# US 7,609,511 B2 · Fixing apparatus for hard disk drive

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- Number: US 7,609,511 B2
- Document ID: US7609511B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/963,869
- Filed: 2007-12-24
- Published: 2009-03-05
- Granted: 2009-10-27
- Earliest claimed: 2007-08-30
- Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Wen-Tang Peng; Mo-Ming Yu; Wei-Chao Huang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7609511B2

## CPC

- G11B 33/128: {of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis}
- G06F 1/187: Mounting of fixed or removable disk drives
- G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An exemplary fixing apparatus is for mounting a hard disk drive (HDD) having a plurality of holes defined in sidewalls thereof. The fixing apparatus includes a first bracket, a second bracket, and a bezel assembly. The first bracket includes a side plate, an end plate perpendicularly extending from one end of the side plate, and a pivoting portion formed at the other end of the side plate. The second bracket includes a side plate, an end plate perpendicularly extending from one end of the side plate to pivotably engage with the end plate of the first bracket, and an extension portion formed at the other end of the side plate. The bezel assembly is pivotably attached to the pivoting portion of the first bracket and detachably locked with the extension portion of the second bracket. The side plates include a plurality of fixing members to engage in the holes of the disk drive, respectively.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A fixing apparatus for fixing a hard disk drive (HDD) with a plurality of holes defined in sidewalls thereof, the fixing apparatus comprising:
a first bracket comprising a side plate, an end plate perpendicularly extending from one end of the side plate, and a first pivoting portion slantingly extending from the other end of the side plate;
a second bracket comprising a side plate, and an end plate perpendicularly extending from one end of the side plate to pivotably engage with the end plate of the first bracket;
a bezel assembly pivotably attached to the pivoting portion of the first bracket and detachably locked with the side plate of the second bracket; and
a plurality of fixing members attached to the side plates of the first and the second brackets to engage in the holes of HDD.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the end plate of the second bracket comprises a pivoting portion having a pair of parallel spaced tabs formed at a free end thereof, the end plate of the first bracket comprises a second pivoting portion having a pivoting hole extending from a free end thereof, the second pivoting portion of the first bracket is sandwiched between the tabs of the second bracket, a shaft is extended through the pivoting holes of the second bracket and the first bracket to pivotably connect the first bracket with the second bracket.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side plate of the second bracket comprises an extension portion extending forward from the other end thereof, a wedged block is formed on the extension portion, the bezel assembly comprises a bezel, the bezel comprises a receiving space defined therein to receive the extension portion, a locking hole is define in the bezel beside the receiving space to engage with the wedged block.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bezel assembly comprises a handle having a pair of pivoting holes defined in two spaced portions thereof, the first pivoting portion of the first bracket comprises a pair of spaced tabs each having a pivoting hole, the tabs of the first pivoting portion are sandwiched between the spaced portions of the handle, a shaft is extended through the pivoting holes of the handle and the first pivoting portion of the first bracket to pivotably connect the bezel assembly to the first bracket.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the fixing members comprises a cap, and a pin with one end embedded in the cap.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The fixing apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the cap comprises a rectangular portion, a cylindrical portion perpendicularly extending from the rectangular portion, and a pair of wedged protrusions extending opposite to each other from the circumferential wall of the cylindrical portion, the side plates comprises a plurality of mounting holes defined therein to retain the fixing members.