TWI674575B - Disk fixing device - Google Patents

Abstract

A hard disk fixing device is used for fixing a first size hard disk or a second size hard disk. The first size hard disk and the second size hard disk have a plurality of first positioning holes and a plurality of second positioning holes, respectively. The hard disk fixing device includes a frame body, a mounting member, and an adapter frame. The frame includes a bottom plate, a first side plate, and a second side plate. The first side plate and the second side plate stand on opposite sides of the bottom plate, respectively. The mounting element includes a movable positioning post. The movable positioning post protrudes from the first side plate and is slidably disposed on the first side plate and has a first installation position and a second installation position. The adapter has an assembled state and a disassembled state. When the adapter frame is in an assembled state, the adapter frame is fixed to the first side plate and the second side plate. When the adapter frame is in a disassembled state, the adapter frame is separated from the first side plate and the second side plate.

Description

Hard drive holding device

The invention relates to a hard disk fixing device, in particular to a hard disk fixing device that is convenient for replacing hard disks of different sizes.

Generally speaking, in order to increase the efficiency of mounting and dismounting hard disks in a hard disk fixing rack, the hard disks are loaded and unloaded into the rack body through a fixing post fixed to the rack body. In this way, it is only necessary to manually install and remove hard disks in the hard disk holder in a manual manner. However, the fixing column fixed to the frame body is only suitable for installing a single hard disk, and will interfere with the hard disk when replacing hard disks of different sizes. Therefore, when the hard disk holder needs to install hard disks of different sizes, only removable screws can be used as a medium for fixing the hard disk to the hard disk holder.

However, the removal and installation of screws requires additional tools and is time-consuming. Therefore, for hard disk holders, the use of screws to install and remove hard disks can meet the needs of installing hard disks of different sizes, but it will reduce the efficiency of hard disk installation and removal; The use of fixed posts for loading and unloading hard disks can have high hard disk loading and unloading efficiency, but cannot meet the needs of installing hard disks of different sizes. In this way, it becomes difficult for the hard disk holder to take into account the efficiency of hard disk handling and the installation requirements of hard disks of different sizes.

The invention aims to provide a hard disk fixing device to avoid the problem that it is difficult for the hard disk fixing bracket to take into consideration the mounting and dismounting efficiency of the hard disks and the installation requirements of hard disks of different sizes.

The hard disk fixing device disclosed in one embodiment of the present invention is used to fix a first size hard disk or a second size hard disk. The first size hard disk and the second size hard disk have a plurality of first positioning holes and a plurality of second positioning holes, respectively. The hard disk fixing device includes a frame body, a mounting member, and an adapter frame. The frame body includes a bottom plate, a first side plate and a second side plate. The first side plate and the second side plate stand on opposite sides of the bottom plate, respectively. The mounting element includes a movable positioning post. The movable positioning post protrudes from the first side plate and is slidably disposed on the first side plate and has a first installation position and a second installation position. The adapter has an assembled state and a disassembled state. When the adapter frame is in an assembled state, the adapter frame is fixed to the first side plate and the second side plate. When the adapter frame is in a disassembled state, the adapter frame is separated from the first side plate and the second side plate. Wherein, when the adapter frame is in an assembled state and the movable positioning column is located at the first installation position, the frame body and the adapter frame together form a first receiving slot for matching the first size hard disk, and the movable positioning column is located at The first accommodating slot is used to be fixed to one of the first positioning holes of the first size hard disk. When the adapter is in a disassembled state and the movable positioning post is located in the second installation position, the frame body has a second receiving slot for matching the second size hard disk, and the movable positioning post is located in the second receiving slot. It is used to fix one of the second positioning holes of the second size hard disk.

According to the hard disk fixing device disclosed in the above embodiment, since the movable positioning post is slidably disposed on the first side plate, the movable positioning post can be slid to a corresponding position when the adapter is in different states, thereby fixing different sizes. Hard drive. Therefore, the movable positioning post does not interfere with the hard disk when replacing hard disks of different sizes, and can replace screws as a medium for fixing the hard disk to the frame. In this way, it is possible to replace hard disks of different sizes in the hard disk fixing device in a simple and fast manual manner without using tools, thereby taking into account the efficiency of hard disk installation and the need to install hard disks of different sizes.

The above description of the content of the present invention and the description of the following embodiments are used to demonstrate and explain the principle of the present invention, and provide further explanation of the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hard disk fixing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the hard disk fixing device of FIG. 1.

The hard disk fixing device 10 of this embodiment includes a frame 100, a mounting member 200, a positioning assembly 300, and an adapter 400.

The frame body 100 includes a bottom plate 110, a first side plate 120 and a second side plate 130. The first side plate 120 and the second side plate 130 stand on opposite sides of the bottom plate 110, respectively. The first side plate 120 includes a first plate body 121 and a first frame positioning post 122. The first frame positioning post 122 is fixed to the first plate 121. The first plate body 121 stands on the bottom plate 110 and has a guide groove 123. The outer shape of the guide groove 123 is, for example, a circular arc shape. The second side plate 130 includes a second plate body 131 and two second frame positioning posts 132. Two second frame positioning posts 132 are fixed to the second plate 131. The second plate body 131 stands on the bottom plate 110.

Please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4. FIG. 3 is a partial enlarged view of the side schematic diagram when the movable positioning column of the hard disk fixing device of FIG. 1 is located at the first installation position. FIG. 4 is a partial enlarged view of a schematic side view of the movable positioning column of the hard disk fixing device of FIG. 1 when the movable positioning column is located at a second installation position.

The mounting member 200 includes a pivoting portion 210, a guiding portion 220 and a movable positioning post 230. The guiding portion 220 is fixed to the pivoting portion 210, and the movable positioning post 230 is fixed to the guiding portion 220. The pivoting portion 210 is pivotally connected to the first side plate 120. The movable positioning post 230 protrudes from the first side plate 120 and is slidably disposed in the guide groove 123 and has a first installation position (as shown in FIG. 3) and a second installation position (as shown in FIG. 4).

The mounting member 200 in this embodiment includes a pivoting portion 210, a guiding portion 220, and a movable positioning post 230, but is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the mounting member may include only a movable positioning post, that is, That said, the mounting piece is a movable positioning post.

The hard disk fixing device 10 further includes a positioning component 300. The positioning assembly 300 includes a first clamping block 310 and a second clamping block 320. The first clamping block 310 and the second clamping block 320 are respectively located on opposite sides of the guide groove 123 and are fixed to the first side plate 120, so that the movable positioning posts 230 can be respectively positioned at the first installation positions (as shown in FIG. 3). And a second installation position (as shown in Figure 4). In other embodiments, the hard disk fixing device may not need to include a positioning component.

1 and 2, the adapter 400 includes a body 410, a connection plate 420, a baffle 430, two first adapter positioning columns 440, a positioning block 450, and a second adapter positioning column. 460. The connection plate 420 is connected to the body 410. The baffle 430 is connected to the body 410 and the connection plate 420. The two positioning posts 440 of the first adapter are fixed to the connecting plate 420. The positioning block 450 is fixed to the body 410. The second adaptor positioning post 460 is fixed to the body 410. The main body 410 is detachably disposed on the first side plate 120 and the second side plate 130. The connecting plate 420 is interposed between the first side plate 120 and the second side plate 130 side by side, and the connecting plate 420 and the baffle plate 430 stand on the bottom plate 110. In other embodiments, the adapter frame does not need to include two positioning poles and positioning blocks of the first adapter frame. Alternatively, in other embodiments, the adapter frame does not need to include a second adapter frame positioning post.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the adapter of the hard disk fixing device of FIG. 1 when the adapter is disassembled.

The adapter 400 in this embodiment has an assembled state (as shown in FIG. 1) and a disassembled state (as shown in FIG. 5) for matching hard disks of different sizes. When the adapter frame 400 is in an assembled state, the adapter frame 400 is disposed adjacent to the first side plate 120 and the second side plate 130. In detail, the adapter frame 400 can be fixed to the first side plate 120 by the first frame positioning column 122 and the second adapter frame positioning column 460, and can be fixed to the second side by the second and second frame positioning columns 132.侧板 130。 Side plate 130. When the adapter frame 400 is fixed to the frame body 100, the frame body 100 and the adapter frame 400 together form a first receiving slot 140. Specifically, the connecting plate 420, the baffle 430, the first side plate 120, and the bottom plate 110 are all surrounded to form a first receiving groove 140.

When the adapter frame 400 is in a disassembled state, the adapter frame 400 is separated from the first side plate 120 and the second side plate 130. In this way, the frame body 100 has a second receiving slot 150. Specifically, the bottom plate 110, the first side plate 120, and the second side plate 130 collectively form a second receiving groove 150. For details on how the adapter 400 matches hard disks of different sizes, see the description below.

Hereinafter, the manner in which the hard disk fixing device of this embodiment fixes a first-size hard disk and a second-size hard disk will be described in detail. In this embodiment, the first size hard disk and the second size hard disk are used to represent hard disks of different sizes, but they are not intended to limit specific sizes, that is, the first size and the second size are different sizes, and In this embodiment, the first size is larger than the second size.

Please refer to FIGS. 3, 6 and 7. FIG. 6 is a combined view of a hard disk fixing device and a first size hard disk. FIG. 7 is an exploded view of the hard disk fixing device and the first size hard disk.

The first size hard disk 20 has, for example, four first positioning holes 21. In order to fix the first size hard disk 20 to the frame body 100, the adapter frame 400 needs to be fixed to the first side plate 120 and the second side plate 130, so that the adapter frame 400 is in an assembled state, and the mounting member 200 is turned to use the first A clamping block 310 positions the movable positioning post 230 at the first installation position. In this way, the movable positioning post 230, the two first adapter positioning posts 440, and the positioning block 450 located in the first receiving slot 140 can be respectively inserted into the four first positioning holes 21 of the hard disk 20 of the first size. The first size hard disk 20 is supported on the baffle plate 430 to securely fix the first size hard disk 20 to the frame 100. In addition, by using the elasticity of the frame body 100 and the adaptor 400 itself, the movable positioning post 230, the two first adaptor positioning posts 440, and the positioning block 450 can be separated from the four first positioning holes of the first size hard disk 20, respectively. 21 and detach the first size hard disk 20 from the frame body 100 and the adapter frame 400.

Please refer to FIG. 2, FIG. 4, FIG. 8 and FIG. 9. FIG. 8 is a combined view of a hard disk fixing device and a second size hard disk. FIG. 9 is an exploded view of the hard disk fixing device and the second size hard disk.

The second-size hard disk 30 has, for example, four second positioning holes 31. In order to fix the second size hard disk 30 to the frame body 100, the adapter frame 400 needs to be detached from the first side plate 120 and the second side plate 130, so that the adapter frame 400 is in a detached state, and the mounting member 200 is turned to use The two clamping blocks 320 locate the movable positioning post 230 at the second installation position. In this way, the movable positioning post 230, the first frame positioning post 122, and the two second frame positioning posts 132 located in the second receiving slot 150 can be inserted into the four second positionings of the second size hard disk 30, respectively. The hole 31 is used to firmly fix the second hard disk 30 to the frame 100. In addition, by using the elasticity of the frame 100 itself, the movable positioning post 230, the first frame positioning post 122, and the second and second frame positioning posts 132 can be separated from the four second positioning holes 31 of the second size hard disk 30, respectively. Remove the second hard disk 30 from the frame 100.

In the first embodiment, the outer shape of the guide groove 123 of the first side plate 120 is an arc shape, and the pivoting portion 210 is fixed to the guide portion 220, but it is not limited thereto. Please refer to FIGS. 10 to 12 . 10 is an exploded view of a mounting member and a first side plate of a hard disk fixing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a partial enlarged view of a side schematic diagram when a mounting member of a hard disk fixing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention is located at a first mounting position. FIG. 12 is a partial enlarged view of a side schematic view when a mounting member of a hard disk fixing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention is located at a second mounting position.

In this embodiment, the mounting member 200a includes a pivot portion 210a, a guide portion 220a, a movable positioning post 230a, and a slider 240a. The pivoting portion 210a has a sliding groove 211a. The guide portion 220a is slidably disposed on the pivot portion 210a, and can slide relative to the pivot portion 210a along the radial direction D of the rotation axis L of the pivot portion 210a. The movable positioning post 230a and the slider 240a are respectively fixed on opposite sides of the guide portion 220a. The slider 240a is slidably provided in the slide groove 211a.

The pivoting portion 210a is pivotally connected to the first side plate 120a. The movable positioning post 230a is slidably disposed in the guide groove 123a. The outer shape of the guide groove 123a is L-shaped. In this embodiment, the sliding groove 211a of the pivoting portion 210a and the slider 240a fixed to the guiding portion 220a achieve the function that the guiding portion 220a can slide relative to the pivoting portion 210a, but it is not limited to this and is implemented in other implementations. In the example, the slider can be changed to the pivoting portion and the sliding groove can be changed to the guide portion, that is, the positions of the slider and the sliding groove can be interchanged. Alternatively, in other embodiments, other structures may be used to make the guide portion slide relative to the pivoting portion.

In this embodiment, since the movable positioning post 230a is moved from a first mounting position (as shown in FIG. 10) to a second mounting position (as shown in FIG. 11), the movable positioning post 230a and the rotation axis L The distance between them (that is, the distance in the radial direction D) will change. Therefore, the guide portion 220a can be slid relative to the pivot portion 210a in the radial direction D to enable the movable positioning post 230a in the guide groove 123a. The activities are smoother.

In the second embodiment, the outer shape of the guide groove 123a is L-shaped, but it is not limited thereto. Please refer to FIG. 13, which is a diagram showing a mounting member of a hard disk fixing device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. Partial enlarged view of the side schematic diagram at the two installation positions.

The difference between this embodiment and the second embodiment is only that the outer shape of the guide groove 123b is linear. The structure of the mounting member 200b is the same as that of the mounting member 200a of the second embodiment, and therefore will not be described again.

According to the hard disk fixing device disclosed in the above embodiment, since the movable positioning post is slidably disposed on the first side plate, the movable positioning post can be slid to a corresponding position when the adapter is in different states, thereby fixing different sizes. Hard drive. Therefore, the movable positioning post does not interfere with the hard disk when replacing hard disks of different sizes, and can replace screws as a medium for fixing the hard disk to the frame. In this way, it is possible to replace hard disks of different sizes in the hard disk fixing device in a simple and fast manual manner without using tools, thereby taking into account the efficiency of hard disk installation and the need to install hard disks of different sizes.

Although the present invention is disclosed as above with the foregoing embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in similar arts can make some changes and retouch without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of patent protection of an invention shall be determined by the scope of patent application attached to this specification.

10‧‧‧Hard Disk Fixture

100‧‧‧frame

110‧‧‧ floor

120, 120a‧‧‧First side plate

121‧‧‧ the first plate

122‧‧‧The first frame positioning column

123, 123a, 123b‧‧‧Guide groove

130‧‧‧Second side plate

131‧‧‧Second plate

132‧‧‧Second frame positioning column

140‧‧‧ the first receiving tank

150‧‧‧ second receiving slot

200, 200a, 200b ‧‧‧ Mounting parts

210, 210a‧‧‧ Pivot

211a‧‧‧chute

220, 220a‧‧‧Guide

230, 230a‧‧‧ mobile positioning column

240a‧‧‧ slider

300‧‧‧ Positioning assembly

310‧‧‧The first card block

320‧‧‧Second Card Block

400‧‧‧ adapter

410‧‧‧ Ontology

420‧‧‧Connecting plate

430‧‧‧ bezel

440‧‧‧The first adapter positioning column

450‧‧‧ positioning block

460‧‧‧Second adapter post

20‧‧‧ hard disk of the first size

21‧‧‧first positioning hole

30‧‧‧Second Size Hard Disk

31‧‧‧Second positioning hole

L‧‧‧ rotation axis

D‧‧‧ radial direction

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hard disk fixing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the hard disk fixing device of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a partial enlarged view of a schematic side view of the movable positioning column of the hard disk fixing device of FIG. 1 when the movable positioning column is located at a first installation position. FIG. 4 is a partial enlarged view of a schematic side view of the movable positioning column of the hard disk fixing device of FIG. 1 when the movable positioning column is located at a second installation position. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the adapter of the hard disk fixing device of FIG. 1 when the adapter is disassembled. FIG. 6 is a combined view of a hard disk fixing device and a first size hard disk. FIG. 7 is an exploded view of the hard disk fixing device and the first size hard disk. FIG. 8 is a combined view of a hard disk fixing device and a second size hard disk. FIG. 9 is an exploded view of the hard disk fixing device and the second size hard disk. 10 is an exploded view of a mounting member and a first side plate of a hard disk fixing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a partial enlarged view of a side schematic diagram when a mounting member of a hard disk fixing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention is located at a first mounting position. FIG. 12 is a partial enlarged view of a side schematic view when a mounting member of a hard disk fixing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention is located at a second mounting position. FIG. 13 is a partial enlarged view of a side schematic view when a mounting member of a hard disk fixing device according to a third embodiment of the present invention is located at a second mounting position.

Claims (10)

A hard disk fixing device is used for fixing a first size hard disk or a second size hard disk. The first size hard disk and the second size hard disk have a plurality of first positioning holes and a plurality of second positioning, respectively. Hole, the hard disk fixing device includes: a frame body including a bottom plate, a first side plate and a second side plate, the first side plate and the second side plate are respectively standing on opposite sides of the bottom plate; a mounting member, The mobile positioning post includes a movable positioning post protruding from the first side plate and slidably disposed on the first side plate and has a first mounting position and a second mounting position; and an adapter frame having a An assembled state and a disassembled state, when the adapter frame is in the assembled state, the adapter frame is disposed adjacent to the first side plate and the second side plate, and the frame body and the adapter frame are jointly formed to A first receiving slot matching the first size hard disk. When the adapter is in the disassembled state, the adapter is separated from the first side plate and the second side plate. Match one of the second size hard drive Two receiving slots; wherein when the adapter is in the assembled state and the movable positioning post is located in the first installation position, the movable positioning post is located in the first receiving slot and is used for fixing to the first size One of the first positioning holes of the dish is fixed in the second receiving slot when the adapter is in the disassembled state and the movable positioning post is in the second installation position. One of the second positioning holes of the second size hard disk. The hard disk fixing device according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first side plate has a guide groove, and the movable positioning post is slidably disposed in the guide groove. The hard disk fixing device according to item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the mounting member further includes a pivoting portion and a guiding portion connected to each other, and the movable positioning post is fixed to the guiding portion, and the pivoting portion is pivoted. Connected to the first side plate. The hard disk fixing device according to item 3 of the scope of patent application, wherein the pivotal portion is fixed to the guide portion, and the outer shape of the guide groove is arc-shaped. The hard disk fixing device according to item 3 of the scope of patent application, wherein the guide portion is slidably disposed on the pivot portion, and can slide relative to the pivot portion in a radial direction of a rotation axis of the pivot portion. And the shape of the guide groove is L-shaped or linear. The hard disk fixing device described in item 2 of the scope of patent application, further includes a positioning component, the positioning component includes a first card block and a second card block, and the first card block and the second card block are respectively located at The opposite sides of the guide groove are fixed to the first side plate, and the movable positioning post can be respectively positioned at the first installation position and the second installation position. The hard disk fixing device according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the adapter further includes a body, a connecting plate, and a baffle, the connecting plate is connected to the body, and is side by side between the first side plate. And the second side plate, the baffle is connected to the body and the connection plate, and stands on the bottom plate. When the adapter is in the assembled state, the connection plate, the baffle, the first side plate and the The bottom plates are commonly surrounded to form the first receiving groove. The hard disk fixing device according to item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the adapter frame further includes two first adapter frame positioning columns and a positioning block, and the two first adapter frame positioning columns are fixed to the connecting plate. The positioning block is fixed to the body, and when the adaptor is in the assembled state and the movable positioning post is located in the first installation position, the movable positioning post, the two first adaptor positioning posts, and the positioning block are located in the The first accommodating slots are respectively used for fixing to four of the first size hard disks. The first positioning holes. The hard disk fixing device according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the first side plate includes a first plate body and a first frame positioning post, and the first frame positioning post is fixed to the first plate. The first plate body stands on the bottom plate. The second side plate includes a second plate body and two second frame positioning posts. The two second frame body positioning posts are fixed to the second plate body and the second plate body. Standing on the bottom plate, when the adapter is in the disassembled state and the movable positioning post is in the second installation position, the movable positioning post, the first frame positioning post and the two second frame positioning posts are located in the The second accommodating slots are respectively used to be fixed to four of the second positioning holes of the hard disk of the second size. The hard disk fixing device according to item 9 of the scope of patent application, wherein the adapter frame further includes a second adapter frame positioning column, the second adapter frame positioning column is fixed to the body, and when the adapter frame is in In the assembled state, the adapter frame is fixed to the first side plate by the first frame positioning column and the second adapter frame positioning column, and is fixed to the second side by the two second frame positioning columns. Siding.