Loading mechanism of storage device

• US 9,360,902 B1
• Filed: 04/29/2015
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Supermicro Computer Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Supermicro Computer Incorporated
• Inventors: Yang, Che-Ming Jerry, Liang, Lawrence H., Chen, Richard S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Baxter, Gwendolyn
• Application Number:
  US14/699,098
• Time in Patent Office: 405 Days
• Field of Search: 248/27.1, 248/310, 248/313, 248/316.8, 312/223.1, 361/679.33
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives

Abstract

A loading mechanism of a storage device for accommodating a hard drive has a loading body and a second supporting arm. The loading body includes a loading base, a first supporting arm extending from one end of the loading base, and an assembling part provided on the loading base. The second supporting arm is laterally and slidably connected to another end of the loading base, and is disposed correspondingly to the first supporting arm. One end of the second supporting arm includes a stand disposed on the loading base and a sliding member disposed on the stand. The sliding member has an elastic engaging part being able to detachably connect to the assembling part. Therefore, the goal of quickly replacing hard disk without using any screws can be achieved.

Claims

1. A loading mechanism of storage device used for accommodating a hard drive, comprising:

a loading body, including a loading base, a first supporting arm extending from one end of the loading base, and an assembling part provided on the loading base; and

a second supporting arm laterally and slidably connected to another end of the loading base, and disposed correspondingly to the first supporting arm;

one end of the second supporting arm including a stand disposed on the loading base and a sliding member disposed on the stand;

the sliding member having an elastic engaging part being able to detachably connect to the assembling part.

2. The loading mechanism of storage device according to claim 1, wherein the sliding member further includes a slider, a restricting part, and a plurality of positioning posts disposed on a side surface of the slider, the restricting part and the elastic engaging part are disposed at two ends of the slider, respectively, the stand includes a plurality of positioning holes and a pair of through holes, each of the plurality of positioning posts is accommodated in each of the plurality of positioning holes to position the sliding member onto the stand, and the pair of the through holes are respectively disposed correspondingly to the restricting part and the elastic engaging part.

3. The loading mechanism of storage device according to claim 2, wherein the assembling part further includes a pair of assembling pillars protruded from a direction of a carrier board of the loading base, each of the assembling pillars penetrates through the restricting part of the sliding member and the elastic engaging part, and each of the through holes, the restricting part is operative to restrict an amount of the displacement of the corresponding assembling pillar.

4. The loading mechanism of storage device according to claim 3, wherein the sliding member further includes an elastic hooking part disposed corresponding to the elastic engaging part and a gap provided between the elastic engaging part and the elastic hooking part, the corresponding assembling pillar is inserted through the gap, and the elastic engaging part and the elastic hooking part are against a cylindrical surface of the assembling pillar.

5. The loading mechanism of storage device according to claim 4, wherein the elastic engaging part further includes a protruding point, openings of the restricting part and the corresponding through hole are both formed as elliptical shape.

6. The loading mechanism of storage device according to claim 2 further comprising an assembling plate provided with a pair of assembling holes and a pair of fixing members, an area of the assembling plate being larger than an area of the pair of the through holes and the assembling plate pushing the stand against the loading base, wherein each of the fixing members extends through each of the pair of assembling holes and each of the pair of assembling pillar, respectively, to restricts a relative movement of the second supporting arm and the loading base.

7. The loading mechanism of storage device according to claim 1, wherein the stand further includes a stopper plate vertically protruded away from the sliding member therefrom, and the stopper plate is disposed on a top of a carrier board of the loading base.

8. The loading mechanism of storage device according to claim 7 further comprising a fastening member having a pressing part, a hinge, and a hook, the fastening member being disposed on the loading base near the stopper plate, the pressing part and the hook being provided on two sides of the hinge, respectively, and the stopper plate further being provided with a buckling hole for engaging with the hook.

9. The loading mechanism of storage device according to claim 1, wherein edges of the loading base, the first supporting arm, and the second supporting arm are respectively connected to a carrier board, a height of the carrier board of the second supporting arm is higher than a height of the carrier board of the loading base, the carrier boards of the loading base and the first supporting arm are connected to each other, the first supporting arm further includes a pair of protruding parts and a pair of pads, each of the protruding parts protrudes toward the second supporting arm in parallel with the carrier board, each of the pair of pads is disposed on the carrier board.

10. The loading mechanism of storage device according to claim 1, wherein the second supporting arm further includes a pair of protruding parts, the carrier board includes a reinforcing rib parallel to the second supporting arm.

11. The loading mechanism of storage device according to claim 1 further comprising a handle having a pivot and a pushing part, the pushing part being provided on one end of the handle, and the handle rotatably connected to the loading base with the pivot as a rotation axis.