TW201926325A - Hard disk bracket assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

A hard disk bracket assembly configured for disposing a disk includes an installing rack and a manipulating device. The installing rack includes a holder and two assembling portions. The holder surrounds an accommodating space. The holder has two movable ends on a side, and the two movable ends are movable toward or away from each other. The accommodating space is configured for disposing the disk. The two assembling portions are respectively connected to the two movable ends, and each of which has an assembling hole. The manipulating device has a baes and a first engaging member. The base has a limiting hole. The first engaging member is slidably disposed on the base, and has an engaging position and a releasing position. When the first engaging member is in the releasing position, two assembling portions are able to penetrate trough the limiting hole. The first engaging member is slidable from the releasing position toward the engaging position to be engaged in the assembling hole so that the two assembling portions are confined by the limiting hole and the two assembling portions are thus moved toward to each other.

Description

Hard disk frame assembly

The present invention relates to a hard disk frame assembly, and more particularly to a quick release hard disk frame assembly.

Today, the world is in an era of rapid development of information technology, and computers have been widely used in various fields. Among the many components of a computer, the hard disk mainly plays the role of storing operating systems, applications, and user data. In addition, the hard disk has the characteristics of large data storage and repeatable reading and writing. The main device for storing data in computer equipment. In addition to the average personal computer, in order to provide fast and diverse electronic services, the servers used are often equipped with a large number of hard disks.

In order to avoid the vibration caused by the hard disk running, the hard disk operation performance is reduced or even faulty. Most of the hard disk is installed in the hard disk receiving box to reduce the vibration caused by the buffer of the hard disk receiving box. Impact. Generally speaking, the hard disk and the hard disk receiving case are fixed by screws. However, when the hard disk needs to be replaced, the user must first use the tool to remove the attached screw to remove the hard disk from the receiving box, which causes the replacement process to be complicated and inconvenient. For a server with a large number of hard disks, it takes a lot of manpower and man-hours. Therefore, how to simplify the replacement process of the hard disk and improve the efficiency of loading and unloading the hard disk, and saving manpower and working hours will be one of the problems that the research and development personnel have to solve.

The invention provides a hard disk frame assembly, which simplifies the process of replacing the hard disk and improves the efficiency of loading and unloading the hard disk, and saves manpower and man-hours.

A hard disk frame assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention is suitable for mounting a hard disk, including a mounting frame and an operating device. The mounting frame includes a clamping frame portion, a first assembly portion and a second assembly portion. The clamping frame surrounds an installation space, and one side of the clamping frame has two movable ends that are relatively far apart or close to each other. The installation space is for the hard disk setting. The first assembly portion and the second assembly portion are respectively connected to the two movable ends of the clamping frame portion, and each has an assembly hole. The operating device comprises a body and a first fastening component. The seat body has a limit perforation. The first fastening component is slidably disposed on the base body and has a snap position and a release position. When the first fastening component is in the release position, the first assembly part and the second assembly part can be pierced by the limiting hole, and the first fastening component can be slid from the release position to the buckle position and fastened to the assembly hole, so that The first assembly portion and the second assembly portion are constrained by the restricted position perforation.

According to the hard disk frame assembly disclosed in the above embodiment, since the installation space of the clamping frame portion can be adjusted relatively close to or away from the movable ends of the mounting frame. Therefore, the user only needs to pull the two movable ends of the clamping frame portion to allow the hard disk to be clamped in the clamping frame portion or to be separated from the clamping frame portion. Furthermore, it is only necessary to pass the first assembly portion and the second assembly portion connected to the two movable ends through the limiting hole and to slide the first fastening member and fasten the first fastening member to the assembly hole of the assembly portion. The two movable ends can be fixed through the limit perforation without using a tool, and the clamping frame is clamped to the hard disk, thereby improving the assembly speed between the hard disk frame assembly and the hard disk.

The above description of the present invention and the following description of the embodiments are intended to illustrate and explain the principles of the invention, and to provide a further explanation of the scope of the invention.

Please refer to Figure 1 to Figure 3. 1 is a perspective view of a hard disk frame assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the operating device of FIG. 1. FIG. Figure 3 is a perspective view of the loading device of Figure 1.

This embodiment discloses a hard disk frame assembly 1 suitable for mounting a hard disk 2. The hard disk frame assembly 1 includes a mounting frame 10, four assembly posts 11, two positioning posts 12, and an operating device 13.

The mounting frame 10 includes a clamping frame 101, a first assembly portion 102 and a second assembly portion 103. The clamping frame portion 101 includes a first side bracket 1012, a second side bracket 1013, a flexible bracket 1014, a first extending bracket 1015 and a second extending bracket 1016.

The first side bracket 1012 is opposite to the second side bracket 1013 and has a first side edge 10121, 10131 and a second side edge 10122, 10132.

The flexible bracket 1014 is coupled to the first side brackets 1012 and the first side edges 10121, 10131 of the second side bracket 1013.

The first extension bracket 1015 is coupled to the second side edge 10122 of the first side bracket 1012 and extends toward the second side bracket 1013. The second extension bracket 1016 is then coupled to the second side edge 10132 of the second side bracket 1013 and extends toward the first side bracket 1012. That is, the first extension bracket 1015 and the second extension bracket 1016 are opposite to the flexible bracket 1014. The first side bracket 1012, the second side bracket 1013, the first extension bracket 1015, the second extension bracket 1016, and the flexible bracket 1014 collectively surround the installation space 1017.

The first extension bracket 1015 has a movable end 10151 on a side away from the first side bracket 1012, and the second extension bracket 1016 has a movable end 10161 on a side away from the second side bracket 1013.

The first assembly portion 102 is coupled to the movable end 10151 of the first extension bracket 1015 and has a first assembly hole 1021. The second assembly portion 103 is coupled to the movable end 10161 of the second extension bracket 1016 and has a second assembly hole 1031. The first assembly portion 102 and the second assembly portion 103 can respectively adjust the size of the installation space 1017 by moving the movable end 10151 and the movable end 10161 relatively away from or close to each other. For example, the size of the first assembly portion 102 and the second assembly portion 103 close to each other in the fashion installation space 1017 is smaller than the size of the installation space 1017 when the first assembly portion 102 and the second assembly portion 103 are apart from each other.

In the present embodiment, the distance between the first assembly portion 102 and the first side bracket 1012 is smaller than the distance between the second assembly portion 103 and the second side bracket 1013. That is, the length of the first extension bracket 1015 and the second extension bracket 1016 are different to form an asymmetrical design. In this way, the asymmetric design can be used to prevent the user from accidentally assembling the mounting frame 10 and the operating device 13 in the wrong direction. However, it is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the distance between the first assembly portion 102 and the first side bracket 1012 may be the same as the distance between the second assembly portion 103 and the second side bracket 1013.

The four assembly columns 11 are disposed on the first side bracket 1012 and the second side bracket 1013 facing a surface 10121 and 10131 of the installation space 1017 for inserting the hard disk 2 into the hard disk 2 respectively. Assembly slots 20.

In the present embodiment, the number of the assembly columns 11 corresponds to the number of the assembly slots 20 of the hard disk 2 being four and two opposite to each other, but is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, fewer than four or more than four assembly posts may be configured in accordance with the number of assembly slots on the hard disk.

The two positioning posts 12 are respectively disposed on a surface 10152, 10162 of the first extension bracket 1015 and the second extension bracket 1016 opposite to the installation space 1017.

The operating device 13 includes a body 131, a first fastening component 132, an elastic component 133, a handle 134, a second fastening component 135, and an electromagnetic interference protection module 136.

The seat body 131 has a first surface 1311, a second surface 1312, a limiting through hole 1313, and two positioning holes 1314 corresponding to the two positioning posts 12. The first surface 1311 is opposite the second surface 1312, and the first surface 1311 faces the mounting frame 10. The limiting through hole 1313 penetrates the first surface 1311 and the second surface 1312. The two positioning holes 1314 are located on the first surface 1311 for inserting the positioning posts 12 of the mounting frame 10.

The first fastening member 132 is slidably disposed on the second surface 1312 of the base 131 and has a snap position and a release position. The first fastening component 132 includes an operating portion 1321 , a body portion 1322 and a latch portion 1323 . The latch portion 1323 has an abutting slope 13231. The elastic member 133 is disposed between the seat body 131 and the operating portion 1321. When the first latching member 132 is in the latching position, the abutting slope 13231 of the latch portion 1323 is aligned with the limiting through hole 1313, and can be pushed by the first assembling portion 102 and the second assembling portion 103 to make the first latching member. 132 is slid from the snap position to the release position. The first fastening member 132 can be driven by the elastic member 133 to return to the buckle position from the release position, and the latch portion 1323 is disposed through the first assembly hole 1031 and the second assembly hole 1032 to make the first assembly portion 102 and the first assembly portion 102 The second assembly portion 103 is limited by the perforations 1313 and is close to each other.

The handle 134 is pivotally mounted on the base 131 and has a closed position and an open position. The second fastening member 135 is slidably disposed on the seat body 131, and the handle 134 can be fixed in the closed position by the second fastening member 135 being pressed. When the handle 134 is released from the pressing of the second catch 135, the handle 134 is rotated from the closed position to the open position. The handle 134 in the open position can provide a user's grip, and the user can pull out the hard disk frame assembly 1 together with the hard disk 2.

The electromagnetic interference protection module 136 is, for example, a metal piece disposed on the upper and lower sides of the base 131 for contacting the chassis and grounding to shield external electromagnetic waves from interfering with the hard disk.

The flow of assembling the hard disk 2 to the hard disk frame assembly 1 will be described in detail below. Please refer to Figure 4 to Figure 6. 4 is a perspective view showing the mounting of the hard disk in the mounting frame of FIG. 1. 5 and FIG. 6 are schematic cross-sectional views of the hard disk frame assembly of the hard disk mounted in FIG. First, as shown in FIG. 4, the first assembly portion 102 and the second assembly portion 103 are opened, and the first side bracket 1012 and the second side bracket 1013 are driven away from each other, and the size of the installation space 1017 is increased. The hard disk 2 can avoid the assembly post 11 on the first side bracket 1012 and the second side bracket 1013, that is, can be easily placed into the installation space 1017. Then, the first assembly portion 102 and the second assembly portion 103 are released, and the elastic recovery of the flexible support 1014 drives the first side bracket 1012 and the second side bracket 1013 to be relatively close to each other, thereby reducing the size of the installation space 1017. And close to the size of the hard disk 2. At this time, the assembly post 11 on the first side bracket 1012 and the second side bracket 1013 is inserted into the assembly groove 20 of the hard disk 2 so that the hard disk 2 is sandwiched therein.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, the first assembling portion 102 and the second assembling portion 103 of the mounting frame 10 are passed through the limiting through holes 1313 of the operating device 13, so that the first assembling portion 102 and the second assembling portion 103 are restricted. The bit holes 1313 are confined and close to each other. The first assembling portion 102 and the second assembling portion 103 will push against the abutting slope 13231 of the latch portion 1323 while passing through the limiting through hole 1313. When the latch portion 1323 is pushed, the body portion 1322 and the operating portion 1321 are driven to slide from the buckle position to the release position in the release direction D1. At this time, the elastic member 133 located between the operation portion 1321 and the base 131 is in a compressed state. In addition, while the first assembly portion 102 and the second assembly portion 103 are disposed with the limiting through holes 1313, the two positioning posts 12 are respectively inserted into the two positioning holes 1314, thereby lifting the mounting frame 10 and the operating device 13 Assembly accuracy.

Next, when the first assembly portion 102 and the assembly holes 1021, 1031 of the second assembly portion 103 are aligned with the latch portion 1323 of the first fastening member 132, the first fastening member 132 has not been pushed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6 , the compressed elastic member 133 releases the elasticity and drives the first fastening member 132 to return to the buckle position from the release position in the buckle direction D2 , so that the latch portion 1323 is engaged with the first assembly portion 102 . In the assembly holes 1021 and 1031 of the second assembly portion 103. Therefore, the first side bracket 1012 and the second side bracket 1013 can be clamped to the hard disk 2 by the flexible bracket 1014, and the limiting through hole 1313 further fixes the two assembly portions 102 and 103, and strengthens the first The clamping force of the one side bracket 1012 and the second side bracket 1013 improves the assembly strength between the hard disk frame assembly 1 and the hard disk 2.

In this embodiment, the first assembly portion 102 and the second assembly portion 103 are pushed against the abutting slope 13231 of the latch portion 1323, so that the first fastening member 132 is slid from the buckle position to the release position, but This is limited to this. In other embodiments, the latch portion may not have the abutting slope, but the first latching member 132 is disengaged from the latching position by pulling the operating portion 1321.

In this embodiment, the assembly of the mounting frame 10 and the operating device 13 can be used to lift the mounting frame 10 and the operating device 13 in addition to the positioning through holes 1313 through the assembly portions 102 and 103. Registration accuracy. In detail, in order to enable the assembly portions 102, 103 that have not been completely close to pass through the limiting through holes 1313, the design width of the limiting through holes 1313 is slightly larger than the total thickness of the assembled portions 102, 103, that is, the assembly portion 102 After 103, the limit perforation 1313 is worn, and there is still a margin for movement. Then, the positioning post 1314 is inserted into the positioning hole 12 to completely position the mounting frame 10 and the operating device 13, thereby enhancing the assembly strength of the mounting frame 10 and the operating device 13.

According to the hard disk frame assembly of the above embodiment, since the mounting space of the clamping frame portion can be adjusted relatively close to or away from the movable ends of the mounting frame. Therefore, the user only needs to pull the two movable ends of the clamping frame portion to allow the hard disk to be clamped in the clamping frame portion or to be separated from the clamping frame portion. Furthermore, it is only necessary to pierce and slide the first fastening member by passing the first assembly portion and the second assembly portion connected to the two movable ends through the limit, and the first fastening member is fastened to the assembly of the assembly portion. The hole can be used to fix the two movable ends through the limit punch without using a tool, and the clamping frame is clamped to the hard disk, thereby improving the assembly speed between the hard disk frame assembly and the hard disk.

In addition, the assembly of the mounting frame and the operating device is combined with the positioning through hole through the assembly portion, and the positioning post and the positioning hole can further improve the alignment accuracy of the mounting frame and the operating device, thereby enhancing the mounting frame and Assembly strength of the operating device.

While the present invention has been described above in terms of the preferred embodiments thereof, it is not intended to limit the invention, and the invention may be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The patent protection scope of the invention is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application attached to the specification.

1‧‧‧hard disk rack assembly

10‧‧‧Installation rack

101‧‧‧ framing framework

1012‧‧‧First side bracket

10121‧‧‧ first side

10122‧‧‧Second side

1013‧‧‧Second side bracket

10131‧‧‧ first side

10132‧‧‧Second side

1014‧‧‧Flexible bracket

1015‧‧‧First extension bracket

10151‧‧‧Active

10152‧‧‧ surface

1016‧‧‧Second extension bracket

10161‧‧‧Active

10162‧‧‧ surface

1017‧‧‧Installation space

102‧‧‧First Assembly Department

1021‧‧‧First assembly hole

103‧‧‧Second Assembly Department

1031‧‧‧Second assembly hole

11‧‧‧Assembled column

12‧‧‧ Positioning column

13‧‧‧Operator

131‧‧‧ body

1311‧‧‧ first surface

1312‧‧‧ second surface

1313‧‧‧ Limit perforation

1314‧‧‧ positioning slot

132‧‧‧First fastener

1321‧‧‧Operation Department

1322‧‧‧ Body Department

1323‧‧‧Latch

13231‧‧‧Right slope

133‧‧‧Flexible parts

134‧‧‧Handle

135‧‧‧Second fasteners

136‧‧‧Electromagnetic interference protection module

2‧‧‧ Hard disk

20‧‧‧Assemble slot

D1‧‧‧ release direction

D2‧‧‧ buckle direction

1 is a perspective view of a hard disk frame assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the operating device of FIG. 1. FIG. Figure 3 is a perspective view of the loading device of Figure 1. 4 is a perspective view showing the mounting of the hard disk in the mounting frame of FIG. 1. 5 and FIG. 6 are schematic cross-sectional views of the hard disk frame assembly of the hard disk mounted in FIG.

Claims (10)

A hard disk frame assembly, which is suitable for mounting a hard disk, comprising: a mounting frame, the mounting frame includes a clamping frame portion, a first assembly portion and a second assembly portion, the clamping frame portion surrounds An installation space is provided, and one side of the clamping frame has two movable ends that are relatively far apart or close to each other, and the installation space is provided for the hard disk, the first assembly part and the second assembly part The two movable ends of the clamping frame portion are respectively connected to each other and have an assembly hole; and an operating device comprising a body and a first fastening component, the base body having a limiting perforation, the first a latching member is slidably disposed on the base body and has a latching position and a releasing position. When the first latching member is in the releasing position, the first assembling portion and the second assembling portion are wearable The limiting hole is disposed, and the first fastening component is slidable from the releasing position to the fastening position and fastened to the assembly holes, so that the first assembly portion and the second assembly portion are subjected to the limiting position. The perforation is confined and close together. The hard disk frame assembly of claim 1, wherein the clamping frame portion of the mounting frame comprises a first side bracket, a second side bracket, a first extending bracket and a second extending bracket. The first side bracket is opposite to the second side bracket, the first extending bracket and the second extending bracket are located on the same side of the first side bracket and the second side bracket, and the first extension bracket is connected to the first side The side bracket extends toward the second side bracket, the second extension bracket is coupled to the second side bracket and extends toward the first side bracket, and the first assembly portion is coupled to the first extension bracket away from the first side bracket One end of the second assembly portion is connected to an end of the second extension bracket away from the second side bracket, and the first assembly portion and the second assembly portion are adjacent to each other. The hard disk frame assembly of claim 2, wherein the clamping frame further comprises a flexible bracket connected to the first side bracket and the second side bracket, and opposite to the first An extension bracket and the second extension bracket are configured to surround the installation space with the first side bracket, the second side bracket, the first extension bracket, the second extension bracket and the flexible bracket. The hard disk frame assembly of claim 2, wherein the distance between the first assembly portion and the first side bracket is different from the distance between the second assembly portion and the second side bracket. The hard disk frame assembly of claim 2, further comprising a plurality of assembly columns, wherein the assembly columns are respectively disposed on a surface of the first side bracket and the second side bracket facing the installation space, and respectively A plurality of assembly slots corresponding to the hard disk. The hard disk frame assembly of claim 2, further comprising two positioning posts, wherein the two positioning posts are respectively disposed on a surface of the first extending bracket and the second extending bracket facing the installation space, wherein the The seat body of the operating device further includes two positioning holes corresponding to the positioning posts. The hard disk frame assembly of claim 1, wherein the first fastening component further comprises an associated operating portion, a body portion and a latch portion, the latch portion being receivable by the first assembly portion and the first The second assembly portion is pushed to slide the first fastening member from the buckle position to the release position. The hard disk frame assembly of claim 7, wherein the latch portion has an abutting slope, and when the first fastening member is in the buckle position, the abutting slope is aligned with the limiting hole, and The first fastening component can be slid by the first assembly part and the second assembly part to slide the first fastening component to the release position. The hard disk frame assembly of claim 8, wherein the operating device further comprises an elastic member disposed between the seat body and the operating portion, the operating portion being slidable by the elastic member. The main body portion and the latch portion are returned to the latching position by the release position, and the latch portion is disposed through the assembly holes. The hard disk frame assembly of claim 1, wherein the operating device further includes a handle and a second fastening member, the handle is pivotally disposed on the base body to have a closed position and an open position, the second The latching member is slidably disposed on the seat body, and the handle is fixed in the closed position by being pressed by the second latching member.