TWI321031B - Hard disk drive bracket - Google Patents

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24248pif.doc IX. Description of the Invention: [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a hard disk drive bracket, and more particularly to a hard disk bracket having an improved structure for facilitating installation or removal of a hard disk drive . [Prior Art] A hard disk drive is a storage element used in a computer to store data. In general, the hard drive loaded into the hard drive has billions of characters. Such a hard disk drive is usually installed in a computer case. In order to securely mount the hard disk drive in the computer case, it can be placed in the desired position on the bracket' and the computer case is additionally provided in the chassis to fix it in the chassis. Bonding holes in the hard drive = removing the hard drive; installing multiple hard drives on the cage becomes more complicated. 〃 , , 在 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架 托架Opinion = Disassemble the hard drive on the computer. Install the hard drive in the computer case, a hard drive bay, suitable for the rack, including the upper and lower end components. The hard drive bracket includes: - the front end of the frame is on the left side The wall and the right side of the second side wall and the right side wall and the opening of the frame ''s horizontal support member, 24248pif.doc are provided on the frame, elastically deformed to enable the hard disk drive to be inserted and when the hard disk drive is fully inserted Thereafter, it is elastically deformed to contact the surface of the hard disk drive and the lower surface to support the hard disk drive; a vertical support member is elastically deformed on the frame to enable the hard disk drive to be inserted, and: the hard disk drive is fully inserted Maintain elastic deformation 2 = machine wall: and - fixed member, fixed by frame =:;: each left and right (four) read for at least - face straight support; ΐίΓ includes - support rod, - rotating tube and 1 corresponding Wall, rotating tube The elastic member on the support rod is provided on the outer surface of the rotating tube. f π 'from the horizontal support member includes: at least two directions spaced apart from each other and hard on the horizontal surface; and at least two::= into When contacting the hard disk drive, the upper surface of the hard disk drive is touched when the machine is inserted. One of the horizontal support members of the π 2 horizontal support member includes a turn tube, which is inserted in the branch == side and right side On the wall; at least two turns and an elastic 槿 # ^ rotate on the support rod and are spaced apart from each other; = the piece 'is provided on the outer surface of the rotating tube. π3 in the direction of each other: at least two lower end supports The member is inserted in the horizontal disc drive: touch: on the left side wall and the right side wall, and when the hard support member, C lower surface; and at least two upper ends, spaced apart from each other, respectively provided on the left side wall and r 3 1321031 24248pif.doc = soil' and contact the top surface of the hard monument machine when the hard disk drive is inserted. : Middle lower = each of the upper horizontal support members == H: one end is fixed to the nuclear wall and the right side The corresponding -I-elastic officer of the wall - is inserted on the support rod to support the rod Rotating; and ^ member, provided on the outer surface of the rotating tube. π Into the solid locking member 'when the hard disk machine is inserted by the opening of the frame and deformed to make the hard disk machine recover _ shape (d) to determine the hard disk ^. force from the time 'fixed configuration member is provided in the frame of the opening of the band member, each solid can be fixed to the frame with the frame, and the other end can be The frame is connected and the components are inserted, when the hard disk drive is inserted into the rear surface. ^ is provided at the rear of the frame to support the hard disk drive or more hard disk drives. The disk drive support can further include an elastic support member, 1 ::, when it is inserted, it is elastically deformed to the wire drive machine = open / / /, the middle member includes: - guide groove (guidesk > t), respectively = in, _ side wall, · and - locking lever member, The move to release machine can be inserted and moved to the locked position to drive the hard disk, wherein the hard drive has been fully inserted so that the support member is elastically deformed. The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent. 1321031 24248pif.doc

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The preferred embodiments are described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. D f embodiment j The embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. ^ 1 is a hard disk drive bay according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a view of FIG. Front view of the hard disk drive bay 1, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the (four) line in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the circular dotted mark portion of FIG. Horizontal support member 2Q, vertical /=== ” According to the current embodiment of the present invention, three configurations are in the hard disk drive bay 1. However, in this invention, one, two, and more hard disk drives can be installed in the hard disk drive bay of the invention. The hard rhyme is smashed in the hard pin = the frame 1 is fixed in the computer case. The heart and the rear hard disk drive are in the computer case. ^ The I' hard disk drive is mounted on the frame including an upper end member 12, the lower end is depicted as 1/(16 and a right side wall 18, and the frame also has -, - The left side wall is made of a hard material such as iron that can be inserted into a number of vents to save material and the heat generated when the shapeable machine is loaded into the frame. f has a ground-dissipating hard disk. Figure 6 is not drawn according to the present invention - will; κ 丨 ^ L 100, the hard disk drive bracket i shown in Figure 1 is fixed: the computer chassis bolts are rotated into the formation of pure (4) ^4 24248pif.doc === Screw hole TM bracket 1 is fixed at the front end of the frame to provide an opening, which is between the left side wall and the right side of the frame. The hard disk drive is inserted into the hard disk by the opening. Machine frame 1. Insert: on the frame. When the hard disk drive is opened by the hole, the flat support member 20 is elastically deformed to connect and And the lower surface enables the hard disk drive to be inserted. The upper and lower surfaces of the machine are supported to support the two π. The hard disk drive tray 1 proposed in the embodiment can accommodate three hard disk drives. The horizontal support member 2 includes three lower end horizontally supported upper end horizontal support members 204. One less / ^ each of the two lower end horizontal support members 202 are horizontally spaced apart from each other when the hard disk drive is inserted The two end members 202 of each row are in contact with the lower surface of the hard disk drive. Please refer to/because the two lower end horizontal support members 202 of the mother-column are located at the lower end of the isomorphic 7-frame horizontal support* support frame. Then the lower end of the face (ie, the sin near the opening) horizontally supports the two upper end horizontal support members 204 in the horizontal direction, two of each column: the upper surface of the hard machine. Because of each column The two upper ends 74 04 are on the same horizontal plane, so the figure does not show 1321031 24248pif.doc = at the rear upper horizontal support member 204, only the upper horizontal support member 2 located at the front (ie near the opening) is shown. 4. π-column two lower end levels The bearing members 2〇2 can be spaced apart from each other by an appropriate distance in the horizontal direction to reliably support the hard disk drive. In other words, when the machine is inserted, the two lower end horizontal support members of each column are moved = the hard disk drive Lower surface, and each of the two

204 then contacts and supports the upper surface of the hard disk drive. The support member 204 includes the parent lower end and the upper end horizontal support member 202 and is shown. #2, the suspected tube 24 and the elastic member 26, as shown in Fig. 3, both ends of the support rod 22 are provided by the screw and the right side wall 18. For t, the knife... is fixed between the left side wall 16 and the right side wall 18, and the length of the support rod 22 is equal to the left side niche.

18 so that the support bars 22, 16 and the right side wall may be solid tubes. The support rod support rod 22 may be either a hollow tube or a diameter such that the diameter of both ends of the rotary tube is smaller than the both ends of the center of the support rod 22. Two rotations will be described) that can be inserted at both ends of the support rod 22 (having smaller diameters spaced apart from each other to be inserted into the outer diameters of the ends of the support 22, respectively), since the inner diameter of the rotary tube 24 is larger than The rotation of the support member 24 enables the elastic member 26 at both ends of the support rod 22 to be formed by the outer surface of the rubber rotary tube 24. The elastic material of the last name is formed, and the inner diameter of the elastic tube is formed on the rotary tube 24. 26 may have just enough to be pressed on the rotary 22. The bovine % together with the rotating tube 24 is supported on the support 210 21011 24248pif.doc The vertical support member 30 is provided on the frame and elastically deformed so that the hard disk drive can be inserted. After the machine is fully inserted, the vertical support member 30 is elastically deformed to contact the left and right sides of the hard disk drive to support the hard disk drive.

In the present embodiment, each of the two vertical support members 30 of the column is located on the left side wall 16 and the right side wall 18 of the frame, spaced apart from each other in the horizontal direction. Referring to Figure 1, in the D and intermediate portions of the opening, the two vertical support members 30 of each row are spaced apart from each other in the horizontal direction. As shown in FIG. 4, similar to the horizontal support member 2'', each vertical support member 30 includes a support rod 32, a rotary tube 34g, and an elastic Γ η 『 both ends of the support rod 32 are respectively fixed by screws 33 On the right side of the wall protruding protrusions (protrusi〇n) 18〇 and 182. In other words, the rod 32 is fixed to the right side wall 18. , ° 7

The rotary tube 34 is inserted on the support rod %, and its inner diameter is larger than the support so that the support rod 32 can be rotated. Component = on the rotating surface, operating in the same way as the rotating tube = the rotation on the 32. % is not solid = 40 is used to fix the inserter through the opening of the frame. In the present embodiment, the fixing member 4A is a locking member. More Ma Shi = 疋 member 4Q is deformed by the external force applied by the hand, so that the disc player can be inserted through the opening of the frame. If the cup :::: disappears, the fixed component will return to its original state.

12 24248pif.doc 4 Π ' May reference _ 5 ' is located in the upper end of the opening of the fixing member Du 1 and the hard disk drive 1 〇 2 is inserted into the middle portion of the opening. The elastic members are fixedly locked to the length of the newspaper, and each of the two ends of each of the columns is supported on the left side wall 16 and the right side wall 18, as shown in Fig. 2. When the door is inserted by the opening, the 'fixing member 40: X is elastically deformed and lifted up' to enable the hard disk drive 102 to be fixed ST. After the disc fi〇2 has been completely inserted by the opening, the force applied to the port member 40 disappears so that the fixing member* is restored and the original member 4G supports the hard disk drive 1G2 to avoid a hard disk. Think of it from the hard drive bay. 2, the hard disk drive of the present embodiment is configured to support the rear surface of the hard disk drive 102. The material is 5 〇 elastically deformed by the surface of the elastic material machine such as oak or sea brocade to support the inserted hard 】 = The hard disk drive bracket of the other structure of the present invention will be described below. Operation and effects. The 咏 的 请 请 请 请 请 请 请 请 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 被 被 被 被 被 被 被 被 被 被 被 被 被 被 被 被 被 被 被 被 被5, the hard disk drive is inserted and fixed. When the hard disk drive is inserted into the hard disk drive bay 1, the solid component 40 is lifted up, 24248pif.doc and then the hard disk drive is pushed over the flat support structure to contact the hard Dish a few =; = hole. Here, the lower end water 204 contacts the temple surface on the hard disk drive, and the left and right sides of the upper horizontal support member. The contact hard bearing member 30 contacts the hard disk and the third cymbal includes a rotatable elastic=flat and vertical support member 20 shape and rotates at the same time, and the auxiliary member 26舆36 is elastically changed when the hard disk drive has been inserted into the machine. Hard drive bay 1. The surface of the rigid hard disk drive for the rear of the frame is lifted to the hard disk drive to harden the hard disk. Here, if the force applied further disappears to avoid the hard disk sowing, and the member 50 applied to the fixing member 40 is elasticized, the ejection in the machine tray 1 is elastic, in other words, the machine-readable surface. (―峨'多=Technology:: It is necessary to use the driver to properly host the fixing member. In the present invention, it can be mounted in the cymbal bracket = hard through the hole to make the hard disk machine free of screws. ^Remove the hard disk. The hard disk drive bay is ejected, and the elastic members % and 36 on the straight support members 2G and 3G are shaped to use the elastic restoring force - gf) to fully insert in the vertical and I directions. Human machine. For this reason, the elastic member 26 t firmly supports the hard disk drive and absorbs the vibration (V1bratl0n) and the noise generated by the hard disk drive. And 'the size of the hard drive of different manufacturers is also different. In the case of the hard disk drive holder i proposed in the present invention, the elastic member % and the 1321031 24248pif.doc 36 can be deformed to accommodate different phase-size hard disk drives. Therefore, although it is possible to have different sizes for the non-manufacturer hard disk drive, these hard disk drives can be mounted in the hard disk drive bay 1 regardless of the size change. The hard disk drive holder 1 in this embodiment can accommodate three hard disk drives. To this end, the opening of the hard disk drive, the two lower end horizontal support members, the two upper end horizontal support members, and the two vertical support members provided on each of the left and right side walls constitute a set of means. In this case, three sets of devices can be provided. The hard disk drive bay proposed by the present invention can be modified to accommodate two, four, five or more hard disk drives. 7 to 9 illustrate a hard disk drive tray 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention. Figure 7 is a perspective view of the hard disk drive bay 1a, Figure 8 is a front view of the hard disk drive carrier, and Figure 9 is a cross-sectional view along the Han-only line in Figure 7. The hard disk drive bay 1a in this embodiment is the same as the hard disk drive bay 1 in Fig. 1 except for the shapes of the horizontal support member and the fixed member. Therefore, only the components of the hard disk drive bay 1 different from the hard disk drive bay 1 shown in Fig. 1 will be described, and the same components will not be described again. The horizontal support member 2A of the hard disk drive tray 1& in this embodiment can be divided into a lower end horizontal support member 2A2a and an upper end horizontal support member 204a. Referring to Fig. 8', when the hard disk drive is inserted, the lower horizontal support member 2〇2a contacts the lower surface of the hard disk drive. The two lower end horizontal supporting members 2〇2a are spaced apart from each other on the left side wall and the right side wall to stably support the hard disk drive in the horizontal direction. In other words, two lower end horizontal support members 2'2a are provided on the left side wall 16' and two lower end horizontal support members 2'2a are provided on the right side wall 18 1321031 24248pif.doc to support the hard disk drive. In detail, according to the present invention, a total of four lower end diagonal wire members are applied to support a hard disk, such as: the upper horizontal support member 2〇4, the hard upper jaw horizontal support member is touched. 2Q4a is provided on the left side wall and right side, and the structure is provided on the left side wall 16, and the two upper ends of the water =

1 fiber provides financial health 18 shredded hard. In detail, = according to the present invention, a total of four ^ 204a are provided to support the hard disk drive. Fork bearing member

Referring to Fig. 9, each of the lower end and upper end horizontal support members is provided with a support rod 22a, a rotary tube 24a, and an elastic member 2, for example. The end of the support rod 22a is fixed to the upper side of the right side wall 18 of the left side wall 16 by screws 23. The rotary tube 24a is inserted on the support rod to rotate on the shirt 22a, and is supported by the screws 25 so as not to be detached from the support rod 22a regardless of their rotation. The elastic member 26a is provided on the outer surface of the rotation 24a. In the present embodiment, the fixing member 40 is a belt-shaped member. The fixing member 40a is provided at the opening of the frame, the ends of the fixing members 4〇& are fixed to the right side wall 18 of the frame, the other ends 42& of the fixing member 4〇a and the protruding portions provided on the left side wall 16 of the frame 44a is combined with and/or separated therefrom. ~ As shown in Fig. 7, the other end 42a of the fixing member 4A is separated from the left side wall 16 of the frame. Then, when the hard disk drive is fully inserted through the opening, the other end 42a of the fixing member 40a is combined with the protruding portion 44a of the frame to prevent the hard disk drive from being played from the hard disk drive bay 1a by 1321031 24248pif.doc. - In the present embodiment, the inner surface of the intermediate portion of the fixed frame 40a and the fixing member 4a are provided with a Velcro tape 46a on the surface facing the inner surface of the inlet portion of the hard disk drive to enhance the hard disk drive. Adhesive strength with the fixing member 4A. The fixing member 4〇a may be formed of a slightly elastic material. The operation and effect of the hard disk drive bay 1 shown in Fig. 1 are appropriately applied to the operation and effects of the hard disk drive carrier of the present target. The hole pattern and 11 show a hard disk drive according to another embodiment of the present invention. Compared with the previous embodiment, the hard disk drive lb of the present embodiment is different in the fixing member. Therefore, the components other than the fixed member are the same as the first embodiment, so only the fixed members will be described, and the same will not be described again. Referring to Figures 10 and u, the fixing member includes a guide groove 4 hole member 44b. In the case of the entrance of the rod, 42b penetrates the left side wall 16 and the right side wall 18 of the hard disk drive tray lb. In this embodiment, three openings are formed to insert three hard slots ib02. Therefore, three pairs of guides are provided in the left side wall 16 and the right side wall 18, the guide groove milk includes a release position hole portion and a locking extension day, and the lock position hole portion is from the release position hole portion to Lower hole portion 八' wherein the diameter of the release position hole portion is larger than the lock position

11 1321031 24248pif.doc Both ends of each of the lock lever members 44b are inserted into a disc-shaped member 442b fixed to each of the lock 4 holes. There is prevented the locking lever member 44b from being disengaged from both ends of the hard disk tray (4) so that the locking lever member_ can be moved to the release position and: 7 positions of the three locking lever members 44b of Fig. 11'. The 粕 sign releases the position, and the uppermost locking lever member is in the release position, which means that the hard disk drive 1 〇 2 can be inserted into the position of the hard disk drive: The locked position is the process shown in Figure 2. The elastic deformation is used to fix the fully inserted hard disk my 〇 can be sent to the bracket lb. Referring to FIG. 11, the hard disk drive 102 moves near the opening of the frame, and then the lock lever member 44b moves to the release position 卞1b. When the member 44b is in the release position, the hard disk drive (10) Open by = and insert. This state is opposite to the 圄n wrong by the opening (four) of the middle of the disc drive 1 〇 2 located in the hard disk drive fruit hard drive] 〇 2 continues to be inserted, the rear surface of the hard disk drive 1 〇 2 will be located The rear part of the frame _ 2 bears the member 50. If further inserted/integrated, the elastic support member% is elastically read, and the hard disk drive] is released from the lock member 44b. It is shown that the hard disk drive 102 is inserted into the _machine ^ plus position (as shown in Fig. 11, the upper end portion of the rafter 1b). The position of the latching lock of the locking member 50 can prevent the hard disk drive] 〇 2 from being elastically supported by the + elastic force = leather push-out, thereby fixing the hard disk drive m to the frame. When the mouth is intended to be inserted into the hard disk drive, the lock lever member 44b moves upwards 18 (S ) 1321031 24248pif.doc, and then the hard disk is inserted. In this case, the locking lever member 44b is moved downward to apply the field to the frame. (4) Machine. In the above, the hard disk drive bracket of the present invention is reduced by the screw member and the vibration and noise generated by the hard disk I and the hard disk drive are fixed. . Decrease

The present invention has been described above with reference to the above, but it is not intended to be used in any way, and the present invention can be used as a face change without departing from the invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hard disk drive carrier according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a front elevational view of the hard disk tray shown in FIG. 2, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. v,

Figure 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view along the dish of the dish of Figure 2, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the portion of the circular dashed line in Figure 2, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 5 is a perspective view of the hard disk drive tray of Figure 1 with a hard disk drive mounted therein. Figure 6 depicts a computer case in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, with the hard disk drive bay shown in Figure i being secured therein. Figure 7 is a perspective view of a hard disk drive bay in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. 19 1321031 24248pif.doc Figure 8 is a front elevational view of the hard disk drive bay of Figure 7 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line K-K of Figure 7 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 10 and 11 are perspective views of a hard disk drive tray in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. [Main component symbol description] 1. la, lb: hard disk drive bracket 12: upper end member 14: lower end member 16: left side wall 18: right side wall 100: computer case 102: hard disk drive 180, 182: protruding portion 20, 20a: horizontal support members 22, 22a, 32: support rods 23, 25, 33: screws 24, 34, 24a: rotary tubes 26, 36, 26a: elastic members 202, 202a: lower end horizontal support members 204, 204a: upper end level Support member 30: vertical support member 40, 40a: fixing member ί; ς) 20 1321301 24248pif.doc 42a: end 42b: guide groove 44a: protruding portion 44b: locking lever member 46a: mother-child tape 442b: disk-shaped Member 50: elastic support portion

Claims (1)

24248pif.doc X. Patent application scope: 1. A hard disk drive bay, suitable for hard disk, the hard disk drive bracket includes: ~ installed)% brain chassis frame, including upper and lower end members, left side wall and Providing: the left side wall and the right side wall (4) are provided on the frame, elastically deformed to maintain inertia: and supporting the hard disk drive when the hard disk drive is fully inserted Upper surface and lower surface such that a vertical support member 'provides on the frame to enable the object to be inserted, and when the hard disk drive is shaped; hold = to contact the left side and the right side of the hard strip = and hard The hard disk drive bracket of the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the two ends of the rod are fixed to the hard disk drive bracket according to the opening of the frame. On the support rod, at (4) the core 1 is provided on the outer surface of the rotating tube. 4 and 3. The horizontal support member as described in the scope of the patent scope includes the _·· sales hard disk drive bracket, which is used to be honest;::: the support members are separated from each other in the horizontal direction. And the disc drive is in contact with the lower surface of the hard disk drive; and 22 1321031 24248pif.doc to the upper support members are horizontally spaced apart from each other, and the animal is hardly inserted into the machine Contacting the upper surface of the hard disk drive, wherein the lower end and upper end horizontal support members comprise: the support rods 'including two ends, respectively fixed on the left side wall and the right side wall; On the support rod, at least two of the rotating tubes are spaced apart from each other at the support rod, and an elastic member is provided on an outer surface of the rotating tube. 4. The hard disk drive bracket according to the scope of the invention, wherein the horizontal support member comprises: eight lower forces and the support members are spaced apart from each other in the horizontal direction, and a knife On the left side wall and the right side wall, when the hard disk drive is inserted into the lower surface of the hard disk drive; and the eight upper end support members are spaced apart from each other in the horizontal direction, and the Japanese Knife Temple On the left side wall and the right side wall, when the side machine is inserted into the upper surface of the hard disk drive, each of the lower end and upper end horizontal support members comprises: (4) the support bar includes the end end fixed at the On the side of the left side wall and the right side wall; and the slewing, inserting the branch to rotate the surface to support the upper rotation; the elastic member is provided on the outer surface of the rotating tube. The hard disk drive bracket of the first aspect of the invention, wherein the l*疋 member is a locking member, and the hard disk drive is provided by the frame 23 1^21031 24248pif.doc When the opening is inserted, the fixing member is elastically deformed by an external force so that the hard disk drive can be inserted, and when the external force disappears after the hard disk drive is inserted, the fixing member Then restore its original:: to fix the hard drive. / 6. The hard disk drive carrier of claim 1, wherein the fixing member is a strip-shaped member provided at the opening of the frame, each of the fixing members including one end fixed On the frame, the other can be combined with the frame and separated from the frame. 7. The hard disk drive bracket of claim 5, wherein the hard disk drive bracket includes an elastic support member that is elastically shaped when the hard disk drive is inserted and is provided at a rear portion of the turn The rear surface of the hard shaft is: 8············································· Hard disk (4) The hard disk drive bracket of the first item is further provided, wherein the support member is provided at the rear of the frame, and the hard disk drive is inserted to cause a miscellaneous change such as supporting the (four) machine. a rear surface, wherein the fixing member comprises: respectively formed in the left side wall and the right side wall; and the locking cup member is moved to a release position to enable the hard disk drive to be inserted and (4) to lock the position The hard disk drive is fixed to the guide groove = wherein the hard disk drive has been fully inserted so that the piece is elastically deformed. Structure 24