Mounting mechanism for hard disk drives

• US 8,369,081 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2009
• Issued: 02/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2009
• 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: Chen, Xiao-Zhu
• Primary Examiner(s): HAUGHTON, ANTHONY MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US12/650,560
• Publication Number:
  US 20110103001A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,132 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.39, 312/223.1, 312/223.2
• US Class Current: 361/679.39
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/128 of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis

Abstract

A mounting mechanism for a plurality of hard disk drives is provided. The mounting mechanism includes a chassis, a cage slidably received in the chassis, and two latch members pivotably attached to opposite side plates of cage. Each of the latch members includes a hook. When the latch members are pivoted to locking positions, the hooks of the latch members engage with the chassis to prevent the cage from sliding out of the chassis. When the locking members are pivoted to unlocking positions, the hooks of the latch members disengage from the chassis, therefore, the cage can be withdrawn from the chassis.

Claims

1. A mounting mechanism comprising:

a plurality of first hard disk drives (HDDs);

a plurality of second HDDs, which are different from the first HDDs in size;

a chassis comprising opposite sidewalls;

a first cage accommodating the plurality of first HDDs, and comprising opposite first side plates;

two first latch members pivotably correspondingly attached to the first side plates of the first cage between locking positions and unlock positions;

a second cage accommodating the plurality of second HDDs, and comprising opposite second side plates; and

two second latch members pivotably correspondingly attached to the second side plates of the cage between locking positions and unlock positions;

wherein the first cage and the second cage are selectively securely received in the chassis in response to the corresponding latch members of the selected cage being pivoted to the locking positions to correspondingly engage with the sidewalls of the chassis, each of the first cage and the second cage is enabled to slide in the chassis in response to the corresponding latch members being pivoted to the unlocking positions.

2. The mounting mechanism of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second latch members is strip-shaped, and comprises a hook to engage with one of the sidewalls of the chassis, and an operating portion opposite to the hook.

3. The mounting mechanism of claim 2, wherein each of the first and second latch members defines a pivot hole in a center of the latch member, between the hook and the operating portion, each of the first and second side plates of the first and second cages defines a mounting hole, two fasteners correspondingly pivotably extend through the pivot holes of the first or second latch members and are fastened in the mounting holes of the first or second cage.