US 8,556,219 B2Granted

Mounting apparatus for data storage device

AssigneesHong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Wuhan) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

InventorsNai-Juan Li, Zhi-Ping Wu, Xu-Dong Nan

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Abstract

A mounting apparatus for a data storage device comprises a bracket and a locking member attached to the bracket. A plurality of fixing holes is defined in one side of the data storage device. The bracket comprises a bottom wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The bottom wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall together define a receiving space. A through hole is defined on the first sidewall. The locking member comprises a securing portion and at least one resilient piece extending from the securing portion. A latching portion is located on the resilient piece. The latching portion extends through the through hole to engage in the fixing hole, and configured to disengaged from the fixing hole by the resilient piece elastically deformed.

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Dependent claims

Amounting apparatus for a data storage device comprising:

a bracket comprising a bottom wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall located on two sides of the bottom wall, a receiving space defined between the bottom wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall for receiving the data storage device, the first sidewall defining a through hole;
a locking member, comprising a securing portion, and a resilient piece located on the securing portion, the securing portion directly secured to the first sidewall, the resilient piece comprising a latching portion;
wherein the latching portion extends through the through hole to engage in a fixing hole defined in the data storage device, for preventing the data storage device from disengaging from the receiving space, and the resilient piece is elastically deformable to disengage the latching portion from the fixing hole;
the resilient piece comprises a resilient portion extending from the securing portion towards the first sidewall;
and
the resilient piece further comprises a connecting portion extending from the resilient portion, and the connecting portion is substantially perpendicular to the resilient portion.

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A mounting apparatus for a data storage device comprising:

a bracket comprising a bottom wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall located on two side of the bottom wall, a receiving space defined between the bottom wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall for receiving the data storage device, the first sidewall defining two through holes;
a locking member comprising a securing portion directly secured to an outside of the first sidewall, two resilient pieces being located on the securing portion, each of the two resilient pieces comprises a latching portion;
wherein each of the two resilient pieces is elastically deformable to move from a first position to a second position;
when each of the two resilient pieces is in the first position, the latching portion of each of the two resilient pieces is disengaged from a fixing hole defined in the data storage;
when each of the two resilient pieces is in the second position, the latching portion of each of the two resilient pieces extends through each of the two through holes to engage in the fixing hole, for preventing the data storage device from disengaging from the receiving space;
the two resilient pieces extend from two opposite sides of the securing portion, and the two resilient pieces are mirror symmetric;
each of the two resilient pieces further comprises a resilient portion, and the resilient portion of each of the two resilient pieces extends from the securing portion towards the first sidewall;
and
the latching portion of each of the two resilient pieces is located on the resilient portion of each of the two resilient pieces and is substantially perpendicular to the resilient portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.