Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
361679370 | Removable disk drive support | 52 |
20090091884 | STORAGE DEVICE CARRIER - Carriers for a data storage device. The carriers comprise a support member sized and shaped to receive and retain the data storage device. The carriers also comprise one or more projecting members configured to retain the data storage device in the support member. The projecting member extends from a portion of the carrier towards the data storage device. The projecting member is retained in position by a structure selected from the group consisting of a rail and a sidewall of the support member. The projecting member can comprises a pin. | 04-09-2009 |
20090231800 | Blade Enclosure With Replaceable Hard Drives - One embodiment has plural servers stacked in an enclosure. The servers have a front surface and at least two hard disk drives that are each hot-swappable and replaceable through an opening in the front surface. | 09-17-2009 |
20100091444 | PORTABLE COMPUTER HARD DRIVE STRUCTURES - Portable computer structures are provided. The portable computer structures may include hard drive mounting structures. The hard drive mounting structures may include elastomeric support members. Each elastomeric support member may have a relatively rigid inner portion. The inner portion may include a hole that receives a hard drive mounting pin. Each elastomeric support member may also have a relatively flexible outer portion. The relatively flexible outer portion may be mounted within an opening in a plastic support member. The rigid inner portion may have a square outline and may be mounted within a square opening in the flexible outer portion. | 04-15-2010 |
20100118484 | Storage Control Device - With the storage control device of the present invention, it is possible to mount a larger number of storage devices and to cool them effectively. A plurality of sub-storage units are provided within one storage unit. Each sub-storage unit includes a plurality of hard disk drives, a plurality of enclosures, and a plurality of power supply devices. A cover is divided into a front cover which covers over the front side of a case, and a rear cover which covers over the rear side of the case. Shield portions are provided on the upper sides of the hard disk drives and the enclosures. By these shield portions contacting the adjacent modules (other disk drives and other enclosures), it is possible to reduce the negative influence upon cooling air draft passages within the case, even when a cover has been removed. | 05-13-2010 |
20110051355 | COMPUTER ENCLOSURES SUPPORTING HOT-PLUGGING HARD DISK DRIVE - A computer enclosure capable of supporting hot plugging of hard disk drives contains an opening on the front plate, the top plate, or a side plate. Through the opening, a disk cabinet is installed. The disk cabinet has a number of hot-plugging connectors for connection to a number of hard disk drives installed in the disk cabinet. Each hot-plugging connector is also connected to a power cable and a data cable to a motherboard in the enclosure. The hard disk drives therefore can be installed or removed from the disk cabinet without shutting down the computer's power and without being configured in a hot-pluggable tray in advance. | 03-03-2011 |
20110069444 | REMOVABLE DATA-STORAGE DEVICE - A removable data-storage device. The removable data-storage device includes a main data-storage unit, an exterior housing for containing the main data-storage unit, an elastic shock-reduction part between an inner wall of the exterior housing and the main data-storage unit for reducing a mechanical shock to the main data-storage unit by elasticity and an external connector exposed from an opening of the exterior housing. The main data-storage unit is placed at the rear of the external connector as viewed from the opening. The external connector is joined and secured to the main data-storage unit and the exterior housing. In addition, the elastic shock-reduction part is configured to deform with a movement of the main data-storage unit in the exterior housing produced by a mechanical shock and a movable range of the external connector is smaller than a movable range of the main data-storage unit. | 03-24-2011 |
20110085294 | DATA STORAGE MODULE COMPRISING MULTIPLE STORAGE MEDIUM COMPONENTS - Disclosed herein is a data storage module for use with and insertion into a bay of a computer. The module may comprise a casing that has a first end and a second end. The module also includes two or more storage medium components contained within said casing, wherein said two or more storage medium components are physically isolated from each other. This enables the provision of two separate storage medium components with different operating systems or user information and/or data to be provided on a single hardware module. | 04-14-2011 |
20110090638 | RELEASE MECHANISM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE UNIT AND DISK ARRAY DEVICE - The release mechanism includes a guide body adapted to support a guide wall of the electronic device unit, and a locking mechanism adapted to lock the electronic device unit supported on the guide body. The locking mechanism includes an elastic piece projecting in cantilever fashion from an end of the guide body, an operating projection that projects from the elastic piece, and an engaging protrusion that protrudes from the elastic piece and that is adapted to intrude into a screw hole in the electronic device unit to thereby restrict sliding of the electronic device unit. The operating projection is formed with larger size than the engaging protrusion so that under conditions of induced flexure of the elastic piece the engaging protrusion disengages from the screw hole, and during sliding of the electronic device unit does not contact the guide wall. | 04-21-2011 |
20110176272 | FLAP LID FOR USE IN COMPUTER ENCLOSURE OR HOT-PLUGGING DISK DRIVE ENCLOSURE - A flap lid structure is provided for use in a computer enclosure or a hot plugging hard disk drive enclosure and includes a front cover for the computer enclosure or the hot plugging hard disk drive enclosure and forming a receiving opening that has one side forming a mounting edge, a major lid having corresponding in size to the receiving opening and mounted to the mounting edge through a spring-encompassed pivot, and a minor lid received in the receiving opening of the front cover and mounted to one side of the receiving opening that is opposite to the mounting edge through a spring-encompassed pivot. The major lid forms a cutoff corresponding in size and location to the minor lid. The flap lid ensures the receiving opening defined in the front cover of a computer enclosure in a substantially closed condition to effectively prevent invasion of dusts and oily smokes. | 07-21-2011 |
20110182026 | NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE - Disclosed is a network attached storage (NAS). The NAS includes a bracket receiving a hard disk drive, a holder hooked on the bracket to prevent detachment of the hard disk drive, and an attachment/detachment device including a push handle moving in a direction of pressure exerted thereon and a guide arm pressing the holder according to a motion of the push handle to release the hooking of the holder. Accordingly, the holder configured to prevent the detachment of the hard disk drive from the NAS can be easily uncoupled. | 07-28-2011 |
20110188195 | CUSTOMER REPLACEABLE UNIT DRIVE ISOLATOR - Disclosed is a customer replaceable unit that uses an overmolded plastic to isolate the disk drive from the customer replaceable unit frame. By isolating the disk drive from the customer replaceable unit frame, input/output operations are not disrupted as a result of vibration and shocks from the chassis in which the customer replaceable unit is inserted. | 08-04-2011 |
20110188196 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVABLY MOUNTING HARD DISK DRIVES - A system and apparatus are described for removably mounting one or more hard disk drives within a computer system. According to one embodiment, the system includes a disk drive carrier cage configured to receive a disk drive backplane and up to eight pair of disk drive carrier rails. The disk drive carrier cage is sized for insertion into a drive bay having the dimensions of two optical mass storage devices compatible with a 5.25 inch form factor. The system also includes a disk drive backplane for receiving up to eight hard disk drives, disk drive carriers for holding the hard disk drives, and disk drive carrier rails mountable within the disk drive carrier cage for slidably receiving the disk drive carriers. The disk drive carriers and disk drive carrier rails are translucent thereby permitting light emanating from the backplane to be viewed at the front of the cage. | 08-04-2011 |
20110216499 | COMPUTER HOT-PLUG STRUCTURE - A computer hot-plug structure allows a hard disk to be connected to a computer in a hot-plug fashion. The computer has a casing and a plurality of side panels surrounding various sides of the casing. Each side panel has a thread-hole and a hood covering the thread-hole. The hood has a top portion and two flanks at two ends of the top portion to form a housing space for plugging and unplugging of the hard disk. The housing space has one end formed an insertion slot to receive the hard disk and a hot-plug connector at another end. The hot-plug connector has a first connection port connected to the hard disk and a second connection port electrically connected to the computer through a transmission line passing through the thread-hole. Thus the hard disk is held on the outer side of the computer to save the interior space of the computer. | 09-08-2011 |
20110249392 | Computer Including Hot-pluggable Disk Storage Drives That Are Mounted In An In-line Arrangement - An electronic device includes a housing defining an enclosure, one or more processors in the enclosure, and one or more memory modules in the enclosure. Disk storage drives are provided in an in-line arrangement within the enclosure such that a rear portion of one disk storage drive is adjacent a front portion of another disk storage drive. | 10-13-2011 |
20110267766 | POSITION-SHIFTING STRUCTURE - A position-shifting structure includes a position-shifting frame and a base. The position-shifting frame includes two lateral wall portions and a handle portion. The two lateral wall portions are correspondingly provided with a notch and a mounting hole each and the notches contain bevel surfaces. The base has a receiving space symmetrically provided with two inward protrusions; and the position-shifting frame is connected to and seated in the receiving space with the mounting holes pivotally engaged with the protrusions. When the object is received in the receiving space, the notches are engaged with two lateral projections of the object. When the handle portion is upward pulled, the bevel surfaces drive the object to move from its initial position in the receiving space. | 11-03-2011 |
20110273837 | Detachable hard drive with an electromagnetic switch - A detachable hard drive with an electromagnetic switch comprises a tray, a fastening unit and an electromagnetic switch. The electromagnetic switch is powered on when the hard drive is in operation, and sequentially the fastening unit is electrically controlled by the electromagnetic switch to automatically fasten with the housing body of an electronic product. On the contrary, the electromagnetic switch is powered off when the hard drive stops the operation so as to the hard drive can be released from the electronic product. Thus, the invention relating to the detachable hard drive with an electromagnetic switch is to ensure the hard drive can be securely released from the electronic product when the electromagnetic switch is powered off for preventing the data erased and the firmware damaged. | 11-10-2011 |
20110310552 | DUAL-PURPOSE EXTERNAL EXPANSION HARD DRIVE - A dual-purpose external expansion hard drive provides functions of an external hard drive and a hot-plug hard drive. The external expansion hard drive has a hard-drive-carrying rotatory lid for slidingly receiving a hard drive and a socket case for accommodating the hard-drive-carrying rotatory lid. By closing or lifting the hard-drive-carrying rotatory lid rotatively, the external expansion hard drive is enabled to act as an external hard drive or a docking hard drive so that the external expansion hard drive provides dual-purpose functions. | 12-22-2011 |
20120087084 | Drive Carrier With Pivoting Handle - A drive carrier comprises a base adapted to receive a drive, two opposing sides extending from the base with each side having first and second stand-off receiving apertures that each receives a stand-off from a surface on which the drive carrier is positioned. The carrier comprises a handle coupled to each side via a hinge. The handle has a stand-off receiving notch associated with each side and each stand-off receiving notch receives one of the stand-offs when the drive carrier is locked in place on the surface. Each notch applies insertion and removal forces against the received stand-off during insertion and removal of the carrier. The hinge defines a plane through the hinges and parallel to the base. The handle pivots downward toward the plane and base to lock the drive carrier to the surface. When the drive carrier is in a locked position, the handle rests above the plane. | 04-12-2012 |
20120106067 | SMALL FORM FACTOR DESK TOP COMPUTER - An aesthetically pleasing small form factor desktop computer is described. The small form factor desktop computer can be formed of a single piece seamless housing that in the described embodiment is machined from a single billet of aluminum. The single piece seamless housing includes an aesthetically pleasing foot support having at least a portion formed of RF transparent material that provides easy user access to selected internal components as well as offers electromagnetic (EM) shielding. This simplicity of design can accrue many advantages to the small form factor desktop computer besides those related to aesthetic look and feel. Fewer components and less time and effort can be required for assembly of the small form factor desktop computer and the absence of seams in the single piece housing can provide good protection against environmental contamination of internal components as well as EM shielding. | 05-03-2012 |
20120134099 | SERVER - A server includes a chassis, a middle plate, a transfer plate, a hard disc module, a main board module and a cable arranging module. The chassis has a bottom plate, two side plates, a front end and a back end. The middle plate divides the chassis into first and second sub-spaces. The transfer plate is disposed in the first sub-space. The main board module and the hard disc module are disposed in the two sub-spaces respectively and suitable for being pulled out from the front end. The cable arranging module includes a fixing frame, a chain structure and a cable set. The fixing frame is fixed on the middle plate. The chain structure is connected between the fixing frame and the hard disc module. The cable set is fixed on the fixing frame and the chain structure and electrically connected to the transfer plate and the hard disc module. | 05-31-2012 |
20120155011 | STORAGE DEVICE - A storage device having a plurality of recording devices in which a decrease in vibrations from the recording devices can be achieved with a small number of parts. A storage device having a plurality of recording devices mounted therein includes a handle for inserting and withdrawing the recording device into and out of the storage device. Two holding members each include a mounting portion where the recording device is mounted and a frame extending from the mounting portion to the handle. Two protrusions are formed to extend inwardly of a region surrounded by the recording device, the handle, and the two frames. A restriction plate is disposed so as to overlap the respective surfaces of the two protrusions; and a viscoelastic body is disposed at the overlapping portion for joining the two protrusions and the restriction plate to one another. | 06-21-2012 |
20120212899 | Hard Drive Retention Mechanism - An efficient and quick mechanism provides for retention and removal of hard drives on a computer chassis. A hard drive is placed in a hard drive housing, which includes one or more pins on the outside of the housing and a opening on a side of the housing. The pins on the hard drive housing align with and fit inside slots located on the chassis. The chassis also includes a spring plunger that inserts into the opening of the hard drive housing. The insertion of the spring plunger into the opening of the hard drive housing secures the housing to the chassis. The pins can be uncoupled from the slots and the spring plunger can be released from the opening to quickly remove the hard drive housing from the chassis. | 08-23-2012 |
20120218705 | REMOVABLE HARD DISK DRIVE BAY - A removable hard disk drive (HDD) bay has a casing, a door assembly and an extracting assembly. The door assembly has a pivoting member, a cover slidably mounted on the pivoting member, a retainer slidably mounted in the cover and selectively hooking the casing, and a driving member driving the retainer. The extracting assembly pivotally connects the door assembly to the casing. When the door assembly is opened relative to the casing, the extracting assembly extracts the HDD (AA) with a simple mechanism and the door assembly does not occupy any room in the casing. The casing does not have to reserve a room for the door assembly and a volume of the removable HDD bay is efficiently minimized. | 08-30-2012 |
20120236492 | RELEASE MECHANISM WITH PRE-TRAVEL - An assembly can include a base with a hinge axis, a hinge end, an opposing end, a latch surface disposed intermediate the hinge end and the opposing end, a latch with a prong and an actuation surface, and a button seat disposed intermediate the latch surface and the opposing end where the button seat includes a button stop; a spring; and a button configured for translation in the button seat where the button includes a retainer and a latch contacting surface extending outwardly away from a back side where, for an un-depressed orientation, the spring biases the retainer against the button stop to maintain a gap between the latch contacting surface and the actuation surface of the latch. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 09-20-2012 |
20120236493 | MEDIA DRIVE UNSEATING MECHANISM - An assembly configured for attachment to a media drive can include a base with a hinge end and a hinge axis and a handle with a hinge end, a locking tab and a swing end where the handle is configured for a locked orientation with respect to the base with the hinge end of the base extending outwardly beyond the hinge end of the handle and configured for an unlocked orientation with respect to the base with the hinge end of the base extending outwardly beyond the hinge end of the handle. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 09-20-2012 |
20120236494 | HANDLE LATCHING MECHANISM - An assembly can include a base with a front side, a back side, a hinge axis, a hinge end, an opposing end and a beveled surface disposed intermediate the hinge end and the opposing end where the beveled surface includes an opening; a handle, configured for rotation about the hinge axis, with a front side, a back side, a hinge end and a swing end where the swing end includes an angled frame that defines an opening for access to a surface; and a latch with a pivot axis, a spring, a prong biased by the spring about the pivot axis and an actuation surface where, for a latched orientation, the prong extends through the opening of the beveled surface and into the opening of the angled frame to access and contact the surface of the handle and to bias the swing end of the handle toward the base. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 09-20-2012 |
20120243172 | Shelf-Mounted Modular Computing Unit - A system for performing computing operations includes a rack, one or more shelves coupled to the rack, and two or more computing modules. Each computing module may include a chassis, one or more circuit board assemblies in a primarily vertical orientation, and one or more hard disk drives in a primarily vertical orientation. The circuit board assemblies and the hard disk drives are coupled to the chassis of the computing module. | 09-27-2012 |
20120250245 | MULTI-PURPOSE INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM DEVICE CONNECTOR - An information handling system accepts a storage device in a bay that interfaces through a standardized connector having a first set of pins, such as a SATA connector. The standardized connector has a second set of pins inserted within the standardized footprint to support communication by devices other the storage device. For example, a SATA connect shares one or more of its standardized pins with a USB connector so that one common connector within an information handling system bay supports multiple types of devices. | 10-04-2012 |
20120281351 | FIXING MECHANISM FOR FIXING A DETACHABLE MODULE AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A fixing mechanism for fixing a detachable module is disclosed. The fixing mechanism includes a frame for covering the detachable module. The frame includes a frame body and a pivoting portion connected to the frame body. A pivoting hole is formed on the pivoting portion. The fixing mechanism further includes a casing. The casing includes a lateral plate whereon a slot is formed, a shaft portion extended from the lateral plate in a first direction and disposed on a side of the slot, and an engaging portion extended from the lateral plate in a second direction and disposed on another side of the slot for inserting into the pivoting hole of the pivoting portion so that the pivoting portion is capable of pivoting from a first position to a second position as abutting against the shat portion. | 11-08-2012 |
20120300389 | DISK DRIVE ASSEMBLY - A disk drive assembly includes a disk drive and a drive bracket. The disk drive includes a sidewall. The sidewall includes a sidewall body, a first resilient tab extending from the sidewall body, and a second resilient tab extending from the sidewall body. A first securing opening and a second securing opening are defined in the drive bracket. The first securing opening engages the first resilient tab to prevent the disk drive from moving along a first direction. The second securing opening engages the second resilient tab to prevent the disk drive from moving along a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 11-29-2012 |
20130033814 | HARD DISK DRIVE MOUNTING DEVICE - A mounting device for hard disk drive includes a cage and a frame. The cage defines a receiving space. The receiving space includes a bottom plate. The frame includes a mounting plate and two limiting plates. The hard disk drive is secured between the two limiting plates. A gap is defined between the mounting plate and the bottom plate. A positioning protrusion is located on the bottom plate. A first mounting piece and a second mounting piece extend from the mounting plate. Two positioning pieces extend from the first mounting piece. The second mounting piece abuts the positioning protrusion, the first mounting piece and the second mounting piece are secured to the positioning protrusion, and the two positioning pieces abut the bottom plate, to prevent the second mounting piece from jolting towards the bottom plate. | 02-07-2013 |
20130058035 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCLOSURE WITH BRACKET FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICE - An enclosure includes a chassis and a bracket. The chassis comprises a rear panel with a latch hole. The bracket comprises a first sidewall. A resilient piece and a sustaining piece are located on the first sidewall. The resilient piece is elastically deformable as the bracket is rotated relative to the chassis, from a first position to a second position. When the bracket is in the first position, the resilient piece is engaged in the latch hole, and the sustaining piece is located between the first sidewall and the rear panel; when the bracket is in the second position, the resilient piece is disengaged from the latch hole, and the sustaining piece is engaged with the rear panel. | 03-07-2013 |
20130135817 | BLADE SERVER - A blade server includes a casing, a plurality of blade modules, and a function module. The casing has a first end and a second end being opposite to each other. The blade modules are configured on the first end of the casing, and may be moved in or moved out from the first end of the casing. Each blade module includes a first tray, a main board module, and a plurality of hard disk modules. The main board module is configured on the first tray. The hard disk modules are detachably disposed on the first tray, and are electrically connected to the main board module. The function module is configured on the second end of the casing, and may be moved in or moved out from the second end of the casing. | 05-30-2013 |
20130155604 | SERVER STRUCTURE WITH SWAPPABLE TRAY - A server structure with a swappable tray includes a chassis housing, two power supply devices and a plurality of motherboard trays, and the chassis housing has two parallel motherboard areas, and each motherboard area has a power slot formed at a rear section and a plurality of tray slots at a front section, and each power slot is formed at the same position of each motherboard area, and each power supply device is plugged into each respective power slot, and each motherboard tray is in the same shape and has a motherboard, and each motherboard tray has an opening and a storage unit set installed through the opening, and each motherboard tray can be swapped and plugged into any one of the tray slots. Therefore, the motherboard tray can be installed freely at any position according to the using requirement, so as to improve the overall functionality and convenience. | 06-20-2013 |
20130176676 | Self-latching storage device module - A latching device for latching a storage device module into a storage chassis is provided. The latching device includes a latch member having a latching end and a spring end opposite the latching end, the latch member slidingly disposed within a front bezel of the storage device module and being movable between a latching position and a releasing position. The latching device also includes a latch spring between a bearing surface of the front bezel and the spring end of the latch member. The latch spring is in increased compression when the latch member transitions from the latching position to the releasing position, and the latch spring is in decreased compression when the latch member transitions from the releasing position to the latching position. The latching end extends through a latch hole in a side member of the storage chassis for locking the storage device module in the chassis. | 07-11-2013 |
20130229767 | SERVER BACKPLANE - A server structure includes a chassis including at least one partition oriented in a plane, and a backplane tray slideably supported by the chassis in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the at least one partition. The at least one partition forms a bay to receive at least one module, and the backplane tray supports a backplane including at least one electrical connector for the at least one module. | 09-05-2013 |
20140016263 | MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICES - A mounting assembly includes a chassis, and a plurality of partition panels configured to divide a space in the chassis into a plurality of sub-spaces. A motherboard is attached to the chassis and located below the plurality of partition panels. A plurality of data storage devices is mounted in each of the plurality of sub-spaces. Each of the plurality of data storage devices comprising a casing, at least one drive bracket mounted in the casing, at least one data storage unit mounted in the at least one drive bracket, and a handle pivotably attached to the at least one drive bracket. The handle is rotatable between a locked position, where the at least one drive bracket is immovable from the casing, and a released position, where the at least one drive bracket is released from the casing. | 01-16-2014 |
20140022723 | REMOVABLE HARD DISK DRIVE HOLDER - A removable hard disk drive holder made of a plastic unit enveloping a metallic unit comprises a bracket, a plate and a handle. The bracket has a front panel and two side plates. The two side plates extend toward the same direction perpendicularly from the opposite edge of the front panel. The front panel has a front panel pivot portion arranged over one edge thereof The plate slidably engages with the front panel and has a latch fastening portion. The handle has a handle pivot portion and the handle fastening portion conforming to the latch fastening portion. The handle pivot portion is arranged over one edge of the handle and pivotally connected to the front panel pivot portion. The removable hard disk drive is structurally firm, light and thin and minimizing associated members. | 01-23-2014 |
20140071612 | Desktop Case With Detachable HDD Frames - The present invention discloses a desktop case with detachable HDD frames, wherein the HDD frames are interchangeable and having installation grooves respectively accommodate different numbers of HDDs to meet various HDD configurations involving different HDD quantities and that installed in the different HDD dispositions. Different numbers of HDDs having different functions are respectively installed in the installation grooves of the HDD frames able to accommodate the corresponding numbers of HDDs. Thereby, every HDD frame is utilized efficiently. The user can further detach or interchange the HDD frames to fully utilize the space of the desktop case. Therefore, the present invention provides much flexibility for users to assemble the HDD frames and promotes the space efficiency of the desktop case. | 03-13-2014 |
20140085806 | STORAGE SERVER SYSTEM - A storage server system includes a cage, a midplane, a power supply module, a motherboard module, an HDD backplane, and a data HDD. The cage has a first end and a second end. The midplane is fixed inside the cage. The power supply module is disposed inside the cage. The motherboard module is disposed inside the cage and closer to the first end than the midplane. The HDD backplane is detachably disposed inside the cage. The HDD backplane is closer to the second end than the midplane. The data HDD is detachably disposed inside the cage. After the data HDD and the HDD backplane are detached from each other, the HDD backplane is detached from the cage along a detaching direction towards the second end and away from the first end. | 03-27-2014 |
20140104780 | Top Accessible Disk Drive Carrier for Horizontally Mounted Hard Drive - A disk drive carrier includes a frame and a shuttle. The frame includes supports configured to be in physical communication with a disk drive, a first index tab to align the disk drive with a connector on a backplane of a server tray, and an arm configured to engage the disk drive with the connector in a horizontal orientation. The shuttle includes a base including a channel, edges extending from the base and forming an enclosure to receive the frame and the disk drive in a vertical orientation, a fastener connected to the server tray through the channel, and an alignment key configured to slide along the first index tab and to align the disk drive with the connector. The disk drive shuttle is configured to horizontally move along the server tray and to enable the disk drive to connect with the connector in the horizontal orientation. | 04-17-2014 |
20140126140 | Removable Computer Component Module - A removable computer component module includes a plurality of drive trays each adapted for receiving a computer component. Each of the plurality of drive trays includes front and back ends at two lateral opposite ends thereof, two first and two second engaging portions arranged at two vertical opposite ends thereof. The two first and two second engaging portions horizontally extended from the front end to the back end. The two first engaging portions of one of the plurality of drive trays are engageable with the second engaging portions of the other of the plurality of drive trays to form a vertical array without tools. | 05-08-2014 |
20140139997 | INSTALLATION STRUCTURE OF DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND DATA STORAGE SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An installation structure of a data storage device used for installing the data storage device in a case includes a frame, a pair of fastening portions and a pair of ring pulls. The frame includes a bottom and a pair of side walls. Each side wall has an outer surface facing the bottom rearwardly and an inner surface facing the bottom. The data storage device is accommodated between the bottom and the side walls. The pair of fastening portions is respectively connected with a pair of end portions of the pair of side walls, extended toward a direction further away from each side wall, and inclined toward a direction each outer surface faces. The pair of ring pulls is respectively connected with the pair of fastening portions, extended toward a direction further away from each side wall, and inclined toward a direction each of the inner surfaces faces. | 05-22-2014 |
20140247550 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR SOLID STATE DISK - A mounting apparatus for a solid state disk includes a bracket and a latching module. The bracket includes a connecting pole and a supporting member mounted to the connecting pole. The latching module is installed to the supporting member, and comprises a latching member. The supporting member includes a position pole mounted to the connecting pole and a supporting bar perpendicularly extending out from the position pole. The position pole defines a latching slot facing the supporting bar for positioning an end of the solid state disk. The supporting bar defines a guiding slot facing the latching slot for receiving a side of the solid state disk. The latching member is to latch onto the solid state disk. | 09-04-2014 |
20140268539 | TOOLLESS HOT SWAPPABLE STORAGE MODULE - A toolless hot-swappable storage module system includes a base plate for mounting within a computer enclosure and a toolless hot-swappable storage module. The storage module includes a sled that is removably coupled to the base plate. The storage module further includes a printed circuit board (PCB) that is disposed on the sled. The PCB includes a plurality of storage media connectors, a PCB signal and power connectors. The storage module also includes a support frame disposed on the PCB. The support frame includes a plurality of support members that are disposed perpendicular to the PCB. Each support member has a first edge and a second edge and includes a plurality of dividers disposed in parallel rows. The support frame also includes a sidewall that is disposed across the first edge of the support members. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268540 | FIXING MECHANISM AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A detachable fixing mechanism includes a supporter, a contacting component, a fixing component, a track component and an ejecting component. An electronic component is hold be the supporter. The supporter includes a base, a rear wall and two lateral walls. The rear wall and the lateral walls are disposed on three sides of the base. The contacting is connected to an upper edge of the lateral wall, so as to buckle the electronic component with the base. The fixing component is movably disposed on the lateral wall. The fixing component includes a constraint portion to resiliently pass through a hole on the lateral wall. The track component is disposed on the lateral wall of the supporter. The ejecting component is slidably disposed between the track component and the supporter. A second part of the ejecting component inserts into the supporter to contact against the rear end of the electronic component. | 09-18-2014 |
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20150043152 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR HARD DISK DRIVE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH THE MOUNTING APPARATUS - A mounting apparatus for a hard disk drive (HDD) which does not require screw fixings includes a bracket and a carrier received in the bracket. The HDD includes sidewalls and a pin extending out from a sidewall. The carrier includes a shell, a resilient unlocking member installed on a side of the shell, and an operation member. The HDD is received in the shell. The operation member includes a connecting portion with rotating latching member mounted to a front end of the shell. The unlocking member defines a position hole for the pin of the HDD. A front end of the bracket defines a first locating hole. A block portion of the latching member latches in the first locating hole, and a second end of the latching member is detachably latched to the connecting portion. | 02-12-2015 |
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