Mounting apparatus, mounting method, and recording/reproducing apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKiyoshi Omori
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Abstract
For simply mounting an optical disk derive device or the like within a computer body to locate it accurately, a ⊃-shaped adaptor is mounted detachably on the upper part of the optical disk drive device or the like, an inner guide pin and vertical guide groove are mutually located in a longitudinal direction, the optical disk drive device and the like are horizontally inserted into a mounting frame, the optical disk drive device and the like are paced on the place bed, and the adaptor is located in longitudinal and vertical directions within the mounting frame by a plate spring part crimped from above to the outer guide pin.
Claims11
A mounting apparatus for computer peripheral equipment comprising:
- an adaptor formed into a substantially ⊃-shape by a top plate part and both left and right plate parts suspended downward from both left and right end edges of said top plate part and detachably mounted from above to computer peripheral equipment;
- first locating means for locating said adaptor in a longitudinal direction of computer peripheral equipment by mounting said adaptor from above to said computer peripheral equipment;
- a mounting frame mounted within a computer body, having an insert part of said computer peripheral equipment an a place bed provided on the bottom of said insert part, said computer peripheral equipment being inserted into said insert part in a longitudinal direction integral with said adaptor and placed horizontally on said place bed;
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- second locating means for elastically locating said adaptor inserted horizontally in a longitudinal direction integral with said computer peripheral equipment into said insert part of said mounting frame in a longitudinal direction and a vertical direction within said mounting frame.
A mounting method for computer peripheral equipment comprising the steps of:
- locating, by mounting an adaptor formed into a substantially ⊃-shape by a top plate part and both left and right plate parts suspended downward from both left and right end edges of said top plate part and detachably mounted from above to computer peripheral equipment, said adaptor in a longitudinal direction of computer peripheral equipment;
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- elastically locating, in amounting frame mounted within a computer body, having an insert part of said computer peripheral equipment an a place bed provided on the bottom of said insert part, said computer peripheral equipment being inserted into said insert part in a longitudinal direction integral with said adaptor and placed horizontally on said place bed, said adaptor inserted horizontally in a longitudinal direction integral with said computer peripheral equipment into said insert part of said mounting frame in a longitudinal direction and a vertical direction within said mounting frame.
A recording/reproducing apparatus including a casing comprising a front surface provided with a recording medium insert opening, a top plate part, a bottom plate, and left and right side plate parts, wherein groove parts extended from said top plate part to said bottom plate part and having the top part side opened are provided in pair in said left and right side plate parts, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.