U.S. patent application number 10/377880 was filed with the patent office on 2004-09-09 for hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount.
Invention is credited to Chen, Feng-Ming.
Application Number | 20040173544 10/377880 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 32926386 |
Filed Date | 2004-09-09 |
United States Patent
Application |
20040173544 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chen, Feng-Ming |
September 9, 2004 |
Hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount
Abstract
A hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount, which is a
hollow frame body and includes an upper panel and two side walls
respectively downward integrally perpendicularly extending from two
sides of the upper panel. At least one hard disc can be mounted
between the two side walls. A bottom board radially integrally
extends from bottom edge of each side wall. The upper panel and the
bottom boards are formed with at least one set of corresponding
latch members for latching with each other. The latch member of the
bottom board of one hard disc piling/assembling member can be
correspondingly firmly latched with the latch member of the upper
panel of another hard disc piling/assembling member to stably pile
multiple hard disc piling/assembling members. Accordingly, a
manufacturer can immediately assemble a hard disc fixing frame for
loading therein different number of hard discs.
Inventors: |
Chen, Feng-Ming; (Chung Ho
City, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE
3458 ELLICOTT CENTER DRIVE-SUITE 101
ELLICOTT CITY
MD
21043
US
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Family ID: |
32926386 |
Appl. No.: |
10/377880 |
Filed: |
March 4, 2003 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
211/26 ;
361/679.39; G9B/33.034 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G11B 33/128
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
211/026 ;
361/685 |
International
Class: |
A47F 007/00 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount, said hard
disc piling/assembling member being a hollow frame body and
including an upper panel and two side walls respectively downward
integrally perpendicularly extending from two sides of the upper
panel, whereby at least one hard disc can be mounted between the
two side walls, a bottom board radially integrally extending from
bottom edge of each side wall, the upper panel and the bottom
boards being formed with at least one set of corresponding latch
members for latching with each other, whereby the latch member of
the bottom board of one hard disc piling/assembling member can be
correspondingly firmly latched with the latch member of the upper
panel of another hard disc piling/assembling member to stably pile
multiple hard disc piling/assembling members, the latch member of
the bottom board of the bottommost hard disc piling/assembling
member being correspondingly latched with a latch member disposed
on a base of the rack mount.
2. The hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount as claimed
in claim 1, wherein one of the set of latch members is a tenon,
while the other is a latch slot.
3. The hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount as claimed
in claim 1, wherein one of the set of latch members is a latch
hook, while the other is a latch hole.
4. The hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount as claimed
in claim 1, wherein the upper panel of the hard disc
piling/assembling member is formed with at least one locating
projection and the bottom board is formed with at least one stop
shoulder, whereby when one hard disc piling/assembling member is
latched with another hard disc piling/assembling member into a
pile, the locating projection abuts against rear side of the stop
shoulder of the other hard disc piling/assembling member.
5. The hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount as claimed
in claim 1, wherein the two side walls of the hard disc
piling/assembling member define therebetween a slide channel,
whereby a hard disc fixing tray on which a hard disc is fixed can
be snugly slidably disposed in the slide channel.
6. The hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount as claimed
in claim 1, wherein the hard disc is directly locked between the
two side walls by screws.
7. The hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount as claimed
in claim 5, wherein the side wall of the hard disc
piling/assembling member is formed with at least one grounding
plate for attaching to the hard disc fixing tray between the side
walls so as to form a grounding circuit between the hard disc and
the rack mount.
8. The hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount as claimed
in claim 6, wherein the side wall of the hard disc
piling/assembling member is formed with at least one grounding
plate for attaching to the hard disc between the side walls so as
to form a grounding circuit between the hard disc and the rack
mount.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention is related to a hard disc
piling/assembling member of rack mount. Multiple such hard disc
piling/assembling members can be piled and firmly latched with each
other.
[0003] 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ARTS
[0004] FIGS. 1 and 2 show a conventional rack mount applied to a
workstation. The rack mount includes a housing 61 and at least one
hard disc fixing frame 62 fixed in the housing 61. At least one
hard disc receptacle 621 is defined between two sides of the hard
disc fixing frame 62 for receiving therein a hard disc. The
assembly of the rack mount is adapted to the requirement of the
workstation. In the case that the workstation stores numerous data,
a rack mount for loading therein multiple hard discs must be used.
Reversely, a rack mount for only loading therein few hard discs is
used. Accordingly, in order to meet the requirement for different
numbers of loaded hard discs, the rack mount manufacturer will
manufacture many specifications of hard disc fixing frames 62 with
different capacities for loading therein one layer (not shown), two
layers (as shown in FIG. 1), three layers (as shown in FIG. 2),
four layers (not shown), etc. of hard discs. Such hard disc fixing
frame 62 with fixed specification has some shortcomings in
manufacturing of the rack mount as follows:
[0005] 1. The manufacturer must manufacture many different types of
hard disc fixing frames 62 to meet different requirements of
different workstations. Therefore, the manufacturer must afford the
cost for the development and production of the molds of various
specifications of hard disc fixing frames 62. This leads to
increased cost.
[0006] 2. The manufacturer must store a certain amount of various
spare hard disc fixing frames 62 to satisfy different orders.
Therefore, the manufacturer must afford increased storage cost.
Also, this leads to many problems in management of material.
[0007] 3. In the case that the number of loaded hard discs demanded
by a purchaser is different from the capacity of the spare hard
disc fixing frame 62, the manufacturer must develop a new type of
hard disc fixing frame 62 in accordance with the requirement of the
purchaser. This costs much time and is not economic.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to
provide a hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount. By
means of one single specification of hard disc piling/assembling
member, a rack mount manufacturer can assemble different rack
mounts for loading therein different numbers of hard discs.
Therefore, it is easier and quicker to manufacture and assemble the
rack mount.
[0009] It is a further object of the present invention to provide
the above hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount. The
rack mount manufacturer only needs to manufacture one single
specification of hard disc piling/assembling member 1 so that the
cost for the frame for fixing the hard discs and the cost for the
development and manufacturing of the molds are saved.
[0010] It is still a further object of the present invention to
provide the above hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount.
It is unnecessary for the manufacturer to store many spare
different kinds of frames for fixing the hard discs. Therefore, the
cost for storage and management is lowered.
[0011] It is still a further object of the present invention to
provide the above hard disc piling/assembling member of rack mount.
Multiple hard disc piling/assembling members 1 can be immediately
assembled to form a necessary hard disc fixing frame in conformity
with the number of the loaded hard disc required by a
purchaser.
[0012] According to the above objects, the hard disc
piling/assembling member of rack mount of the present invention is
a hollow frame body and includes an upper panel and two side walls
respectively downward integrally perpendicularly extending from two
sides of the upper panel. At least one hard disc can be mounted
between the two side walls. A bottom board radially integrally
extends from bottom edge of each side wall. The upper panel and the
bottom boards are formed with at least one set of corresponding
latch members for latching with each other. The latch member of the
bottom board of one hard disc piling/assembling member can be
correspondingly firmly latched with the latch member of the upper
panel of another hard disc piling/assembling member to stably pile
multiple hard disc piling/assembling members. Accordingly, a
manufacturer can immediately assemble a hard disc fixing frame for
loading therein different number of hard discs.
[0013] The present invention can be best understood through the
following description and accompanying drawings wherein:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0014] FIG. 1 is a front view of a conventional rack mount;
[0015] FIG. 2 is a front view of another specification of
conventional rack mount;
[0016] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the present invention;
[0017] FIG. 4 is a bottom perspective view of the present
invention;
[0018] FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing that the present
invention is assembled with a rack mount;
[0019] FIG. 6 shows that two hard disc piling/assembling members of
the present invention are piled;
[0020] FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of the present
invention;
[0021] FIG. 8 shows that the present invention is applied to a
one-layer rack mount;
[0022] FIG. 9 shows that the present invention is applied to a
two-layer rack mount; and
[0023] FIG. 10 shows that the present invention is applied to a
multilayer rack mount.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0024] Please refer to FIGS. 3 to 10. The hard disc
piling/assembling member 1 of rack mount of the present invention
is a hollow frame body. One hard disc piling/assembling member 1
can be correspondingly latched with another identical hard disc
piling/assembling member 1 to form a stable pile. The bottommost
hard disc piling/assembling member 1 is latched on the base of the
rack mount 100. Accordingly, in accordance with the requirement of
a user, a manufacturer can immediately assemble a certain number of
fixing frames in the rack mount in conformity with the number of
the mounted hard discs.
[0025] Referring to FIGS. 3 to 10, the hard disc piling/assembling
member 1 is made of metal sheet by integral punching. The hard disc
piling/assembling member 1 includes an upper panel 11 and two side
walls 12 respectively downward integrally perpendicularly extending
from two sides of the upper panel 11. At least one hard disc 4 is
mounted between the two side walls 12. A bottom board 13 radially
integrally extends from bottom edge of each side wall 12. The upper
panel 11 and the bottom boards 12 are formed with at least one set
of corresponding latch members 3a, 3b for latching with each other.
The latch member 3b of the bottom board 13 of a hard disc
piling/assembling member 1 can be correspondingly firmly latched
with the latch member 3a of the upper panel 11 of another hard disc
piling/assembling member 1. Alternatively, the latch member 3b of
the bottom board 13 of a hard disc piling/assembling member 1 can
be correspondingly firmly latched with a latch member 3a disposed
on the base of the rack mount 100.
[0026] Referring to FIGS. 3 to 10, the latch member 3a of the hard
disc piling/assembling member 1 can be a tenon, while the other
latch member 3b can be a latch slot. Alternatively, the set of
latch members 3a, 3b can be a latch hook and a latch hole.
[0027] Referring to FIGS. 3, 4 and 7, the upper panel 11 of the
hard disc piling/assembling member 1 is formed with at least one
locating projection 111 and the bottom board 13 is formed with at
least one stop shoulder 131. When one hard disc piling/assembling
member 1 is latched with another hard disc piling/assembling member
1 into a pile, the locating projection 111 abuts against rear side
of the stop shoulder 131 of the other hard disc piling/assembling
member 1.
[0028] Referring to FIGS. 3 to 10, the two side walls 12 of the
hard disc piling/assembling member 1 define therebetween a slide
channel 120. A hard disc fixing tray 5 can be snugly slidably
disposed in the slide channel 120. Accordingly, along with the hard
disc fixing tray 5, a hard disc 4 fixed thereon can be quickly
pushed into the hard disc piling/assembling member 1 or drawn out
therefrom. Alternatively, the hard disc 4 can be directly locked
between the side walls 12 by screws.
[0029] Referring to FIGS. 3 to 10, the side wall 12 of the hard
disc piling/assembling member 1 is formed with at least one
grounding plate 121 for attaching to the hard disc fixing tray 5 or
the hard disc 4 between the side walls 12 so as to form a grounding
circuit between the hard disc 4 and the rack mount 100.
[0030] Referring to FIGS. 3 to 10, the hard disc piling/assembling
members 1 can be latched and assembled into a pile. After a
manufacturer gets an order of rack mount for loading therein a
certain number of hard discs, the manufacturer can easily pile and
assemble the hard disc piling/assembling members 1 in accordance
with the number of the hard discs to complete the assembly of the
rack mount. As shown in FIG. 8, one single hard disc
piling/assembling member 1 is latched on the base of the rack mount
100 to form rack mount applied to one row of hard discs. In FIG. 9,
two hard disc piling/assembling members 1 are piled and firmly
latched on the base of the rack mount 100 applied to two rows of
hard discs. In FIG. 10, more than three rows of hard disc
piling/assembling members 1 can be piled and latched on a suitable
rack mount 100. Accordingly, a rack mount in which multiple rows
and lines of hard discs are loaded can be achieved. Therefore, the
manufacturer only needs to manufacture one single specification of
hard disc piling/assembling member 1 to meet different requirements
of different users. According to the above arrangement, the present
invention has the following advantages:
[0031] 1. By means of one single specification of hard disc
piling/assembling member 1, a rack mount manufacturer can assemble
different rack mounts for loading therein different numbers of hard
discs. Therefore, it is easier and quicker to manufacture and
assemble the rack mount.
[0032] 2. The rack mount manufacturer only needs to manufacture one
single specification of hard disc piling/assembling member 1 so
that the cost for the frame for fixing the hard discs and the costs
for the development and manufacturing of the molds are saved.
[0033] 3. It is unnecessary for the manufacturer to store many
spare different kinds of frames for fixing the hard discs.
Therefore, the cost for storage and management is lowered.
[0034] 4. Multiple hard disc piling/assembling members 1 can be
immediately assembled to form a necessary hard disc fixing frame in
conformity with the number of the loaded hard disc required by a
purchaser.
[0035] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the
present invention, not intended to limit the scope thereof. Many
modifications of the above embodiments can be made without
departing from the spirit of the present invention.
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