Cover mechanism for data storage devices
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorHui-Min Zhao
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Abstract
A cover mechanism for protecting a data storage device installed in an electronic device includes a bezel, a cover, an elastic member and a button. The bezel defines an opening for the data storage device passing therethrough. The cover is slidably mounted to an inner surface of the bezel in a vertical direction. The cover includes a body covering the opening of the bezel, and a stressed member. The stressed member includes a first guiding surface slanting upwardly and forwardly and coordinating with a tray of the data storage device. The elastic member is connected between the bezel and the cover. The button is mounted to the cover. A trigger portion for triggering a switch of the data storage device protrudes rearward from the button.
Claims19
A cover mechanism for protecting a data storage device installed in an electronic device, the cover mechanism comprising:
- a bezel defining an opening for the data storage device passing therethrough;
- a cover slidably mounted to an inner surface of the bezel in an vertical direction, the cover comprising a body covering the opening of the bezel, and a stressed member, the stressed member comprising a first guiding surface slanting upwardly and forwardly and coordinating with a tray of the data storage device;
- an elastic member connected between the bezel and the cover;
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- a button mounted to the cover, a trigger portion for triggering a switch of the data storage device protruding rearward from the button.
A cover mechanism for protecting a data storage device installed in an electronic device, the cover mechanism comprising:
- a bezel defining an opening for the data storage device passing therethrough;
- a cover elastically slidably mounted to an inner surface of the bezel in an vertical direction, the cover comprising a body covering the opening of the bezel, and a stressed member, the stressed member comprising a first guiding surface slanting upwardly and forwardly and coordinating with a tray of the data storage device when the tray extending out of the data storage device, and a second guiding surface slanting downwardly and forwardly and coordinating with the tray when the tray retracting to the data storage device;
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- a button mounted to the cover, a trigger portion for triggering a switch of the data storage device protruding rearward therefrom.
An electronic device comprising:
- a bezel forming along a side of said electronic device, said bezel defining an opening thereon;
- a functional part installable in said electronic device next to said opening of said bezel, and capable of extending a portion thereof to pass through said opening toward an outside of said electronic device;
- a cover attachable to said bezel and movable along said side of said electronic device between a first position thereof to cover said opening of said bezel, and a second position thereof to reveal said functional part and allow said extending of said portion of said functional part through said opening;
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- a button movably attachable to said cover, and comprising a trigger portion extending from said cover toward said functional part so as to trigger said extending of said portion of said functional part through said opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.