Mounting apparatus for data storage device
AssigneesHONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorLin Ding
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Abstract
A mounting apparatus for a data storage device (30) with at least a stud (32) includes a bracket (10) for receiving the data storage device therein and a locking member (20) to secure the data storage device. The bracket includes a side panel (12) with at least a slot (123) defined therein for slidably receiving the stud of the data storage device therein. The locking member includes a pivot portion (24) rotatably attached to the side panel of the bracket, and a resilient arm (22) extending from the pivot portion. The pivot portion of the locking member includes a guiding edge (2433) for facilitating the stud of the data storage device sliding into the bracket to a secured position and a blocking edge (2435) for engaging with the stud of the data storage device in the secured position.
Claims20
A mounting apparatus for a data storage device with at least a stud, comprising:
- a bracket for receiving the data storage device therein, the bracket comprising a side panel with at least one slot defined therein for slidably receiving the stud of the data storage device therein;
- a locking member attached to the side panel of the bracket, the locking member comprising a pivot portion rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the side panel of the bracket, and a resilient arm extending from the pivot portion, the pivot portion comprising a guiding edge for facilitating the stud of the data storage device sliding into the bracket to a secured position, and a blocking edge for engaging with the stud of the data storage device in the secured position.
A mounting assembly, comprising:
- a data storage device with at least a pair of studs fixed at opposite sidewalls thereof;
- a bracket receiving the data storage device therein, the bracket comprising a pair of side panels, each of the side panels defining at least one slot therein for slidably receiving the at least a pair of studs of the data storage device therein;
- a locking member attached to one side panel of the bracket, the locking member comprising a pivot portion and a resilient arm, the resilient arm connecting with the pivot portion, a distal end of the resilient arm resisting against the side panel of the bracket, the pivot portion comprising a hook rotatable between a first position locking one of the at least a pair of studs of the data storage device in the slot and a second position unlocking the one of the at least a pair of studs of the data storage device;
- wherein the resilient arm is elastically deformed in the second position, and returns to an original state to urge the hook of the pivot position to rotate back to the first position.
A mounting assembly, comprising:
- a data storage device having a sidewall with a stud thereon;
- a bracket comprising first and second side panels with the data storage device sandwiched therebetween, the first side panel defining a slot therein, the slot defining a sliding route, the stud of the data storage device being received in the slot and slidable along the sliding route;
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- a torsional locking member comprising a first leg secured to the first side panel and a second leg, the second leg having a blocking portion configured for allowing the stud to slide in the slot in a first direction and blocking the stud from sliding in the slot in an opposite second direction, the second leg being rotatable relative to the first leg between a first position where the blocking portion is located out of the sliding route and the stud is slidable in the slot in the second direction, and a second position where the blocking portion is located on the sliding route and the stud is blocked by the blocking portion from sliding in the slot in the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.