Fixing apparatus for data storage device

• US 7,679,896 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2007
• Issued: 03/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Deng, Song, Lin, Ke-Cheng, Chen, Hsuan-Tsung, Lee, Guang-Yao, Lo, Wen-Kang, Liang, Chun-Chi
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi; Jayprakash N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Edwards; Anthony Q
• Application Number:
  US11/748,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20080089021A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,036 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.33
• US Class Current: 361/679.33
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives

Abstract

A fixing apparatus for holding a data storage device is provided. The fixing apparatus includes a drive bracket, and an insertion rack. The drive bracket includes two opposite side panels. Each of the side panels forms at least one guiding portion and defines a slot therein. The insertion rack is configured for inserting the data storage device into the drive bracket. The insertion rack forms two hooks. The insertion rack is capable of sliding into the drive bracket along the guiding portions. The hooks ride along an exterior of the drive bracket until they are inserted into the corresponding slots of the drive bracket.

Claims

1. A fixing apparatus for holding a data storage device, comprising:

a drive bracket comprising two opposite side panels, each of the side panels forming at least one guiding portion and defining a slot;

an insertion rack comprising two opposite sidewalls and a handle, each of the sidewalls forming a resilient portion bent out and back from a front end thereof, the insertion rack forming two hooks at two ends of the handle, the handle connecting with distal ends of the resilient portions on two ends thereof, adjacent the hooks, the insertion rack being configured for mounting the data storage device into the drive bracket, the insertion rack capable of sliding into the drive bracket along the guiding portions, the hooks capable of deforming outward to ride along an exterior of the drive bracket until being inserted into the corresponding slots of the drive bracket;

a plurality of gaskets for absorbing vibration from the data storage device, each of the sidewalls of the insertion rack comprising a plurality of protruding posts for positioning the gaskets thereon; and

wherein each of the side panels of the drive bracket forms a blocking portion configured for blocking the corresponding gasket positioned at an end of the corresponding sidewall of the insertion rack.

2. The fixing apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein each of the sidewalls of the insertion rack forms a plurality of fixing posts on an inner surface thereof, for fixing the data storage device in the insertion rack.

3. The fixing apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein two bridges are formed between the sidewalls of the insertion rack, the bridges connect middle portions and ends of the sidewalls for sandwiching the data storage device therebetween.

4. The fixing apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the fixing apparatus further comprises an elastic member configured for electrically connecting the data storage device with the drive bracket, one end of the elastic member abuts against one of the side panels of the drive bracket, the other end of the elastic member is configured for abutting against the data storage device.

5. The fixing apparatus as described in claim 4, wherein the elastic member comprises two spring tabs, and a positioning tab connected between the spring tabs, one of the sidewalls of the insertion rack defines a notch, an end of the positioning tab is inserted in the notch.

6. The fixing apparatus as described in claim 2, wherein an opposite end of the positioning tab defines two positioning holes, the one of the sidewalls of the insertion rack forms two positioning posts, the positioning posts are inserted into the positioning holes, respectively.

8. The fixing apparatus as described in claim 4, wherein the rack further comprises a pair of bridges one of which connect upper edges of the sidewalls and the other one connect bottom upper edges of the sidewalls, the bridges sandwiching the data storage device therebetween in an up-and-down direction.

9. The fixing apparatus as described in claim 5, wherein each of the sidewalls of the rack has a resilient portion bent out and back from a front end thereof to connect with the handles, and the handle has an arcuate configuration, when the handle is pulled forward the hooks are drawn out from the corresponding slots via deformation of the handle.

10. The fixing apparatus as described in claim 4, wherein each of the vibration absorbing members comprises a column-shaped gasket having a hole, and a plurality of posts extends out from the sidewalls of the rack to be secured in a corresponding hole.

7. A fixing apparatus fixing a data storage device therein, comprising:

a drive bracket comprising two opposite side panels, each of the side panels forming at least one guiding portion and defining a slot;

an integral insertion rack comprising two sidewalls sandwiching the data storage device therebetween in a left-and-right direction, a handle connected between the two sidewalls, and two hooks formed adjacent junctions between the handle and the sidewalls corresponding to the slots respectively, one of the sidewalls of the rack comprising a notch, and an elastic member comprising a positioning tab inserted in the notch, a spring tab extending from one end of the positioning tab and abutting against the data storage device, and another spring tab extending from an opposite end of the positioning tab and abutting against the inner side of the one of the side panels of the drive bracket, each of the spring tabs comprising an arcuate shape and the one of the sidewalls comprising a pair of cutouts facing the spring tabs for providing space to allow the spring tabs deformation;

vibration absorbing members mounted to outer surfaces of the sidewalls of the rack and capable of sliding along the guiding portions in a front-and-back direction until the hooks insert into the corresponding slots from outside of the sidewalls in the left-and-right direction, to thereby secure the combined rack and the data storage device in the drive bracket; and

the elastic member configured for electrically connecting the data storage device with the drive bracket, wherein one end of the elastic member abuts against an inner side of one of the side panels of the drive bracket, and the other end of the elastic member abuts against the data storage device.

11. A fixing apparatus for holding a data storage device, comprising:

a drive bracket comprising two opposite side panels, each of the side panels forming at least one guiding portion and defining a slot;

an insertion rack comprising two opposite sidewalls and a handle, each of the sidewalls forming a resilient portion bent out and back from a front end thereof, the insertion rack forming two hooks at two ends of the handle, and the handle connecting with distal ends of the resilient portions on two ends thereof, adjacent the hooks, the insertion rack being configured for mounting the data storage device into the drive bracket, the insertion rack being capable of sliding into the drive bracket along the guiding portions, the hooks being capable of deforming outward to ride along an exterior of the drive bracket until being inserted into the corresponding slots of the drive bracket; and

an elastic member comprising two spring tabs, and a positioning tab connected between the spring tabs, one of the sidewalls of the insertion rack comprising a notch, an end of the positioning tab inserted in the notch, the elastic member configured for electrically connecting the data storage device with the drive bracket, one end of the elastic member abutted against one of the side panels of the drive bracket, the other end of the elastic member configured for abutting against the data storage device, an opposite end of the positioning tab comprising two positioning holes, the one of the sidewalls of the insertion rack forming two positioning posts, the positioning posts being inserted into the positioning holes, respectively.