Bracket for disk drive

• US 7,486,509 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2005
• Issued: 02/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Bae, Kwang Jin, Bae, Eun Deok, Cho, Jin Woo, Kim, Ki-Bum, Kwak, Dong Ok, Booh, Seong Woon, Kim, Ki Taek
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong; Hung V
• Application Number:
  US11/320,971
• Publication Number:
  US 20070014086A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,131 Days
• Field of Search: 248/248, 248/300, 3122231-2236, 211/216, 361679-687, 361724-727
• US Class Current: 361/679.34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/08 Insulation or absorption of undesired vibrations or sounds
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/124 of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis

Abstract

A bracket for a disk drive, including: a base plate containing the disk drive; a side wall portion vertically protruded from an end portion of the base plate; and a displacement portion extended from the side wall portion and bending due to a vibration transmitted by making contact with the disk drive. Accordingly, a bracket according to the present invention has an improved buffering ability without installing a buffer. Also, the bracket can not only effectively protect a disk drive from an external impact but also be applied to an electric device such as a portable device. Also, a bracket according to another embodiment can prevent mutual interference between circuits provided on the bracket.

Claims

1. A bracket for a disk drive, comprising:

a base plate containing the disk drive;

a side wall portion vertically protruded from an end portion of the base plate; and

displacement portions extended from the side wall portion and bending due to a vibration transmitted by making contact with the disk drive,

wherein the displacement portions are spaced apart at a certain interval from the base plate, extended from both ends of the side of the side wall portion and in contact with the sideface of the disk drive.

2. The bracket of claim 1, wherein the side wall portion is protruded from a corner of the base plate and in the shape of an “

L”

.

3. The bracket of claim 1, wherein the side wall portion is protruded from an end portion of the sideface of the base plate to be parallel therewith and in the shape of an “

I”

.

4. The bracket of claim 1, wherein the displacement portion is inwardly bent to be in contact with the disk drive in the shape of an “

S”

.

5. The bracket of claim 1, wherein each of the displacement portions comprises:

an extension portion extended from the side wall portion in the direction of the side surface of the hard disk;

a bent portion inwardly bent from the extension portion; and

a contact portion extended from the bent portion to be in surface contact with the sideface of the disk drive.

6. A bracket for a disk drive, comprising:

a base plate containing the disk drive;

a side wall portion vertically protruded from an end portion of the base plate;

a displacement portion extended from the side wall portion and bending due to a vibration transmitted by making contact with the disk drive; and

a combination protrusion protruded from the base plate to be inserted into a hole formed on the disk drive,

wherein the combination protrusion comprises;

a projection portion formed on a position of the base plate corresponding to a position of the hole; and

a contact portion formed at the end of the projection portion and inserted into the hole, the contact portion being larger than the projection portion.

7. A bracket for a disk drive, comprising:

a base plate containing the disk drive;

a side wall portion vertically protruded from an end portion of the base plate;

a displacement portion extended from the side wall portion and bending due to a vibration transmitted by making contact with the disk drive;

a combination protrusion protruded from the base plate to be inserted into a hole formed on the disk drive; and

a buffer member having elasticity and interposed between the bracket and the disk drive.

8. A bracket for a disk drive, comprising:

a base plate containing the disk drive;

a side wall portion vertically protruded from an end portion of the base plate; and

a displacement portion extended from the side wall portion and bending due to a vibration transmitted by making contact with the disk drive,

wherein the base plate has partition walls protruded from the surface opposite to the surface where the disk drive is mounted and the partition walls isolate circuits provided below the bracket and prevent mutual interference caused by electromagnetic waves.

9. The bracket of claim 8, wherein a metal coating is formed on the same side as where the partition walls are formed.

10. A bracket for a disk drive, wherein the bracket contains the disk drive on its one surface, and comprises:

side wall portions vertically protruded from the one surface;

a displacement portion extended from the side wall portion in the direction of the one surface, spaced apart from the one surface and bending due to a vibration transmitted by making contact with the disk drive; and

a partition wall protruded from the surface opposite to the one surface, isolating circuits provided below the opposite surface and preventing mutual interference caused by electromagnetic waves.

11. The bracket of claim 10, wherein the side wall portion is protruded from the sideface of the bracket in the vertical direction of the one surface and in the shape of an “

I”

, and the displacement portions are extended from both sides of the side wall portion and inwardly bent to be in surface contact with the sideface of the disk drive.

12. The bracket of claim 10, wherein the side wall portion is protruded from the corner of the one surface and in the shape of an “

L”

, and the displacement portions are extended from both sides of the side wall portion and inwardly bent to be in contact with the sideface of the disk drive.

13. The bracket of claim 10, wherein a metal coating is formed on the surface where the partition walls are formed.

14. The bracket of claim 10, further comprising a combination protrusion protruded from the one surface to be inserted into a hole provided on the disk drive.

15. The bracket of claim 10, wherein the combination protrusion comprises:

a projection portion formed on a position of the one surface corresponding to a position of a hole; and

a contact portion formed at the end of the projection portion and inserted into the hole, the contact portion being larger than the projection portion.

16. The bracket of claim 15, further comprising a buffer member having elasticity and interposed between the bracket and the disk drive.

17. A bracket for a disk drive, wherein the bracket contains the disk drive and comprises partition walls protruded from a surface opposite to a surface where the disk drive is mounted, and the partition walls isolate circuits provided below the bracket and prevent mutual interference caused by electromagnetic waves.

18. The bracket of claim 17, comprising a side wall portion vertically protruded from the surface where the disk drive is mounted,

wherein the side wall portion is protruded from an end portion from the sideface of the surface in the vertical direction of the surface where the disk drive is mounted and in the shape of an “

I”

, and a part of the side wall portion spaced apart from the surface where the disk drive is mounted and inwardly bent to be in contact with the disk drive.

19. The bracket of claim 17, comprising a side wall portion vertically protruded from the surface where the disk drive is mounted,

wherein the side wall portion is protruded from the corner of the surface where the disk drive is mounted and in the shape of an “

L”

, and a part of the side wall portions extended from its both sides while spaced apart from the surface where the disk drive is mounted and inwardly bent to be in contact with the disk drive.

20. A bracket for a disk drive, comprising:

a base plate containing a disk drive having holes; and

combination protrusions protruded from the base plate and inserted into the holes with the disk drive spaced apart from the base plate,

wherein each of the combination protrusions comprises;

a projection portion formed on a position of the base plate corresponding to a position of one of the holes; and

a contact portion formed at the end of the projection portion and inserted into one of the holes, the contact portion being larger than the projection portion.

21. The bracket of claim 20, wherein each of the holes is in the shape of a cone or a truncated cone and each of the combination protrusions are forcibly inserted into one of the holes.

22. The bracket of claim 20, wherein each of the holes has a projection in its inside for the contact portion to be forcibly inserted into.

23. The bracket of claim 20, further comprising a buffer member having elasticity and interposed between the bracket and the disk drive.

24. A bracket for a disk drive, wherein the bracket contains a disk drive having holes and comprises:

combination protrusions vertically protruded from a surface where the disk drive is mounted and inserted into the holes with the disk drive spaced apart from the surface; and

partition walls protruded from a surface opposite to the surface where the disk drive is mounted, and

the partition walls isolate circuits provided below the bracket and prevent mutual interference caused by electromagnetic waves.

25. The bracket of claim 24, wherein the combination protrusion comprises:

a projection portion formed on a position corresponding to the position of the hole; and

a contact portion formed at the end of the projection portion and inserted into the hole, the contact portion being larger than the projection portion.

26. The bracket of claim 24, wherein a metal coating is formed on the surface opposite to the surface where the disk drive is mounted.

27. The bracket of claim 24, further comprising a buffer member having elasticity and interposed between the bracket and the disk drive.

28. A bracket containing a disk drive, wherein combination protrusions are formed to combine the disk drive and the bracket while spacing apart the disk drive from the bracket and a side wall portion which is protruded from the surface where the disk drive is mounted, and a part of the side wall portion is protruded from the side wall portion of the bracket to be in contact with the sideface of the disk drive movably,

partition walls are protruded from the surface opposite to the surface where the disk drive is mounted, and

the partition walls isolate circuits provided below the bracket and prevent mutual interference caused by electromagnetic waves.

29. The bracket of claim 28, wherein the side wall portion is protruded from the end portion of the sideface of the surface in the vertical direction of the surface where the disk drive is mounted in the shape of an “

I”

, and a part of the side wall portion is extended from both ends of the side wall portion and inwardly bent to be in contact with the disk drive.

30. The bracket of claim 28, wherein the side wall portion is protruded from the corner of the surface where the disk drive is mounted and in the shape of an “

L”

, and a part of the side wall portion is extended from both ends of the side wall portion and inwardly bent to be in contact with the disk drive.