a lateral side as well as a first edge and a second edge disposed oppositely to each other, the buffer element being disposed on the lateral wall and the lateral side facing the lateral wall, the first edge comprising a first protruding portion, the first edge being pressed against the first rail element through the first protruding portion, the second edge being pressed against the second rail element, and the material stiffness of the buffer element being less than the material stiffness of the supporting base.

12. The supporting element as claimed in claim 11, wherein the second edge comprises a second protruding portion, the second edge is pressed against the second rail element through the second protruding portion.

13. The supporting element as claimed in claim 11, wherein the buffer element has a through hole, the through hole is disposed on the first protruding portion and is kept away from the first edge at a distance.

14. The supporting element as claimed in claim 11, wherein the second edge is protruded beyond the lateral wall.

15. The supporting element as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first protruding portion is protruded beyond the lateral wall.

16. The supporting element as claimed in claim 11, wherein the rail comprises a connecting wall disposed between the first rail element and the second rail element, the supporting element further comprises an elastic plate, the elastic plate is protruded out of the buffer element from the lateral wall toward the connecting wall and is adapted to being pressed against the connecting wall.

17. The supporting element as claimed in claim 11, wherein the buffer element has two ends disposed oppositely to each other, the lateral side, the first edge and the second edge are disposed between the two ends, a pressing portion is disposed at an end of the rail composed of the first rail element and the second rail element, and when the supporting element is disposed in the first rail element and the second rail element, one of the two ends of the buffer element relatively closer to the pressing portion is pressed against the pressing portion.

18. The supporting element as claimed in claim 17, wherein the end of the buffer element relatively closer to the pressing portion has a protruded piece, the protruded piece is protruded towards the pressing portion and the protruded piece is adapted to being pressed against the pressing portion.

19. The supporting element as claimed in claim 18, wherein the protruded piece is protruded beyond the lateral wall.

20. The supporting element as claimed in claim 17, further comprising a handle, the handle being disposed on the supporting base and being further away from the pressing portion.