KR200444987Y1 - External hard disk driver case - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an external hard disk driver case that is easily removable in a sliding manner inside the cover, which is easy to assemble and greatly improves convenience in use.

The present invention, the front side, the rear side is open, a plurality of sliding rails protruding on the inner side, the front of both edges of the circular button insertion port formed through each cover; A hard tray having a size that can be inserted into the cover, a central tray having a space in which an external hard disk driver is mounted, and a round button formed at both front edges thereof to correspond to a button insertion hole of the cover; And a PCB board embedded in the hard tray and electrically connected to a lit lamp fixed at the front edge of the hard tray, a power port disposed at the rear edge, a USB port, and a power switch, and to which an external hard disk driver is connected through a connector. It provides an external hard disk driver case comprising a control unit having a. According to the present invention, the structure is manufactured with a simple structure, thereby reducing the production cost, and maintaining the price competitiveness, and the hard disk driver is conveniently stored to greatly improve the inconvenience in use.

External hard disk driver case, cover, hard tray, button, USB port

Description

External hard disk driver case {EXTERNAL HARD DISK DRIVER CASE}

The present invention relates to an external hard disk driver case, and more particularly, an external hard disk drive that is easily detachable by sliding the external hard disk driver inside the cover in a sliding manner, and is easily assembled to greatly improve the convenience of use. It's about a driver case.

In general, computers such as desktop PCs and laptops have auxiliary memory devices for storing data. Representative auxiliary memory devices include a floppy disk driver (FDD) capable of driving floppy diskettes and a hard disk drive for hard disks. There is a driver (HDD).

Among these, the floppy disk has the advantage of being easy to carry, but it is inconvenient to use because the amount of information storage is small. On the other hand, the hard disk is convenient to use because it can store a large capacity, there is a problem that is difficult to move or carry. In addition, in recent years, a lot of additional hard disk space is required to use various video files or multimedia files such as MP3 and back up data.

An external hard disk is used to compensate for the shortcomings of such a hard disk. The external hard disk driver can be directly connected to a parallel port of a PC without installing a separate internal interface card.

In addition to the basic effects such as data backup or hard disk capacity increase, such external hard disk drivers have the advantage of being able to use expensive software in common or to quickly install large-capacity software.

Such an external hard disk driver has a driver case so that they are installed and operated. The hard disk driver is installed in the case, and the structure is sealed by using a cover for stable use and protection of the hard disk driver. It was to have.

Prior art related to such a conventional external hard disk driver case, "External hard disk driver case" of Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2004-0026880, "External hard disk drive storage case" of Korean Utility Model Publication No. 20-0410089 And "Unused external hard disk drive case of a no-bolt coupling method" of Registered Utility Model Publication No. 20-0443215.

However, all of the prior art as described above has a problem in that it is complicated to manufacture structurally, excessively expensive production costs, and inconvenient to use.

The present invention has been devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, the purpose of which can be manufactured in a simple structure to reduce the production cost and maintain the price competitiveness, as well as convenient to remove the hard disk driver, inconvenience in use It is to provide an external hard disk driver case with a big improvement.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, the front side, the rear side is open, the inner side is formed with a plurality of sliding rails protruding, the front of both corners are formed through the circular button insertion port cover; A hard tray having a size that can be inserted into the cover, a central tray having a space in which an external hard disk driver is mounted, and a round button formed at both front edges thereof to correspond to a button insertion hole of the cover; And a PCB board embedded in the hard tray and electrically connected to a lit lamp fixed at the front edge of the hard tray, a power port disposed at the rear edge, a USB port, and a power switch, and to which an external hard disk driver is connected through a connector. And an external hard disk driver case configured to slidably remove and fix the external hard disk driver fixed to the hard tray in a cover. Through such a structure, the present invention can be manufactured in a very simple structure because the external hard disk driver can be detachably detached from the hard tray.

In addition, the present invention preferably the cover is composed of a first cover member and a second cover member made of a "┏┓" -shaped cross-section, these first cover member and the second cover member are disposed opposite to each other, A plurality of protrusions formed on the side and a plurality of engaging grooves respectively coupled to the other side corresponding to the protrusions are integrally coupled to each other, semicircular grooves in front of both corners of each of the first cover member and the second cover member Are formed to form the button insertion hole. Therefore, the present invention, the front and rear edges of the cover is opened through the combination of the first cover member and the second cover member, the inner side is assembled with a structure in which a plurality of sliding rails protruding is easily assembled with the hard tray.

And the present invention is preferably the hard tray is a structure for fixing the external hard disk driver disposed therein by forming a plurality of screw fasteners on each side edge. Through this structure, the external hard disk driver is firmly fixed to the hard tray, is not damaged by external shock, and does not lose data stored in the hard disk.

In addition, the present invention is preferably the circular button is formed on each side of the hard tray button projections through a plurality of elastic ribs, respectively, and elastically coupled to the button insertion hole of the cover. Through this structure, the button protrusion can be manufactured in a structure that is elastically displaceable in the width direction of the hard tray by using the restoring force of the elastic ribs without including separate springs, and is easily elastic when combined with the cover. Combination is possible.

And the present invention is preferably the cover is provided with a plurality of support sheet on the outer surface of the second cover member. Therefore, when the external hard disk driver case of the present invention is placed on the table, it is placed in a stable position without slipping due to the support sheet.

According to the external hard disk driver case according to the present invention can be manufactured in a very simple structure because the external hard disk driver is fixed by sliding the removable hard tray fixed inside the cover. Therefore, it is possible to maintain cost competitiveness by reducing costs related to manufacturing costs, and to easily remove and detach a hard disk driver, thereby greatly improving the inconvenience in use.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

External hard disk driver case 100 according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 1, the front and rear side has a cover 110 is open, such a cover 110 is a "┏┓" type cross section The first cover member 112a and the second cover member 112b are formed, and the first cover member 112a and the second cover member 112b are disposed to face each other and are coupled to each other.

The cover 110 forms a plurality of protrusions 114 and locking grooves 116 on inner surfaces of the first cover member 112a and the second cover member 112b, and the protrusion 114 of one side. They are respectively coupled to each other by correspondingly coupled to the engaging groove 116 of the other side.

In addition, semicircular grooves 118a and 118b are formed in front of both corners of the first cover member 112a and the second cover member 112b, and when the semicircular grooves 118a and 118b are combined, The button insertion hole 120 is to form on each side edge.

In addition, a plurality of sliding rails 122 protrude from inner surfaces of the first cover member 112a and the second cover member 112b, and through the sliding rails 122, a hard tray (as described later). 130 and the external hard disk driver 140 are slidably coupled.

External hard disk driver case 100 according to the present invention is provided with a hard tray 130 of a size that can be inserted into the cover 110, such a hard tray 130 is made of a synthetic plastic material, A space 132 in which the external hard disk driver 140 is mounted is formed in the center, and a plurality of circular buttons 134 are coupled to the button insertion holes 120 of the cover 110 at both front corners thereof. It is a structure to be formed.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the circular buttons 134 are mounted with the button protrusions 136b through the plurality of elastic ribs 136a provided at both edges of the hard tray 130. Through the structure, the button protrusions 136b are displaced in the width direction P of the hard tray 130 by the elastic ribs 136a, as shown in FIG. 2B, so that the button insertion hole 120 of the cover 110 is disposed. It can be elastically coupled to.

In addition, the hard tray 130 has a structure in which a plurality of screw fasteners 138 are formed at both edges to fix the external hard disk driver 140 disposed therein with screws S. Through such a structure, the external hard disk driver 140 may be firmly fixed to the inside of the hard tray 130, and thus the external hard disk driver 140 may be damaged or stored therein by an external impact. The data will not be lost.

In addition, the hard tray 130 includes a control unit 160. The control unit 160 is disposed at the lighting lamp 162 fixed to the front edge 150a of the hard tray 130 and the rear edge 150b. A PCB board 170 is electrically connected to the power port 164, the USB port 166, and the power switch 168, and to which the connector 142 of the external hard disk driver 140 is connected.

That is, the control unit 160 is a lighting lamp 162 fixed to the front edge 150a through the PCB substrate 170 fixed in the hard tray 130, a power port 164 disposed at the rear edge 150b, The USB port 166 and the power switch 168 are electrically connected to each other, and one side of the PCB board 170 integrally forms a connector 172 into which the connector 142 of the external hard disk driver 140 is fitted.

As shown in FIG. 5A through the control unit 160 as described above, the external power source 180 is provided to the external hard disk driver 140, and as shown in FIG. 5B, electrically connected to the PC 190. It operates and the operation state can be known from the outside.

Meanwhile, the cover 110 includes a plurality of support sheets 192 on the outer surface of the second cover member 112b. The support sheet 192 is made of a material such as rubber having excellent friction coefficient and elastic restoring force, or Teflon. When the external hard disk driver case 100 according to the present invention is formed on the table, it is made of materials so that it can be kept in a stable state without slipping.

The external hard disk driver case 100 according to the present invention configured as described above is fixed to the external hard disk driver 140 fixed to the hard tray 130 by sliding in a cover 110.

First, the external hard disk driver 140 is fixed to the inside of the hard tray 130. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3A, the connector 142, for example, the SATA connector portion of the external hard disk driver 140 is inclined downward. After matching the connector 172 of the PCB substrate 170 in one state, the external hard disk driver 140 is slowly pushed in to overlap each other.

The connector 142 of the external hard disk driver 140 and the connector 172 of the PCB board 170 are matched with each other, and the front part of the external hard disk driver 140 is connected to the hard tray 130. Press inward to complete the bond.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3B, external screws are fastened to the plurality of screw fasteners 138 formed at both edges of the hard tray 130 through a "+" screwdriver (not shown). The disk driver 140 is fixed therein.

Then, the hard tray 130 to which the external hard disk driver 140 is coupled as described above is coupled to the inside of the cover 110, in which case the hard tray 130 is opened through the front opening of the cover 110. It is slidingly pushed, and in this process is smoothly inserted through the sliding rail 122 provided inside the cover 110.

In the process of pushing the hard tray 130 as described above, the circular button 134 provided on both sides of the hard tray 130 is fixed to the button insertion hole 120 of the button protrusion 136b of the cover 110, in which case the button As the protrusion 136b flexes elastically through the elastic ribs 136a in the width direction P of the hard tray 130, the hard tray 130 is fixed to the cover 110 as shown in FIG. 2B. Combined.

Next, the external hard disk driver 140 is operated by using the controller 160. In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 5B, a USB port formed at the rear edge 150b of the hard tray 130 ( 166 is connected to the USB connection port 194 of the PC 190 by using the USB 2.0 connector 196, and the power port 164 as shown in FIG. 5A, by using a power adapter 198 When the power switch 168 is turned on, the upper side of the lighting lamp 162 located at the front edge 150a of the hard tray 130 is turned on while the power switch 168 is turned on. 140 is activated.

This state is assembling is completed, and when the user uses the hard disk driver 140 provided in the external hard disk driver case 100 according to the present invention, the lower side of the lighting lamp 162 is turned on and blinks do.

If you want to disassemble the hard disk driver 140 from the external hard disk driver case 100 according to the present invention in the state using the external hard disk driver 140 in this way, the circular button 134 as opposed to the assembly sequence Press the button protrusion 136b to the inside of the cover 110, and then remove the hard tray 130 from the cover 110 and disassemble the screw (S) to remove the hard disk driver 140 from the hard tray 130. If you remove it, the disassembly is easy.

As such, the present invention can be manufactured in a very simple structure because the external hard disk driver 140 is fixed to the hard tray 130 to which the external hard disk driver 140 is fixed by being detachably fixed to the cover 110.

Therefore, the manufacturing cost can be greatly reduced and the price competitiveness can be maintained, and the detachment of the hard disk driver 140 is convenient, so that an inconvenience in use can be greatly improved.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to such a specific structure. Those skilled in the art will be able to variously modify or change the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as described in the utility model registration claims below. Nevertheless, it is intended that such modifications or variations be made within the scope of the present invention.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing the external hard disk driver case according to the present invention in its overall appearance.

2 is a view showing a coupling structure of a circular button and a button insertion port provided in an external hard disk driver case according to the present invention,

a) is an external appearance perspective view, b) is an operation explanatory drawing.

3 is a view showing a structure for fixing an external hard disk driver to a hard tray of an external hard disk driver case according to the present invention,

a) a perspective view of the appearance of the mating connector to be fixed by

b) is a perspective view of fixing through a screw.

4 is a view showing a structure for fixing the hard tray to the cover of the external hard disk driver case according to the present invention,

a) a perspective view of the round button and the button insertion hole to be fixed by combining,

b) is a perspective view showing the state of assembly after the completion of the coupling.

5 is a view showing a connection process for operating an external hard disk driver case according to the present invention,

a) is an explanatory diagram for connecting a power port to an external power source through a power adapter;

b) is an explanatory diagram of coupling a USB port to a USB connection port of a PC through a USB 2.0 connector.

<Description of Symbols for Major Parts of Drawings>

100 .... External Hard Disk Driver Case

110 .... cover 112a .... first cover member

112b ... the second cover member 114 .... projection

116 .... Hanging groove 118a, 118b .... Semicircular groove

120 .... Button slot 122 .... Sliding rail

130 .... Hard tray 132 .... Hard disk driver mounting space

134 .... round button 136a .... elastic rib

136b ... button turning 138 .... screw fastener

140 .... External Hard Disk Driver 142,172 .... Connector

150a .... front edge 150b ... rear corner

160 .... Control unit 162 .... Lit lamp

164 .... Power port 166 .... USB port

168 .... Power Switch 170 .... PCB Board

180 .... household power 190 .... PC

192 .... Base 194 .... USB port

196 .... USB 2.0 Connector 198 .... Power Adapter

P .... Hard tray width S .... Screw

Claims (5)

In the case for storing an external hard disk drive, The front and rear sides are opened, the inner side is a sliding rail 122 is formed in a plurality of protrusions, the front of both edges of the circular button insertion hole 120 is formed through the cover 110; It has a size that can be inserted into the inside of the cover 110, a space 132 for mounting the external hard disk driver 140 is formed in the center inside, the button insertion opening 120 of the cover 110 in the front both sides corners The hard tray 130 is formed integrally with the circular button 134 to be coupled to match; And A lighting lamp 162 embedded in the hard tray 130 and fixed to the front edge 150a of the hard tray 130, a power port 164 fixed to the rear edge 150b, a USB port 166, and The controller 160 is electrically connected to each of the power switches 168 and has a PCB board 170 having a connector 172 to which the connector 142 of the external hard disk driver 140 is inserted and electrically connected. It is configured to slide and detach the external hard disk driver 140 fixed to the hard tray 130 in the cover 110, including; The cover 110 is composed of a first cover member 112a and a second cover member 112b having a “┏┓” shaped cross section, and the first cover member 112a and the second cover member 112b are formed. It is disposed to face each other, and integrally coupled to each other through a plurality of protrusions 114 formed on the inner side of one side and a plurality of engaging grooves 116 respectively coupled to the other side corresponding to the protrusions 114, Semi-circular grooves 118a and 118b are formed in front of both corners of the first cover member 112a and the second cover member 112b to form the button insertion hole 120. 100. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the hard tray 130 is characterized in that to form a plurality of screw fasteners 138 at each side edge to fix the external hard disk driver 140 disposed therein with screws (S). External hard disk driver case (100). The method of claim 1, wherein the circular button 134 has a button protrusion (136b) through the plurality of elastic ribs (136a) in each of the corners of the hard tray 130, the button insertion opening ( External hard disk driver case 100, characterized in that the elastic coupling to 120). The external hard disk driver case (100) according to claim 1, wherein the cover (110) includes a plurality of support sheets (192) on an outer surface of the second cover member (112b).

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