Holding device for hard disk drive

• US 8,351,197 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2011
• Issued: 01/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lo, Wu-Jen
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Adrian S
• Application Number:
  US13/097,088
• Publication Number:
  US 20120212898A1
• Time in Patent Office: 620 Days
• Field of Search: 36167933-67945, 174/50
• US Class Current: 361/679.34
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/08 Insulation or absorption of undesired vibrations or sounds
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/124 of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis

Abstract

A holding device for holding a HDD includes two elastic members and two frame members. The HDD includes a first end and a second end. The two elastic members are configured for respectively encasing the first end and the second end. Each frame member includes a base portion, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and at least one pair of clamping portions. The base portion includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first and second sidewalls extend from two opposite ends of the base portion. The first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the first surface cooperatively define a groove for receiving a corresponding one of the two elastic members. The clamping portions in each pair of clamping portion extends out from the first sidewall and the second sidewall and configured for engaging with a corresponding pair of clamping portions of another frame member.

Claims

1. A holding device for holding a hard disk drive, the hard disk drive comprising a first end and a second end, the holding device comprising:

two elastic members, one elastic member being configured for encasing the first end, and the other elastic member being configured for encasing the second end; and

two frame members, each frame member comprising;

a base portion comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a first sidewall;

a second sidewall, the first and second sidewalls extending from two opposite ends of the base portion, the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the first surface cooperatively defining a groove, the groove receiving a corresponding one of the two elastic members and

two pairs of clamping portions, the clamping portions in each pair of clamping portions extending out from the first sidewall and the second sidewall and configured for engaging with a corresponding pair of clamping portions of another frame member;

wherein each pair of clamping portions comprises a clamping arm and an engaging arm, the two clamping arms of the two pairs of clamping portions extend from the first sidewall and the second sidewall respectively, the two engaging arms of the two pairs of clamping portions also extend from the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the clamping arm and the engaging arm in each pair of clamping portions are aligned with each other, each engaging arm comprises a pair of ribs, the ribs extend up from two long sides of the engaging arm.

2. The holding device of claim 1, wherein each clamping arm is an elongated plate and comprises a hook, the hook protrudes from a surface of the clamping arm, each engaging arm is an elongated plate and defines a through hole configured for receiving the hook of a corresponding clamping arm of another frame member.

3. The holding device of claim 1, wherein each frame member comprises a pair of limiting walls opposite to each other and extending outwardly form the first surface, each limiting wall connects between the first sidewall and the second sidewall.

4. The holding device of claim 1, wherein each elastic members comprises a rectangular plate portion, a pair of first walls perpendicularly connecting to two opposite ends of the plate portion, and a pair of second walls perpendicularly connecting to another two opposite ends of the plate portion, the plate portion, the first walls and the second walls cooperatively defines a receiving space for encasing a corresponding one of the first and second ends.

5. The holding device of claim 1, wherein each elastic member comprises a rectangular plate portion, a pair of first walls perpendicularly connecting to two opposite ends of the plate portion, the plate portion and the first walls cooperatively defines a receiving space for encasing a corresponding one of the first and second ends.

6. The holding device of claim 1, wherein each elastic member comprises a pair of first walls opposite to each other and a pair of second walls opposite to each other, each second wall perpendicularly connects with the first walls, the first walls and the second walls cooperatively defines a receiving space for encasing a corresponding one of the first and second ends.

7. The holding device of claim 1, wherein each frame member comprises a pair of connection portions extending out from the second surface, each connection portion is plated-shape and comprises a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and a cylinder aligning portion perpendicularly extending from the bottom surface, each connection portion also defines a mounting hole through the top surface and the bottom surface.

8. The holding device of claim 1, wherein the elastic members are made of rubber.

9. The holding device of claim 1, wherein the frame members are made of plastic by injection molding.

10. A holding device for holding a hard disk drive, the hard disk drive comprising a first end and a second end, the holding device comprising:

two elastic members, each elastic member defining a receiving space for receiving a corresponding one of the first end and the second end; and

two frame members, each frame member defining a groove configured for receiving one of the elastic members, each frame member comprising two pairs of clamping portions, the clamping portions of one frame member being configured for engaging with the clamping portions of another frame member to hold the hard disk drive therebetween;

wherein each pair of clamping portions comprises a clamping arm and an engaging arm, the two clamping arms of the two pairs of clamping portions extend from the first sidewall and the second sidewall respectively, the two engaging arms of the two pairs of clamping portions also extend from the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the clamping arm and the engaging arm in each pair of clamping portions are aligned with each other, each engaging arm comprises a pair of ribs, the ribs extend up from two long sides of the engaging arm.