TWI417034B - Mounting apparatus for hard disk drive - Google Patents

Abstract

A mounting apparatus is mounted to a side plate of a tray of an enclosure, for conveniently fixing a hard disk drive. The mounting apparatus includes a bracket, a sliding member slidably mounted to the bracket, and a pushing member pivotably mounted to the bracket. The pushing member includes a pressed portion resisting against the sliding member, and a pushing portion abutting against the hard disk drive. When the sliding member is pushed to move the depressed portion, the pushing member is pivoted relative to the bracket. Therefore, the pushing portion is rotated to push the hard disk drive to out of the tray.

Description

Hard disk drive fixture

The invention relates to a hard disk drive fixing device.

The plurality of hard disk drives are fixed in the magnetic frame of the chassis by screws. When the hard disk drive is removed, the screws are generally released by a screwdriver, and then the hard disk drive is manually extracted from the magnetic frame. However, the general hard disk drive and the magnetic frame are relatively tight, and the space inside the chassis is small. Manually extracting the hard disk drive is laborious and inconvenient to operate.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a hard disk drive fixture that is easy to assemble and disassemble.

A hard disk drive fixing device mounted on a side plate of a magnetic frame for fixing a hard disk drive, comprising a bracket, a sliding body slidably mounted on the bracket, and a boosting body pivotally mounted on the bracket The pushing body includes a force receiving portion abutting against the sliding body and a pushing portion abutting against the hard disk drive, pressing the sliding body to push the force receiving portion to pivot the boosting body, the pushing portion Push the hard disk drive so that the hard disk drive partially slides out of the magnetic frame.

The hard disk drive fixing device of the present invention uses the sliding body to push the force receiving portion, so that the boosting portion rotates, thereby driving the pushing portion to rotate to push the hard disk drive, so that the hard disk drive portion slides out of the magnetic frame. At this point, the operator can pull the hard disk drive out of the magnetic frame, thereby avoiding the inconvenience caused by the small space inside the chassis.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 together, the hard disk drive fixture 10 of the present invention mounts the hard disk drive 100. In the preferred embodiment, the hard disk drive 100 includes opposing first sidewalls 110 and second sidewalls 120. The first sidewall 110 is provided with a first protrusion 101 and a second protrusion 102. The first protrusion 101 is adjacent to the rear end of the hard disk drive 100, and the second protrusion 102 is adjacent to the hard disk drive. The front end of 100. Two second protrusions 102 are disposed on the second sidewall 120. The second protrusions 102 are respectively adjacent to the front end and the rear end of the hard disk drive 100. In the present embodiment, the first studs 101 and the second studs 102 are screws attached to the hard disk drive 100.

A preferred embodiment of the hard disk drive fixture 10 of the present invention includes a magnetic frame 30 and a locking device 50.

The magnetic frame 30 is used to house the hard disk drive 100. The magnetic frame 30 has an "n" shape in cross section, and includes a horizontal top plate 31 and a first side plate 33 and a second side plate 35 extending vertically downward from opposite side edges of the top plate 31, respectively.

A first flap 331 extends perpendicularly from the front end of the first side plate 33. A second flap 334 extends perpendicularly from the rear end of the first side plate 33 (see FIG. 6). A plurality of sliding slots 332 are defined in the first side plate 33. Each of the sliding grooves 332 extends in the horizontal direction and is opened to the first flap 331. A first latch 41 , a second latch 42 , a third latch 43 , a fourth latch 44 , and a card solid 45 are punched outwardly from the first side plate 33 . The first latch 41, the second latch 42, the third latch 43 and the card solid 45 are located at the same horizontal plane and higher than the corresponding sliding slot 332; the fourth latch 44 is substantially corresponding to the corresponding slot 332 The third latch 43 is adjacent to the front end of the first side panel 33; the first latch 41 and the fourth latch 44 are adjacent to the rear end of the first side panel 33; the second latch 42 is located at the first Between the latch 41 and the third latch 43; the latch 45 is located between the first latch 41 and the second latch 42 and adjacent to the first latch 41; the first latch 41 and the A card slot (not labeled) is formed in each of the third latches 43 . Each of the latching slots is opposite to the rear end and the bottom end of the first side panel 33. The second latch 42 defines a card slot (not labeled). The card slot opening faces the rear end of the first side plate 33; a slot (not labeled) is formed in the fourth latch 44, the card slot opening faces the rear end and the top end of the first side plate 33; the card solid 45 is adjacent to the first slot A curved guiding surface 451 is formed on a side of the rear end of the one side plate 33, and a side of the locking solid 45 away from the rear end of the first side plate 33 forms a fixing perpendicular to the first side plate 33. End 452 (see Figure 3). The first flap 331 defines a through hole 333 corresponding to each of the sliding slots 332 , and each of the through holes 333 is higher than the corresponding sliding slot 332 . The second flap 334 defines a avoidance hole 335 (see FIG. 6 ) corresponding to each of the sliding slots 332 , and each of the avoidance holes 335 is located between the corresponding first buckle 41 and the fourth buckle 44 . A plurality of fixing holes 40 are defined in the second flap 334. The second flaps 334 can be fixed to a computer or a server (not shown) by the fixing holes 40.

A third flap 351 extends perpendicularly to the outside of the front end of the second side plate 35. A rear end of the second side plate 35 extends perpendicularly to the inner side to extend a fourth flap 354 (see FIG. 6). The second side plate 35 defines a plurality of sliding slots 352 corresponding to the sliding slots 332 of the first side plate. Each of the sliding grooves 352 extends in the horizontal direction and is opened to the third flap 351. A plurality of fixing holes 40 are defined in the fourth flap 354. The fixing holes 40 can fix the fourth flap 354 to a computer or a servo (not shown).

Referring to FIG. 4 , the locking device 50 includes a bracket 60 , a cover 600 , a sliding body 70 , a spring 700 , a locking tongue 80 , a “Z” shaped elastic piece 800 , and a boosting body 90 .

The bracket 60 has a convex shape in a longitudinal direction, and includes a top plate 61, a bottom plate 62 opposite to the top plate 61, and a top side connected to the top plate 61 and the bottom plate 62 along the longitudinal direction of the bracket 60. The side plate 63 is between and an end plate 64 connecting the top plate 61, the bottom plate 62 and the corresponding end of the side plate 63. The top plate 61, the bottom plate 62, the side plate 63 and the end plate 64 collectively define a receiving groove 65. A convex portion 611 protrudes upward from the middle portion of the top plate 61. A shaft hole 610 and 620 are defined in the top plate 61 and the end of the bottom plate 62 away from the end plate 64. The top plate 61 extends upwardly from the protrusion 611 and the shaft hole 610 to form a first protrusion 601. The end of the protrusion 611 adjacent to the end plate 64 extends a second protrusion toward the end plate 64. 602. The top plate 61 extends upwardly from the end plate 64 to extend a third protrusion 603. The bottom plate 62 extends a fourth protrusion 604 opposite to the first protrusion 601. The first to fourth bumps 601 to 604 are each disposed along a notch of the accommodating groove 65. Two protrusions 66 are disposed between the convex portion 611 of the top plate 61 and the bottom plate 62. A through hole 660 is defined in each of the clamping plates 66 near the side plate 63. A hook 662 is respectively disposed on the surfaces of the two clamping plates 66 facing away from each other. A baffle 67 is further disposed between the top plate 61 and the bottom plate 62. The baffle 67 is located between the shaft hole 610 and the first bump 601. The baffle 67 defines a through hole 670. The end plate 64 defines an opening 640, and the opening 640 is opened to a side of the end plate 64 away from the side plate 63.

The sliding body 70 includes an elongated slider 71, a push rod 72 extending from one end of the slider 71, and a shaft 73 extending from the other end of the slider 71. The slider 71 has a slot 74 formed in the top surface 711 and a side surface 712 adjacent to the shaft 73. A groove 741 is defined in the groove 74.

The locking tongue 80 includes a body 81 and a rib 82 extending from a side of the body 81. The bottom end of the body 81 includes a slanted guiding surface 810. The bottom surface of the rib 82 is a slope 820.

The cover 600 includes a cover plate 605 and two folded plates 606 extending from opposite sides of the cover plate 605. A snap hole 607 is defined in each of the flaps 606.

The booster 90 includes a shaft rotating portion 91 and a force receiving portion 92 and an urging portion 93 extending from opposite sides of the shaft rotating portion 91. The top end and the bottom end of the shaft rotating portion 91 respectively protrude from a protrusion 94.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the locking device 50 is assembled, the spring 700 is sleeved on the shaft 73 of the sliding body 70. One end of the sliding body 70 including the shaft 73 is obliquely inserted into the accommodating groove 65 from the end of the bracket 60 including the end plate 64. The sliding body 70 is obliquely pushed, so that the shaft 73 passes through the through hole 660 of the two clamping plates 66 and approaches the baffle 67 until the push rod 72 snaps into the opening 640 of the end plate 64, and the sliding block 71 is completely received. In the receiving groove 65. At this time, the shaft 73 is aligned with the through hole 670 of the baffle 67. The two ends of the spring 700 abut against the slider 71 and the baffle 67 respectively, and the inclined surface 741 of the groove 74 is located between the two clamping plates 66. The bolt 80 is mounted between the two jaws 66 such that the ramp 741 of the slot 74 supports the ramp 820 of the rib 82 of the bolt 80. The elastic piece 800 is disposed between the two clamping plates 66 such that the two ends of the elastic piece 800 abut against the inner side of the convex portion 611 of the top plate 61 of the bracket 60 and the top end of the body 81 of the locking tongue 80. The cover body 600 is closed to the two clamping plates 66 such that the hooks 662 of the two clamping plates 66 respectively engage the two fastening holes 607 of the cover body 600. The pivoting portion 91 of the pusher 90 is engaged between the top plate 61 of the bracket 60 and the bottom plate 62 such that the two protrusions 94 of the pusher 90 are rotatably received in the shaft hole 610 of the top plate 61, respectively. A shaft hole 620 of the bottom plate 62.

When the hard disk drive fixing device 10 of the present invention is assembled, the locking device 50 can be mounted corresponding to any one of the sliding slots 332 of the first side plate 33 of the magnetic frame 30. The push rod 72 of the sliding body 70 of the assembled locking device 50 is pushed to retract the push rod 72 back into the receiving groove 65 of the bracket 60, and the spring 700 is compressed. The receiving slot 65 of the bracket 60 faces and abuts the first side panel 33 of the magnetic frame 30 such that the bracket 60 is located between the corresponding first latch 41 and the fourth latch 44 of the first side panel 33. The first protrusion 601 of the bracket 60 is located on a side of the first latch 41 adjacent to the rear end of the magnetic frame 30, and the corresponding card body 45 of the first side plate 33 is located at the convex portion 611 of the bracket 60. Inside the slot 65. The push rod 72 is released, and the push rod 72 is springed back by the spring 700 to pass through the corresponding through hole 333 of the first flap 331. The bracket 60 is pushed toward the front end of the magnetic frame 30, and the first bump 601, the second bump 602, the third bump 603, and the fourth bump 604 of the bracket 60 are respectively inserted into the corresponding ones of the first side plates 33. a slot of the first latch 41, the second latch 42, the third latch 43, and the fourth latch 44, and the corresponding ends of the protrusions 611 of the bracket 60 are at the corresponding card solids 45 of the first side panel 33 The guide surface 451 is guided over the card body 45 and caught on the fastening end 452 of the card body 45, and the locking device 50 is then fixed to the magnetic frame 30.

Referring to FIG. 6 in combination, in use, the hard disk drive 100 is loaded from the front end of the magnetic frame 30. The first protrusions 101 and the second protrusions 102 on the first side wall 110 of the hard disk drive 100 slide into the corresponding sliding slots 332 of the first side plate 33 of the magnetic frame 30, and the second side wall 120 of the hard disk drive 100 The two second protrusions 102 slide into the corresponding sliding slots 352 of the second side plate 35 of the magnetic frame 30. The first stud 101 contacts the locking tongue 80 of the corresponding locking device 50 and pushes the locking tongue 80 upward by the cooperation with the guiding surface 810 of the locking tongue 80 to retract the locking tongue 80 to the bracket 60. Inside. The locking tongue 80 is retracted such that the corresponding elastic piece 800 is compressed. When the first stud 101 passes over the corresponding locking tongue 80, the locking tongue 80 is ejected by the corresponding elastic piece 800 to the bracket 60, so that the first protruding post 101 is caught at the end of the locking tongue 80 and the corresponding sliding slot 332, thereby The hard disk drive 100 is fixed to the magnetic frame 30. At this time, the pushing portion 93 of the booster 90 is received in the avoidance hole 335 of the magnetic frame 30 and abuts against the rear end surface of the hard disk drive 100.

When the hard disk drive 100 is removed, the push rod 72 of the corresponding locking device 50 is pushed to slide the slider 71 of the sliding body 70 in the receiving groove 65 of the bracket 60. The engagement of the ramp 741 of the slot 74 of the slider 71 with the ramp 820 of the rib 82 of the bolt 80 causes the bolt 80 to be raised and retracted into the bracket 60. At the same time, the shaft 73 passes through the through hole 670 of the baffle 67 of the bracket 60 and pushes the force receiving portion 92 of the booster 90, pushing the booster 90 around the boss 94 of the booster 90. Turn. Then, the pushing portion 93 of the booster 90 passes through the avoidance hole 335 of the magnetic frame 30 and pushes the hard disk drive 100. The hard disk drive 100 slides out a distance so that the first stud 101 passes over the corresponding Lock tongue 80. At this time, the operator can pull the hard disk drive 100 out of the magnetic frame 30, thereby avoiding the inconvenience caused by the narrow space in the chassis.

Wherein, when the hard disk drive 100 is loaded into the magnetic frame 30, the first protruding post 101 functions to support and fix the hard disk drive 100, and the second protruding post 102 only serves as a support. Therefore, in other embodiments, the second support post 102 may be omitted by other means instead of the above supporting action. For example, a support piece may be horizontally extended from the first side plate 33 and/or the second side plate 35 of the magnetic frame 30 to support the hard disk drive 100 while retaining only the first protrusion 101. In this way, the sliding groove 352 of the second side plate 35 can be omitted at the same time, and the third flap 351 of the second side plate 35 can be omitted.

The first latch 41, the second latch 42, the third latch 43, the fourth latch 44, and the card body 45 of the magnetic frame 30, and the first bump 601 of the bracket 60 of the locking device 50 The second bump 602, the third bump 603, and the fourth bump 604 are used to fix the bracket 60 to the magnetic frame 30. It is easily conceivable that other conventional fixing means can also be employed to achieve the above-described fixing action. For example, a threaded attachment can be used.

In other embodiments, the first flap 331 and the second flap 334 of the first side panel 33, the third flap 351 and the fourth flap 354 of the second side panel 35 may be omitted.

In other embodiments, the guiding surface 810 of the locking tongue 80 can be omitted. Thus, when the hard disk drive 100 is loaded and the lock tongue 80 is required to retract the bracket 60, it is only necessary to press the push rod 72.

In other embodiments, the elastic piece 800 can also be replaced by other elastic members, such as springs that are respectively abutted against the locking tongue 80 and the top plate 61 of the bracket 60.

In other embodiments, the spring 700 can also be replaced by other elastic members, such as the respective ends of the slider 71 that are respectively abutted against the sliding body 70 and the "Z" shaped elastic piece of the baffle 67.

In summary, the present invention complies with the requirements of the invention patent and submits a patent application according to law. The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and equivalent modifications or variations made by those skilled in the art will be included in the following claims.

10‧‧‧ Hard disk drive fixture
30‧‧‧Magnetic frame
31, 61‧‧‧ top board
33‧‧‧First side panel
331‧‧‧ first flap
332, 352‧‧ ‧ chute
333, 660, 670‧‧‧ through holes
334‧‧‧second flap
335‧‧‧ Avoiding holes
35‧‧‧ second side panel
351‧‧‧ Third Fold
354‧‧‧Fourth Fold
40‧‧‧Fixed holes
41‧‧‧First lock
42‧‧‧Second lock
43‧‧‧ Third lock
44‧‧‧fourth lock
45‧‧‧ card solid
451‧‧‧ Guide surface
452‧‧‧Kartian
50‧‧‧Locking device
60‧‧‧ bracket
600‧‧‧ cover
601‧‧‧First bump
602‧‧‧second bump
603‧‧‧ third bump
604‧‧‧fourth bump
605‧‧‧ cover
606‧‧‧Folding board
607‧‧‧Snap hole
610, 620‧‧‧ shaft hole
611‧‧‧ convex
62‧‧‧floor
63‧‧‧ side panels
64‧‧‧End board
640‧‧‧ openings
65‧‧‧ accommodating slots
66‧‧‧Plywood
662‧‧‧ hook
67‧‧‧Baffle
70‧‧‧Sliding body
700‧‧‧ Spring
71‧‧‧ Slider
711‧‧‧ top surface
712‧‧‧ side
72‧‧‧Put
73‧‧‧ shaft
74‧‧‧ slots
741, 820‧‧‧ bevel
80‧‧‧Lock tongue
800‧‧‧Shrap
81‧‧‧Ontology
810‧‧‧ Guide surface
82‧‧ ‧ ribs
90‧‧‧Helper
91‧‧‧ shaft rotation
92‧‧‧ Force Department
93‧‧‧Pushing Department
94‧‧‧Bump
100‧‧‧ hard disk drive
101‧‧‧First stud
102‧‧‧second stud
110‧‧‧First side wall
120‧‧‧ second side wall

1 is a perspective exploded view of a preferred embodiment of a hard disk drive fixture of the present invention and two hard disk drives in a first viewing angle.

Figure 2 is a partial assembled view of Figure 1 in a second perspective.

Figure 3 is a partial enlarged view of a portion III in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a partial enlarged view of the locking device of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an assembled view of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is an assembled view of Figure 1 in a third perspective.

30‧‧‧Magnetic frame

33‧‧‧First side panel

332, 352‧‧ ‧ chute

333‧‧‧through hole

334‧‧‧second flap

335‧‧‧ Avoiding holes

35‧‧‧ second side panel

354‧‧‧Fourth Fold

40‧‧‧Fixed holes

41‧‧‧First lock

42‧‧‧Second lock

43‧‧‧ Third lock

44‧‧‧fourth lock

45‧‧‧ card solid

72‧‧‧Put

73‧‧‧ shaft

80‧‧‧Lock tongue

810‧‧‧ Guide surface

92‧‧‧ Force Department

93‧‧‧Pushing Department

100‧‧‧ hard disk drive

101‧‧‧First stud

102‧‧‧second stud

110‧‧‧First side wall

Claims (10)

A hard disk drive fixing device mounted on a side plate of a magnetic frame for fixing a hard disk drive, comprising a bracket, a sliding body slidably mounted on the bracket, and a boosting body pivotally mounted on the bracket The pushing body includes a force receiving portion abutting against the sliding body and a pushing portion abutting against the hard disk drive, pressing the sliding body to push the force receiving portion to pivot the boosting body, the pushing portion Push the hard disk drive so that the hard disk drive partially slides out of the magnetic frame. The hard disk drive fixing device of claim 1, wherein the bracket comprises an opposite top plate and a bottom plate, wherein the top plate and the bottom plate are respectively provided with a shaft hole, and the boosting body further comprises a shaft rotating portion, Two protrusions are protruded from the shaft rotation portion, and the two protrusions are respectively pivotally mounted to the corresponding shaft holes. The hard disk drive fixing device according to claim 2, wherein the force receiving portion and the pushing portion are respectively extended from opposite sides of the shaft rotating portion. The hard disk drive fixture of claim 2, wherein the bracket includes a receiving slot, the sliding body includes a slider slidably received in the receiving slot, and one end of the slider extends The shaft of the force receiving portion. The hard disk drive fixture of claim 4, wherein the other end of the slider extends a push rod to the outside of the bracket. The hard disk drive fixing device of claim 1, wherein the bracket comprises an opposite top plate and a bottom plate, a side plate connecting the top plate and opposite sides of the bottom plate, and a connecting the top plate and the bottom plate. The top end plate, the bottom plate, the side plate and the end plate together form a receiving groove, and the sliding body includes a slider, and the sliding block is slidably received in the receiving groove. The hard disk drive fixing device of claim 6, wherein a baffle is further disposed between the top plate and the bottom plate of the bracket, and a baffle is disposed between the baffle and the sliding body to act on the baffle and the baffle The elastic element of the sliding body. The hard disk drive fixing device of claim 7, wherein the two ends of the sliding body respectively extend a shaft abutting against the force receiving portion and a push rod, and the baffle defines a A through hole through which the shaft passes, the push rod extending all the way to the outside of the bracket. The hard disk drive fixing device of claim 6, wherein the bracket is slidably provided with a locking tongue, the slider of the sliding body defines a slot, the slot is provided with a first inclined surface, and the locking tongue is provided with a a rib, the rib includes a second slope, the first slope mating with the second slope such that the slider pushes the bolt to slide. The hard disk drive fixing device of claim 9, wherein a resilient member acting on the top plate and the locking tongue is interposed between a top plate of the bracket and an end of the locking tongue adjacent to the top plate.