Mounting apparatus for data storage device

• US 8,254,106 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2009
• Issued: 08/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cloud Network Technology Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tung, Chien-Chih, Wang, Wen-Chen, Liu, Chung-Ping, Lin, Chieh-Hsiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Jinhee
• Assistant Examiner(s): WRIGHT, INGRID D
• Application Number:
  US12/612,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20110085291A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,027 Days
• Field of Search: 36167933-67939, 361/679.01, 361/679.02, 361724-727, 3122231-2232, 248/200
• US Class Current: 361/679.33
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/124 of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis

Abstract

A mounting apparatus includes a latching member, a fastening tab, a fixing member, and a securing member. The fixing member includes a fixing plate, and a resisting plate extending from a first end of the fixing plate. The securing member includes a fixing board, and opposite clamping boards perpendicularly extending from a top and a bottom sides of a first end of the fixing board. A fixing tab extends from a second? end of the fixing board. A second end of the fixing plate is movably mounted to the clamping boards. The fastening tab is fixed to a distal end of the resisting plate, and operably clamped with the fixing tab. The latching member is rotatably mounted to the second end of the fixing plate, away from the resisting plate, and rotated to engage with or disengage from the clamping boards.

Claims

1. A mounting apparatus for a data storage device, the mounting apparatus comprising:

a latching member;

a fastening tab;

a fixing member comprising a fixing plate, a resisting plate perpendicularly extending from a first end of the fixing plate, and a connecting portion located at a second end of the fixing plate, the connecting portion comprising two opposite connecting pieces each defining a fastening hole; and

a securing member comprising a fixing board, and opposite clamping boards perpendicularly extending from a top and a bottom sides of a first end of the fixing board, a fixing tab perpendicularly extending from a second end of the fixing board, each clamping board defining an adjusting hole;

wherein the second end of the fixing plate is movably mounted to the clamping boards;

the fastening tab is fixed to a distal end of the resisting plate, and operably clamped with the fixing tab;

the latching member is rotatably mounted to the second end of the fixing plate, and rotatable to engage with or disengage from the clamping boards, two fasteners are passed through the adjusting holes, and then screwed into the fastening holes, respectively.

2. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the adjusting holes have double-D shaped, the fasteners are moveable in the corresponding adjusting holes.

3. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein each connecting piece further defines a pivoting hole, the latching member comprises two pivoting shafts pivotably engaged in the pivoting holes, respectively.

4. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein each clamping board further defines a cutout neighboring the corresponding adjusting hole, the latching member comprises opposite fixing shafts, each fixing shaft is rotated to engage in or disengage from the corresponding cutout.

5. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein a through slot is defined in the fixing board of the securing member, a clamping block extends from a distal end of the resisting plate, to engage in the through slot.

6. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the resisting plate defines two fixing holes, the fastening tab comprises a fixing portion, two fixing protrusions protrude from the fixing portion and engage in the fixing holes, respectively.

7. The mounting apparatus of claim 6, wherein the fixing tab of the securing member defines a locking slot, the fastening tab further comprises a latching portion opposite to the fixing portion, a clamping block protrudes from the latching portion, opposite to the fixing protrusions, the clamping block is clamped in the locking slot.

8. The mounting apparatus of claim 7, wherein the fastening tab further comprises an operating portion between the fixing portion and the latching portion, the operating portion is operable to force the clamping block to disengage from the locking slot.

9. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a switching card fixed to a rear side of the data storage device, wherein the switching card comprises a connecting board, a first fastening slot and a second fastening slot are defined in the fixing plate of the fixing member, a matching slot is defined in the fixing board of the securing member;

a first fixing block and a second fixing block both extend from a first end of the connecting board to engage in the first and second fastening slots, respectively;

a fixing flange extends from a second end of the connecting board, opposite to the first end of the connecting board, to engage in the matching slot.

10. A mounting apparatus for a data storage device, the mounting apparatus comprising:

a latching member;

a fastening tab;

a fixing member comprising a fixing plate, and a resisting plate perpendicularly extending from the fixing plate;

a connecting portion extending from the fixing plate, away from the resisting plate, wherein the latching member is rotatably mounted to the connecting portion, the fastening tab is fixed to the resisting plate; and

a securing member comprising a fixing board, and opposite clamping boards perpendicularly extending from a top and a bottom sides of the fixing board, respectively, a fixing tab extending from the fixing board;

each clamping board defining an adjusting hole, the connecting portion movably mounted to the clamping boards;

wherein when the fixing member is moved towards the securing member, the connecting portion is moved along the adjusting holes, and the fastening tab is moved to clamped with the fixing tab, thereafter, the latching member is rotatable to engage with the fixing board.

11. The mounting apparatus of claim 10, wherein the connecting portion comprises opposite connecting pieces each defining a fastening hole, the connecting pieces are sandwiched between the clamping boards, two fasteners are passed through the adjusting holes, and then screwed into the fastening holes, respectively.

12. The mounting apparatus of claim 11, wherein each connecting piece further defines a pivoting hole, the latching member comprises two pivoting shafts pivotably engaged in the pivoting holes, respectively.

13. The mounting apparatus of claim 11, wherein each clamping board further defines a cutout neighboring the corresponding adjusting hole, the latching member comprises opposite fixing shafts, each fixing shaft is rotated to engaged in or disengaged from the corresponding cutout.

14. The mounting apparatus of claim 10, wherein a through slot is defined in the fixing board of the securing member, a clamping block extends from a distal end of the of the resisting plate, to engaged in the through slot.

15. The mounting apparatus of claim 10, wherein the resisting plate defines two fixing holes, the fastening tab comprises a fixing portion, two fixing protrusions protrude from the fixing portion engage in the fixing holes, respectively.

16. The mounting apparatus of claim 15, wherein the fixing tab of the securing member defines a locking slot, the fastening tab further comprises a latching portion opposite to the fixing portion, a clamping block protrudes from the latching portion, opposite to the fixing protrusions, the clamping block is clamped in the locking slot.

17. The mounting apparatus of claim 16, wherein the fastening tab further comprises an operating portion between the fixing portion and the latching portion, the operating portion is operable to force the clamping block to disengage from the locking slot.

18. A mounting apparatus for a data storage device, the mounting apparatus comprising:

a latching member;

a fastening tab;

a fixing member comprising a fixing plate and a resisting plate perpendicularly extending from a first end of the fixing plate, wherein a first fastening slot and a second fastening slot are defined in the fixing plate of the fixing member;

a securing member comprising a fixing board, and opposite clamping boards perpendicularly extending from a top and a bottom sides of a first end of the fixing board, a fixing tab perpendicularly extending from a second end of the fixing board, wherein a matching slot is defined in the fixing board of the securing member; and

a switching card fixed to a rear side of the data storage device, wherein the switching card comprises a connecting board, a first fixing block and a second fixing block both extend from a first end of the connecting board to engage in the first and second fastening slots, respectively;

a fixing flange extends from a second end of the connecting board, opposite to the first end of the connecting board, to engage in the matching slot;

wherein a second end of the fixing plate is movably mounted to the clamping boards;

the fastening tab is fixed to a distal end of the resisting plate, and operably clamped with the fixing tab;

the latching member is rotatably mounted to the second end of the fixing plate, and rotatable to engage with or disengage from the clamping boards.