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US 8,300,400 B2Granted
Fixing mechanism and hard disk assembly using the same
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorZheng-Heng Sun
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Abstract
A fixing mechanism for fixing a number of hard disks includes a first frame; a second frame facing the first frame, and a fixing structure for fixing the hard disk. One side of each hard disk is fixed on the first frame, and the fixing structure is positioned and fixed on the second frame and also fixed on the other side of the hard disk.
Claims14
An apparatus for fixing hard disks, comprising:
- a first frame;
- a second frame facing the first frame;
- and a fixing structure comprising a plurality of fixing units, each of the fixing units comprising a connecting arm and a fastening member, the fastening member configured to be attached to a hard disk, the connecting arm comprising a fixed end and a free end, the fixed end being fixed to one of the first frame and the second frame, and the free end being opposite to the fixed end and pointing toward the other one of the first frame and the second frame;
- wherein the fastening member comprises a latching slot, the connecting arm has a cutout defined in a lateral side thereof, the cutout is located adjacent to the free end, and the connecting arm is latched into the latching slot of the fastening member at the cutout, a plurality of dividers each interconnecting the first frame and the second frame, wherein each two adjacent dividers are configured for clamping a corresponding one of the hard disks therebetween, and each of the dividers comprises a clamping portion for clamping at least one corresponding hard disk, a connecting portion formed at an end of the clamping portion and engaged to the first frame, and an inserting portion formed at the other end of the clamping portion and engaged to the second frame.
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A hard disk assembly comprising:
- a plurality of hard disks;
- and an apparatus for fixing the hard disks, the apparatus comprising:
- a first frame;
- a second frame facing the first frame;
- and a fixing structure located between the first frame and the second frame;
- the fixing structure comprising a plurality of first fixing units and a plurality of second fixing units, the first fixing units arranged along the first frame, the second fixing units arranged along the second frame and being positioned symmetrically opposite to the first fixing units;
- each of the first fixing units and the second fixing units comprising a connecting arm and a fastening member corresponding to the connecting arm, the connecting arm comprising a fixed end and a free end opposite to the fixed end;
- the fixed end of the connecting arm of each first fixing unit being fixed to the first frame, the fixed end of the connecting arm of each second fixing unit being fixed to the second frame, the fastening member corresponding to the connecting arm of each first fixing unit being attached to an end of a corresponding hard disk, the fastening member corresponding to the connecting arm of the corresponding second fixing unit being attached to an opposite end of the corresponding hard disk;
- each fastening member comprising a latching slot, each connecting arm comprising a cutout, and each connecting arm being latched into the latching slot of the corresponding fastening member at the cutout, a plurality of dividers each interconnecting the first frame and the second frame, wherein each two adjacent dividers are configured for clamping a corresponding one of the hard disks therebetween, wherein each of the dividers comprises a clamping portion for clamping at least one corresponding hard disk, a connecting portion formed at an end of the clamping portion, and an inserting portion formed at the other end of the clamping portion.
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A hard disk assembly comprising:
- a hard disk;
- and an apparatus for fixing the hard disk, the apparatus comprising:
- a first frame;
- a second frame facing the first frame;
- and a fixing structure comprising a first fixing unit and a second fixing unit;
- each of the first fixing unit and the second fixing unit comprising a connecting arm and a fastening member corresponding to the connecting arm, the connecting arm comprising a fixed end and a free end opposite to the fixed end;
- the fixed end of the connecting arm of the first fixing unit being fixed to the first frame, the fixed end of the connecting arm of the second fixing unit being fixed to the second frame, the free end of the first fixing unit being suspended from the first frame between the first frame and the second frame, the free end of the second fixing unit being suspended from the second frame between the second frame and the first frame;
- the fastening member of the first fixing unit being attached to one end of the hard disk, the fastening member of the second fixing unit being attached to an opposite end of the hard disk, each fastening member comprising a latching slot, each connecting arm comprising a cutout, and each connecting arm being latched into the latching slot of the corresponding fastening member at the cutout, two dividers each interconnecting the first frame and the second frame, wherein the two dividers clamp the hard disk therebetween, wherein each of the dividers comprises a clamping portion for clamping the hard disk, a connecting portion formed at an end of the clamping portion and engaged to the first frame, and an inserting portion formed at the other end of the clamping portion and engaged to the second frame.
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