Fixing apparatus for data storage device

• US 7,684,182 B2
• Filed: 08/19/2008
• Issued: 03/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hongfujin Precision Electronics (Tianjin) 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: Fu, Jian, Zhang, Guang-Yi, Li, Xiao-Zheng
• Primary Examiner(s): DUONG, HUNG V
• Application Number:
  US12/193,766
• Publication Number:
  US 20090224115A1
• Time in Patent Office: 581 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.33, 361/679.34, 361/679.31, 361/679.6, 248/316.1, 248/201, 248/213.2, 248/309.1, 248/354.3, 163/86, 162/58, 163/47, 360/244.3, 360/123.01, 360/245.1, 360/97.01, 211/26, 312/223.2, 312/223.3
• US Class Current: 361/679.33
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/123 Mounting arrangements of constructional parts onto a chassis

Abstract

A fixing apparatus for fixing a data storage device with a plurality of mounting holes defined in sidewalls thereof includes a first bracket, a second bracket, and a latch member. The first bracket includes a side sheet and a base sheet perpendicularly connected thereto. The second bracket includes a side sheet, and a base sheet perpendicularly connected thereto. The base sheet of the second bracket is pivotally attached to the base sheet of the first bracket. The latch member is slidably attached to the base sheet of the first bracket and engages with the base sheet of the second bracket. A plurality of fixing pins extends from the side sheets of the first bracket and the second bracket, corresponding to the mounting holes of the data storage device.

Claims

1. A fixing apparatus for a data storage device with a plurality of mounting holes defined in sidewalls thereof, the fixing apparatus comprising:

a first bracket comprising a side sheet, and a base sheet perpendicularly connected to the side sheet;

a second bracket comprising a side sheet, and a base sheet perpendicularly connected to the side sheet, the base sheet of the second bracket pivotally attached to the base sheet of the first bracket;

a latch member slidably attached to the base sheet of the first bracket and engaging with the base sheet of the second bracket; and

a plurality of fixing pins respectively extending inward from an inner side of the side sheets of the first bracket and the second bracket, corresponding to the mounting holes of the data storage device.

2. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

the base sheet of the first bracket comprises a pair of spaced and parallel side panels;

the base sheet of the second bracket comprises a pair of spaced and parallel side panels sandwiched between the side panels of the base sheet of the first bracket;

the each pair of the side panels of the first bracket and second bracket define a pair of aligned pivot holes in end portions thereof away from the side sheets respectively; and

the base sheet of the second bracket is pivotally attached to the base sheet of the first bracket by a shaft extending through the pivot holes of the first bracket and the second bracket.

3. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the latch member is a hollow shell with a curved configuration and comprises a rod located at one end thereof, the first bracket comprises a blocking member sandwiched between the spaced and parallel side panels thereof, the blocking member comprises a post extending therefrom, and a resilient member is fixed around the rod of the latch member and the post of the blocking member.

4. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein a connecting portion is perpendicularly arranged between the side panels of the second bracket, and a hook extends perpendicularly and outward from the connecting portion, the latch member comprises an opening defined in sidewalls thereof, and a catch formed beside the opening, the hook extends into the opening to detachably engage the catch.

5. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein,

the first bracket further comprises a plurality of positioning blocks extending toward each other from the side panels, respectively;

the latch member comprises a pair of parallel sidewalls slidably sandwiched between distal end surfaces of the positioning blocks.

6. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the latch member further comprises a pair of spaced locating blocks extending outward from the sidewalls thereof, and side surfaces of the positioning blocks of the first bracket slidably contact side surfaces of the locating blocks.

7. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first bracket further comprises a pair of guiding blocks each with an L-shaped cutout extending toward each other from one of the side panels thereof to slidably engage side edges of the latch member.

8. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein a plurality of positioning blocks extend toward each other from each of the side panels of the first bracket, a plurality of cutouts is defined in each of the side panels of the second bracket, the cutouts of the second bracket mate with the positioning blocks of first bracket.

9. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side sheet of the first bracket defines a through hole, the latch member comprises a rod extending from one end thereof to slidably extend into the through hole of the first bracket.