# US 7,609,509 B2 · Data storage device carrier assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,609,509 B2 - Document ID: US7609509B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/757,404 - Filed: 2007-06-04 - Published: 2008-06-12 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2006-12-08 - Assignees: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Chia-Kang Wu; Li-Ping Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7609509B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/187: Mounting of fixed or removable disk drives - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A data storage device carrier assembly includes a first carrier, a second carrier, and a bracket. The first carrier includes a pair of parallel side walls configured for mounting large data storage devices therebetween. The second carrier includes a pair of parallel side plates configured for mounting small data storage devices therebetween. A distance between the pair of side plates of the second carrier is less than a distance between the pair of side walls of the first carrier. The bracket is attached on one of the side plates of the second carrier to cooperatively form a unit having a width approximately same as the distance between the pair of side walls of the first carrier. The unit is mountable between the side walls of the first carrier. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A data storage device carrier assembly, comprising: a first carrier comprising a pair of parallel side walls configured for mounting large data storage devices therebetween; and a second carrier comprising a pair of parallel side plates configured for mounting small data storage devices therebetween, a distance between the pair of side plates of the second carrier being less than a distance between the pair of side walls of the first carrier, a bracket attached on one of the side plates of the second carrier to cooperatively form a unit having a width approximately same as the distance between the pair of side walls of the first carrier, the unit being mountable between the side walls of the first carrier; wherein one of the side walls of the first carrier defines a sliding groove therein, and one of the side plates of the second carrier forms a protrusion configured to slide in the sliding groove. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The data storage device carrier assembly as described in claim 1, wherein one of the side walls of the first carrier defining a sliding groove therein, and the bracket forms a sliding member configured to slide in the sliding groove. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The data storage device carrier assembly as described in claim 2, wherein the bracket comprises a side piece parallel to the side walls of the first carrier, and the sliding member is arranged on the side piece. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The data storage device carrier assembly as described in claim 3, wherein the bracket forms a sidewall sandwiched between the side piece and the second carrier to widen the second carrier. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The data storage device carrier assembly as described in claim 4, wherein a width of the sidewall is equal to a difference between the distance of the inner surfaces of the side walls of the first carrier and the outer surfaces of the side plates of the second carrier. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The data storage device carrier assembly as described in claim 4, wherein the sidewall is bent to form a flange parallel to the side plates of the second carrier, the flange defines a hole therein, the one of the side plates forms a securing post corresponding to the hole, and the bracket is secured on the one of the side plates in such a manner that the securing post is interferentially inserted into the hole and the flange resists against the one of the side plates. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The data storage device carrier assembly as described in claim 1, wherein inner surfaces of the side plates of the second carrier respectively form a plurality of supporting flanges extending in toward each other, each two adjacent supporting flanges defines therebetween a guideway configured for the small data storage devices sliding therealong. ### Claim 8 A data storage device carrier assembly for carrying data storage devices, comprising: a first carrier comprising a pair of parallel side walls configured for mounting large data storage devices therebetween, each of the side walls defining a sliding groove therein; and a second carrier configured to be mounted in the first carrier, the second carrier comprising a pair of parallel side plates configured for mounting small data storage devices therebetween, one side plate of the second carrier forming a protrusion configured to slide in the sliding groove of one side wall of the first carrier, a bracket attached on the other side plate of the second carrier, and the bracket forming a sliding member configured to slide in the sliding groove of the other side wall of the first carrier, the large data storage devices having width larger than that of the small data storage devices. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The data storage device carrier assembly as described in claim 8, wherein the bracket comprises a side piece parallel to the side walls of the first carrier, and the side piece forms the sliding member thereon. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The data storage device carrier assembly as described in claim 9, wherein the bracket forms a sidewall between the side piece of the bracket and the other side plate of the second carrier to widen the second carrier. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The data storage device carrier assembly as described in claim 10, wherein a width of the sidewall is equal to a difference between the distance of the inner surfaces of the side walls of the first carrier and the outer surfaces of the side plates of the second carrier. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The data storage device carrier assembly as described in claim 11, wherein the sidewall is bent to form a flange parallel to the side plates of the second carrier, the flange defines a hole therein, the other side plate forms a securing post corresponding to the hole, and the bracket is secured on the other side plate in such a manner that the securing post is interferentially inserted into the hole and the flange resists against the other side plate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The data storage device carrier assembly as described in claim 8, wherein inner surfaces of the side plates of the second carrier respectively form a plurality of supporting flanges extending in toward each other, each two adjacent supporting flanges defines a guideway therebetween configured for the small data storage devices received therein. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The data storage device carrier assembly as described in claim 8, wherein the side plates of the second carrier are shorter than the side walls of the first carrier such that a surplus space is formed between the side walls configured far accommodating at least one of the large data storage devices when the second carrier is mounted in the first carrier.