Fixing apparatus for hard disk drive

• US 7,701,707 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2007
• Issued: 04/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2007
• 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: Huang, Wei-Chao, Yu, Mo-Ming, Peng, Wen-Tang
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong; Hung V
• Application Number:
  US11/963,870
• Publication Number:
  US 20090059509A1
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 248/618, 248/633, 361/679.26, 361/679.27, 361/679.3, 361/679.35, 364/708.1, 439/638
• US Class Current: 361/679.37
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/124 of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/128 of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis

Abstract

An exemplary fixing apparatus is for mounting a hard disk drive (HDD) having a plurality of holes defined in sidewalls thereof. The fixing apparatus includes a first side plate, a bracket, and a bezel assembly. The first side plate includes a first pivoting portion, and a second pivoting portion formed near and at one end thereof respectively. The bracket includes a second side plate, and a transverse member perpendicular to the second side plated. The transverse member is pivotably attached to the first pivoting portion. The bezel assembly is pivotably attached to the second pivoting portion. The bezel assembly includes a latch bar having a wedged block. The transverse member includes a positioning plate to detachably engage with the wedged block. The first and second side plates include a plurality of fixing members to engage in the holes of the disk drive, respectively.

Claims

1. A fixing apparatus for fixing a hard disk drive (HDD) with a plurality of holes defined in sidewalls thereof, the fixing apparatus comprising:

a first side plate with a first pivoting portion, and a second pivoting portion, both formed on the first side plate, and located near and at one end of the first slide plate respectively;

a bracket comprising a second side plate, and a transverse member perpendicular to the second side plate, the transverse member pivotably attached to the first pivoting portion of the first side plate, a positioning plate formed on the transverse member;

a bezel assembly pivotably attached to the second pivoting portion of the first side plate and a latch formed on the bezel assembly, the latch having a wedged block detachably engaging with the positioning plate of the bracket; and

a plurality of fixing members attached to the first side plate and the second side plate of the bracket to engage in the holes of the HDD respectively.

2. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transverse member of the bracket comprises a pair of spaced plates, the positioning plate is perpendicularly disposed between the spaced plates.

3. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the spaced plates of the bracket comprise a pair of pivoting holes defined in free end portions thereof, the first pivoting portion of the first side plate comprises a pair of spaced tabs each defining a pivoting hole, the spaced tabs are sandwiched between the spaced plates, a shaft is extended through the pivoting holes of the spaced tabs and the first pivoting portion.

4. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bezel assembly comprises a handle having a pair of pivoting holes defined in two spaced portions thereof, the second pivoting portion of the first side plate comprises a pair of spaced tabs each having a pivoting hole, the tabs of the second pivoting portion are sandwiched between the spaced portions of the handle, a shaft is extended through the pivoting holes of the handle and the second pivoting portion of the first side plate to pivotably connect the bezel assembly to the first side plate.

5. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the fixing members comprises a cap, and a pin with one end embedded in the cap.

6. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the cap comprises a rectangular portion, a cylindrical portion perpendicularly extending from the rectangular portion, and a pair of wedged protrusions extending oppositely from a circumferential wall of the cylindrical portion, the first and second side plates comprise a plurality of mounting holes defined therein to retain the fixing members.

7. A fixing apparatus for fixing a hard disk drive (HDD) with a plurality of holes defined in sidewalls thereof, the fixing apparatus comprising:

a first side plate;

a bracket comprising a second side plate, and a transverse member perpendicularly extending from the second side plate, the transverse member being pivotably attached to the first side plate;

a bezel assembly pivotably attached to the first side plate between a first position where the bezel engaging with the bracket and preventing the bracket from pivoting related to first slide plate, and a second position where the bezel disengaging with the bracket and enabling the bracket to pivot related to first slide plate; and

a plurality of fixing members attached to the first side plate and the second side plate of the bracket to engage in the holes of the HDD respectively.

8. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein an extension portion extends from the second side plate, the extension portion defining a locating cutout, a locking portion is formed on the bezel and engages in the cutout of the extension portion in response to the bezel is pivoted to the first position.

9. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein a positioning plate is formed on the transverse member, a latch bar extends from the bezel and engages with the positioning plate to hold the bezel at the first position.

10. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the latch forms a wedged block detachably locking with the positioning plate.

11. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the transverse member of the bracket comprises a pair of parallel plates, each of the parallel plate defines a pivoting hole, a first pivoting portion is formed on an end of the first side plate and sandwiched between the parallel plates of the bracket, a first shaft is extended through the pivoting holes of parallel plate and the first pivoting portion.

12. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein a second pivoting portion is formed on the first side plate near the first pivoting portion, the bezel defines a pivoting hole, a second shaft is extended through the pivoting holes of bezel and the second pivoting portion.

13. The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first and second shafts are substantially parallel to each other.