Mounting structure and mounting method for rotating disk storage device
AssigneeHitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
InventorsSatoshi Takahashi, Masashi Tsuyama
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a mounting structure adapted to easily attach and remove a magnetic disk drive thereto and therefrom. In one embodiment, the mounting structure includes a device connector connectable to an interface connector. A clamper moves between a fixing position and a releasing position to secure or release an end portion of a housing. A lever keeps the clamper at the releasing position until the interface connector is connected to the device connector when a magnetic disk drive is pushed into a mounting structure. The clamper positions the clamper at the fixing position after the interface connector has been connected to the device connector.
Claims20
A mounting structure adaptable to attach and remove a rotary disk storage device having a recording medium, an interface connector, and a housing, and to plug and unplug the interface connector, the mounting structure comprising:
- a device connector connectable to the interface connector;
- a guide which positions the rotary disk storage device within the mounting structure;
- a clamper movable in a vertical direction of the recording medium between a fixing position and a releasing position to fix or release an end portion of the housing;
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- a lever capable of positioning the clamper at the releasing position until the interface connector is connected to the device connector as the rotary disk storage device is pushed into the mounting structure, and positioning the clamper at the fixing position after the interface connector has been connected to the device connector.
A mounting structure adaptable to attach and remove a rotary disk storage device having a recording medium, an interface connector, and a housing, and to plug and unplug the interface connector, the mounting structure comprising:
- a device connector connectable to the interface connector;
- guide means for positioning the interface connector with the device connector when the rotary disk storage device is pushed into the mounting structure;
- fixing means for fixing the housing, the fixing means being movable by an elastic force applied thereto in a vertical direction relative to the recording medium, between a fixing position and a releasing position to fix or release the housing;
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- operating means for positioning the fixing means at the releasing position until the interface connector is connected to the device connector when the rotary disk storage device is pushed into the mounting structure, and positioning the fixing means at the fixing position after the interface connector has been connected to the device connector.
A test chamber for a rotary disk storage device including an interface connector, comprising:
- a plurality of mounting structures adaptable to attach and remove the rotary disk storage device thereto and therefrom and to plug and unplug the interface connector therein and therefrom;
- a frame which supports the plurality of mounting structures;
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- a damper which secures each of the plurality of mounting structures to the frame;
- each of the plurality of mounting structures comprising:
- a device connector connectable to the interface connector;
- a guide which positions the rotary disk storage device within the mounting structure;
- a clamper movable in a vertical direction of the recording medium between a fixing position and a releasing position to fix or release an end portion of the housing;
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- a lever capable of positioning the clamper at the releasing position until the interface connector is connected to the device connector as the rotary disk storage device is pushed into the mounting structure, and positioning the clamper at the fixing position after the interface connector has been connected to the device connector.
An attachment and removal method for attaching a rotary disk storage device including a recording medium, an interface connector, and a housing to a mounting structure including a lever, a clamper, a device connector, and a guide, connecting the interface connector to the device connector, and removing the rotary disk storage device, the method comprising:
- positioning the clamper at a releasing position;
- connecting the interface connector to the device connector by pushing the rotary disk storage device in a direction running parallel with the recording medium along the guide while the clamper is positioned at the releasing position;
- pressing, following the step of connecting, the housing of the rotary disk storage device up against the guide by operating the lever to move the clamper to a fixing position;
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- stopping the pressure of the clamper on the housing by operating the lever while the interface connector and the device connector are connected to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.