Storage unit and electronic device having the same

• US 9,468,129 B1
• Filed: 05/26/2015
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation, Inventec Technology Company Limited (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation, Inventec Technology Company Limited (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Wang, Jia-Bin
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Hung
• Application Number:
  US14/721,178
• Publication Number:
  US 20160309608A1
• Time in Patent Office: 504 Days
• Field of Search: 248/220.21, 248/201, 248/122.1, 248/70, 248/27.3, 361/679.33, 361/679.39, 361/679.27, 361/679.01, 361/679.46, 361/679.55, 361/679.11, 361/679.09, 361/679.56, 361/679.3, 361/679.28, 361/679.47, 361/679.58, 361/679.08, 361/679.4, 361/679.26, 361/679.37, 361/679.59, 361/679.57, 361/679.43, 361/679.41, 312/362, 312/223.2, 312/219, 312/221, 312/215, 312/328, 312/333, 312/404, 312/319.1, 312/111, 439/638, 439/359, 439/357, 439/348, 439/350, 439/76.1, 439/427, 439/502, 720/613, 360/66, 360/75, 360/123.01, 360/245, 360/69, 360/99.13, 360/73.03, 360/55, 360/97.19
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 storage unit, in which a hard disk drive is disposed and detachably installed inside a casing including side walls standing on the tray, a tray and a circuit board disposed on the tray and including a connector, includes a carrier including a frame set. The frame set includes a main frame and a first side frame and a second side frame that are opposite to each other. The first and second side frames are located on the main frame to extend outward to form a first accommodation space. The first and second side frame each includes a positioning portion and a positioning pin each extending towards the first accommodation space. The main frame further includes a stopping portion. The second side frame of the frame set has a free end away from the main frame and the free end is flexible.

Claims

1. A storage unit, in which a hard disk drive is disposed and detachably installed inside a casing including two side walls, a tray and a circuit board, the side walls standing on the tray, the circuit board disposed on the tray and including a connector, the storage unit comprising:

a carrier, comprising;

a frame set comprising a first side frame, a second side frame and a main frame, the first side frame being opposite to the second side frame, both the first side frame and the second side frame being located on a same side of the main frame to extend outward to form a first accommodation space, the first side frame further comprising at least one first positioning portion and at least one first positioning pin each extending towards the first accommodation space, the second side frame further comprising at least one second positioning portion and at least one second positioning pin each extending towards the first accommodation space, the main frame further comprising a stopping portion;

wherein the second side frame of the frame set has a free end away from the main frame and the free end is flexible.

2. The storage unit according to claim 1, wherein, when the hard disk drive is to be installed, the hard disk drive is moved to be pressed against the at least one first positioning portion and the stopping portion along the first side frame, at least one first hole of the hard disk drive aligns with the at least one first positioning pin, the free end is moved away from the first accommodation space along a vertical direction of the second side frame, the hard disk drive is pressed against the at least one second positioning portion, the free end is released to allow the at least one second positioning pin to insert into at least one second hole of the hard disk drive so as to fix the hard disk drive;

when the hard disk drive is to be detached, the free end is moved away to allow the at least one second positioning pin to detach from the at least one second hole of the hard disk drive, the hard disk drive is able to be separated from the second positioning portion, then the hard disk drive is detached from the at least one first positioning portion and the stopping portion until the first hole of the hard disk drive is detached from the at least one first positioning pin.

3. The storage unit according to claim 1, wherein the carrier further comprises a disk-drive bay, the frame set is detachably disposed inside the disk-drive bay, the disk-drive bay comprises a first side section and a second side section that is opposite to the first side section, the first side section and the second side section together form a second accommodation space that is larger than the first accommodation space, the first side section matches with the first side frame, the second side section matches with second side frame and has a flexibility which corresponds to a flexibility of the second side frame such that the second side section is for being temporarily moved with the free end of the second side frame.

4. The storage unit according to claim 1, wherein the carrier further comprises a handle and a resilient catch, the handle includes a pivot located on a corner spot of the main frame and away from an extending direction of the first side frame or an extending direction of the second side frame, the resilient catch is selectively for fixing a rear end of the handle that is away from the rear end of the handle to remain at a first position or detaching the handle to remain at a second position.

5. The storage unit according to claim 4, wherein the side walls comprise an engaging portion, a pair of rails and at least one positioning part, when the storage unit is inserted into the casing, the storage unit is inserted between the two side walls along the pair of rails, the handle is moved from the second position to the first position, the handle is engaged with the engaging portion, the resilient catch fixes the rear end of the handle, the at least one positioning part contacts at least one stopper of the storage unit to fix the storage unit.

6. The storage unit according to claim 4, wherein the two side walls comprise an engaging portion, a pair of rails and at least one positioning part, when the storage unit is withdrawn from the casing, the resilient catch is separated from the rear end of the handle to allow the handle to be detached from the engaging portion, a stopper of the storage unit is separated from the at least one positioning part, and the storage unit is withdrawn form the casing along the pair of rails of the side walls.

7. A electronic device in which at least one storage unit is disposed, the electronic device comprising:

a casing, comprising two side walls, a tray and a circuit board, the side walls standing on the tray, the circuit board disposed on the tray and comprising a connector; and

a storage unit in which a hard disk drive is disposed, the storage unit comprising;

a frame set comprising a first side frame, a second side frame and a main frame, the first side frame being opposite to the second side frame, both the first side frame and the second side frame being located on a same side of the main frame to extend outward to together form a first accommodation space, the first side frame further comprising at least one first positioning portion and at least one first positioning pin each extending toward the first accommodation space, the second side frame further comprising at least one second positioning portion and at least one second positioning pin each extending toward the first accommodation space, and the main frame further comprising a stopping portion;

wherein the second side frame of the frame set has a free end away from the main frame and the free end is flexible, the storage unit is detachably disposed on the tray and located between the side walls so as to electrically connect the hard disk drive to the connector of the circuit board.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the storage unit further comprises a handle and a resilient catch, the handle a pivot located on a corner spot of the main frame and away from an extending direction of the first side frame or an extending direction of the second side frame, the resilient catch is selectively for fixing a rear end of the handle that is away from the rear end of the handle to remain at a first position or detaching the handle to remain at a second position.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the two side walls comprise an engaging portion, a pair of rails and at least one positioning part, when the storage unit is inserted into the casing, the storage unit is inserted between the two side walls along the pair of rails, the handle is moved from the second position to the first position, the handle is fastened to the engaging portion, the resilient catch fixes the rear end of the handle, the at least one positioning part contacts at least one stopper of the storage unit to fix the storage unit.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the two side walls comprise an engaging portion, a pair of rails and at least one positioning part, when the storage unit is withdrawn from the casing, the resilient catch is disengaged from the rear end of the handle to allow the handle to be detached from the engaging portion, a stopper of the storage unit is separated from the at least one positioning part, and the storage unit is withdrawn form the casing along the pair of rails of the side walls.