Supporting device and mounting apparatus for data storage device and electronic device having the same

• US 9,448,600 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2015
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fulian Precision Electronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Peng, Wen-Tang, Yang, Jie
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Adrian S
• Application Number:
  US14/753,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20160161997A1
• Time in Patent Office: 449 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.33
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/128 of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis

Abstract

An electronic device includes a chassis having two side walls, two data storage devices, two supporting devices, and a bezel. Each side wall defines a lock hole. Each supporting device includes a bracket, a pair of lock pieces, and a pair of connecting members. The bracket includes two opposite side plates each defining a lock opening.

Each lock piece includes two clasp members. Each connecting member includes two second poles. The first clasp members extend through the lock openings and insert into the lock holes. The second clasp members of the front supporting device are detachably coupled to the bezel, and the second clasp members of the rear the supporting devices are detachably coupled to the front supporting device. The second poles of the front supporting device are coupled to the bezel, and the second poles of the rear supporting device are coupled to the front supporting device.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a chassis having two side walls, wherein a front end of the each side wall defines a lock hole;

two data storage devices configured to be coupled to the chassis;

two supporting devices coupled to each other and slidably received between the two side walls of the chassis, each of the two supporting devices comprising;

a bracket to receive one of the data storage devices and comprising two opposite side plates;

a pair of lock pieces respectively mounted to the side plates, wherein each lock piece comprises a first clasp member and a second clasp member opposite to the first clasp member, each side plate defines a lock opening, and the first clasp members are configured to extend through the lock openings and insert into the lock holes of the chassis; and

a pair of connecting members, wherein each of the pair of connecting members comprises a first pole slidably coupled to the corresponding side plate and a second pole rotatably coupled to the first pole; and

a bezel coupled to a front one of the supporting devices, wherein the second clasp members of the front supporting device are configured to be detachably coupled to the bezel, the second clasp members of a rear one of the supporting devices are configured to be detachably coupled to a rear end of the front supporting device, the second poles of the front supporting device are configured to be coupled to the bezel, and the second poles of the rear supporting device are configured to be coupled to the rear end of the front supporting device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein an operating portion is rotatably coupled to a front end of the bezel, two protrusions protrude out from one end of the operating portion, and one of the side walls defines two mounting holes to lock the protrusions.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein each lock piece comprises a first pressing portion, a second pressing portion, and a mounting piece coupled between the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion, the mounting piece is configured to be mounted to the corresponding side plate, the first clasp member extends from an extremity of the first pressing portion, the second clasp member extends from an extremity of the second pressing portion, each side plate defines two lock slots to allow the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion to extend through.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein each side plate defines a slide slot extending along a lengthwise direction of the side plate, a fastener passes through the slide slot and fastens to a rear end of the corresponding first pole.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein two opposite end of the bezel respectively define a pivot hole to be pivotably coupled to a front end of the corresponding second pole of the front supporting device, and a lock opening to detachably lock the second clasp member of the front supporting device.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a positioning member is configured to be mounted to an inside of each side plate, the connecting member and the lock piece mounted to each side plate are located between the side plate and the corresponding positioning member.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein a rear end of each positioning member of the front supporting device defines a pivot hole to be pivotably coupled to a front end of the corresponding second pole of the rear supporting device, and a lock opening to detachably lock the second clasp member of the rear supporting device.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein an upper portion of a first side of the positioning member defines a groove along the lengthwise direction of the positioning member to receive the corresponding lock piece, a lower portion of the first side of the positioning member defines a groove along the lengthwise direction of the positioning member to receive the corresponding connecting member, a second side of each positioning member defines a positioning groove along a lengthwise direction of the positioning member, a plurality of posts protrude out from opposite sides of each data storage device, the posts are configured to be received in the corresponding positioning groove.

9. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein a stop plate extends inward from a rear end of each positioning member of the front supporting device, to engage with a front end of the data storage device mounted in the rear supporting device.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a circuit board is mounted to a rear end of the front supporting device, a first connector is mounted to a front end of the circuit board to be electrically coupled to the storage device mounted in the front supporting device, and a second connector is mounted to a rear end of the circuit board to be electrically coupled to the storage device mounted in the rear supporting device.

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

a first supporting device comprising;

a bracket configured for receiving the data storage device and comprising two opposite side plates;

a pair of lock pieces respectively mounted to the side plates, wherein each lock piece comprises a first clasp member and a second clasp member opposite to the first clasp member, each side plate defines a lock opening, the first clasp members are configured to extend through the lock openings; and

a pair of connecting members, wherein each of the pair of connecting members comprises a first pole slidably coupled to the corresponding side plate and a second pole rotatably coupled to the first pole; and

a bezel coupled to the first supporting device, wherein the second clasp members of the first supporting device are configured to be detachably coupled to the bezel, and the second poles of the first supporting device are configured to be coupled to the bezel.

12. The mounting apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a second supporting device coupled to a rear end of the first supporting device, wherein the second supporting device comprises a bracket, a pair of lock pieces, and a pair of connecting members, the bracket of the second supporting device is configured for receiving another data storage device and comprises two opposite side plates, the lock pieces of the second supporting device are respectively mounted to the side plates of the second supporting device, each lock piece of the second supporting device comprises a first clasp member and a second clasp member opposite to the first clasp member, each side plate of the second supporting device defines a lock opening, the first clasp members of the second supporting device are configured to extend through the lock openings of the second supporting device, the second clasp members of the second supporting device are configured to be detachably coupled to a rear end of the first supporting device, each connecting member of the second supporting device comprises a first pole slidably coupled to the corresponding side plate, and a second pole rotatably coupled to the first pole of the second supporting device and coupled to the rear end of the first supporting device.

13. The mounting apparatus of claim 12, wherein each lock piece comprises a first pressing portion, a second pressing portion, and a mounting piece coupled between the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion, the mounting piece is configured to be mounted to the corresponding side plate, the first clasp member extends from an extremity of the first pressing portion, the second clasp member extends from an extremity of the second pressing portion, each side plate defines two lock slots to allow the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion to extend through.

14. The mounting apparatus of claim 12, wherein each side plate defines a slide slot extending along a lengthwise direction of the side plate, a fastener passes through the slide slot and fastens to a rear end of the corresponding first pole.

15. The mounting apparatus of claim 12, wherein two opposite end of the bezel respectively define a pivot hole to be pivotably coupled to a front end of the corresponding second pole of the first supporting device, and a lock opening to detachably lock the second clasp member of the first supporting device.

16. The mounting apparatus of claim 12, wherein a positioning member is configured to be mounted to an inside of each side plate, the connecting member and the lock piece mounted to each side plate are located between the side plate and the corresponding positioning member.

17. The mounting apparatus of claim 12, wherein a rear end of each positioning member of the first supporting device defines a pivot hole to be pivotably coupled to a front end of the corresponding second pole of the second supporting device, and a lock opening to detachably lock the second clasp member of the second supporting device.

18. The mounting apparatus of claim 12, wherein an upper portion of a first side of the positioning member defines a groove along the lengthwise direction of the positioning member to receive the corresponding lock piece, a lower portion of the first side of the positioning member defines a groove along the lengthwise direction of the positioning member to receive the corresponding connecting member, a second side of each positioning member defines a positioning groove along a lengthwise direction of the positioning member, a plurality of posts protrude out from opposite sides of each data storage device, the posts are configured to be received in the corresponding positioning groove.

19. The mounting apparatus of claim 12, wherein a circuit board is mounted to a rear end of the first supporting device, a first connector is mounted to a front end of the circuit board to be electrically coupled to the storage device mounted in the first supporting device, and a second connector is mounted to a rear end of the circuit board to be electrically coupled to the storage device mounted in the second supporting device.

20. A supporting device for a data storage device, the supporting device comprising:

a bracket configured for receiving the data storage device and comprising two opposite side plates;

a pair of lock pieces respectively mounted to the side plates, wherein each lock piece comprises a first clasp member and a second clasp member opposite to the first clasp member, each side plate defines a lock opening, the first clasp members are configured to extend through the lock openings; and

a pair of connecting members wherein each of the pair of connecting members comprises a first pole slidably coupled to the corresponding side plate and a second pole rotatably coupled to the first pole.