CN215496010U

CN215496010U - Storage medium accommodating assembly and storage device

Info

Publication number: CN215496010U
Application number: CN202121727259.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 倪海洋
Original assignee: Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-27
Filing date: 2021-07-27
Publication date: 2022-01-11
Anticipated expiration: 2031-07-27

Abstract

The utility model provides a storage medium accommodating assembly and a storage device. The storage medium accommodating assembly comprises a shell, a buffering element and a scratch-proof element, wherein the shell is a metal piece, the buffering element is convexly arranged on the shell and has elasticity, the scratch-proof element is convexly arranged on the shell and positioned on the outer side of the buffering element, and the scratch-proof element is used for preventing the buffering element from being in direct contact with external reading equipment. According to the utility model, a plastic part wrapped outside the metal shell is omitted, the storage medium accommodating component is prevented from shaking in external reading equipment through the buffer element, the storage medium accommodating component has smaller size, is lighter and easier to carry, and has lower manufacturing cost, and for the external reading equipment, if the storage medium accommodating component is matched with the storage medium accommodating component, the number of the accommodated storage media is more; the anti-scraping element can prevent the metal shell from being in direct contact with external reading equipment, and the risk that metal debris is generated due to scraping and then the external reading equipment is in short circuit failure is eliminated.

Description

Storage medium accommodating assembly and storage device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of mobile storage hardware, in particular to a storage medium accommodating component and storage equipment.

Background

A mobile hard disk case is a device for accommodating and protecting a mobile hard disk. The mobile hard disk cartridge needs to meet the use requirements of portability, easy carrying, reliable plug-in mounting and fixation and the like.

The conventional mobile hard disk cartridge usually wraps a plastic part outside a metal shell, and a buffer structure made of an elastic material is further disposed on an outer surface of the plastic part. The plastic part can prevent the hard disk cartridge from scratching external reading equipment, and the elastic buffer structure can prevent the hard disk cartridge from shaking or vibrating in the external reading equipment and prevent the stored information in the hard disk from losing.

The existing hard disk cartridge is large in size due to the adoption of the plastic part, large in occupied volume, less in quantity of the hard disk cartridges which can be accommodated by external reading equipment, and low in portability and cost of the hard disk cartridge. However, the elimination of the plastic part can cause direct contact between the metal shell and the external reading device, metal debris is easily generated after scraping, and the metal debris has a risk of causing short circuit of the external reading device, thereby causing device failure and even safety accidents.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, the present invention provides a storage medium accommodating assembly, which includes a housing, a buffer element, and a scratch-proof element, where the housing is made of metal, the buffer element is protruded from the housing and has elasticity, the scratch-proof element is protruded from the housing and located outside the buffer element, and the scratch-proof element is used to block the buffer element from directly contacting with an external reading device.

The storage medium accommodating component provided by the utility model cancels a plastic part wrapped outside the metal shell, and prevents the storage medium accommodating component from shaking in external reading equipment through the buffer element, so that the storage medium accommodating component has smaller size, is lighter and easier to carry, and has lower manufacturing cost; in addition, the anti-scraping element can prevent direct contact between the metal shell and the external reading equipment, and the risk that metal debris is generated due to scraping and then the external reading equipment is short-circuited is eliminated.

In one embodiment, the buffering element and the shell are integrally formed by punching and cutting; and/or the scratch-resistant element is a plastic part.

By the arrangement, the connection strength of the buffer element and the shell is higher, the manufacturing process of the storage medium accommodating assembly is simple, and the cost is lower; the scratch-proof element does not cause damage to the buffer element and also does not scratch an external reading device to generate metal debris.

In one embodiment, the buffer element comprises a connecting part and a movable part, one end of the connecting part is connected with the shell, and the other end of the connecting part protrudes out of the shell and is connected with the movable part; the movable part has elasticity and can extend into the shell or extend out of the shell.

With the arrangement, the buffer element can deform under the action of external force of the external reading equipment, the elasticity of the movable part can buffer the damage of external impact on the storage medium, the contact damping between the storage medium accommodating assembly and the external reading equipment is increased, and the rigid contact between the storage medium accommodating assembly and the external reading equipment is avoided; and one end of the connecting part connected with the movable part protrudes out of the shell, so that the buffer element and the external reading equipment can be reliably abutted, and the shaking gap of the storage medium accommodating assembly in the external reading equipment is eliminated.

In one embodiment, the buffer element further comprises an abutting end and a bending part, the abutting end is arranged at the end part of the movable part relatively far away from the connecting part, and the abutting end is used for abutting against the storage medium; the bending part is positioned between the movable part and the connecting part and protrudes relative to the outer side of the shell, and the bending part is connected with the movable part and the connecting part so that the abutting end extends into the shell; and/or the connecting part has elasticity, and the connecting part can rotate relative to the shell.

With the arrangement, the abutting end can provide an auxiliary supporting effect for the internal storage medium, and the arrangement of the bending part obviously increases the elasticity and the strength of the buffer element, so that the movement of the movable part relative to the elastic deformation of the connecting part is increased; the elasticity of connecting portion can further increase the mobility of buffer element for casing elastic deformation, therefore can eliminate storage medium better and hold the subassembly and hold the not equidimension clearance of rocking in different outside reading equipment, improved storage medium and held the suitability and the commonality of subassembly.

In one embodiment, the cushioning element is a V-shaped fold.

So set up, the lateral surface of buffering component can be through preventing scraping component and outside reading equipment indirect contact to indirect sliding fit has reduced the resistance when storage medium holds the subassembly and inserts or extract outside reading equipment, also makes the buffering component can produce more gentle deformation, avoids damaging because of sudden deformation.

In one embodiment, the shell is provided with an abdicating through hole, and the buffer element is connected to the inner wall of the abdicating through hole through the connecting part; the yielding through hole is used for enabling the yielding buffer element to extend into the shell, or enabling the yielding buffer element to extend out of the shell.

So set up, let the through-hole of stepping down and interfere or rub with the casing when can preventing to cushion component elastic deformation, allow to cushion component elastic deformation in wider range, the user is more smooth when plug storage medium holds the subassembly.

In one embodiment, the housing is provided with a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole, and the first mounting hole and the second mounting hole are arranged along the sliding direction of the storage medium accommodating component relative to the external reading equipment; prevent scraping the component including preventing scraping portion, first installation department and second installation department, prevent scraping portion protrusion in the casing and be located the outside of buffering component, first installation department and second installation department are located inside the casing, prevent that the one end of scraping the portion stretches into first mounting hole and connects first installation department, and the other end stretches into the second mounting hole and connects the second installation department.

So set up, prevent scraping being connected reliably between component and the casing, first installation department and second installation department can not take place to interfere, scrape or extrude with outside reading equipment, can prevent to scrape the component and drop from the casing.

In one embodiment, the first mounting hole has a size smaller than that of the first mounting portion, and the second mounting hole has a size smaller than that of the second mounting portion; and/or the length of the scratch-proof part is greater than the distance between the first mounting hole and the second mounting hole, and the scratch-proof part has a length allowance moving relative to the shell.

By the arrangement, the connection reliability of the scratch-resistant element and the shell is better; the scratch-proof element can move relative to the shell so as to be better matched with the elastic deformation of the buffer element relative to the shell, and when the height of the buffer element protruding out of the shell is increased, the space surrounded by the scratch-proof part and the shell can be enlarged so as to avoid the deformation of the buffer element.

In one embodiment, the projection of the scratch protection on the housing covers the projection of the damping element on the housing.

So set up, prevent scraping the portion and can fully block direct contact between buffer element and the casing.

The utility model also provides a storage device, which comprises the storage medium containing assembly and the storage medium, wherein the storage medium is arranged in the shell, and the storage device is contacted and matched with an external reading device through the scratch-proof element.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a storage media containment assembly in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the storage media containment assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial schematic view of the storage media containment assembly of FIG. 2 at X;

fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a storage device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

100. a storage media containment assembly; 10. a housing; 11. an accommodating cavity; 12. a yielding through hole; 131. a first mounting hole; 132. a second mounting hole; 20. a buffer element; 21. a connecting portion; 22. a movable portion; 23. a butting end; 24. a bending section; 30. a scratch-resistant element; 31. a scratch-resistant portion; 32. a first mounting portion; 33. a second mounting portion; 40. a positioning element; 50. a traction element; 200. a storage device; 210. a storage medium.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the utility model is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model. As used herein, the term "or/and" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

The present invention provides a storage medium housing assembly 100 for housing a storage medium 210 and capable of being mounted in an external reading device. Such a storage medium containment assembly 100 is small, lightweight, and portable, and can be used for personal, home, or office data storage, as well as in applications such as vehicle multimedia systems.

The storage medium accommodating assembly 100 can be used with different forms of storage media 210, that is, the utility model is not limited to the specific type, principle or structure of the storage media 210, as long as the storage medium accommodating assembly 100 can be installed together with the storage media 210 in an external reading device.

The conventional storage medium accommodating assembly 100 is generally formed by wrapping a plastic member around the metal case 10, and providing a buffer structure made of an elastic material on an outer surface of the plastic member. The plastic part can prevent the storage medium accommodating component 100 from scratching the external reading equipment, and the elastic buffer structure can prevent the storage medium accommodating component 100 from shaking or vibrating in the external reading equipment, so that the storage information in the hard disk is prevented from being lost.

Due to the plastic member, the size of the existing storage medium accommodating component 100 is large, and the occupied volume is large, so that the number of the storage medium accommodating components 100 which can be accommodated by an external reading device is small, the portability is affected, and the cost of the storage medium accommodating component 100 is increased. However, the elimination of the plastic member may cause direct contact between the metal housing 10 and the external reading device, and metal debris is easily generated after scraping, and the metal debris has a risk of causing short circuit of the external reading device, thereby causing device failure and even safety accident.

In view of this, the storage medium accommodating assembly 100 of the present invention includes a housing 10 made of a metal material, a buffering member 20, and a scratch preventing member 30. The housing 10 is provided with an accommodating cavity 11 for accommodating the storage medium 210, and the exterior of the housing is not covered with a plastic part or other packaging structure, and the metal housing 10 is exposed. Therefore, the storage medium accommodating assembly 100 of the present invention has a better heat dissipation capability.

The buffer member 20 is protruded from the housing 10 and has elasticity, and the scratch prevention member 30 is protruded from the housing 10 and located outside the buffer member 20, where the outside of the buffer member 20 refers to a side of the buffer member 20 relatively close to the inner wall of the cavity of the external reading device when the storage medium accommodating assembly 100 is inserted into the external reading device.

The scratch prevention member 30 is used to block the buffer member 20 from directly contacting with an external reading device; the buffering member 20 can indirectly abut against the external reading device through the scratch-proof member 30 and is elastically deformed by itself to eliminate a shaking gap between the storage medium accommodating assembly 100 and the external reading device, and also can mitigate the influence of external vibration on the storage medium 210 to provide contact damping between the storage medium accommodating assembly 100 and the external reading device.

The storage medium accommodating component 100 provided by the utility model cancels a plastic part coated outside the metal shell 10, but prevents the storage medium accommodating component 100 from shaking in external reading equipment through the buffer element 20, so that the storage medium accommodating component 100 has smaller size, is lighter and easier to carry, and has lower manufacturing cost, and for the external reading equipment, if the storage medium accommodating component 100 provided by the utility model is used in a matching way, the number of the accommodated storage media 210 is more; in addition, the anti-scratch element 30 can block direct contact between the metal housing 10 and the external reading device, and eliminates the risk of metal debris generated by scratching, which in turn causes short-circuit failure of the external reading device.

In one embodiment, the buffering element 20 and the housing 10 are integrally formed by stamping and cutting, and the scratch-proof element 30 is a plastic part. Preferably, the housing 10 is a stainless steel member in this embodiment.

In this embodiment, the buffering element 20 is disposed on the sidewall of the casing 10, the punching device punches a U-shaped fracture surface on the sidewall of the casing 10, and then applies an external force to the sidewall material in the U-shaped fracture surface to deform the sidewall material and protrude out of the sidewall of the casing 10, so that the yielding through hole 12 penetrating through the inside and the outside of the casing 10 is formed on the sidewall of the casing 10, and the buffering element 20 connected to the inner wall of the yielding through hole 12 is formed at the same time. The offset through hole 12 can offset the buffer element 20 into the housing 10 or extend from the housing 10 to the outside of the housing 10.

It is understood that in other embodiments, cushioning element 20 and housing 10 may be formed or connected in other ways, such as being formed separately and riveted or welded; the scratch-proof element 30 may be made of other materials as long as it can prevent the buffer element 20 from directly contacting with an external reading device, and prevent the metal part of the storage medium accommodating assembly 100 from scratching and generating metal debris.

Specifically, the buffer element 20 includes a connection portion 21 and a movable portion 22, one end of the connection portion 21 is connected to the inner wall of the abdicating through hole 12, and the other end protrudes out of the shell 10 and is connected with the movable portion 22; the movable portion 22 has elasticity and can be extended into the inside of the housing 10 through the abdicating through hole 12 under indirect pressing of the external reading device or extended out of the outside of the housing 10 through self elastic restoration.

Further, the buffer element 20 further includes an abutting end 23 and a bending portion 24, the abutting end 23 is disposed at an end of the movable portion 22 relatively far from the connecting portion 21, and the abutting end 23 is used for abutting against the storage medium 210; the bent portion 24 is located between the movable portion 22 and the connecting portion 21, connects the movable portion 22 and the connecting portion 21, and protrudes with respect to the outside of the housing 10, that is, the shape of the cushioning element 20 is V-shaped. In order to further increase the moving amount of the elastic deformation of the buffering element 20 relative to the housing 10, the connecting portion 21 also has elasticity, and the connecting portion 21 can rotate relative to the housing 10 and drive the bending portion 24, the moving portion 22 and the abutting end 23 to move in the abdicating through hole 12.

In one embodiment, the housing 10 further defines a first mounting hole 131 and a second mounting hole 132, and the first mounting hole 131 and the second mounting hole 132 are arranged along a direction in which the storage medium accommodating assembly 100 slides with respect to the external reading device; and the two are located at both sides of the abdicating through-hole 12, respectively corresponding to the connecting portion 21 and the movable portion 22 of the buffer element 20.

Prevent scraping component 30 and be the I-shaped, including preventing scraping portion 31 and connecting portion 21 and preventing scraping first installation department 32 and the second installation department 33 at portion 31 both ends, prevent scraping portion 31 protrusion in casing 10 and be located the outside of buffer element 20, first installation department 32 and second installation department 33 are located inside casing 10, prevent that the one end of scraping portion 31 stretches into inside casing 10 and be connected with first installation department 32 from first mounting hole 131, the other end stretches into inside casing 10 and is connected with second installation department 33 from second mounting hole 132.

Further, in order to prevent the scratch prevention element 30 from falling off the housing 10 and improve the connection strength between the scratch prevention element 30 and the housing 10, the size of the first mounting hole 131 is smaller than that of the first mounting portion 32, the size of the second mounting hole 132 is smaller than that of the second mounting portion 33, and when the scratch prevention element 30 has a tendency to move away from the housing 10, the first mounting portion 32 and the second mounting portion 33 can abut against the inner wall of the housing 10.

Further, the length of the scratch prevention part 31 is greater than the distance between the first and second mounting

holes

131 and 132, and the scratch prevention part 31 has a length margin to move with respect to the housing 10.

With such an arrangement, the reliability of the connection of the scratch prevention element 30 with the housing 10 is better; the scratch-proof element 30 can move relative to the housing 10 to better accommodate the elastic deformation of the cushioning element 20 relative to the housing 10, and when the height of the cushioning element 20 protruding from the housing 10 increases, the space enclosed by the scratch-proof portion 31 and the housing 10 can also be enlarged to avoid the deformation of the cushioning element 20.

In one embodiment, the projection of the scratch preventing portion 31 on the side wall of the housing 10 directly connected to the cushioning element 20 can cover the projection of the cushioning element 20 on the same side wall of the housing 10, and therefore, the scratch preventing portion 31 can sufficiently block the direct contact between the cushioning element 20 and the housing 10.

In one embodiment, the storage medium accommodating assembly 100 further includes a positioning element 40 disposed on the housing 10, wherein the positioning element 40 is disposed on an inner wall of the housing 10 and protrudes into the accommodating cavity 11 for abutting and supporting the storage medium 210, and positioning and clamping the storage medium 210.

In order to reduce the production cost of the storage medium containing assembly 100, the positioning member 40 is integrally formed with the housing 10, and the housing 10 is pressed by an external device to generate an inwardly protruding deformation on the sidewall so as to form the positioning member 40. It is understood that in other embodiments, the positioning element 40 may be formed separately from the housing 10 and then fixedly connected thereto.

In one embodiment, the storage medium accommodating assembly 100 further comprises a pulling member 50 connected to the housing 10, wherein both ends of the pulling member 50 are connected to the ends of the housing 10, and when the storage medium accommodating assembly 100 is inserted into an external reading device, the pulling member 50 is exposed to the external reading device.

To facilitate gripping of the traction element 50 by a user, the traction element 50 has a margin of movement relative to the housing 10.

To protect the user from injury, the traction element 50 is a plastic part, and the outer circumference of the traction element 50 is provided with a transition fillet.

The utility model also provides a storage device 200, which comprises the storage medium accommodating component 100 provided by the utility model and a storage medium 210, wherein the storage medium 210 is arranged in the shell 10, and the storage device 200 is in contact fit with an external reading device through the scratch-proof element 30.

The features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the features in the above-described embodiments are not described, but should be construed as being within the scope of the present disclosure as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the features.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above embodiments are only for illustrating the present invention and are not to be used as a limitation of the present invention, and that suitable changes and modifications of the above embodiments are within the scope of the claimed invention as long as they are within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A storage medium accommodating assembly, comprising a housing (10), a buffering element (20), and a scratch-proof element (30), wherein the housing (10) is made of metal, the buffering element (20) is protruded from the housing (10) and has elasticity, the scratch-proof element (30) is protruded from the housing (10) and is located outside the buffering element (20), and the scratch-proof element (30) is used for preventing the buffering element (20) from directly contacting with an external reading device.

2. Storage medium accommodation assembly according to claim 1, wherein the damping element (20) is integrally formed with the housing (10); and/or the scratch-resistant element (30) is a plastic piece.

3. The storage medium accommodating assembly according to claim 1, wherein the buffer member (20) comprises a connecting portion (21) and a movable portion (22), one end of the connecting portion (21) is connected to the housing (10), and the other end of the connecting portion (21) protrudes outside the housing (10) and is connected to the movable portion (22); the movable part (22) has elasticity and can extend into the shell (10) or extend out of the shell (10).

4. A storage medium accommodating assembly according to claim 3, wherein the buffer member (20) further comprises an abutting end (23) and a bent portion (24), the abutting end (23) is provided at an end of the movable portion (22) relatively far from the connecting portion (21), and the abutting end (23) is used for abutting against a storage medium (210);

the bent part (24) is positioned between the movable part (22) and the connecting part (21) and protrudes relative to the outer side of the shell (10), and the bent part (24) is connected with the movable part (22) and the connecting part (21) so that the abutting end (23) extends into the shell (10); and/or the connecting part (21) has elasticity, and the connecting part (21) can rotate relative to the shell (10).

5. Storage medium accommodation assembly according to claim 4, wherein the damping element (20) is a V-shaped bend.

6. The storage medium accommodating assembly according to claim 3, wherein the housing (10) is provided with a relief through hole (12), and the buffer element (20) is connected to an inner wall of the relief through hole (12) through the connecting portion (21);

the yielding through hole (12) is used for yielding the buffer element (20) extending into the shell (10), or yielding the buffer element (20) extending out of the shell (10).

7. The storage medium accommodating assembly according to claim 1, wherein the housing (10) is opened with a first mounting hole (131) and a second mounting hole (132), and the first mounting hole (131) and the second mounting hole (132) are arranged along a direction in which the storage medium accommodating assembly slides with respect to an external reading apparatus;

prevent scraping component (30) including preventing scraping portion (31), first installation department (32) and second installation department (33), prevent scraping portion (31) protrusion in casing (10) just are located the outside of buffer component (20), first installation department (32) with second installation department (33) are located inside casing (10), the one end of preventing scraping portion (31) stretches into first mounting hole (131) and connect first installation department (32), the other end stretches into second mounting hole (132) and connects second installation department (33).

8. The storage media containment assembly of claim 7, wherein the first mounting hole (131) is smaller in size than the first mounting portion (32), and the second mounting hole (132) is smaller in size than the second mounting portion (33); and/or the presence of a catalyst in the reaction mixture,

the length of the scratch prevention part (31) is greater than the distance between the first mounting hole (131) and the second mounting hole (132), and the scratch prevention part (31) has a length margin that moves relative to the housing (10).

9. Storage medium accommodation assembly according to claim 7, wherein a projection of the scratch protection (31) on the housing (10) covers a projection of the damping element (20) on the housing (10).

10. A storage device comprising a storage medium housing assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 9 and a storage medium (210), said storage medium (210) being disposed within said housing (10), said storage device being in contact and cooperating with an external reading device through said scratch-resistant element (30).