U.S. patent application number 11/953865 was filed with the patent office on 2009-03-05 for mounting apparatus for storage device.
This patent application is currently assigned to HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.. Invention is credited to Xiao-Lin Gan, Yu-Kuang Ho, Chang-Chun Liu.
Application Number | 20090057511 11/953865 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 40405888 |
Filed Date | 2009-03-05 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090057511 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Liu; Chang-Chun ; et
al. |
March 5, 2009 |
Mounting apparatus for storage device
Abstract
A mounting apparatus for holding a storage device defining a
plurality of mounting holes in a side thereof includes a bracket
and a plurality of attaching members. The bracket includes a first
sidewall and a second sidewall parallel to the first sidewall, the
first sidewall defines a plurality of through holes, corresponding
to the mounting holes. Each attaching member includes a base and a
protrusion formed on the base, and the base attaches to the outside
surface of the first sidewall of the bracket via magnetism
generated between the base and the first sidewall, and the
protrusions extends though the through holes of the first sidewall
and inserts into the corresponding mounting hole of the storage
device.
Inventors: |
Liu; Chang-Chun; (Shenzhen,
CN) ; Gan; Xiao-Lin; (Shenzhen, CN) ; Ho;
Yu-Kuang; (Tu-Cheng, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
PCE INDUSTRY, INC.;ATT. CHENG-JU CHIANG
458 E. LAMBERT ROAD
FULLERTON
CA
92835
US
|
Assignee: |
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY
(ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
Shenzhen City
CN
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Tu-Cheng
TW
|
Family ID: |
40405888 |
Appl. No.: |
11/953865 |
Filed: |
December 11, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
248/206.5 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G11B 33/123 20130101;
G06F 1/183 20130101; G06F 1/187 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
248/206.5 |
International
Class: |
A47B 96/06 20060101
A47B096/06 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Sep 3, 2007 |
CN |
200710201594.2 |
Claims
1. A mounting apparatus for holding a storage device with a
plurality of mounting holes defined in a side thereof, the mounting
apparatus comprising: a bracket adapted for accommodating the
storage device therein, and comprising a first sidewall and a
second sidewall parallel to the first sidewall, the first sidewall
comprising a plurality of through holes, corresponding to the
mounting holes; and a plurality of attaching members each
comprising a base and a protrusion formed on the base, the base
attached to an outside surface of the first sidewall of the bracket
via magnetism generated between the base and the first sidewall,
and the protrusions extending though the through holes of the first
sidewall and inserting into the corresponding mounting holes of the
storage device.
2. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a handle
is formed on the base for facilitating manipulating each of the
attaching member, the mounting apparatus further comprises a
chassis having a side panel which abutted against the attaching
member.
3. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base
has a magnetic coating around the protrusion, an outside surface of
the first sidewall is coated a magnetic coating for generating
magnetism in cooperation with the base.
4. The mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base
or the whole attaching member is made of magnetic material, an
outside surface of the first sidewall of the bracket is made of
steel.
Description
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to mounting apparatuses, and
more particularly to a mounting apparatus for an electronic storage
device, which allows convenient installation and removal of the
storage device.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] An electronic apparatus, such as a typical desktop computer,
a tower computer, a server, and the like, usually includes storage
devices, such as hard disk drives, compact disk read-only memory
(CD-ROM) drives, digital video disc (DVD) drives, floppy disk
drives, and the like. These devices are typically added to increase
the functionality of the electronic apparatus as desired by a user.
However, the installation of such devices in the electronic
apparatus is labor-intensive.
[0005] The installation of a hard disk drive in a computer
typically involves the use of screws to attach the hard disk drive
to a bracket of a computer chassis. However, these screws are
usually too small and difficult to handle. Additionally, because of
their small size, the screws are easily dropped, by an assembler,
into the computer.
[0006] To address the aforementioned problems, a plurality of
mounting apparatuses is invented to reduce the number of needed
screws. For example, a pair of detachable rails is attached to
opposite sides of a storage device with screws. The storage device
is then slid into and secured to a drive bracket. However, the
aforesaid mounting apparatuses is still complicated for user to
manipulate the rails when assembling or disassembling the storage
device.
[0007] What is needed, therefore, is a mounting apparatus which
facilitates assembling or disassembling a storage device.
SUMMARY
[0008] In one preferred embodiment, a mounting apparatus for
holding a storage device defining a plurality of mounting holes in
a side thereof includes a bracket and a plurality of attaching
members. The bracket includes a first sidewall and a second
sidewall parallel to the first sidewall, the first sidewall defines
a plurality of through holes, corresponding to the mounting holes.
Each attaching member includes a base and a protrusion formed on
the base, and the base attaches to the outside surface of the first
sidewall of the bracket via magnetism generated between the base
and the first sidewall, and the protrusions extends though the
through holes of the first sidewall and inserts into the
corresponding mounting hole of the storage device.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] FIG. 1 is an exploded, isometric view of a mounting
apparatus with a storage device in accordance with an embodiment of
the present invention;
[0010] FIG. 2 is an assembled view of FIG. 1; and
[0011] FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, taken along line
III-III.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0012] Referring to FIG. 1, in a preferred embodiment of the
invention, a mounting apparatus is provided for holding a storage
device 70 with a plurality of mounting holes 72 defined in a side
thereof. The mounting apparatus includes a bracket 50 for
accommodating the storage device 70 therein, a chassis having a
side panel 10, and a plurality of attaching members 30 attached to
the bracket 50 to secure the storage device 70.
[0013] The bracket 50 includes a first sidewall 52 made of steel, a
second sidewall 56 and a bottom wall 58. The first sidewall 52 and
the second sidewall 56 are parallel to each other and perpendicular
to the bottom wall 58. The bottom wall 58 connects bottom edges of
the first sidewall 52 and the second sidewall 56. Outside surface
of the first sidewall 52 has a magnetic coating. A plurality of
through holes 520 is defined in the first sidewall 52,
corresponding to the mounting holes 72 of the storage device
70.
[0014] Each attaching member 30 includes a base 34 and a protrusion
38 formed on one side surface of the base 34. A trapeziform handle
32 is formed on the other side surface of the base 34. The base 34
has a magnetic coating disposed on the side surface around the
protrusion 38, or the base 34 is made of magnetic material. In
further embodiments the attaching member 30 may be made of magnetic
material.
[0015] Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, in assembly, the bracket 50 is
installed in the chassis. The protrusions 38 of the attaching
member 30 are extended through the through holes 520 of the first
sidewall 52 and inserted into the corresponding mounting holes 72
of the storage device 70. The base 34 is attached to the outside
surface of the first sidewall 52 of the bracket 50 by magnetism
generated between the base 34 and the first sidewall 52. The side
panel 10 is assembled in the chassis and the inside surface of the
side panel 10 abuts against the handle 32. The storage device 70 is
fixed in the bracket 50.
[0016] To detach the storage device 70, the side panel 10 is
detached from the chassis, the attaching members 30 are detached
from the storage device 70 and the bracket 50 by pulling the
handles 32 outward.
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