Holding frame for hard disk drive
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorChin-Ming Chang
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Abstract
A holding frame includes a base plate, a first resisting wall, a second resisting wall, two first elastic arms and two second elastic arms. The base plate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first resisting wall extends from the first surface, and the second resisting wall extends from the second surface. The two first elastic arms are formed on the first surface, and face the first resisting wall. The two first elastic arms and the first resisting wall define a first receiving space configured for receiving a first hard disk drive. The two second elastic arms are formed on the second surface, and face the second resisting wall. The two second elastic arms and the second resisting wall define a second receiving space configured for receiving a second hard disk drive.
Claims4
A holding frame comprising:
- a base plate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, two first slots and two second slots are defined in the base plate;
- a first resisting wall extending from the first surface, the two second slots are adjacent to the first resisting wall, a second resisting wall extending from the second surface, the two first slots are adjacent to the second resisting wall, and the first resisting wall and the second resisting wall being reverse symmetric;
- two first elastic arms are integrally formed on the first surface at the two first slots, and facing the first resisting wall, the two first elastic arms and the first resisting wall defining a first receiving space configured for receiving a first hard disk drive, one side of each of the two first elastic arms is coplanar with the second surface, and another side of the each of the two first elastic arms protrudes from a respective first slot of the two first slots toward the first surface;
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- two second elastic arms are integrally formed on the second surface at the two second slots, and facing the second resisting wall, the two second elastic arms and the second resisting wall defining a second receiving space configured for receiving a second hard disk drive, one side of each of the two second elastic arms is coplanar with the first surface, and another side of the each of the two second elastic arms protrudes from a respective second slot of the two second slots toward the second surface.
A holding assembly comprising:
- a first hard disk drive;
- a second hard disk drive;
- a holding frame defining a first receiving space for receiving the first hard disk drive, and a second receiving space for receiving the second hard disk drive, the holding frame further includes a base plate with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, two first slots and two second slots are defined in the base plate;
- a first resisting wall extends from the first surface, the two first slots are adjacent to the second resisting wall, a second resisting wall extends from the second surface, the two second slots are adjacent to the first resisting wall, and the first resisting wall and the second resisting wall are reverse symmetric;
- at least one first elastic arm is integrally formed in the first receiving space at the two first slots, one side of each of the at least one first elastic arm is coplanar with the second surface, and another side of the each of the at least one first elastic arm protrudes from a respective first slot of the two first slots toward the first surface;
- at least one second elastic arm is integrally formed in the second receiving space at the two second slots, one side of each of the at least one second elastic arm is coplanar with the first surface, and another side of the each of the at least one second elastic arm protrudes from a respective second slot of the two second slots toward the second surface,
- wherein the at least one first elastic arm and the at least one second elastic arm are deformedly pressed to enlarge the first receiving space or the second receiving space respectively for assembling the first hard disk drive and the second hard disk drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.