TW202036206A - Hard disk drive carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

A hard disk drive carrier includes a plate body and a fixing assembly. The plate body has two sides opposite to and parallel to each other. The fixing assembly are spaced apart from the two sides of the plate body. The fixing assembly includes a fixing component, a movable component and an engagement component. The fixing component is fixed on the plate body. The movable component is movably disposed on the fixing component. The movable component has a guide hole. The guide hole includes a fixing portion and a tapered portion connected to each other. The engagement component includes a head part and a body part connected to each other. The head part is wider than the body part, and the body part is movably disposed through the guide hole and the fixing component. When the movable component is in an engaged position, the head part of the engagement component is in the fixing portion of the guide hole, and the body part is engaged with a casing. When the movable component is moved from the engaged position to a released position, the tapered portion of the guide hole is moved toward the head part, such that the movable component presses against the head part so as to make the head part detach from the guide hole to detach the body part from the casing.

Description

Hard drive carrier

The present invention relates to a hard disk carrier disk, in particular to a hard disk carrier disk with a clamping component located between two sides of a carrier board.

The server host is equipped with multiple hard disks for storing programs, files, and data. Before the hard disk is installed in the server host, it will be installed on the hard disk carrier first, and then the hard disk carrier with the hard disk is installed into the hard disk slot of the server host. Generally speaking, a pivoting buckle arm is provided on the base of the hard disk carrier, and the pivoting buckle arm is clamped to the side wall of the casing. In other words, the chassis of the servo host must have side walls to allow the hard disk carrier to be properly fixed to the chassis.

However, because the thickness of the side wall of the case occupies a lot of space inside the case, the space in the servo host that can be used to accommodate the hard disk carrier carrying the hard disk is reduced by the side wall. Therefore, the maximum number of hard disks that can be mounted in the servo host is limited, and it is difficult to further increase. In view of this, how to maximize the maximum number of hard disks that the server host can carry in the limited space of the server is actually one of the goals of the research and development of this field.

The present invention is to provide a hard disk carrier disk, so as to solve the problem that the maximum number of hard disks that the servo host can carry in the prior art is difficult to further increase.

An embodiment of the present invention discloses a hard disk carrier disk, which is used to carry a hard disk and install a casing. The hard disk carrier plate includes a carrier plate and a clamping component. The carrying board is used to carry the hard disk. The supporting board has a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The first side and the second side are parallel to the installation direction of the hard disk carrier plate installed in the casing. The clamping component is arranged on the carrying board and keeps a distance from the first side and the second side respectively. The clamping assembly includes a fixing part, an operating part and a card firmware. The fixing member is fixed to the carrying plate. The operating member is slidably arranged on the fixing member. The operating member has a guiding groove. The guide groove includes a connecting fastening section and a tapered section, and the width of the tapering section gradually decreases from one side of the connecting fastening section toward a direction away from the fastening section. The card firmware includes a head and a body connected together. The width of the head is greater than the width of the body. The head has a guiding inclined surface, and the body is slidably provided with guiding grooves and fixing parts. The operating member can slide between a locking position and a releasing position. When the operating member is in the clamping position, the head is located in the clamping section, and the body is used to be clamped to the casing. When the operating member moves from the clamping position to the release position, the tapered section moves toward the head, so that the operating member abuts against the inclined surface of the head, and the head is separated from the guiding groove to separate the body from the casing .

According to the hard disk carrier disc disclosed in the above embodiment, the clamping component is kept at a distance from the first side and the second side that are parallel to the installation direction of the hard disk carrier disk, so that the clamp component is not connected to the casing. The side wall is stuck firmly. Therefore, the casing can omit the side wall arrangement to increase the space inside the casing for accommodating the hard disk carrying disks that carry the hard disks, thereby increasing the maximum number of hard disks that the casing can accommodate.

In addition, when the operating member is in the clamping position, the head of the clamping member is located in the clamping section of the guide groove, and the body is clamped to the casing. Therefore, even if the side wall of the casing is omitted, the hard disk carries The disk can still be properly secured to the chassis.

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 a further explanation of the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is an exploded schematic diagram of a hard disk carrying disk carrying a hard disk separated from a casing according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

This embodiment discloses a hard disk carrier disk 10 which is used to carry a hard disk 20 and is equipped with a casing 30. The hard disk 20 is, for example, a hard disk of NVME (Non-Volatile Memory Express) specifications. The casing 30 is, for example, the casing of a servo host, and a plate 31 of the casing 30 used to carry the hard disk carrier disk 10 is provided with two limit guide rails 32, a protrusion 33, a positioning hole 34 and four rivets. 35. The bump 33, the positioning hole 34 and the four rivets 35 are all located between the two limiting guide rails 32. The protrusion 33 is closer to the opening of the casing 30 than the positioning hole 34 is. Two of the rivets 35 correspond to one of the limiting rails 32, and the other two rivets 35 correspond to the other limiting rail 32. The protrusion 33 has a guiding inclined surface 36 facing the opening and a stopping surface 37 facing away from the guiding inclined surface 36 (please refer to FIG. 6 first). Each rivet 35 has a limiting rivet head 38, and each limiting rivet head 38 has a gap between the plate body 31. The use of the limit guide 32, the protrusion 33, the positioning hole 34 and the rivet 35 of the casing 30 will be described in detail later.

Next, please refer to Figures 2 to 4. FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the hard disk carrier tray of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the operating member of the clamping assembly of FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a schematic front view of the hard disk carrier disk of FIG. 2.

The hard disk carrier plate 10 includes a carrier plate 100 and a fixing component 200. The carrier board 100 includes a first board 110, a second board 120, a third board 130 and a fourth board 140. The second plate 120 and the third plate 130 are separated by a distance, and the second plate 120 and the third plate 130 are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the first plate 110 and extend in the same direction. The fourth plate 140 is connected to the first plate 110 and is located between the second plate 120 and the third plate 130.

The second plate 120 has two through holes 121, and the third plate 130 has two through holes 131. The through holes 121 and 131 are respectively used to align with a plurality of key holes (not shown) of the hard disk 20. The hard disk 20 is fixed to the hard disk carrier 10 through a plurality of screws respectively passing through the through holes 121 and 131 and locked to a plurality of key holes on the bottom surface of the hard disk 20.

In this embodiment, the fourth plate 140 has, for example, a display surface 141 and a contact surface 142 opposite to each other. Before inserting the screws through the holes 121 and 131 and attaching them to the keyholes of the hard disk 20, the hard disk 20 can be pressed against the abutment surface 142 of the fourth plate 140 to position the hard disk 20 first. Position to help the keyholes of the hard disk 20 to be aligned with the perforations 121 and 131 respectively. In addition, when the hard disk carrier 10 is installed in the casing 30, the display surface 141 is exposed through the opening of the casing 30. The display surface 141 of the fourth plate 140 may, for example, mark the capacity of the hard disk 20 carried by the hard disk carrier disk 10.

The carrier board 100 of this embodiment further includes a first rail member 150 and a second rail member 160. The first rail 150 and the second rail 160 are respectively connected to the second plate 120 and the third plate 130 and are located between the second plate 120 and the third plate 130. The first rail 150 and the second plate 120 jointly form a first limiting slot 170, and the second rail 160 and the third plate 130 jointly form a second limiting slot 180, the first limiting slot 170 and The second limiting slots 180 are respectively used to accommodate the two limiting guide rails 32. In addition, the first rail 150 has a third limiting groove 151, and the second rail 160 has a fourth limiting groove 161. The third limiting slot 151 and the fourth limiting slot 161 are located between the first limiting slot 170 and the second limiting slot 180, and the third limiting slot 151 and the fourth limiting slot 161 are respectively used to accommodate two Limit rivet head 38.

In this embodiment, the second plate 120 has a first side 122 and the third plate 130 has a second side 132. The first side 122 is located on a side of the second plate 120 away from the third plate 130, and the second side 132 is located on a side of the third plate 130 away from the second plate 120. The first side 122 is, for example, parallel to the second side 132, and the first side 122 and the second side 132 are parallel to the installation direction of the hard disk carrier 10 installed in the casing 30.

The fastening component 200 is disposed on the first plate 110 of the carrier board 100, and the display surface 141 of the fourth plate 140 faces the fastening component 200, and the fastening component 200 is connected to the first side 122 and the second side 132, respectively Keep a distance. In detail, the clamping assembly 200 includes a fixing member 210, an operating member 220 and a clamping firmware 230.

The fixing member 210 includes an assembling portion 211 and a guiding portion 212 connected to each other. The assembling part 211 is assembled to the first plate 110 of the carrier board 100, and the guiding part 212 has two opposite grooves 2121. The operating element 220 includes a plate portion 221, a first side portion 222 and a second side portion 223. The plate portion 221 includes an operating section 2211 and a body section 2212 that are connected, and the width W1 of the operating section 2211 is greater than the width W2 of the body section 2212. The first side portion 222 and the second side portion 223 are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the body section 2212 and extend in the same direction, and the body section 2212 of the plate portion 221 and the first side portion 222 and the second side portion 223 jointly form a Chute 224. The first side portion 222 has a first bending structure 2221, and the second side portion 223 has a second bending structure 2231. The first bending structure 2221 extends toward the second side portion 223, and the second bending structure 2231 extends toward the first side portion 222. The guiding portion 212 of the fixing member 210 is located in the sliding groove 224, and the first bending structure 2221 and the second bending structure 2231 are respectively slidably located in the second groove 2121.

The plate portion 221 of the operating member 220 has a guiding groove 2213 and an inner wall surface 2214 forming the guiding groove 2213, and the guiding groove 2213 and the inner wall surface 2214 are located on the body section 2212 of the plate portion 221. The guiding groove 2213 includes a fastening section 2213a and a tapered section 2213b connected to each other. The width of the tapered section 2213b gradually decreases from one side of the connecting clamping section 2213a toward a direction away from the clamping section 2213a. The normal direction of the inner wall surface 2214 is a direction away from the first plate 110 of the carrier board 100. In other words, the inner wall surface 2214 does not face the first plate 110, but the direction it faces is away from the first plate 110.

The card firmware 230 includes a head 231 and a body 232 connected to each other. The width W3 of the head 231 is greater than the width W4 of the body 232. The head 231 has a guiding inclined surface 2311, and the body 232 slidably penetrates the guiding groove 2213 and the guiding portion 212 and the assembling portion 211 of the fixing member 210.

In this embodiment, the first plate 110 has a bottom surface 111 on the side facing away from the clamping assembly 200, and the body 232 of the clamping member 230 has an end edge 2321 at one end away from the head 231. In addition, the operating member 220 can slide between a locking position and a releasing position, and the locking position is closer to the fourth plate 140 than the releasing position.

Next, the process of loading the hard disk carrier disk 10 carrying the hard disk 20 into the casing 30 will be described below. Please refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6. FIG. 5 is a schematic front view of the hard disk carrier of FIG. 2 being installed in the casing. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the hard disk carrier disk of FIG. 2 being installed in the casing.

First, align the first limiting slot 170 and the second limiting slot 180 of the hard disk carrier disk 10 carrying the hard disk 20 to the second limiting rail 32 of the casing 30, and then align the hard disk carrier disk 10 in the direction D (that is, its installation direction) is slightly pushed into the casing 30, so that the hard disk carrier 10 is guided by the two limit guide rails 32, and the first rail member 150 and the second rail member 160 enter the limit rivet heads respectively The gap between 38 and the board 31 allows the hard disk tray 10 to be pre-loaded on the board 31 of the casing 30. Then, force is applied to the operating section 2211 of the plate portion 221 of the operating member 220, so that the operating member 220 first slides toward the fourth plate 140 to be located at the clamping position, and then drives the integrated hard disk carrier 10 to be deeper into the casing 30. At this time, the head 231 of the clamping member 230 is located in the clamping section 2213a (as shown in FIG. 3), and the inclined guide surface 2311 of the head 231 abuts the inner wall surface 2214 surrounding the clamping section 2213a, and the clamping member 230 There is a distance between the end edge 2321 of the body 232 and the bottom surface 111 of the first plate 110 and is adjacent to the protrusion 33 of the casing 30.

During the aforementioned process of applying force to the operating section 2211 of the plate portion 221, the operating member 220 does not necessarily slide toward the fourth plate member 140. For example, if the operating member 220 is already in the clamping position before the force is applied to the operating member 220, the action of pushing the operating member 220 will not move the operating member 220, but will only drive the integrated hard disk carrier 10 Deep into the chassis 30.

Next, please refer to FIGS. 7 and 8. FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the clamping member of FIG. 6 being guided by the protrusions of the casing to lift. FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the fastener of FIG. 7 being fastened to the casing.

Continue to push the operating section 2211 of the operating member 220 to make the hard disk carrier disk 10 move further into the casing 30. During the movement of the hard disk carrier 10, the end edge 2321 of the body 232 of the fastener 230 will abut on the guiding slope 36 of the protrusion 33, so that the integral fastener 230 is guided by the guiding slope 36. Ascending upward, the distance between the end edge 2321 of the body 232 of the fastener 230 and the bottom surface 111 of the first plate 110 will gradually decrease. Therefore, after the hard disk carrier disk 10 is moved continuously, the body 232 of the card member 230 can pass through the bump 33. And, subsequently, under the action of gravity, the fastener 230 will fall, so that its body 232 is inserted into the positioning hole 34 and is stopped by the stop surface 37 of the protrusion 33. In this way, the positioning hole 34 and the stop surface 37 of the protrusion 33 restrict the movement of the hard disk carrier 10 in the opposite direction of the direction D, and the installation of the hard disk carrier 10 on the casing 30 is completed.

Next, please refer to FIG. 9, which is a schematic cross-sectional view of the hard disk carrier disk of FIG. 2 installed in the casing.

In this embodiment, in addition to providing the guiding effect of the hard disk carrier plate 10, the two limit guide rails 32, after the hard disk carrier plate 10 is installed in the casing 30, the first rail member 150 and the second rail member 160 is located between the two limit guides 32, so the two limit guides 32 provide a limit effect of the hard disk carrier disk 10 in the lateral direction.

In addition, during the process of loading the hard disk carrier plate 10 into the casing 30, the first rail member 150 and the second rail member 160 of the carrier board 100 will respectively enter between the limit rivet head 38 of the casing 30 and the board 31 Therefore, after the hard disk carrier 10 is installed in the casing 30, the limiting rivet heads 38 are located in the third limiting groove 151 and the fourth limiting groove 161, respectively. Therefore, the limit rivet head 38 and the plate body 31 provide the limit effect of the hard disk carrier plate 10 in the vertical direction.

In the foregoing description, the fastener 230 is inserted into the positioning hole 34 by gravity after passing through the bump 33, but it is not limited to this. In other embodiments, an elastic member may be provided on the fastener to allow the fastener passing through the bump to fall due to the elastic force of the elastic member.

Next, please refer to FIGS. 3, 8 and 10 together. FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the fastener in FIG. 8 separated from the casing.

When the hard disk carrier 10 needs to be removed from the casing 30, the operating section 2211 of the operating member 220 can be pulled in the opposite direction of the direction D to move the operating member 220 from the clamping position to the releasing position. When the operating member 220 moves from the clamping position to the releasing position, the tapered section 2213b of the guide groove 2213 moves toward the head 231 of the clamp 230, so that the inner wall surface 2214 surrounds the tapered section 2213b to abut the head 231 The guide slope 2311 makes the head 231 separate from the guide groove 2213 and the body 232 is separated from the positioning hole 34. At this time, the distance between the end edge 2321 of the body 232 of the fastener 230 and the board 31 is greater than the height H of the bump 33, so continue to pull the operating section 2211 in the opposite direction of the direction D to enable the hard disk to carry The disk 10 is drawn away from the casing 30.

In this embodiment, since the plate portion 221 of the operating member 220 has an operating section 2211 that is wider than the body section 2212, the user can operate the operating section 2211 by hand, and it is easier to push or pull the operating member 220. In addition, the operating section 2211 of the plate portion 221 of the operating member 220 of this embodiment may also have at least one anti-slip structure 2211a. Thereby, the friction between the user's hand and the operating section 2211 is increased, so that the user can push or pull the operating member 220 more easily.

According to the hard disk carrier disc disclosed in the above embodiment, the clamping component is kept at a distance from the first side and the second side that are parallel to the installation direction of the hard disk carrier disk, so that the clamp component is not connected to the casing. The side wall is stuck firmly. Therefore, the casing can omit the side wall arrangement to increase the space inside the casing for accommodating the hard disk carrying disks that carry the hard disks, thereby increasing the maximum number of hard disks that the casing can accommodate.

In addition, when the operating member is in the clamping position, the head of the clamping member is located in the clamping section of the guide groove, and the body is clamped to the casing. Therefore, even if the side wall of the casing is omitted, the hard disk carries The disk can still be properly secured to the chassis.

In addition, when the hard disk carrier plate is installed in the casing, the positioning holes and bumps restrict the movement of the disk carrier plate in the opposite direction of the installation direction. The two limit guide rails provide the hard disk carrier plate in the lateral direction. The limit effect, and the limit rivet head and the plate body provide the limit effect of the hard disk carrier plate in the vertical direction.

Although the present invention is disclosed in the foregoing preferred embodiments as above, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone familiar with similar art can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of patent protection for inventions shall be determined by the scope of patent applications attached to this specification.

10: Hard drive carrier plate 20: Hard Disk 30: chassis 31: Board body 32: limit rail 33: bump 34: positioning hole 35: Rivet 36: Guide slope 37: Stop surface 38: limit rivet head 100: Carrier board 110: The first board 111: Bottom 120: second plate 121: Piercing 122: first side 130: The third plate 131: Piercing 132: second side 140: The fourth plate 141: display surface 142: Abutment Surface 150: The first rail piece 151: Third Limit Slot 160: second guide rail 161: Fourth Limit Slot 170: first limit slot 180: second limit slot 200: Snap component 210: fixed parts 211: Assembly Department 212: Guiding Department 2121: groove 220: operating parts 221: Board Department 2211: Operation section 2211a: anti-slip structure 2212: body segment 2213: guide slot 2213a: card solid section 2213b: tapered segment 2214: inner wall surface 222: first side 2221: The first bending structure 223: second side 2231: The second bending structure 224: Chute 230: card firmware 231: Head 2311: Guide slope 232: Body 2321: end edge D: direction W1, W2, W3, W4: width H: height

FIG. 1 is an exploded schematic diagram of a hard disk carrying tray carrying a hard disk separated from a casing according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 2 is an exploded schematic diagram of the hard disk of FIG. 1 separated from the hard disk carrier disk. FIG. 3 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the operating member of the clamping assembly of FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a schematic front view of the hard disk carrier disk of FIG. 2. FIG. 5 is a schematic front view of the hard disk carrier disk of FIG. 2 being installed in the casing. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the hard disk carrier disk of FIG. 2 being installed in the casing. FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the clamping member of FIG. 6 being guided by the protrusion of the casing to lift. FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the fastener of FIG. 7 being fastened to the casing. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the hard disk carrier plate of FIG. 2 installed in the casing. Fig. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the clamping member of Fig. 8 separated from the casing.

10: Hard drive carrier plate

100: Carrier board

110: The first board

120: second plate

121: Piercing

122: first side

130: The third plate

131: Piercing

132: second side

140: The fourth plate

141: display surface

142: Abutment Surface

150: The first rail piece

160: second guide rail

200: Snap component

220: operating parts

230: card firmware

231: Head

232: Body

Claims (10)

A hard disk carrier disk is used to carry a hard disk and is equipped with a casing. The hard disk carrier disk includes: A carrier plate for carrying the hard disk, the carrier plate has a first side and a second side opposite to each other, the first side and the second side are installed in parallel to the hard disk carrier The installation direction of the casing; and a fixing component, which is arranged on the carrying plate and keeping a distance from the first side and the second side respectively, the fixing component includes: a fixing part fixed to The carrying plate; an operating member slidably disposed on the fixing member, the operating member has a guide groove, the guide groove includes a connected fixed section and a tapered section, the tapered section width from The side connecting the securing section gradually decreases toward the direction away from the securing section; and a securing member includes a head and a body connected to each other, the width of the head is greater than the width of the body, and the head has a Guide slope, the body slidably penetrates the guide groove and the fixing member; wherein the operating member can slide between a locking position and a releasing position, when the operating member is in the locking position, The head is located in the securing section, and the body is used for securing to the casing. When the operating member moves from the securing position to the release position, the tapered section moves toward the head to make The operating member abuts against the inclined guide surface of the head, so that the head is separated from the guide groove, so as to separate the body from the casing. For the hard disk carrier plate described in the first item of the patent application, the operating member further has an inner side wall surface, the inner side wall surface forms the guide groove, and the normal direction of the inner side wall surface is a direction away from the carrier plate, When the operating member is in the locking position, the inclined guide surface of the head abuts against the portion of the inner wall surface surrounding the locking section, and when the operating member moves from the locking position to the release position, the inner wall surface The part surrounding the tapered section abuts against the inclined guide surface. For the hard disk carrier disk described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the operating member includes a plate portion, a first side portion and a second side portion, and the first side portion and the second side portion are respectively connected to The two opposite sides of the plate portion extend in the same direction, the guiding groove is located on the plate portion, the plate portion, the first side portion and the second side portion jointly form a sliding groove, and the fixing member includes a connected one The assembling part and a guiding part are assembled on the carrying plate, and the guiding part is located in the sliding groove. As for the hard disk carrier tray described in the third item of the scope of patent application, the first side portion has a first bending structure, and the second side portion has a second bending structure, and the first bending structure faces The second side portion extends, the second bending structure extends toward the first side portion, the guiding portion has two opposite grooves, the first bending structure and the second bending structure are respectively slidably located The two grooves. For the hard disk carrier disk described in item 3 of the scope of patent application, wherein the plate portion includes an operating section and a body section connected, the width of the operating section is greater than the width of the body section, and the guide groove is located in the body section The first side portion and the second side portion are connected to two opposite sides of the body section, and the operating section has at least one anti-slip structure. The hard disk carrier plate described in the first item of the scope of patent application, wherein the carrier plate includes a first plate, a second plate, and a third plate, and the second plate is separated from the third plate A distance, the second plate and the third plate are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the first plate and extend in the same direction. The first side and the second side are respectively located on the second plate and The fixing member is fixed to the first plate on the side far away from each other of the third plate. For the hard disk carrier disk described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, the second plate and the third plate each have a plurality of perforations, and the perforations are respectively used to align with a plurality of key holes of the hard disk. For the hard disk carrier plate described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, the carrier plate further includes a first rail member and a second rail member, the first rail member is connected to the second plate, and the second rail Member is connected to the third plate, the first rail member and the second rail member are located between the second plate and the third plate, the first rail member and the second plate together form a first A limiting slot, the second rail member and the third plate member jointly form a second limiting slot, the first limiting slot and the second limiting slot are respectively used to accommodate the two limiting rails of the casing . For the hard disk carrier plate described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, the first guide rail member has a third limiting groove, the second rail member has a fourth limiting slot, the third limiting slot and the The fourth limiting slot is located between the first limiting slot and the second limiting slot, and the third limiting slot and the fourth limiting slot are respectively used for accommodating the two limiting rivet heads of the casing. For the hard disk carrier plate described in claim 6, wherein the carrier plate includes a fourth plate, and the fourth plate is connected to the first plate and located on the second plate and the third plate Between the components, the fourth plate has a display surface, and the display surface faces the clamping assembly.

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