Computer enclosure with drive bracket
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsYun-Lung Chen, Jung-Chi Chen
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Abstract
A computer enclosure includes a base (10), a removable first side plate (90), and a drive bracket (30). The base has a front plate (12), a second side plate (14), a rear plate (15), and a bottom plate (16). The drive bracket is adapted to accommodate different sized disk drives. The drive bracket has a base plate (32) and a pair of side walls (34, 36). A rack (38) is formed adjacent one of the side walls. A pair of shelves (46) is respectively formed on the rack and the other side wall. A distance between the side walls is dimensioned to receive a large disk drive. A distance between the said other side wall and the rack is dimensioned to receive a small disk drive.
Claims21
A drive bracket adapted to accommodate different sized disk drives, comprising:
- a base plate having first and second side walls extending therefrom, a top edge of the first side wall having a shelf extending horizontally therefrom;
- a rack formed adjacent the second side wall, the rack having a horizontal shelf formed at a top thereof;
- locating means formed on the shelves adapted to support and secure a disk drive;
- and
- securing means formed on the rack and the first side wall adapted to secure a disk drive therebetween;
- wherein
- the shelves of the first side wall and the rack are substantially coplanar and are disposed lower than a topmost extremity of the second side wall, a distance between the first and second side walls is dimensioned to receive a large disk drive, and a distance between the first side wall and the rack is dimensioned to receive a small disk drive.
A computer enclosure, comprising:
- a removable first side plate;
- a base having a front plate, a second side plate, a rear plate, and a bottom plate;
- and
- a drive bracket adapted to accommodate different sized disk drives, the drive bracket having a base plate and a pair of side walls, a rack being formed adjacent one of the side walls, a pair of shelves being respectively formed on the rack and the other side wall of the side walls, a distance between the side walls being dimensioned to receive a large disk drive, a distance between said other side wall and the rack being dimensioned to receive a small disk drive.
A one-piece drive bracket for receiving stacked small and large disk drives, comprising:
- a horizontal base plate with opposite parallel first and second side walls vertically extending on two sides thereof;
- a first shelf extending horizontally at a top edge of the first side wall;
- a rack and an associated second shelf both stamped from the base plate, said rack being bent to vertically extend from the base plate and between the first and second side walls in a parallel relationship;
- said second shelf horizontally extending at a top edge of the rack in coplanarity with the first shelf;
- wherein
- a smaller space is formed among the first side wall, the base plate and the rack for receiving the small disk drive, and a larger space is formed among the second side wall and both the first and second shelves for receiving the large disk drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.