Carrier for data storage device

• US 8,286,922 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2010
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2010
• 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: Chou, Chia-Shin, Ye, Zhen-Xing, Zhang, Zi-Xuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Luu, Teri P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Erin W
• Application Number:
  US12/780,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20110233352A1
• Time in Patent Office: 884 Days
• Field of Search: 312/223.2, 312/298, 312/301, 312/303, 248/201, 248/27.1, 211/85.15, 361/796, 361/797, 361/679, 361/695, 361/608, 361/607, 361/679.39
• US Class Current: 248/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives

Abstract

A carrier includes a main bracket. The main bracket includes a first mounting member and a second mounting member. The first mounting member includes a first sidewall and a first front wall. The second mounting member includes a second sidewall and a second front wall. The first front wall is telescopically extensible relative to the second front wall. A retaining width between the first sidewall and the second sidewall is adjustable in order to couple to various size data storage devices.

Claims

1. A carrier, comprising:

a main bracket comprising;

a first mounting member comprising a first sidewall and a first front wall, the first front wall comprising two parallel first arms, and each of the two parallel first arms comprising a pair of parallel first sub-arms;

a second mounting member comprising a second sidewall and a second front wall, the second front wall comprising two parallel second arms, and each of the two second arms comprising a pair of parallel second sub-arms; and

an extension bracket telescopically received in the main bracket between the pair of parallel first sub-arms and the pair of parallel second sub-arms;

wherein the first front wall is telescopically extensible relative to the second front wall along a first direction to adjust a retaining width between the first sidewall and the second sidewall in order to couple to various size data storage devices.

2. The carrier of claim 1, wherein the first arms define the first sliding channels, the first sliding channels are rectangular in cross section, and the second arms are received in the first sliding channels.

3. The carrier of the claim 2, wherein the first guiding slots are defined in the first arms connecting to the first sliding channels, and the guiding tabs are formed on the second arms corresponding to the first guiding slots.

4. The carrier of claim 1, wherein the first front wall is perpendicular to the first sidewall, the second front wall is perpendicular to the second sidewall, and both the first mounting member and the second mounting member are L-shaped.

5. The carrier of claim 1, wherein the extension bracket is telescopically received in the main bracket along a second direction, the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

6. The carrier of claim 5, wherein the extension bracket comprises a third mounting member and a fourth mounting member, the third mounting member comprises a third front wall and a third sidewall, the fourth mounting member comprises a fourth front wall and a fourth sidewall, the third sidewall is received in the second wall, the fourth sidewall is received in the first sidewall, and the third front wall and the fourth front wall are received in the second front wall and the first front wall, respectively.

7. The carrier of claim 6, wherein the third front wall and the fourth front wall are telescopically mounted.

8. The carrier of claim 7, wherein the first front wall is longer in length than the second front wall, and the third front wall is longer in length than the fourth front wall.

16. The carrier of claim 6, wherein a length of the first front wall is longer than a length of the second front wall, and a length of the third front wall is longer than a length of the forth front wall.

9. A carrier comprising:

a main bracket comprising;

a first mounting member comprising a first front wall and a first sidewall; and

a second mounting member comprising a second front wall and a second sidewall, and the second front wall telescopically extensible relative to the first front wall; and

an extension bracket telescopically received in the main bracket, the extension bracket comprising;

a third mounting member, the third mounting member comprising a third front wall and a third sidewall, the third sidewall being received in the second sidewall, and

a fourth mounting member, the fourth mounting member comprises a fourth front wall and a fourth sidewall, the fourth sidewall being received in the first sidewall;

wherein the first mounting member is telescopically extensible relative to the second mounting member and the extension bracket is telescopically extensible relative to the main bracket in order to couple to various size data storage devices, a length of the first front wall is longer than a length of the second front wall, and a length of the third front wall is longer than a length of the forth front wall.

10. The carrier of claim 9, wherein the first front wall comprises at least one first arm, the second front wall comprises at least one second arm, and the second arm is telescopically received in the first arm.

11. The carrier of claim 10, wherein the first arm defines a first sliding channel, the first sliding channel is rectangular in cross section, and the second arm receives in the first sliding channel.

12. The carrier of claim 11, wherein a guiding slot is defined in the first arm connecting to the first channel, and a guiding tab is formed on the second arm corresponding to the guiding slot.

13. The carrier of claim 9, wherein the first front wall comprises at least two parallel arms, and a space is defined between every two adjacent arms.

14. The carrier of claim 9, wherein the first front wall is perpendicular to the first sidewall, the second front wall is perpendicular to the second sidewall, and both the first mounting member and the second mounting member are L-shaped.

15. The carrier of claim 9, wherein the third front wall and the fourth front wall are telescopically mounted.

17. The carrier of claim 10, wherein the first arm comprises a pair of parallel first sub-arms, the second arm comprises a pair of parallel second sub-arms, the extension bracket is telescopically received in the main bracket between the pair of parallel first sub-arms and the pair of parallel second sub-arms.