HARD DISK DRIVE MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND COMPUTER INCORPORATING THE SAME
A computer includes a casing; the computer further comprises a motherboard, a hard disk drive mounting structure and a hard disk drive accommodated in the casing. The motherboard is mounted on a fixing plate of the casing. The hard disk drive mounting structure is located above the motherboard, and includes a heat dissipation apparatus including a heat sink, a mounting frame, and a supporting bracket connected between the mounting frame and a base of the heat sink. A bottom end of the supporting bracket is fixed to the base of the heat sink. A top end of the supporting bracket is fixed to one end of the mounting frame to support the mounting frame, which has another end fixed to a side plate of the casing. The hard disk drive is mounted on the mounting frame.
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1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to computers, and particularly to a computer incorporating a hard disk drive mounting structure which can reduce a size of the computer.
2. Description of Related Art
In a computer, a hard disk drive is an important component for storing data. Usually, a special mounting structure is provided to firmly mount the hard disk drive in a casing of the computer, to thereby prevent the hard disk from being damaged by vibration.
For example, Chinese Patent Issued No. CN 2503571Y discloses a mounting structure for mounting a hard disk drive in a desktop computer. The mounting structure includes a positioning plate, a pair of mounting plates, and a locking plate. The positioning plate and the pair of the mounting plates integrally extend upwardly from a fixing plate of the computer on which a motherboard is mounted. The hard disk drive is firmly mounted on the fixing plate via engagement between the pair of mounting plates and the locking plate. However, both the hard disk drive and the motherboard are mounted on the fixing plate. An inner space of the casing of the computer is insufficiently utilized. Therefore, the computer incorporating the above-mentioned hard disk drive mounting structure has a larger size, which can not meet the tendency of miniaturizing the computer.
For the foregoing reasons, therefore, there is a need in the art for a computer which overcomes the limitations described.
Many aspects of the present embodiment can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present embodiment. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
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The fan 35 is located at the front end of the heat sink 34. Airflow produced by the fan 35 flows through the air passages 343 to exchange heat with the fins 342 of the heat sink 34, to thereby take away heat generated by the CPU. The fan duct 36 covers the heat sink 34 and the fan 35 therein to guide the airflow produced by the fan 35 through objects needing heat dissipation.
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The supporting bracket 31 is located at the rear end of the heat sink 34. A bottom end of the supporting bracket 31 is assembled to the base 341 of the heat sink 34 via a pair of fasteners 38. A top end of the supporting bracket 31 connects with a front end 321 of the mounting frame 32. The supporting bracket 31 includes a pair of platforms 311 at the bottom end thereof, a connecting plate 312 connected between the pair of platforms 311, a pair of legs 313 respectively extending upwardly from the pair of platforms 311, and a supporting plate 314 connected between top ends of the pair of legs 313. The connecting plate 312, the pair of legs 313 and the supporting plate 314 cooperatively from the rectangular, hollow supporting bracket 31 facing the spacing formed between the top plate 361 of the fan duct 36 and the fins 342 of the heat sink 34. Each of the pair of platforms 311 defines a through hole 315 therein corresponding to the mounting hole 345 of the flange 346 of the base 341 of the heat sink 34. Each fastener 38 includes a pin 381 and an elastic member 382 (i.e., a coil spring). The pin 381 includes a body 3811, and expanded head 3812 formed at one end of the body 3811, and an engaging portion 3813 formed at the other end of the body 3811. The elastic member 382 is disposed around the body 3811 of the pin 381 and captured between the head 3812 and the engaging portion 3813 of the pin 381.
When the supporting bracket 31 and the base 341 of the heat sink 34 are fixed together, The rear end of the base 341 of the heat sink 34 is placed on the platforms 311 of the supporting bracket 31, with the mounting holes 345 of the base 341 being aligned with the through holes 315 of the platforms 311. The engaging portion 3813 of the pin 381 of each fastener 38 extends through the through hole 315 of one of the platforms 311 and a corresponding mounting hole 345 of base 341, and then abuts a top surface of the base 341. The elastic member 382 is deformed and compressed between the head 3812 of the pin 381 and a bottom surface of the platform 311. The compressed elastic member 382 and the engaging portion 3813 of the pin 381 cooperatively exert a compressing force on the platform 311 of the supporting bracket 31 and the base 341 of the heat sink 34 thereby firmly fixing the supporting bracket 31 and the base 341 of the heat sink 34 together.
The HDD 40 is received in and mounted to the mounting frame 32. The front end 321 of the mounting frame 32 is supported on the supporting plate 314 of the supporting bracket 31. A rear end 322 of the mounting frame 32 is fixed to a rear side plate 12 of the casing 10 (best seen in
In the computer 100, the front end 321 of the mounting frame 32 is supported by the supporting bracket 31, while the rear end of the mounting frame 32 is fixed to the rear side plate 12 of the casing 10. The mounting frame 32 and the HDD 40 mounted thereon are firmly mounted in the casing 10 of the computer 100 and spans above the motherboard 20. The motherboard 20 can extend to a portion below the mounting frame 32. An inner space of the casing 10 is sufficiently utilized. Therefore, the computer 100 incorporating the HDD mounting structure 30 according to the disclosure can have a relatively small size.
In addition, the supporting bracket 31 is fixed to the base 341 of the heat sink 34 via the fasteners 38. Thus the heat sink 34 and the supporting bracket 31 are together mounted on the motherboard 20 of the computer 100 only by several fasteners 37. The number of the holes defined in the motherboard 20 is reduced.
It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the disclosure have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
Claims
1 A hard disk drive mounting structure for supporting a hard disk drive, comprising:
- a heat dissipation apparatus comprising a base adapted for attaching to a heat-generating component;
- a mounting frame adapted for supporting the hard disk drive thereon; and
- a supporting bracket connected between the mounting frame and the base of the heat sink, a bottom end of the supporting bracket being fixed to the base, a top end of the supporting bracket being fixed to one end of the mounting frame to support the mounting frame.
2. The hard disk drive mounting structure of claim 1, wherein the supporting bracket and the base are fixed together via a pair of fasteners.
3. The hard disk drive mounting structure of claim 2, wherein the supporting bracket comprises a pair of platforms at the bottom end thereof and a supporting plate at the top end thereof, each of the pair of platforms defining a through hole therein, the base defining a pair of mounting holes therein corresponding to the through holes of the pair of the platforms, the pair of fasteners extending through the through holes of the supporting bracket and the mounting holes of the base to fix the supporting bracket and the base together.
4. The hard disk drive mounting structure of claim 3, wherein the mounting frame forms at least one engaging leg at the one end thereof, the supporting plate of supporting bracket defining at least one locking hole corresponding to the at least one engaging leg of the mounting frame, the at least one engaging leg of the mounting frame being received in the at least one of the locking hole of the supporting bracket.
5. The hard disk drive mounting structure of claim 3, wherein two baffles extend upwardly from two opposite ends of mounting plate, the two baffles sandwiching the one end of the mounting frame therebetween.
6. The hard disk drive mounting structure of claim 1, wherein the heat dissipation apparatus further comprises a fan, and a plurality of fins arranged on the base defining air passages therebetween, the fan being located at an end of the base far from the supporting bracket, a portion of airflow produced by the fan flowing through the air passages defined between the fins, another portion of the airflow produced by the fan directly flowing towards the mount frame for dissipating heat of the hard disk drive mounting thereon.
7. The hard disk drive mounting structure of claim 6, wherein the heat dissipation apparatus further comprises a fan duct, the fan duct covering the fins and the fan therein, a spacing being defined between a top portion of the fan duct and top ends of the fins, the spacing be aligned with the hard disk drive for the another portion of the airflow produced by the fan directly flowing through the spacing towards the mount frame.
8. The hard disk drive mounting structure of claim 7, wherein the fan duct comprises a top plate and a pair of side plates extending downwardly from two opposite sides of the top plate, respectively, a diffluent duct being connected to one of the side plates of the fan duct.
9. A computer, comprising:
- a casing comprising a fixing plate;
- a motherboard accommodated in the casing and mounted on the fixing plate of the casing; and
- a hard disk drive mounting structure accommodated in the casing and located above the motherboard, the hard disk drive mounting structure comprising: a heat dissipation apparatus comprising a heat sink, the heat sink comprising a base; a mounting frame; a hard disk drive mounted on the mounting frame; and a supporting bracket connected between the mounting frame and the base of the heat sink, a bottom end of the supporting bracket being fixed to the base of the heat sink, a top end of the supporting bracket being fixed to one end of the mounting frame to support the mounting frame, the other end of the mounting frame being fixed to a side plate of the casing.
10. The computer of claim 9, wherein the supporting bracket and the base of the heat sink are fixed together via a pair of fasteners.
11. The computer of claim 10, wherein the supporting bracket comprises a pair of platforms at the bottom end thereof and a supporting plate at the top end thereof, each of the pair of platforms defining a through hole therein, the base of the heat sink defining a pair of mounting holes therein corresponding to the through holes of the pair of the platforms, the pair of fasteners extending through the through holes of the supporting bracket and the mounting holes of the base of the heat sink to fix the supporting bracket and the base of the heat sink together.
12. The computer of claim 11, wherein the mounting frame forms at least one engaging leg at the one end thereof, the supporting plate of supporting bracket defining at least one locking hole corresponding to the at least one engaging leg of the mounting frame, the at least one engaging leg of the mounting frame being received in the at least one of the locking hole of the supporting bracket.
13. The computer of claim 11, wherein two baffles extend upwardly from two opposite ends of mounting plate, the two baffles sandwiching the one end of the mounting frame therebetween.
14. The computer of claim 9, wherein the heat dissipation apparatus further comprises a fan, the fan being located at an end of the heat sink far from the supporting bracket, the heat sink further comprising a plurality of parallel fins arranged on the base, an air passage being defined between every two adjacent fins, a portion of airflow produced by the fan flowing through the air passages defined between the fins, another portion of the airflow produced by the fan directly flowing towards the mount frame for dissipating heat of the hard disk drive mounting thereon.
15. The computer of claim 14, wherein the heat dissipation apparatus further comprises a fan duct, the fan duct covering the heat sink and the fan therein, a spacing being defined between a top portion of the fan duct and top ends of the fins of the heat sink, the spacing be aligned with the hard disk drive for the another portion of the airflow produced by the fan directly flowing through the spacing towards the mount frame.
16. The computer of claim 15, wherein the fan duct comprises a top plate and a pair of side plates extending downwardly from two opposite sides of the top plate, respectively, a diffluent duct being connected to one of the side plates of the fan duct.
17. The computer of claim 9, wherein the base of the heat sink is rectangular, the base defining four through holes at four corners thereof, respectively, four additional fasteners extending through the four through holes of the base to mount the heat sink on the motherboard.
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 15, 2009
Publication Date: Jan 20, 2011
Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD. (Shenzhen City), FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (Tu-Cheng)
Inventor: JIN WANG (Shenzhen City)
Application Number: 12/560,350
International Classification: G06F 1/16 (20060101); A47B 81/00 (20060101); A47B 96/06 (20060101);