# US 8,570,750 B2 · Hard disk drive mount and hard disk drive assembly using same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,570,750 B2 - Document ID: US8570750B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/108,972 - Filed: 2011-05-16 - Published: 2012-05-17 - Granted: 2013-10-29 - Earliest claimed: 2010-11-17 - Assignees: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Tsai-Yin Fang; Chao-Tang Wang - Inventors: Tsai-Yin Fang; Chao-Tang Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8570750B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/187: Mounting of fixed or removable disk drives - G11B 33/128: {of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - 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) ## Abstract An exemplary hard disk drive mount includes a casing and a fixing plate. The casing defines a receiving space configured for receiving hard disk drives therein. The casing defines through holes at one side thereof. The fixing plate includes bulges corresponding to the through holes. The fixing plate is attached to the side of the casing with the bulges respectively traversing through the through holes into the receiving space of the casing. The bulges are elastically deformable such that when a given one of the hard disk drives is received in the receiving space, corresponding ones of the bulges resiliently abut a side of the hard disk drive and exert a compressing force on the hard disk drive whereby the hard disk drive is fixed in the casing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hard disk drive mount, comprising: a casing defining a receiving space configured for receiving a plurality of hard disk drives therein, the casing further defining a plurality of through holes at one side thereof; and a fixing plate comprising a plurality of bulges with curved outer surface corresponding to the through holes, the fixing plate being attached to the one side of the casing with the bulges respectively traversing through the through holes into the receiving space of the casing; wherein the bulges are elastically deformable such that when a given one of the hard disk drives is received in the receiving space, corresponding ones of the bulges resiliently abut a side of the hard disk drive and exert a compressing force on the hard disk drive whereby the hard disk drive is fixed in the casing; and the fixing plate defines a plurality of receiving units, each of the receiving units comprising an extended hole and an elastic arm extending from a peripheral side edge of the extended hole, the elastic arm having a corresponding one of the bulges formed thereon. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hard disk drive mount of claim 1, wherein the casing defines a plurality of perforations at the one side thereof, and the fixing plate comprises a plurality of guiding ribs corresponding to the perforations, the guiding ribs respectively traversing through the perforations and protruding into the receiving space of the casing, each of parallel pairs of the guiding ribs configured for guiding sliding of a given one of the hard disk drives into the casing and out from the casing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hard disk drive mount of claim 1, wherein the casing comprises a top plate, a bottom plate spaced apart from the top plate and a plurality of side plates connected between the top plate and the bottom plate, the through holes being defined in the top plate, and the fixing plate being attached to the top plate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The hard disk drive mount of claim 3, further comprising another fixing plate, wherein the bottom plate defines a plurality of through holes therein, the another fixing plate is attached to the bottom plate, and the another fixing plate comprises a plurality of bulges corresponding to the through holes of the bottom plate, respectively. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The hard disk drive mount of claim 4, wherein the corresponding bulges of the fixing plate and corresponding ones of the bulges of the another fixing plate abut two opposite sides of the given hard disk drive, respectively, to cooperatively fix the hard disk drive in the casing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The hard disk drive mount of claim 4, wherein the perforations are defined in the top plate, the bottom plate defines a plurality of perforations therein, the another fixing plate further comprises a plurality of guiding ribs corresponding to the perforations of the bottom plate, the guiding ribs of the another fixing plate respectively traversing through the perforations of the bottom plate and protruding into the receiving space of the casing, each of parallel pairs of the guiding ribs of the top plate and each of corresponding parallel pairs of the guiding ribs of the bottom plate cooperatively guiding sliding of a given one of the hard disk drives into the casing and out from the casing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The hard disk drive mount of claim 1, further comprising a connecting frame, the connecting frame comprising a horizontal wall and a plurality of fixing tabs extending from the horizontal wall, the fixing plate being sandwiched between the horizontal wall and the side of the casing, the fixing tabs being connected to the casing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The hard disk drive mount of claim 7, wherein the connecting frame further comprises a vertical bracket depending from the horizontal wall, the vertical bracket comprising a first beam, a second beam, and a plurality of connecting beams connected between the first and second beams, an entrance being defined between each two neighboring connecting beams for insertion of a given one of the hard disk drives therethrough and into the casing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The hard disk drive mount of claim 8, wherein a plurality of mounting ears extend outward from two outmost of the connecting beams, respectively, and the mounting ears are connected to two opposite lateral sides of the casing, respectively. ### Claim 10 A hard disk drive mount, comprising: a casing defining a receiving space configured for receiving a plurality of hard disk drives therein, the casing defining a plurality of first through holes at a first side thereof and a plurality of second through holes at a second side thereof opposite to the first side; a first fixing plate comprising a plurality of first bulges corresponding to the first through holes, the first fixing plate being attached to the first side of the casing with the first bulges respectively traversing through the first through holes into the receiving space of the casing; and a second fixing plate comprising a plurality of second bulges corresponding to the second through holes, the second fixing plate being attached to the second side of the casing with the second bulges respectively traversing through the second through holes into the receiving space of the casing; wherein the first bulges and the second bulges are elastically deformable such that when a given one of the hard disk drives is received in the receiving space, corresponding ones of the first bulges and corresponding ones of the second bulges resiliently abut two opposite sides of the hard disk drive, respectively, and cooperatively exert a compressing force on the hard disk drive whereby the hard disk drive is fixed in the casing; and the casing comprises a top plate with the first through holes, a bottom plate the second through holes spaced apart from the top plate; a connecting frame, the connecting frame comprising a horizontal wall and plurality of fixing tabs extending from the horizontal wall, the first fixing plate being sandwiched between the horizontal wall and the first side of the casing, the fixing tabs being connected to a plurality of side plates connected between the top plate and the bottom plate of the casing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The hard disk drive mount of claim 10, wherein the first fixing plate comprises a plurality of first receiving units, and the second fixing plate comprises a plurality of second receiving units, and wherein each of the first and second receiving units comprises an extended hole and an elastic arm extending from a peripheral side edge of the extended hole, the first and second bulges formed on the elastic arms of the first and second receiving units, respectively. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The hard disk drive mount of claim 11, wherein the casing defines a plurality of first perforations at the first side and a plurality of second perforations at the second side thereof, the first fixing plate comprising a plurality of first guiding ribs corresponding to the first perforations, the second fixing plate comprising a plurality of second guiding ribs corresponding to the second perforations, the first and second guiding ribs traversing through the first and the second perforations, respectively, and protruding into the receiving space of the casing, each of parallel pairs of the first guiding ribs and each of corresponding parallel pairs of the second guiding ribs configured for guiding sliding of a given one of the hard disk drives into the casing and out from the casing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The hard disk drive mount of claim 10, wherein each of the bulges comprises a curved outer surface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The hard disk drive mount of claim 10, wherein the connecting frame comprises a vertical bracket depending from the horizontal wall, the vertical bracket comprising a first beam, a second beam, and a plurality of connecting beams connected between the first and second beams, an entrance being defined between each two neighboring connecting beams, for insertion of a given one of the hard disk drives therethrough and into the casing. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The hard disk drive mount of claim 14, wherein a plurality of mounting ears extend outward from two outmost of the connecting beams, respectively, and the mounting ears connect another two opposite lateral sides of the casing, respectively. ### Claim 16 A hard disk drive assembly, comprising: at least one hard disk drive; and a hard disk drive mount comprising a casing defining a receiving space receiving the at least one hard disk drive therein and a fixing plate, the casing further defining a plurality of through holes at one side thereof, the fixing plate comprising a plurality of bulges with curved outer surface corresponding to the through holes, the fixing plate being attached to the one side of the casing with the bulges respectively traversing through the through holes into the receiving space of the casing; wherein the bulges are elastically deformable such that when the at least one hard disk drive is received in the receiving space, corresponding ones of the bulges resiliently abut a side of the at least one hard disk drive and exert a compressing force on the at least one hard disk drive whereby the at least one hard disk drive is fixed in the casing; and the fixing plate defines a plurality of receiving units, each of the receiving units comprising an extended hole and an elastic arm extending from a peripheral side edge of the extended hole, the elastic arm having a corresponding one of the bulges formed thereon.