Fixing apparatus for data storage device

A fixing apparatus fixing a data storage device therein, comprising:

• a drive bracket comprising two opposite side panels, each of the side panels forming at least one guiding portion and defining a slot;
• an integral insertion rack comprising two sidewalls sandwiching the data storage device therebetween in a left-and-right direction, a handle connected between the two sidewalls, and two hooks formed adjacent junctions between the handle and the sidewalls corresponding to the slots respectively, one of the sidewalls of the rack comprising a notch, and an elastic member comprising a positioning tab inserted in the notch, a spring tab extending from one end of the positioning tab and abutting against the data storage device, and another spring tab extending from an opposite end of the positioning tab and abutting against the inner side of the one of the side panels of the drive bracket, each of the spring tabs comprising an arcuate shape and the one of the sidewalls comprising a pair of cutouts facing the spring tabs for providing space to allow the spring tabs deformation;
• vibration absorbing members mounted to outer surfaces of the sidewalls of the rack and capable of sliding along the guiding portions in a front-and-back direction until the hooks insert into the corresponding slots from outside of the sidewalls in the left-and-right direction, to thereby secure the combined rack and the data storage device in the drive bracket;
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• the elastic member configured for electrically connecting the data storage device with the drive bracket, wherein one end of the elastic member abuts against an inner side of one of the side panels of the drive bracket, and the other end of the elastic member abuts against the data storage device.

A fixing apparatus for holding a data storage device, comprising:

• a drive bracket comprising two opposite side panels, each of the side panels forming at least one guiding portion and defining a slot;
• an insertion rack comprising two opposite sidewalls and a handle, each of the sidewalls forming a resilient portion bent out and back from a front end thereof, the insertion rack forming two hooks at two ends of the handle, and the handle connecting with distal ends of the resilient portions on two ends thereof, adjacent the hooks, the insertion rack being configured for mounting the data storage device into the drive bracket, the insertion rack being capable of sliding into the drive bracket along the guiding portions, the hooks being capable of deforming outward to ride along an exterior of the drive bracket until being inserted into the corresponding slots of the drive bracket;
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• an elastic member comprising two spring tabs, and a positioning tab connected between the spring tabs, one of the sidewalls of the insertion rack comprising a notch, an end of the positioning tab inserted in the notch, the elastic member configured for electrically connecting the data storage device with the drive bracket, one end of the elastic member abutted against one of the side panels of the drive bracket, the other end of the elastic member configured for abutting against the data storage device, an opposite end of the positioning tab comprising two positioning holes, the one of the sidewalls of the insertion rack forming two positioning posts, the positioning posts being inserted into the positioning holes, respectively.