CN107783615B

CN107783615B - Hard disk rack assembly

Info

Publication number: CN107783615B
Application number: CN201711169491.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谢汉志
Original assignee: Inventec Pudong Technology Corp; Inventec Corp
Current assignee: Inventec Pudong Technology Corp; Inventec Corp
Priority date: 2017-11-22
Filing date: 2017-11-22
Publication date: 2020-07-24
Anticipated expiration: 2037-11-22
Also published as: CN107783615A

Abstract

The invention discloses a hard disk rack assembly, which is suitable for mounting a hard disk and comprises a mounting rack and an operating device. The mounting frame comprises a clamping frame part and two mounting parts. The clamping frame portion surrounds the installation space, and one side of the clamping frame portion is provided with two movable ends which can be relatively far away or close to each other. The installation space is used for installing the hard disk. The two assembling portions are respectively connected with the two movable ends of the clamping frame portion and are respectively provided with an assembling hole. The operating device comprises a base and a first fastener. The base body is provided with a limiting through hole. The first fastener can be arranged on the seat body in a sliding manner and is provided with a fastening position and a releasing position. When the first fastener is located at the release position, the two assembly parts can penetrate through the limiting through holes, and the first fastener can slide from the release position to the fastener position and is buckled in the assembly holes, so that the two assembly parts are limited by the limiting through holes and are close to each other.

Description

Hard disk rack assembly

Technical Field

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

Background

Nowadays, the world is in an era of rapid development of information technology, and computers are widely used in various aspects. Among the components of a computer, a hard disk plays a role of storing an operating system, an application program, and user data, and has a large data storage capacity and a characteristic of being able to be read and written repeatedly, and is a main device for storing data in a computer device. In addition to general personal computers, in order to provide fast and diversified electronic services, enterprises often use servers equipped with a large number of hard disks.

In order to prevent the operation performance of the hard disk from being reduced or even faults caused by vibration generated during the operation of the hard disk, the hard disk is usually installed in the hard disk accommodating box, so that the influence caused by the vibration is reduced by the buffer of the hard disk accommodating box. Generally, the hard disk and the hard disk storage box are fixed by screws. However, when the hard disk needs to be replaced, the user must first use a tool to disassemble the screw attached to the hard disk to take out the hard disk from the accommodating box, which causes a complicated and inconvenient replacement process. A large amount of labor and man-hours are required for a server mounted with a large number of hard disks. Therefore, how to simplify the process of replacing the hard disk and further improve the efficiency of loading and unloading the hard disk, and save labor and time, is one of the problems to be solved by research and development personnel.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a hard disk frame assembly, which simplifies the replacement process of a hard disk, improves the efficiency of loading and unloading the hard disk and saves labor and working hours.

The invention discloses a hard disk rack assembly which is suitable for mounting a hard disk and comprises a mounting rack and an operating device. The mounting frame comprises a clamping frame portion, a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion. The clamping frame portion surrounds an installation space, and one side of the clamping frame portion is provided with two movable ends which can be relatively far away from or close to each other. The installation space is used for installing the hard disk. The first assembly portion and the second assembly portion are respectively connected to the two movable ends of the clamping frame portion and are respectively provided with an assembly hole. The operating device comprises a base and a first fastener. The base body is provided with a limiting through hole. The first fastener can be arranged on the seat body in a sliding manner and is provided with a fastening position and a releasing position. When the first buckle piece is located at the release position, the first assembly portion and the second assembly portion can penetrate through the limiting through hole, and the first buckle piece can slide from the release position to the buckle position and is buckled in the assembly hole, so that the first assembly portion and the second assembly portion are limited by the limiting through hole and are close to each other.

According to the hard disk rack assembly disclosed in the above embodiments, the mounting space of the clamping frame portion can be adjusted by relatively approaching or separating the two movable ends of the mounting rack. Therefore, the user can clamp the hard disk in the clamping frame portion or separate the hard disk from the clamping of the clamping frame portion only by pulling the two movable ends of the clamping frame portion. Furthermore, only the first assembly part and the second assembly part connected to the two movable ends need to pass through the limiting through holes, slide the first buckle piece and enable the first buckle piece to be buckled in the assembly holes of the assembly parts, the two movable ends can be fixed through the limiting through holes under the condition that tools are not needed, the clamping frame part is clamped and fixed with the hard disk, and therefore the assembly speed between the hard disk frame assembly and the hard disk is improved.

The above description of the present invention and the following description of the embodiments are provided to illustrate and explain the spirit and principles of the present invention and to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed in the appended claims.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hard disk drive assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the operating device of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the operating device of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a hard disk mounted to the mounting bracket of fig. 1.

Fig. 5 and 6 are top sectional views of the hard disk assembly of fig. 1 with a hard disk mounted thereon.

Wherein, the reference numbers:

1 hard disk rack assembly

10 mounting rack

101 clamping frame

1012 first side support

10121 the first side edge

10122 second side edge

1013 second side support

10131 first side edge

10132 second side edge

1014 flexible support

1015 first extension support

10151 Movable end

10152 surface

1016 second extension support

10161 Movable end

10162 surface

1017 installation space

102 first assembling part

1021 first assembling hole

103 second assembly part

1031 second assembling hole

11 assembled column

12 positioning column

13 operating device

131 seat body

1311 first surface

1312 second surface

1313 limiting perforation

1314 locating slot

132 first fastener

1321 operating part

1322 Main body portion

1323 bolt part

13231 butting against the inclined plane

133 elastic member

134 handle

135 second fastener

136 electromagnetic interference protection module

2 hard disk

20 assembling groove

D1 Release Direction

D2 direction of snap

Detailed Description

Please refer to fig. 1 to 3. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hard disk drive assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the operating device of fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the operating device of fig. 1.

The embodiment discloses a hard disk rack assembly 1, which is suitable for mounting a hard disk 2. The hard disk rack assembly 1 comprises a mounting rack 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 101 includes a first side support 1012, a second side support 1013, a flexible support 1014, a first extension support 1015, and a second extension support 1016.

The first side support 1012 is opposite to the second side support 1013, and each has a

first side

10121, 10131 and a

second side

10122, 10132.

The flexible frame 1014 is connected to the

first sides

10121, 10131 of the first side frame 1012 and the second side frame 1013.

The first extension bracket 1015 is attached to the second side 10122 of the first side bracket 1012 and extends toward the second side bracket 1013. The second extension bracket 1016 is attached 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 the flexible bracket 1014. The first side support 1012, the second side support 1013, the first extension support 1015, the second extension support 1016, and the flexible support 1014 collectively surround a mounting 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 assembling portion 102 is connected to the movable end 10151 of the first extending support 1015 and has a first assembling hole 1021. The second assembling portion 103 is connected to the movable end 10161 of the second extension bracket 1016 and has a second assembling hole 1031. The first assembling portion 102 and the second assembling portion 103 can respectively drive the movable end 10151 and the movable end 10161 to move away from or close to each other to adjust the size of the installation space 1017. For example, when the first assembly portion 102 and the second assembly portion 103 approach each other, the size of the installation space 1017 is smaller than when the first assembly portion 102 and the second assembly portion 103 are away from each other, the size of the installation space 1017 is smaller.

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 first extension bracket 1015 and the second extension bracket 1016 have different lengths to form an asymmetric design. Thus, the user can be prevented from assembling the mounting rack 10 and the operating device 13 in the wrong direction by the asymmetrical design. However, 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 in other embodiments.

The four assembling posts 11 are disposed two by two on one

surface

10121, 10131 of the first side bracket 1012 and the second side bracket 1013 facing the mounting space 1017, and are respectively inserted into the assembling slots 20 of the hard disk 2 when the hard disk 2 is mounted.

In the present embodiment, the number of the assembly posts 11 corresponding to the number of the assembly slots 20 of the hard disk 2 is four and two are disposed opposite to each other, but not limited thereto. In other embodiments, fewer than four or more than four assembly posts may be configured depending on 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 extending support 1015 and the second extending support 1016 facing away from the mounting space 1017.

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

The base 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 bracket 10. The limiting through hole 1313 penetrates through the first surface 1311 and the second surface 1312. The two positioning holes 1314 are located on the first surface 1311 for the positioning posts 12 of the mounting frame 10 to insert into.

The first locking member 132 is slidably disposed on the second surface 1312 of the base 131 and has a locking position and a releasing position. The first locking element 132 includes an operating portion 1321, a body portion 1322 and a latch portion 1323 connected together. The latch portion 1323 has an abutting inclined surface 13231. The elastic member 133 is disposed between the base 131 and the operation portion 1321. When the first latch 132 is at the latching position, the abutting inclined surface 13231 of the latch portion 1323 is aligned with the limiting through hole 1313 and can be pushed by the first assembly portion 102 and the second assembly portion 103 to slide the first latch 132 from the latching position to the releasing position. The first locking member 132 is driven by the elastic member 133 to return to the locking position from the releasing position, so that the latch 1323 is disposed through the first and second assembly holes 1031 and 1032, and the first and

second assembly portions

102 and 103 are limited by the limiting hole 1313 and close to each other.

The handle 134 is pivotally disposed on the base 131 and has a closed position and an open position. The second locking element 135 is slidably disposed on the base 131, and the handle 134 is pressed by the second locking element 135 and fixed at the closed position. When the handle 134 is released from the pressing of the second latch 135, the handle 134 rotates from the closed position to the open position. The handle 134 in the open position provides a user grip that allows the user to easily pull the hard disk drive rack assembly 1 with the hard disk drive 2.

The emi protection module 136 is, for example, a metal sheet disposed on the upper and lower side edges of the base 131, and is used to contact with the chassis and be grounded, so as to shield the external electromagnetic wave from interfering the hard disk.

The following describes the process of assembling the hard disk 2 to the hard disk rack assembly 1. Please refer to fig. 4 to 6. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a hard disk mounted to the mounting bracket of fig. 1. Fig. 5 and 6 are top sectional views of the hard disk assembly of fig. 1 with a hard disk mounted thereon. First, as shown in fig. 4, the first assembling portion 102 and the second assembling portion 103 are opened to drive the first side bracket 1012 and the second side bracket 1013 to be relatively away from each other, so as to increase the size of the installation space 1017, and at this time, the hard disk 2 can be easily placed in the installation space 1017 by avoiding the assembling posts 11 on the first side bracket 1012 and the second side bracket 1013. Then, the first assembly portion 102 and the second assembly portion 103 are released, and the first side bracket 1012 and the second side bracket 1013 are brought close to each other by the elastic recovery of the flexible bracket 1014, so that the size of the installation space 1017 is reduced and close to the size of the hard disk 2. At this time, the assembly posts 11 located on the first side bracket 1012 and the second side bracket 1013 are inserted into the assembly grooves 20 of the hard disk 2, so that the hard disk 2 is sandwiched therebetween.

Next, as shown in fig. 5, the first assembling portion 102 and the second assembling portion 103 of the mounting rack 10 are inserted into the position-limiting through hole 1313 of the operating device 13, and the first assembling portion 102 and the second assembling portion 103 are limited by the position-limiting through hole 1313 and close to each other. The first assembly portion 102 and the second assembly portion 103 pass through the limiting hole 1313 and simultaneously push the abutting inclined surface 13231 of the latch portion 1323. The latch 1323, when pushed, will drive the body 1322 and the operating portion 1321 to slide from the latching position to the releasing position along the releasing direction D1. At this time, the elastic member 133 located between the operation portion 1321 and the seat body 131 is in a compressed state. In addition, while the first assembling portion 102 and the second assembling portion 103 pass through the limiting through hole 1313, the two positioning posts 12 are respectively inserted into the two positioning holes 1314, so as to improve the assembling accuracy of the mounting frame 10 and the operating device 13.

Then, when the assembling

holes

1021, 1031 of the first assembling portion 102 and the second assembling portion 103 are aligned with the latch portion 1323 of the first latch 132, the first latch 132 is not pushed. At this time, as shown in fig. 6, the compressed elastic member 133 releases the elasticity and drives the first locking member 132 to return to the locking position from the releasing position along the locking direction D2, so that the latch portion 1323 is locked in the assembly holes 1021 and 1031 of the first assembly portion 102 and the second assembly portion 103. Therefore, in addition to the first side bracket 1012 and the second side bracket 1013 being rebounded by the flexible bracket 1014 to clamp the hard disk 2, the limiting through hole 1313 further fixes the two assembling

portions

102, 103, thereby enhancing the clamping force between the first side bracket 1012 and the second side bracket 1013, and thus improving the assembling strength between the hard disk frame assembly 1 and the hard disk 2.

In the present embodiment, the first assembling portion 102 and the second assembling portion 103 push against the abutting inclined surface 13231 of the latch portion 1323, so that the first locking member 132 slides from the locking position to the releasing position, but not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the latch portion may not have an abutting slope, and the first locking member 132 is disengaged from the locking position by pulling the operating portion 1321.

In the embodiment, in addition to the assembling of the mounting frame 10 and the operating device 13 passing through the limiting hole 1313 by the assembling

portions

102 and 103, the positioning post 1314 and the positioning hole 12 can also improve the alignment accuracy of the mounting frame 10 and the operating device 13. Specifically, in order to allow the assembling

portions

102 and 103 that are not completely closed to pass through the limiting through hole 1313, the design width of the limiting through hole 1313 is slightly larger than the total thickness of the assembling

portions

102 and 103, that is, after the assembling

portions

102 and 103 penetrate through the limiting through hole 1313, there is still a moving margin. 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 assembling strength of the mounting frame 10 and the operating device 13.

According to the hard disk rack assembly of the above embodiment, since the mounting space of the clamping frame portion can be adjusted by relatively approaching or separating the two movable ends of the mounting rack. Therefore, the user can clamp the hard disk in the clamping frame portion or separate the hard disk from the clamping of the clamping frame portion only by pulling the two movable ends of the clamping frame portion. Furthermore, only the first assembly part and the second assembly part connected to the two movable ends need to pass through the limiting through holes and slide the first buckling piece, and the first buckling piece is buckled in the assembly holes of the assembly parts, so that the two movable ends can be fixed through the limiting through holes under the condition that tools are not needed, the hard disk is clamped by the clamping frame part, and the assembly speed between the hard disk frame assembly and the hard disk is further improved.

In addition, the assembling of the mounting frame and the operating device is combined with each other through the limiting through holes arranged on the assembling portion, and the positioning columns and the positioning holes can further improve the alignment precision of the mounting frame and the operating device, so that the assembling strength of the mounting frame and the operating device is enhanced.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiments, it should be understood that various changes and modifications can be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A hard disk drive rack assembly adapted for mounting a hard disk, the hard disk drive rack assembly comprising:

the mounting frame comprises a clamping frame portion, a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion, wherein the clamping frame portion surrounds a mounting space, one side of the clamping frame portion is provided with two movable ends which can be relatively far away from or close to the clamping frame portion, the mounting space is used for the hard disk to be arranged, the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are respectively connected to the two movable ends of the clamping frame portion, the first mounting portion is provided with a first mounting hole, and the second mounting portion is provided with a second mounting hole; and

an operating device, the operating device includes a base and a first buckle spare, the base has a spacing perforation, the first buckle spare can be set up in the base glidingly, and have a buckle position and a release position, when the first buckle spare is located the release position, the first assembly portion and the second assembly portion can wear to establish the spacing perforation, and the first buckle spare can slide and buckle in the first assembly hole and the second assembly hole from the release position to the buckle position, so that the first assembly portion and the second assembly portion are restricted by the spacing perforation and draw close together.

2. The hard disk drive rack assembly of claim 1, wherein the clamping frame portion of the mounting rack 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, the first extending bracket is connected to the first side bracket and extends toward the second side bracket, the second extending bracket is connected to the second side bracket and extends toward the first side bracket, the first assembly portion is connected to one end of the first extending bracket far away from the first side bracket, the second assembly portion is connected to one end of the second extending bracket far away from the second side bracket, and the first assembly portion and the second assembly portion are adjacent to each other.

3. The hard disk drive rack 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 extending bracket and the second extending bracket, such that the first side bracket, the second side bracket, the first extending bracket, the second extending bracket and the flexible bracket jointly surround the mounting space.

4. The hard disk drive rack assembly of claim 2, wherein the first assembly portion is spaced from the first side bracket by a distance different from the second assembly portion.

5. The hard disk drive rack assembly of claim 2, further comprising a plurality of assembly posts respectively disposed on a surface of the first side bracket and the second side bracket facing the mounting space and respectively corresponding to a plurality of assembly slots of the hard disk drive.

6. The hard disk rack assembly of claim 2, further comprising two positioning posts respectively disposed on a surface of the first extension bracket and the second extension bracket opposite to the mounting space, wherein the base of the operation device further comprises two positioning holes corresponding to the positioning posts.

7. The hard disk drive rack assembly of claim 1, wherein the first latch further comprises an operating portion, a body portion and a latch portion connected to each other, the latch portion being pushed by the first assembly portion and the second assembly portion, so that the first latch slides from the latching position to the releasing position.

8. The hard disk drive rack assembly of claim 7, wherein the latch portion has an abutting slope, and when the first locking member is located at the locking position, the abutting slope is aligned with the limiting through hole and can be pushed by the first assembling portion and the second assembling portion to slide the first locking member from the locking position to the releasing position.

9. The hard disk drive rack assembly of claim 8, wherein the operation device further comprises an elastic member disposed between the seat and the operation portion, and the operation portion is pushed by the elastic member and drives the body and the latch to return from the release position to the latch position, so that the latch passes through the first and second assembly holes.

10. The hard disk drive rack assembly of claim 1, wherein the operating device further comprises a handle and a second fastener, the handle is pivotally disposed on the base and has a closed position and an open position, the second fastener is slidably disposed on the base, and the handle is pressed by the second fastener and fixed at the closed position.