TWI383732B - Fixing apparatus for data storage device - Google Patents

Description

Data accessor fixture

The invention is a data access device fixing device.

In existing computers and servers, data accessors such as hard disks are often fixed in the casing through a magnetic frame to expand or enhance the functions of the computer. The method of fixing the data accessor to the magnetic frame is further divided into a plurality of methods, for example, the data access device can be directly locked in the magnetic frame by screws; or the sliding rail can be screwed to the data access device first. Side, then slide into the magnetic frame and finally secure the data accessor with screws or other fixing elements. However, in the above method, when installing and removing the data accessor, it is necessary to tighten or loosen a large number of screws, which is cumbersome and inconvenient to operate.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a data access device fixing device which is simple in structure and convenient in operation.

A data access device fixing device includes a magnetic frame for accommodating a data access device, the magnetic frame includes a first fixed wall and a second fixed wall, the first fixed wall and the second fixed The inner side of at least one of the walls is provided with at least one fastener for fixing the data accessor. One end of the first fixed wall vertically extends a first end arm, and the corresponding end of the second fixed wall extends vertically and is slidably received therein. a second end arm of the first end arm, the second end arm is provided with a fastening portion, the first end arm is pivotally connected with an operating member, the operating member has a blocking surface and an operation exposed to the magnetic frame The blocking surface abuts against a side of the second end arm facing the second fixing wall, preventing the second end arm from coming out of the first end arm, and rotating the operating member The operating portion is detached from the blocking portion.

Compared with the prior art, the data access device fixing device locks or unlocks the first fixing wall and the second fixing wall slidable relative to the first fixing wall by rotating the operating member, thereby conveniently arranging the data access device Fixed or unlocked, the data access device fixture has a simple structure and is easy to operate.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 , which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the data access device fixing device for locking a data access device 10 . The data access device fixing device includes a magnetic frame 20, an operating member 30, a cover 50 and a handle 60.

The data accessor 10 includes two opposite side walls 12, and each of the side walls 12 is spaced apart from two fixing holes 123.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 together, the magnetic frame 20 includes a first fixed wall 21 and a second fixed wall 22. Two fixing members 211 and 221 are respectively disposed on the inner side walls of the first and second fixing walls 21 and 22 corresponding to the fixing holes 123 of the two side walls 12 of the data access device 10. The front end of the first fixed wall 21 vertically extends a first end arm 24. The first end arm 24 includes two plate bodies 241 and 242 that are vertically connected to the upper and lower sides of the first fixed wall 21, respectively. A baffle 243, 245 is respectively connected to the front and rear ends of the plate bodies 241, 242, and a fixing block 244 is vertically disposed between the plate bodies 241, 242. The free ends of the plates 241, 242 extend forwardly by a pivoting portion 246, which is provided with a pivot hole 247 in the vertical direction. A pivot hole 249 is defined in each of the plate bodies 241 and 242 adjacent to the pivoting portion 246. The front end of the second fixed wall 22 extends perpendicularly to the first end arm 24 of the first fixed wall 21 and extends a second end arm 26 . The second end arm 26 includes a vertical connection Two plate bodies 261 and 262 connected to the upper and lower sides of the second fixed wall 22 are connected. The free ends of the plates 261 and 262 are respectively provided with a groove 263. The plates 261 and 262 are respectively disposed adjacent to the second fixing wall 22 with an elongated sliding groove 264 extending toward the corresponding groove 263. A fixing portion 267 is vertically disposed between the plate bodies 261 and 262 adjacent to the middle portion.

The operating member 30 includes a main body 32 having a substantially rectangular cross section and an operating portion 34. A pivoting portion 322 extends from a corner of the main body 32. The pivoting portion 322 is provided with a pivot hole 323. A side surface of the main body 32 opposite to the pivoting portion 322 is a blocking surface 321 . The blocking surface 321 is a curved surface that is recessed toward the center of the main body 32. A concave card slot 324 is formed in the middle of the curved surface. . The operating portion 34 extends outwardly from the corner of the curved surface and the adjacent one side. The stop surface 321 forms an arcuate corner 325 with the adjacent other side.

The cover 50 can be mounted on the front side of the first end arm 24 of the first fixed wall 21 of the magnetic frame 20, and the cover 50 is provided with an opening 51.

The handle 60 includes two side walls 62, and a receiving space is formed between the two side walls 62. One end of the handle 60 is provided with a buckle 61 that can be fastened to the cover 50, and the two side walls 62 of the other end are respectively provided with a through hole 63.

When assembling, firstly, the second end arm 26 of the second fixing wall 22 is inserted between the plates 241, 242 from the free end of the first end arm 24 of the first fixing wall 21 until the second end The 261, 262 free end groove 263 of the arm 26 abuts against the fixing block 244 of the first end arm 24, and the front and rear ends of the plate bodies 261, 262 are respectively blocked by the first end arm 24 Baffles 243, 245. At this time, the second end arm 26 is slidably received in the first The sliding hole 249 in the plate body 241, 242 of the first end arm 24 is aligned with the sliding groove 264 of the plate body 261, 262 of the second end arm 26 adjacent to the second fixing wall 22, respectively. One end. Next, the operating member 30 is placed between the plates 261, 262 of the second end arm 26 such that the operating portion 34 of the operating member 30 faces the outside of the magnetic frame 20, and the pivoting portion 322 of the operating member 30 The pivot hole 323 is aligned with the pivot hole 249 on the plate bodies 241, 242 of the first end arm 24. Inserting a pin 80 into the pivot hole 249 of the baffle 241 of the first end arm 24, the sliding groove 264 of the baffle 261 of the second end arm 26, the pivot hole 323 of the operating member 30, the first The sliding groove 264 of the baffle 262 of the two end arms 26 and the pivot hole 249 of the baffle 242 of the first end arm 24, thereby pivotally pivoting the operating member 30 to the magnetic frame 20. At this time, the pin 80 abuts against the one end of the sliding groove 264 of the plate bodies 261 and 262 adjacent to the second fixing wall 22 . The operating member 30 is rotated in the direction of the first fixed wall 21 until the locking portion 267 of the second end arm 26 faces the side of the second fixed wall 22 and is engaged with the slot 324 of the curved surface of the operating member 30. The operating member 30 stops rotating, and the second fixing wall 22 is locked to the first fixing wall 21. Finally, the cover 50 is mounted on the front side of the first end arm 24, and the operating portion 34 of the operating member 30 passes through the opening 51 of the cover 50 to be exposed to the cover 50. The two side walls of the handle 60 are clamped to the two sides of the pivoting portion 246 of the first end arm 24 such that the through hole 63 of the handle 60 is aligned with the pivot hole 247 of the pivoting portion 246, a pin 70 The through hole 63 of one side wall of the handle 60, the pivot hole 247 of the pivoting portion 246 and the through hole 63 of the other side wall of the handle 60 are sequentially inserted, so that the handle 60 is pivotally mounted on the magnetic frame 20 . The handle 60 is rotated, and the buckle 61 of the handle 60 is fastened to the cover 50. The operating portion 34 of the operating member 30 is received in the receiving space of the handle 60 to prevent erroneous operation of the operating member 30, such as Figure 3 and Figure 4.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the data accessor 10 is to be loaded, the handle 60 is outwardly toggled to disengage the handle 60 from the cover 50. With continued reference to FIG. 6, the operating portion 34 of the operating member 30 is rotated outwardly, and the operating portion 34 drives the main body 32 of the operating member 30 to rotate outward until the securing portion 267 of the second end arm 26 is disengaged from the operating member 30. The curved slot 324 is relatively over the curved corner 325 of the operating member 30, and the second fixed wall 22 is unlocked from the first fixed wall 21. Referring to FIG. 7 , the second fixing wall 22 is pulled away from the first fixing wall 21 by hand until the end of the sliding groove 264 of the second end arm 26 away from the second fixing wall 22 respectively abuts the Pin 80. At this time, the distance between the second fixed wall 22 and the first fixed wall 21 is the farthest. The data access device 10 is placed between the first fixed wall 21 and the second fixed wall 22, so that the fastener 211 on the first fixed wall 21 is inserted into the corresponding fixing hole 123 of the data access device 10. Pushing the second fixed wall 22 in the direction of the first fixed wall 21 until the free end groove 263 of the plate body 261, 262 of the second end arm 26 abuts against the fixing block 244 of the first end arm 24, the pin The slot 264 of the second fixed wall 21 is inserted into the corresponding fixing hole 123 of the data access device 10, such as the slot 264 of the second fixed wall 22. Figure 6 shows. The operation portion 34 is rotated in the direction of the first fixed wall 21, and the curved corner 325 of the operating member 30 passes over the fastening portion 267 of the second end arm 26, and the slot 324 of the operating member 30 is locked to the locking portion. The portion 267 is as shown in FIG. 5 such that the second fixed wall 22 is locked to the first fixed wall 21, and the data accessor 10 is locked. Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the handle 60 is rotated, and the handle 60 is locked to the cover 50 and blocks the operating portion 34 of the operating member 30.

To remove the data accessor 10, simply turn the handle 60 outward, and then The operation portion 34 of the operating member 30 is rotated outward to unlock the second fixing wall 22 and the second fixing wall 21, and finally the second fixing wall 22 is pulled outward, so that the data access device 10 can be taken out.

In other embodiments, the cross-section of the body 32 of the operating member 30 can also be similar to a circular or other convex polygon.

10‧‧‧Data accessor

12, 62‧‧‧ side wall

123‧‧‧rails

20‧‧‧Magnetic frame

21‧‧‧First fixed wall

22‧‧‧Second fixed wall

211, 221‧‧‧ card firmware

24‧‧‧First end arm

241, 242, 261, 262‧‧‧ plates

243, 245‧‧ ‧ baffle

244‧‧‧Fixed block

246, 322‧‧‧ pivoting department

247, 249‧‧‧ pivot holes

26‧‧‧second end arm

263‧‧‧ Groove

264‧‧‧Long chute

265‧‧‧ lugs

266‧‧‧Perforation

267‧‧‧Card Department

30‧‧‧Operating parts

32‧‧‧ Subject

324‧‧‧ card slot

325‧‧‧ corner

326‧‧‧Depression

327‧‧‧Top corner

328‧‧‧ pushing the wall

34‧‧‧Operation Department

50‧‧ ‧ cover

51‧‧‧ openings

60‧‧‧Handle

61‧‧‧ buckle

63‧‧‧through hole

70, 80‧‧ ‧ pin

321‧‧‧stop surface

1 is an exploded perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a data accessor fixture of the present invention and a data access device.

2 is an exploded, isometric view of the preferred embodiment of the data accessor fixture of the present invention and the data accessor in another direction.

3 is a perspective assembled view of a preferred embodiment of the data accessor fixture of the present invention and the data accessor.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 3 in another direction.

5 to 6 are cross-sectional views showing preferred embodiments of the data access device fixing device of the present invention in different states.

Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view of the preferred embodiment of the data accessor fixture of the present invention with the data accessor fully unlocked.

21‧‧‧First fixed wall

22‧‧‧Second fixed wall

267‧‧‧Card Department

324‧‧‧ card slot

325‧‧‧ corner

34‧‧‧Operation Department

60‧‧‧Handle

61‧‧‧ buckle

80‧‧‧ pin

Claims (7)

A data access device fixing device includes a magnetic frame for accommodating a data access device, the magnetic frame includes an opposite first fixed wall and a second fixed wall, and the improvement is: the first fixed wall and The inner side of at least one of the second fixed walls is provided with at least one fastener for fixing the data access device. One end of the first fixed wall vertically extends a first end arm, and a corresponding end of the second fixed wall extends vertically. a second end arm of the first end arm is slidably disposed, the second end arm is provided with a fastening portion, the first end arm is pivotally connected to an operating member, and the operating member has a blocking surface and an exposed surface An operation portion of the magnetic frame, the blocking surface abuts against a side of the second end arm facing the second fixing wall, preventing the second end arm from coming out of the first end arm, and rotating the operation The operating portion of the piece is disengaged from the locking portion. The data access device fixing device of claim 1, wherein the first end arm and the second end arm respectively comprise two plate bodies, and the two end plates of the first end arm are respectively provided with a pivot hole. The two end plates of the second end arm are respectively provided with an elongated sliding slot, and the operating member is received between the two plates of the second end arm, and the operating member is provided with a pivoting portion having a pivot hole. a pin shaft is sequentially inserted into a pivot hole of the first end arm, a sliding slot of the second end arm, a pivot hole of the operating member, another sliding slot of the second end arm, and the first end arm Another pivoting hole pivotally mounts the operating member to the magnetic frame. The data access device fixing device of claim 2, wherein a fixed block is disposed between the plates of the first end arm, and the two plates of the second end arm are received in the first end arm Between the plates, the free ends of the two plates of the second end arms are respectively provided with a recess that abuts the fixing block. The data access device fixing device of claim 1, wherein the The operating member includes a main body, and the stopping surface is a curved surface disposed on one side of the main body, and the central portion of the curved surface is recessed to form a card slot for engaging the fixing portion. The data access device fixing device of claim 4, wherein the main body has a substantially pentagon cross section, and the arc surface is disposed at one side of the main body. The data access device fixing device of claim 5, wherein the operating portion is extended from a curved surface of the main body and a corner of an adjacent side. The data access device fixing device of claim 1, wherein the first end arm is pivotally mounted with a handle, and the handle is provided with a receiving space for receiving the operating portion of the operating member.