Disk Drive Type Patents (Class 361/679.33)
  • Patent number: 8550414
    Abstract: A chassis module for fixing electronic devices includes a fixing chassis unit and a first movable chassis unit. The fixing chassis unit has a fixing chassis body and a first fixing retaining structure disposed on a first lateral wall of the fixing chassis body. The first movable chassis unit is detachably disposed in the fixing chassis body. The first movable chassis unit has a first movable chassis body, a first movable retaining structure disposed on a first lateral wall of the first movable chassis body and mated with the first fixing retaining structure, and at least one support element bent downwardly and extended from one lateral wall of the first movable chassis body. Therefore, after the first movable chassis unit is assembled in the fixing chassis unit, the support element provides support function for the first movable chassis unit to prevent the first movable chassis unit from inclining or collapsing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chuan-Feng Chen, Chin-Pang Hsu, Chin-Yueh Liu
  • Patent number: 8553406
    Abstract: A fixing mechanism for fixing a detachable module is disclosed. The fixing mechanism includes a cage having a first bent portion, and a sliding base installed inside the cage in a slidable manner for supporting the detachable module. The sliding base includes a rack, and at least one first resilient hook for engaging with the first bent portion when the sliding base is installed inside the cage so as to prevent the sliding base from separating from the cage in a first direction. The fixing mechanism further includes at least one spring module installed on the cage and engaged with the rack on the sliding base for driving the rack so as to slide the sliding base relative to the cage. The fixing mechanism further includes a latch module installed on the sliding base for latching the detachable module when the detachable module is installed inside the sliding base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Hsin Liu, Ming-Hui Kao
  • Publication number: 20130258580
    Abstract: A storage apparatus includes: a backplane having first and second faces; a first storage device and a first unit attached to the first face; a second storage device and a second unit attached to the second face; at least one first air-flow generator that generates air flow passing through, in sequence, the first storage device and the second unit; at least one second air-flow generator that generates air flow passing through, in sequence, the first unit and the second storage device; and a partition board, being interposed between the first and the second storage devices, that includes a first partition-board opening through which the first storage device communicates with the second unit and an inhibitor that prevents the air flow passing through the first storage device from flowing into the second storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventor: Takaya NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130258579
    Abstract: A fastening device for a hard disk drive (HDD) includes two fastening members and a bottom plate. Each fastening member includes a sidewall, and a top wall and a bottom wall perpendicularly extending from opposite sides of the sidewall. The top walls are fastened to a bottom of the HDD. An engaging hole is defined in each bottom wall. The engaging hole includes a first hole and a second hole. A positioning tab extends from one of the fastening members. A block is formed on the positioning tab. Two protrusions protrude from the bottom plate. A positioning portion is formed on the bottom plate. The HDD is operable to slide to allow the protrusions to engage in the first holes. The positioning tab extends through a through hole bounded by the positioning portion and bottom plate, to allow the block to be blocked by the positioning portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ZHENG-HENG SUN
  • Publication number: 20130258581
    Abstract: The invention describes a hard disc storage unit mounting comprising a housing having a foot; the housing comprising a plurality of upwardly extending side portions; a channel between the side portions; a support surface extending between the side portions at the bottom of the channel; one or more rear flanges, each flange extending inwardly from a respective side portion; an upwardly opening slot between the flanges or side portions at the rear of the support surface; the slot communicating with the channel; a controller unit comprising a base engaging surface, a forward facing surface and an upwardly facing connector surface; a connector extending upwardly from the connector surface and arranged to engage in use a socket of a hard disc storage unit; wherein the support surface and side portions are configured to securely engage and prevent rotation of the base engaging surface of the controller unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Syba Tech Limited
    Inventor: Pak Shing Leung
  • Patent number: 8547690
    Abstract: A retention device includes a holder and an extractable casing mounted to the holder. The retention device includes a base, a cover opposite to the base, and a lateral plate extending from the base and interconnecting the base and the cover. The base, the side plates, and the cover cooperatively define a rectangular first cavity with an opening at a lateral side. The casing and the holder cooperatively define a second cavity. A size of the second cavity is less than that of the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiu-Quan Hu, Lin-Han Wu, Li Hou, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 8545249
    Abstract: A locking assembly used to lock an electronic device defining at least one latching hole in a communication apparatus includes a housing including a mounting board and a front board, a latching member fixed to the mounting board, a button member mounted between the front board and the latching member, an urging member pivotably connected to the housing and an elastic member elastically connected between the housing and the urging member. The latching member includes at least one latching portion to engage with the at least one latching hole. When the button member moves relative to the housing and compels the at least one latching portion to disengage with the at least one latching hole, the urging member is enabled to push the electronic device to move out from the communication apparatus via elastic deformation energy of the elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang-Ming Kuan
  • Publication number: 20130250508
    Abstract: A drive cage can include a base side and a top side that define altitude of the drive cage; a front end and a back end that define longitude of the drive cage; a lateral side disposed between the front end and the back end and between the base side and the top side; drive bays where each drive bay extends longitudinally; a first wire bundle clip fixed to the top side that extends longitudinally to a free end; and a second wire bundle clip fixed to the lateral side that extends altitudinally to a free end. Such an example may further include a wire bundle clipped to the drive cage via the first wire bundle clip and the second wire bundle clip. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: William Fred Martin-Otto, Timothy Samuel Farrow, Albert Vincent Makley, Marc Richard Pamley
  • Publication number: 20130242501
    Abstract: A base and a module for node modules are disclosed. The base includes a first container, a second container, and a rotation portion connected with the first container and the second container respectively, wherein the first container and the second container are substantially the same and adjacent to each other. When the first container is rotated forward to the second container, the first container is stacked on the second container, and the total height of the first container and the second container is 2U.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Yaw-Song Chen, Chiang-Ko Chen, Wen-Fu Wen
  • Patent number: 8538494
    Abstract: In a method for transferring battery power of a mobile phone, the mobile phone includes a discharge circuit, a charge circuit, a switch circuit and a universal serial bus (USB) interface. The switch circuit includes an exclusive-OR (XOR) chip and a switch chip. The USB interface connects to the discharge circuit when an input terminal and an enabling terminal of the switch chip are set at high level. The discharge circuit controls a battery of the mobile phone to be discharged for charging a mobile device via a USB cable and the USB interface. The USB interface connects to the charge circuit when the input terminal and the enabling terminal of the switch chip are set at low level. The charge circuit controls the battery to be charged using the mobile device via the USB cable and the USB interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Cheng-Jung Hsu
  • Patent number: 8537538
    Abstract: A computer case includes outer panels forming an internal space sized and shaped to accommodate at least a motherboard, a plug-in card and a hard drive; and an inner panel arranged in the internal space and which physically forms a separate lower section of the internal space from an upper section of the internal space, wherein the upper section is arranged above the lower section of the internal space such that the upper section of the internal space accommodates the motherboard and the plug-in card and the lower section of the internal space accommodates the hard drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Kannler, Michael Schmid
  • Patent number: 8537534
    Abstract: A hard disk drive (HDD) mounting assembly includes a fixing plate and a cover thereon including a side plate perpendicular to the fixing plate and a top plate opposite to the fixing plate. The side plate includes a first through hole defined therein and a first fastener corresponding to the first through hole. A HDD of a first size is fixed in the HDD mounting assembly by the first fastener through the first through hole. The top plate includes a second through hole defined therein and a second fastener corresponding to the second through hole. A HDD of a second size is fixed in the HDD mounting assembly by the second fastener through the second through hole, and the first size is different from the second size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiao-Zhu Chen
  • Patent number: 8534777
    Abstract: A supporting device includes a loading device and a locking device. The loading device has a sidewall defining a curved first sliding slot, a second sliding slot and a fixing hole. The locking device is positioned on the sidewall, and includes a connecting pole, a swing pole, a buckle, a first and a second bolts, and a shaft. The connecting pole is positioned on an outer surface of the sidewall and defines a third sliding slot. The swing pole is attached on an inner surface of the sidewall and defines a first and a second through holes. The buckle is attached on the swing pole and defines a third through hole. The first bolt extends through the first and third through holes, and the first and third sliding slots. The second bolt extends through the second sliding slot. The shaft extends through the second through hole and the fixing hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin-Hu Gong, Ju-Wen Dai, Si-Wen Shu
  • Patent number: 8537535
    Abstract: An exemplary data storage device cage includes a main body and an electrical connector positioned on the main body. The main body includes a rectangular flat plate and two side plates respectively extending upward from opposite edges of the flat plate. The flat plate has at least a pair of tabs opposite to each other. The at least two tabs are respectively contiguous with but offset inward from the two side plates and positioned to cooperatively hold a data storage device therebetween. The electrical connector is positioned between the two side plates for electrically connecting the data storage device to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision (WuHan) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yue-Xia Zhang, Jin-Biao Ji, Zhi-Jiang Yao
  • Patent number: 8531828
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a storage device having at least one electrical connector and at least one first engagement structure separate from the at least one electrical connector. A carrier receives the storage device, where the carrier has at least one pivotable panel that is pivotable between a closed position and an open position. The panel has at least one second engagement structure to mechanically engage with the at least one first engagement structure if the panel is in the closed position, and the at least one second engagement structure is released from the at least one first engagement structure if the panel is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Trentent Tye, Mark C. Solomon, Troy G. Tye
  • Publication number: 20130229766
    Abstract: An insertion and removal assembly for installing and removing hard drives from an enclosure, such as a computer chassis, is provided. The insertion and removal assembly includes a sliding member configured to receive a hard drive, a lever handle rotatably connected to the sliding member and an attachment wall having a plurality of protrusions defining a plurality of slots, each slot configured to receive one sliding member. A user reveals a slot for accepting the installation of the hard drive in the enclosure by pushing a tab on the attachment wall near a distal portion of the lever handle to release the lever handle and then pulling the lever handle outward exposing the sliding member. A hard drive is inserted into the sliding member and pushed inwardly into the chassis. Conversely, the sliding member can contain a hard drive which is partially ejected by unlatching and subsequently pulling the lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: SANMINA CORPORATION
    Inventors: DAVID WILLIAMS, KEVIN ALAN PATIN, BRIAN NICHOLS, PAUL AMDAHL
  • Publication number: 20130229765
    Abstract: A temperature control device includes a temperature sensing group, a plurality of fans, and a controller. The temperature sensing group includes a plurality of sensing modules, each sensing module detects a temperature of a hard disk drive, numbers the hard disk drive, and outputs the temperature and a number signal corresponding to the hard disk drive. The plurality of fans each faces and corresponding to one or more hard disk drives. The controller is electronically connected to the plurality of sensing modules and the plurality of fans, the controller receives the temperature and number signal from each sensing module, finds a corresponding fan according each number signal, and regulates a rotational speed of the corresponding fan according to the temperature of the hard disk drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHENG-FEI WENG, JIE LI
  • Patent number: 8528009
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing having top and bottom walls, and an optical disk drive disposed in the housing between the top and bottom walls and including a supporting plate, and a motor shaft disposed at the center of the supporting plate. An optical disk drive support module includes an upper support unit provided on the top wall and having a rotatable element disposed above the motor shaft, a lower support unit provided on the bottom wall below the motor shaft, a bracket connected to the optical disk drive and including top and bottom plates. When the optical disk drive is inserted into the housing, the top plate presses the rotatable element downwardly toward the motor shaft, and the bottom plate pushes the lower support unit upwardly toward the supporting plate. A rolling unit is provided on the top plate, and is in rollable contact with the rotatable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Ching-Jeng Yu
  • Patent number: 8526174
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a drive bracket, a maintaining plate and a mounting bracket, the drive bracket includes a bottom plate, a first side plate and a second side plate, a receiving space is defined among the bottom plate, the first side plate and the second side plate, the receiving space is divided into a top portion and bottom portion by the maintaining plate. The top portion is adapted to secure a first disk drive, the mounting bracket is secured to the bottom portion of the two portions and configured for securing a second disk drive that is smaller than the first disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kun-Chi Hsieh, Li Tong, Hai-Tao Shan
  • Patent number: 8526175
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a casing including a side surface having an opening part and a bottom surface orthogonal to the side surface; a frame provided at the bottom surface; a disk drive main body capable of being attached to and detached from the frame through the opening part; a disk tray which is operable to hold a disk, is capable of being inserted into and drawn out of the disk drive main body through the opening part, and has a hatch operable to close the opening part when the disk tray is inserted in the disk drive main body; and a coupling part through which the frame and the disk drive main body are coupled to each other in the vicinity of the opening part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei Yukawa, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Hidetoshi Kawabe
  • Publication number: 20130223002
    Abstract: A casing structure of an optical disc drive (ODD) includes an ODD case body and a panel part. The ODD case body includes a body and an embedded portion, where the embedded portion is located on the body and has a combination hole. The panel part includes a panel and a positioning portion, where the positioning portion is located on the panel and includes a positioning post and a limit part, the positioning post is disposed on the embedded portion and embedded in the combination hole, so that the panel is fixed to the body, and the panel and the limit part clamp the body. The panel masks a part of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Chung Chen, Wen-Chuang Yu, Chih-Ching Yang
  • Publication number: 20130215568
    Abstract: An adapter to mount, in a housing, a device having a connector includes a tray to which the device is fixed, a chassis into which the tray is inserted from one direction, fixed in the housing, a connector substrate on which a connecter is mounted, attached to a back portion of the chassis in the one direction, the connector being connected to the connector of the device while movable in a plane orthogonal to the one direction, and a first conductive elastic element attached on one side of a first wall portion of the chassis, extending in the one direction, in which the tray is pressed onto a second wall portion of the chassis opposing the first wall portion while the tray is inserted into the chassis and the device connector is connected to the connector of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yumi Kumachi
  • Patent number: 8514566
    Abstract: A disk drive assembly includes an enclosure, a printed circuit board (PCB), a back board, a drive bracket, a first disk drive, and a second disk drive. The enclosure includes a bottom wall. The PCB is mounted on the bottom wall and parallel to the bottom wall. The back board is connected to and parallel to the PCB. The drive bracket includes a first side panel, a second side panel, and a third side panel parallel to each other. The first disk drive is mounted between the first side panel and the second side panel. The first disk drive is electrically connected to and perpendicular to the back board. The second disk drive is mounted between the second side panel and the third side panel. The second disk drive is electrically connected to and perpendicular to the back board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Kang Wu, Li-Ping Chen, Yao-Chung Chen, Chieh-Chen Chen
  • Publication number: 20130208415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a HDD base comprising: at least two anchor formations for anchoring at least two parts of a HDD; and a rigid member configured to retain anchor formations in a fixed position relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: MMI PRECISION FORMING PTE LTD
    Inventor: Hendrikus Thijssen
  • Patent number: 8508929
    Abstract: An enclosure assembly and system are provided for implementing cover-mounted, auto-docking for multiple DASD configurations in information technology equipment. A user selected direct access storage device (DASD) configuration is mechanically attached to an enclosure cover. A cover interposer card is mechanically attached to the enclosure cover and electrically connected to each DASD in the user selected DASD configuration. An electrical connector mates with the cover interposer card as the cover is installed through a sliding motion with a chassis and base planar of the enclosure assembly. A flexible cable interconnect attached to the mating electrical connector is connected to the base planar. The enclosure assembly enables high density, high performance modular server architectures without compromising processor performance or planar electrical architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nadia Anguiano-Wehde, Aaron M. Hegrenes, Seth D. Lewis, Thomas S. Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 8508928
    Abstract: Carrier for the rack mounting of two or more data storage devices into a chassis. The carrier includes support members along the length of the carrier, to receive and retain the two or more data storage devices. The carrier further includes a single electrical communication connector to provide an electrical communication interface for all of the data storage devices in the carrier, to and from a mating connector on a board of the chassis. The carrier further includes an interposer to adapt electrical signals from the single electrical communication connector into a form that is usable by the data storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Jabil Circuit, Inc.
    Inventors: Odie B. Killen, Paul K. Foisy, Robert I. Walker
  • Patent number: 8508930
    Abstract: The invention discloses a hard disk carrying apparatus comprising a main body, a plurality of slide racks, and a plurality of valves. In the main body, an accommodating space is concavely disposed at a front side of the main body; a plurality of primary slide rails that are adjacent and parallel to each other are disposed on a bottom wall in the accommodating space; a plurality of secondary slide rails is disposed on a top wall in the accommodating space. Each of the plurality of slide racks is a long rack. Each of the plurality of valves is a long door plate member. An end of each valve is a pivot end that is pivotally installed at a bottom edge of the front side of the main body; the other end of the valve is a latch end that includes a locking element disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Promise Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Tzu Peng, Char T. Vijay, Hsiang-Chien Liu, Chuan-Yi Yeh, Chia-Wei Fan
  • Patent number: 8498108
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (WuHan) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Lung Chen, Da-Long Sun, Guang-Xiang Mu
  • Patent number: 8498106
    Abstract: A disk drive mounting apparatus includes a tray for receiving a disk drive, and a flexible retaining member. The retaining member has two ends mounted to the tray. The flexible retaining member is to sandwich the disk drive together with the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Tang Peng, Xin-Hu Gong
  • Publication number: 20130188306
    Abstract: An apparatus capable of selectively applying different types of connectors to a substrate is disclosed. The memory apparatus includes a substrate having a controller. First and second connector pads may be arranged on edges of top and bottom surfaces of the substrate. A via hole may be arranged between the controller and the first and second connector pads. A first passive device pad may be arranged between the via hole and the first connector pads. A second passive device pad may be arranged between the via hole and the second connector pads. A passive device may be coupled to only one of the first passive device pad or the second passive device pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 8493721
    Abstract: A fixing mechanism includes a base whereon at least one buckling portion is formed. The fixing mechanism further includes a bracket connected to an electronic module. The bracket includes a bottom plate, at least one lateral plate connected to the bottom plate and being buckled inside the buckling portion, and a baffle connected to the bottom plate. The fixing mechanism further includes a cover portion including a board, at least one hook connected to a side of the board for hooking the base, a constraining portion connected to the side of the board for laterally constraining the at least one lateral plate, and a resilient structure connected to the constraining portion for contacting against the baffle of the bracket so as to support the electronic module resiliently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Jing-Tang Wu
  • Patent number: 8493727
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eric A. Knopf, David P. Tarkington, Houtan R. Farahani
  • Patent number: 8482913
    Abstract: A panel includes a front panel, a door, and a linking-up member. An opening is defined on the front panel to access an optical drive. The door is for covering and uncovering the opening. The linking-up member is slidably received in a first passage of the front panel and pivotally engaged with the door. A first resilient member is restricted between a rear side of the front plate and the linking-up member, wherein the first resilient member pulls the linking-up member inward. A second resilient member is positioned between the door and the linking-up member to pull the door inward to cover the opening. The door is pushed outward to uncover the opening when a tray of the optical drive is ejected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ri-Dong Huang, Hsuan-Tsung Chen, Guang-Yao Lee
  • Patent number: 8480039
    Abstract: A bracket is provided for fixing an electronic device therein. The bracket includes a main frame and a fixing member. The main frame has a connecting portion and two sideboards. The two sideboards are disposed to two ends of the connecting portion respectively and the two sideboards are disposed in parallel. A distance is kept between the two sideboards to accommodate the electronic device therein, and one of the two sideboards has a plurality of assembling holes. The fixing member is detachably mounted to the sideboard having the assembling holes. A plurality of connecting members are disposed to one side of the fixing member, for passing through the assembling holes respectively and being fixed on the electronic device, so as to fix the electronic device between the two sideboards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventor: Tzung-Wei Chang
  • Patent number: 8482914
    Abstract: An electronic device with multi-phase mechanism including a host, a storage device and a carriage is provided in the present invention. The storage device is slidably disposed in the host and adapted to be pulled out from the host. The carriage is slidably disposed in the storage device and adapted to be pulled out from the storage device. Through the storage device slidably disposing in the host and being adapted to be pulled out from the host, it facilitates the user to take or replace a content from the storage device. When the carriage is moved out from the storage device in a first phase and then the storage device is pulled out from the host in a second phase, the content in the storage device is taken out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Wen-Cheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20130170130
    Abstract: A carrying structure is used to fix an electronic element on a casing. The carrying structure includes a main body, a blocking part and a hooking part. The main body is fixed on the casing and has an accommodating space for accommodating the electronic element. The blocking part is disposed on one side of the main body and used to block the electronic element from moving vertically. The hooking part is disposed on another side of the main body. When the electronic element is pushed in the accommodating space, one end of the electronic element enters the blocking part and the other end of the electronic element presses the hooking part. Accordingly, the electronic element is accommodated in the accommodating space, and the hooking part hooks the other end of the electronic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: PEGATRON CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8477488
    Abstract: A removable storage module including a housing that facilitates sliding of the removable storage module into and out of a slot of a modular computer device, wherein the slot includes an opening in a front panel of the modular computer device that enables the removable storage module to be installed into and removed from the slot while the modular computer device is installed in one or more slots of a computer chassis. The removable storage module also includes a latching mechanism that is selectively actuated between a locked and an unlocked position to selectively couple the removable storage module within the slot of the modular computer device during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventor: Russell W. Aldridge
  • Patent number: 8477496
    Abstract: An enclosure includes a housing, partition plates received in the housing, hard disk drives fixed between the partition plates, a cover fixed to the housing, a printed circuit board received in the housing and a fan assembly fixed within the housing. The housing includes a bottom plate and a pair of side plates. Each side plate has a guiding device mounted thereon. The guiding device includes a supporting element fixed to the side plate, a fixing element fixed with the printed circuit board, and a rod pivotably connecting the fixing element with the supporting element. The partition plates each have a hook, and the printed circuit board defines multiple slots corresponding to the hooks. The printed circuit board can be driven towards the partition plates by the fixing element around the supporting element so that the slots are aligned and locked with the hooks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guang-Yi Zhang, Meng-Qi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130163177
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a casing, a hard disk drive, and a connecting member. A motherboard is installed in the casing. A first connector is positioned on the motherboard. The hard disk drive includes a second connector. The connecting member includes a third connector engaged with the second connector of the hard disk drive along a first direction, and a fourth connector engaged with the first connector along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY(ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Li-Ren FU
  • Publication number: 20130163181
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis and a data storage assembly slidably received in the chassis. The data storage assembly includes a bracket and a plurality of hard disk drives uprightly inserted in the bracket, which can arrange more hard disk drives in the bracket effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ZHENG-HENG SUN
  • Publication number: 20130163179
    Abstract: A dummy hard disk drive (HDD) includes a main body and two arms extending along opposite end surfaces of the main body. The arms each form a pin for fixing the dummy HDD in an HDD bracket. A connecting portion is formed on a side of the main body for connecting cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ZHEN-XING MA, ZHENG-HENG SUN
  • Publication number: 20130163182
    Abstract: A drive bracket assembly includes a computer enclosure and a drive bracket. The computer enclosure includes a bottom wall and a front wall extending from the bottom wall. The front wall includes a first mounting panel. The first mounting panel defines a first positioning hole and a second positioning hole. The drive bracket includes a bottom plate and a positioning protrusion. The positioning protrusion is received in the first positioning hole to enable the bottom plate to be parallel to the bottom wall. The positioning protrusion is received in the second positioning hole to enable the bottom plate to keep an angle relative to the bottom wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WuHan) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XUE-JIAO GUO, RONG-RONG SONG, TAI-BAO WU
  • Publication number: 20130163183
    Abstract: A hard disk carrier includes a receiving frame, a plane, and an electromagnetic shielding module. The receiving frame is used to hold a hard disk. The electromagnetic shielding module is mounted between the receiving frame and the plane. The electromagnetic shielding module defines a plurality of openings through the opposite ends. The edge of each opening extending outward from the surface and forming a cylinder peripheral wall, each opening and the peripheral wall corresponding to the opening forming a waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: CHIH-HAO LIN
  • Publication number: 20130163176
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus includes a shaped and resilient connecting plate, and a first heat-dissipating plate and a second heat-dissipating plate clamping down on a storage device to dissipate heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: TAI-WEI LIN
  • Publication number: 20130163180
    Abstract: A fastening device for fastening a data storage device includes a rack and a resilient tab. The rack includes a bottom plate to support the data storage device. Two first stop tabs protrude up from the bottom plate to abut against a first sidewall of the data storage device. Two first pins extend from the first corresponding stop tabs to engage in two mounting holes defined in the first sidewall. The resilient tab is attached to the rack to abut against a second sidewall of the data storage device. A second pin protrudes from the resilient tab to engage in a locking hole defined in the second sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO. LTD.
    Inventors: LI-REN FU, AN-GANG LIANG
  • Publication number: 20130163178
    Abstract: There is provided a base assembly including: at least one coupling member provided with insertion holes into which fastening members are inserted; and a press base formed by press processing and including insertion parts each formed in positions corresponding to those of the insertion holes and having the fastening members inserted thereinto in order to mount the coupling member, wherein each of the insertion parts is provided with a fastening hole into which the fastening member is inserted and is bent to overlap so as to have a mutual contact part extended and protruded from an upper surface of the press base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD
    Inventor: Il Geun JEON
  • Patent number: 8472179
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a bay for a removable component with a vertical axis of insertion and removal. The component is inserted upwardly in the electronic device with aid of an actuation mechanism. For example, the actuation mechanism may include a lever and a horizontal support member sized to hold the bottom side of the component. Rotation of the lever translates the support member in the vertical direction to smoothly lift the component into a seated position in which connectors in the component and the electronic device are coupled. The actuation mechanism may include a latch to hold the component securely in the seated position. Rotation of the lever in the opposite direction lowers the support member. The actuation mechanism may include one or more tabs on the horizontal support member or elsewhere that pull the component during removal to overcome the unmating force of the connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: David J. Lima
  • Patent number: 8472180
    Abstract: A securing apparatus for securing a hard disk with two opposite sidewalls includes a connecting rod, a first securing plate, a second securing plate, a supporting rod, and a locking handle. The connecting rod includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The first securing plate has an end fixed to the first end portion of the connecting rod. The second securing plate has an end pivotably connected to the second end portion of the connecting rod, the second securing plate includes a locking member. The supporting rod has a first end fixed to the first securing plate, and a second end opposite to the first end. The locking handle is pivotably connected to the second end of the supporting rod, the locking handle is able to be locked by the locking member to keep the second securing plate clamped to the hard disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin-Hu Gong, Gao-Liang Xia
  • Publication number: 20130154409
    Abstract: A disk drive device includes a base with a base opening, a rotating body provided in the base at the first face side and to which a recording disk is to be mounted, a wiring member including a first film, a second film, and a wiring conductor, and provided on the second face of the base to cover the base opening, a lead wire passing through the base opening and fixed to a wire connection portion of the wiring conductor, a thickness decreasing portion decreasing a thickness in accordance with an edge of the wiring conductor, and located outwardly of the base opening in a planar direction, and a slot which is an area having no conductor and having an entire circumference surrounded by the wiring conductor between the first and the second films in the planar direction, and present between the wire connection portion and the thickness decreasing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: ALPHANA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ALPHANA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130155603
    Abstract: A supplementary disk-enclosure cover configured to shield a hard-disk drive against electromagnetic interference. The supplementary disk-enclosure cover includes a top, and vertical flanges. The top has an outer perimeter and an inner perimeter. The outer perimeter lies about parallel to the inner perimeter. The top is disposed between the outer perimeter and the inner perimeter and has a flattened annular shape. The vertical flanges are attached to and extend down from the outer perimeter of the top at about right angles to the top. The vertical flanges are configured to cover respective gaps between a disk-enclosure cover and a disk-enclosure base to which the disk-enclosure cover is attached. A disk enclosure that includes the supplementary disk-enclosure cover, and a hard-disk drive that includes the disk enclosure are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Jiro Kaneko, Takeshi Chawanya, Masahiko Tamura, Keiichiroh Kai