STORAGE DEVICE CARRIER

• US 20150022069A1
• Filed: 07/22/2013
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cooler Master Development Corporation
• Original Assignee: Cooler Master Development Corporation
• Inventors: Lv, Yuqing
• Application Number:
  US13/947,112
• Publication Number:
  US 20150022069A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 312/309
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives

Abstract

A storage device carrier includes a first frame, a first support member, a second frame and a second support member. The first frame includes a first base plate and a first side plate. The first side plate is extended from the first base plate. The first support member is pivotally connected to the first side plate. The second frame includes a second base plate and a second side plate. The second side plate is extended from the second base plate. The first base plate is slidably connected to the second base plate. The second support member is pivotally connected to the second side plate. The first support member and the second support member are opposite to each other.

Claims

1. A storage device carrier comprising:

a first frame comprising a first base plate and a first side plate, the first side plate being extended from the first base plate;

a first support member pivotally connected to the first side plate;

a second frame comprising a second base plate and a second side plate, the second side plate being extended from the second base plate, the first base plate being slidably connected to the second base plate; and

a second support member pivotally connected to the second side plate, the first support member and the second support member being opposite to each other;

wherein the first base plate and the second base plate are capable of sliding with respect to each other, so as to space the first side plate and the second side plate with a first distance or a second distance;

when the first side plate and the second side plate are spaced with the first distance, and the first support member and the second support member are expanded with respect to the first side plate and the second side plate, respectively, a first storage device is capable of being carried on the first support member and the second support member and sandwiched in between the first side plate and the second side plate;

when the first side plate and the second side plate are spaced with the second distance, and the first support member and the second support member are folded with respect to the first side plate and the second side plate, respectively, a second storage device is capable of being carried on the first base plate and the second base plate and sandwiched in between the first side plate and the second side plate.

2. The storage device carrier of claim 1, wherein the first base plate has a plurality of sliding portions, the second base plate has a plurality of sliding grooves, and the sliding portions are disposed in the sliding grooves, such that the first base plate is slidably connected to the second base plate.

3. The storage device carrier of claim 1, wherein the first base plate and the second base plate are capable of sliding with respect to each other, so as to space the first side plate and the second side plate with a third distance, and the third distance is larger than a width of the first storage device and a width of the second storage device.

4. The storage device carrier of claim 3, wherein the first base plate has an engaging groove, the second base plate has an engaging structure, and when the first base plate and the second base plate slide with respect to each other, the engaging structure is selectively engaged with or disengaged from an edge of the engaging groove, so as to space the first side plate and the second side plate with the first distance, the second distance or the third distance.

5. The storage device carrier of claim 4, wherein the engaging structure comprises a resilient arm and two protruding portions and the two protruding portions are protruded from the resilient arm;

when the first side plate and the second side plate are spaced with the first distance, the two protruding portions are located inside the engaging groove;

when the first side plate and the second side plate are spaced with the second distance, the edge of the engaging groove is engaged between the two protruding portions;

when the first side plate and the second side plate are spaced with the third distance, the two protruding portions are located outside the engaging groove.

6. The storage device carrier of claim 1, wherein the first base plate has a restraining groove, the second base plate has a restraining portion, and the restraining portion is disposed in the restraining groove, so as to restrain the first base plate from coming off the second base plate.

7. The storage device carrier of claim 1, wherein a plurality of first fixing holes and a plurality of second fixing holes are formed on the first side plate and the second side plate, the storage device carrier further comprises a plurality of fixing members, and the fixing members selectively pass through the first fixing holes or the second fixing holes, so as to fix the first storage device or the second storage device between the first side plate and the second side plate.

8. The storage device carrier of claim 7, wherein each of the first fixing holes communicates with one of the second fixing holes via a slot.