Drive bracket fastening structure

• US 6,530,551 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2001
• Issued: 03/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Gan, Li Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): WOOD, KIMBERLY T
• Application Number:
  US09/915,955
• Publication Number:
  US 20020190187A1
• Time in Patent Office: 593 Days
• Field of Search: 248/27.1, 248/694, 248/299.1, 248/317, 361/727, 361/683, 361/685, 361/725, 312/223.2, 312/307, 312/223.1, 312/265.5, 312/257.1, 312/263
• US Class Current: 248/694
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/184 Mounting of motherboards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/128 of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis

Abstract

A drive bracket fastening structure includes first and second drive brackets (30, 70) and a connect panel (60). The first drive bracket includes a bottom plate (32). A pair of arcuate first slide rails (40) depends from the bottom plate. A first flange (42) depends from the bottom plate near a side thereof. A pair of through holes (44) is defined in the first flange. The connect panel is secured to the second drive bracket. The connect panel upwardly forms a pair of arcuate second slide rails (62). A second flange (64) extends upwardly from a side edge of the connect panel. A pair of screw holes is defined in the second flange. The second slide rails are slidably engaged with the first slide rails. The screw holes are aligned with the through holes for insertion of fasteners therein. The second drive bracket is thereby fastened to the first drive bracket.

Claims

1. A drive bracket fastening structure comprising:

a first drive bracket comprising a bottom plate, a pair of arcuate first slide rails depending from the bottom plate, a first flange depending from the bottom plate near a side thereof;

a second drive bracket; and

a connect panel secured onto the second drive bracket, the connect panel upwardly forming a pair of arcuate second slide rails corresponding to and slidably engaged with the first slide rails, a second flange extending upwardly from one side edge of the connect panel, the second flange abutting against the first flange and fixedly connecting therewith.

2. The drive bracket fastening structure in accordance with claim 1, wherein each first slide rail of the first drive bracket has an L-shaped profile, and wherein each second slide rail of the second drive bracket has an L-shaped profile.

3. The drive bracket fastening structure in accordance with claim 1, wherein the second drive bracket comprises a bottom panel and a pair of side panels extending upwardly from opposite edges of the bottom panel, and wherein a pair of third flanges extends inwardly from respective upper portions of the side panels, the connect panel being secured onto the third flanges of the second drive bracket.

4. The drive bracket fastening structure in accordance with claim 1, wherein each first slide rail has a free edge, and the free edges face toward each other.

5. The drive bracket fastening structure in accordance with claim 1, wherein each second slide rail has a free edge, and the free edges face away from each other.

6. The drive bracket fastening structure in accordance with claim 1, wherein a reinforcing rib is formed on the bottom plate of the first drive bracket.

7. A drive bracket fastening structure comprising:

a first bracket adapted to be secured to a computer enclosure, the first bracket comprising a bottom plate, a pair of spaced first slide rails depending from the bottom plate, each rail being arcuate; and

a second bracket rotatably engaging with the first bracket from an exterior to an interior of the computer enclosure, the second bracket comprising a bottom panel, a pair of side panels extending upwardly from opposite sides of the bottom panel, and a connect panel placed on the side panels, the connect panel forming a pair of arcuate second slide rails thereon, the second slide rails being slidably engaged with the first slide rails.

8. The drive bracket fastening structure in accordance with claim 7, wherein a first flange depends from the bottom plate of the first bracket near a side thereof.

9. The drive bracket fastening structure in accordance with claim 8, wherein a second flange extends upwardly from a side edge of the connect panel of the second bracket, and is fixedly connected to the first flange of the first bracket.

10. The drive bracket fastening structure in accordance with claim 7, wherein the first slide rails are generally parallel to each other, and wherein the second slide rails are generally parallel to each other.