Removable Disk Drive Support Patents (Class 361/679.37)
  • Patent number: 11899831
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a method for managing hardware changes at an enclosure and a server. The enclosure includes a server and multiple hardware devices connected to the enclosure. A chassis manager in the enclosure is communicatively coupled to a manageability controller of the server and the multiple hardware devices. On enabling tamper detection, the manageability controller and the chassis manager monitor the hardware devices for determining changes in the hardware devices. A change in a hardware device is compared with a permissible hardware change to determine whether the change in the hardware device is unauthorized. The permissible hardware changes include changes in hardware devices that are permitted by a customer. Security actions are performed at the server and the enclosure if unauthorized changes in the hardware device are detected by the manageability controller and chassis manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Bharath Ramesh, Justin York
  • Patent number: 11900775
    Abstract: A modular patient monitor provides a multipurpose, scalable solution for various patient monitoring applications. In an embodiment, a modular patient monitor utilizes multiple wavelength optical sensor and/or acoustic sensor technologies to provide blood constituent monitoring and acoustic respiration monitoring (ARM) at its core, including pulse oximetry parameters and additional blood parameter measurements such as carboxyhemoglobin (HbCO) and methemoglobin (HbMet). Expansion modules provide blood pressure BP, blood glucose, ECG, CO2, depth of sedation and cerebral oximetry to name a few. Aspects of the present disclosure also include a transport dock for providing enhanced portability and functionally to handheld monitors. In an embodiment, the transport dock provides one or more docking interfaces for placing monitoring components in communication with other monitoring components. In an embodiment, the transport dock attaches to the modular patient monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Masimo Corporation
    Inventors: Massi Joe E. Kiani, Ammar Al-Ali, Michael O'Reilly, Paul Ronald Jansen, Nicholas Evan Barker, Anand Sampath
  • Patent number: 11812587
    Abstract: The description relates to cooling electronic components, such as computing devices. One example includes a rack defining a volume and multiple sealed chassis modules removably fluidly coupled to a two-phase condenser tank via a vapor coupler and a liquid coupler. Individual sealed chassis modules can contain one or more electronic components immersed in two-phase coolant that when heated by operation of the electronic components experiences a phase change from a liquid phase to a gas phase and travels to the two-phase condenser tank via the vapor coupler and is cooled in the two-phase condenser tank until experiencing a phase change back into the liquid phase. Individual sealed chassis modules can be decoupled from the two-phase condenser tank without releasing two-phase coolant and an entirety of the multiple sealed chassis modules and the condenser tank are contained in the volume of the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Patrick Kelley, Alexis Grace Schubert, Craig Steven Ranta, Kathryn Oseen-Senda, Dennis Trieu, Mark Edward Shaw
  • Patent number: 11696416
    Abstract: A chassis for housing a computing device of an information handling system includes a receiving portion of an expansion card receiver that receives an expansion card and operably connects the expansion card to another component of the computing device while the expansion card is received by the receiving portion. The chassis further includes a management portion of the expansion card receiver that receives a force from a user and, in response to receiving the force: transitions the management portion from a first state to a second state. In the first state, a handle, that enables the expansion card to be removed from the chassis is disposed inside of the management portion and the expansion card receiver is locked to the chassis. In the second state, the handle is disposed outside of the management portion and the expansion card receiver is unlocked from the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Liang-Chun Ma, Matthew Bryan Gilbert, Richard A. Crisp, Kevin R. Garrett
  • Patent number: 11627682
    Abstract: A rack-mounted device includes a case configured to include, in a width direction, a plurality of containment rooms each in which an electronic device is contained, a partition suspended from an upper wall of the case and configured to partition off the plurality of containment rooms adjacent to each other and guide the electronic device, and a support plate extending from a sidewall of the case into a containment room of the plurality of containment rooms and provided with a gap from a lower wall of the case to support the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Hajime Murakami
  • Patent number: 11439045
    Abstract: A chassis structure is disclosed. The chassis structure has a chassis with a storage space and a computer node. The storage space is provided for accommodating the computer node. The node has a body removably stored in the storage space. The body has a front and a back portion. The node has a tray frame located in the front portion. The node has a sliding assembly for longitudinally and slideably moving the tray frame between a received and a withdrawn position. The back portion has a first and a second ducting structure, and is provided for accommodating two components. The first ducting structure disposed over the first component, and the second ducting structure disposed over the second component. The first ducting structure is offset from the second ducting structure for guiding different portions of the fluid flow over the first component and the second component, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: YANDEX EUROPE AG
    Inventors: Andrey Olegovich Korolenko, Andrey Alekseevich Blokhin, Oleg Valerevich Fedorov, Igor Iurevich Znamenskii, Ivan Vladimirovich Prostov, Vladimir Viktorovich Khulagov, Aleksandr Alekseevich Konovalov, Konstantin Aleksandrovich Klubnichkin, Nikita Aleksandrovich Vedeneev
  • Patent number: 11181955
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device having a thermal diffusion structure and including a housing comprising a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, and a third surface vertical to the first surface and the second surface, a display exposed through at least part of the first surface, a battery arranged between the first surface and the second surface, a heating source arranged between the battery and the third surface in a direction vertical to the first surface and the second surface, and a first thermal diffusion member arranged vertically to the first surface and the second surface, the first thermal diffusion member including a first portion in thermal contact with at least part of the heating source and diffusing heat provided by the heating source to at least one second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ohhyuck Kwon, Jaeyoung Huh, Daesuk Kang, Seunghoon Kang, Boram Kim, Hongki Moon, Yoonsun Park, Kyungwoo Lee, Seungjoo Lee, Jonghoon Lim
  • Patent number: 11139530
    Abstract: An example power module includes an energy storage device, an energy storage carrier, and an electrical connector. The energy storage carrier houses the energy storage device and is removably insertable into a modular data storage slot of a computing device. The modular data storage slot has a data path and a first power path to removably couple to a data storage module. The electrical connector is to transfer energy from the energy storage device to a second power path associated with the modular data storage slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Mark Rivera, Hai Nguyen, Daniel Humphrey, Michael Miller, David P Mohr
  • Patent number: 11074943
    Abstract: A base deck for a data storage device includes a body. The body includes a bottom wall and sidewalls that create an internal cavity. The bottom wall includes a textured external surface opposite the internal cavity. The base deck can be coupled to a cover to seal the internal cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Antonia Tsoukatos, John W. Dykes
  • Patent number: 10964353
    Abstract: An electronic device with a detachable structure is provided. The electronic device includes a bracket, a connector, a module frame and a carried unit. The bracket includes a bracket wedging portion, wherein the bracket has a receiving recess, the receiving recess has a first side and a second side, the first side is opposite to the second side, and the bracket wedging portion is located on the first side. The connector is disposed on the second side of the bracket. The module frame is detachably connected to the bracket. The module frame can be easily attached to or detached from the bracket, reducing the time and effort required for assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Wiwynn Corporation
    Inventor: Ping Sheng Yeh
  • Patent number: 10936024
    Abstract: A high density storage housing includes a housing and a plurality of drive carriers. The housing includes a storage area and a motherboard. The storage area extends across at least a portion of a width and at least a portion of a depth of the housing. The motherboard extends across the storage area and includes a plurality of first connectors. The plurality of drive carriers each include a second connector configured to mate directly with one of the plurality of first connectors. Moreover, the second connector of each drive carrier of the plurality of drive carriers is disposed on a long side of its drive carrier so that the plurality of drive carriers mount storage drives to the housing in a sideways orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Phuoc-An N Nguyen, Daniel Bernard Hruska, Anant Thakar
  • Patent number: 10930319
    Abstract: An electronic device with a detachable structure is provided. The electronic device includes a bracket, a connector, a module frame and a carried unit. The bracket includes a bracket wedging portion, wherein the bracket has a receiving recess, the receiving recess has a first side and a second side, the first side is opposite to the second side, and the bracket wedging portion is located on the first side. The connector is disposed on the second side of the bracket. The module frame is detachably connected to the bracket. The module frame can be easily attached to or detached from the bracket, reducing the time and effort required for assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Wiwynn Corporation
    Inventor: Ping Sheng Yeh
  • Patent number: 10842037
    Abstract: A pull-out aiding device is configured for mounting on an object, in which a corresponding apparatus is mounted. The pull-out aiding device includes a pulling member and a handle member. The pulling member includes a first pivot section and an abutting section for abutting against the corresponding apparatus to move the latter forward. The handle member includes a second pivot section and an operating section. The second pivot section is pivotally connected to the first pivot section, such that the handle member is turnable about the second pivot section relative to the pulling member and brings the latter to move forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: FIVETECH TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Ting-Jui Wang, Chia-Ching Liao
  • Patent number: 10789991
    Abstract: An electronic device with a detachable structure is provided. The electronic device includes a bracket, a connector, a module frame and a carried unit. The bracket includes a bracket wedging portion, wherein the bracket has a receiving recess, the receiving recess has a first side and a second side, the first side is opposite to the second side, and the bracket wedging portion is located on the first side. The connector is disposed on the second side of the bracket. The module frame is detachably connected to the bracket. The module frame can be easily attached to or detached from the bracket, reducing the time and effort required for assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: WIWYNN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ping Sheng Yeh
  • Patent number: 10776025
    Abstract: A portable storage device can convert itself, without a host computer, from being a fixed disk to a removable disk and from being a removable disk to a fixed disk. The storage device may include a physical input device, a memory and a controller. The controller may determine, based on information stored within the storage device, whether the storage device is currently a fixed disk or a removable disk. The controller may then convert the storage device to a removable disk or a fixed disk, based on a control input and the determination. The control input may be received from the physical key input device. When the storage device is a removable disk and when a command from a host computer requests ejecting a memory within the storage device, the controller declines the request and instead electrically disengages the storage device from the host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: APRICON
    Inventors: Paul Cameron Brown, Mark Gordon Dobson, Phuoc Minh Thai
  • Patent number: 10743434
    Abstract: The invention provides server including a casing. The casing has back panel area. The back panel area is located at air outlet of the server. Package substrate, up HDD back panel and down HDD back panel are horizontally disposed on the back panel area. Motherboard of the server is communicatively connected to the package substrate via first connector. The package substrate is communicatively connected to the up HDD back panel via second connector. The up HDD back panel is communicatively connected to the down HDD back panel via third connector. The server of the invention has high dense storage devices, very high space utilization, and innovative heat dissipation channels design. The server has high configuration flexibility and expansibility, can be operated in a simple manner, and can support apparatus that are power-consuming and operating in standby mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji-Peng Xu, Ying Qian, Xiaogang Lu, Fang-Jie Chu, Li-Hong Huang, Peng Zhan
  • Patent number: 10664025
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a rail member that is attached to a drive unit, a drive case into which the drive unit having the rail member attached thereto is inserted, and a bar member that includes a locking portion. An opening is formed in the rail member, an opening is formed at a position in the drive case corresponding to the opening of the rail member, and the locking portion of the bar member is inserted into the opening of the rail member and the opening of the drive case in a state in which the drive unit is inserted into a predetermined position of the drive case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU CLIENT COMPUTING LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryohei Sato, Ushio Oshima, Akira Saito, Makoto Furukawa
  • Patent number: 10653029
    Abstract: A convertible chassis system for receiving a plurality of storage drives includes a chassis that includes a plurality of bays for receiving the storage drives. The convertible chassis also includes a reversible key that is removably affixed to the chassis body in either a first orientation or a second orientation. Each orientation provides a different key guide within the plurality of bays that either allows the storage drives to be received into or rejected from the bays of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: James Jeffrey Schulze, Keith Sauer, Kelly K. Smith
  • Patent number: 10338840
    Abstract: A portable storage device can convert itself, without a host computer, from being a fixed disk to a removable disk and from being a removable disk to a fixed disk. The storage device may include a physical input device, a memory and a controller. The controller may determine, based on information stored within the storage device, whether the storage device is currently a fixed disk or a removable disk. The controller may then convert the storage device to a removable disk or a fixed disk, based on a control input and the determination. The control input may be received from the physical key input device. When the storage device is a removable disk and when a command from a host computer requests ejecting a memory within the storage device, the controller declines the request and instead electrically disengages the storage device from the host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Apricorn
    Inventors: Paul Cameron Brown, Mark Gordon Dobson, Phuoc Minh Thai
  • Patent number: 10249343
    Abstract: A hard disk drive holder includes a bottom plate, a first side plate, and a second side plate. Gaps and a first bending line define a bendable portion and an unbendable portion on the bottom plate. The first side plate has first positioning portions. The second side plate has second positioning portions. The first side plate and the second side plate are respectively and integrally connected to opposite sides of the bottom plate. The first positioning portions and part of the second positioning portions are correspondingly disposed to install a first hard disk drive. The bendable portion has a plurality of third positioning portions, and the third positioning portions and part of the second positioning portions are correspondingly disposed to be adapted for installing at least one second hard disk drive. A size of the second hard disk drive is less than a size of the first hard disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Liang-Cheng Chiu
  • Patent number: 10162383
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: an enclosure having a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface disposed between the first and second surfaces; an edge-to-edge component mounted in an edge-to-edge opening that extends across substantially an entire width of the side surface between the first surface and the second surface; and a brace disposed in the enclosure, the brace extending along the edge-to-edge opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Boilard, Amy Lai Wong, Kelvin Kwong, James Cooper
  • Patent number: 10141030
    Abstract: An unloading mechanism assembly adapted to unload an optical disk drive from a housing of an electronic device includes a guiding component, a push rod and a driving module. The guiding component is disposed at a side of the optical disk drive along a first direction and has a first position limiting slot extending along a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction. The push rod is disposed in parallel with the guiding component along the first direction. The driving module is coupled between the guiding component and the push rod and includes a driving rod movably disposed through the first position limiting slot along a third direction, respectively perpendicular to the first and the second directions. The push rod is adapted to drive the driving module to pivotally rotate with respect to the guiding component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Meng-Chian Shiu, Chi-Jen Lo, Jhih-Ming Chen, Chia-Hsiung Hsueh
  • Patent number: 10128612
    Abstract: An electronics module includes a housing having four sides and defining an axis extending from a front to rear of the housing. Each side defines a mating feature that engages a mating feature of another electronics module. One side defines a pin-receiving receptacle, another defines a recess extending partially through a width or a thickness of the housing; and another includes a catch mechanism. A latch is mounted within the recess and includes a body having top, bottom, front, rear, inner side, and outer side surfaces. The bottom or top surface defines an opening to a vertical channel formed in the body. A hook extends from the rear surface and secures a catch on the other module. A spring-biased pin is received within the channel and mounted within the recess such that an end of the pin extends through the opening beyond a surface of the electronics housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Cubic Corporation
    Inventor: Paul Casto
  • Patent number: 10064299
    Abstract: An assembly bracket coupled to a component for locking and releasing the component with a latch of a component receiving module on a component board. The assembly bracket having a rotary hinge connected to a support bracket, a handle rotatable about the rotatory hinge between a retracted position and a deployed position, a linkage rotatably coupled to the handle, and a support lever coupled to the linkage and having an engagement member to engage the latch. When the handle is in the retracted position, the engagement member is engaged with the latch, thereby securing the component in the component receiving module. When the handle transitions from the retracted position to the deployed position, the support lever applies a force away from the component receiving module to thereby decouple the component from the component receiving module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Chun Chang, Cheng-Chieh Weng
  • Patent number: 10064288
    Abstract: Methods of connecting wires (126) to feedthrough pins (104) and apparatus including wires connected to feedthrough pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Lin Li, Jian Xie, Jeryle Walter
  • Patent number: 10010008
    Abstract: A sled mounted processing node apparatus includes a first processing node sled. A first printed circuit board (PCB) is coupled to the processing node sled. Electronic components, including at least one processor, are coupled to the PCB. The apparatus includes a second processing node sled having a second PCB connected to the second processing node sled and a second set of electronic components, including at least one second processor, coupled to the second PCB. The at least one processor and second processor collectively enables increased processing density within a single server chassis. Each processing node sled is configured to be slideably inserted and removed from a server chassis that accommodates concurrent insertion of multiple processing node sleds in respective sled bays of the server chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Hughes, Jason G. Pearce, Jonathan F. Lewis, Kevin E. Locklear, Curtis D. Bunch
  • Patent number: 9846548
    Abstract: Disk based emulation of tape libraries is provided with features that allow easier management and administration of a backup system and also allow increased flexibility to both archive data on tape at a remote location and also have fast restore access to archived data files. Features include automatic emulation of physical libraries, and the retention and write protection of virtual tapes that correspond to exported physical tapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Overland Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria Gonzalez, Sergio Encarnacao
  • Patent number: 9801292
    Abstract: A coupling and fixing structure of a power module and a casing of a power supply includes a casing and three power modules. The casing is provided with three first raised studs and three second raised studs corresponding to the power modules respectively. Each power module has a positioning recess and a positioning hole corresponding to the respective first raised stud and the respective second stud. The positioning recess and the positioning hole of the power module are aligned with the first raised stud and the second raised stud of the casing respectively, and then the power module is slightly moved toward the first side to be positioned and locked. The present invention can enhance the operational efficiency of coupling and fixing effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: CHYNG HONG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mu-Chun Lin
  • Patent number: 9715258
    Abstract: In one embodiment a disk array enclosure includes: a two rack (2RU) enclosure configured with a multiplicity of rows of backplane slots on an inner bottom panel of the 2RU enclosure, a multiplicity of 2.5 inch disks mounted lengthwise in parallel to the inner bottom panel, and a multiplicity of paddle cards, each connected to one of the 2.5 inch disks and slotted into one of the backplane slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yun Bai, Le Gao, Qiang Li
  • Patent number: 9684345
    Abstract: A secondary memory device includes: a substrate and a housing configured to accommodate at least a part of the substrate. The substrate has upper and lower opposed surfaces and includes a first region in which a first semiconductor device is mounted on the upper surface and a second region in which a second semiconductor device is mounted on the upper surface. The housing includes a first sub-housing covering the upper surface of the substrate at the first region and the first semiconductor device. The first sub-housing does not extend to cover the upper surface of the substrate at the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-young Choi, Joon-young Oh, Hee-youb Kang, Jung-hoon Kim, Won-hwa Lee, Jae-beom Byun, Jong-yun Yun
  • Patent number: 9544990
    Abstract: An analog control system configured to operate a converter in an electric vehicle battery charging system is provided. The analog control system includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) output unit that is configured to output a PWM signal to the converter and an integrated control unit that is configured to sense an input voltage and an output voltage of the converter. The analog control system may be implemented on a printed circuit board having a first ground voltage stage connected to the PWM output unit, a second ground voltage stage separated from the first ground voltage stage by a first predetermined interval and connected to the integrated control unit. A filtering unit is disposed between the first ground voltage stage and the second ground voltage stage to pass an output signal of a predetermined band from the PWM unit to the integrated control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung Hwan Na, Sang Hoon Kwak, Tae Hwan Chung, Gun Soo Kang
  • Patent number: 9383785
    Abstract: A fixing element for hard disk drive includes a frame and a hard disk. The frame includes a bottom plate, a front plate, a rear plate and a side plate. The front plate has a flange extending horizontally and backwardly from the front plate. A first elastic element is formed on a bottom of the flange. A second elastic element is located at the bottom plate in a position directly under the first elastic element. The supporting element defines an engaging groove at rear ends thereof. The engaging groove engages with a position element secured to the frame, the first elastic element is abutting an upper surface of the supporting element, and the second elastic element is abutting a bottom surface of the supporting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Hsiang Fan
  • Patent number: 9313909
    Abstract: An alignment device of a hard disk drive (HDD) bay has a casing, at least one door, and at least one alignment mechanism. The at least one door is mounted on a front sidewall of the casing. The at least one alignment mechanism is mounted on a rear sidewall of the casing. Each of the at least one alignment mechanism has a stationary seat, and an aligning panel and a torsion spring pivotally mounted on the stationary seat. The torsion spring pushes the aligning panel to pivot toward a lateral sidewall of the casing. When inserting an HDD into the casing and the HDD abuts against the aligning panel, the aligning panel pushes the HDD to slide laterally and align with the connector on the rear sidewall of the casing. Thus, pins on a rear end of the HDD can accurately plug into corresponding holes of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Inventor: Jui-Shu Huang
  • Patent number: 9279451
    Abstract: Slide assemblies that include at least an inner slide segment and an outer slide segment. Many of the slide assemblies also include an intermediate slide segment interposed between the inner slide segment and the outer slide segment. The outer slide segment is constructed from a bent piece of material having a substantially uniform wall thickness. The outer slide segment is formed to have a wall portion, an upper portion and a lower portion. Each of the upper portion and lower portion include two layers of the piece of material. A mounting assembly for a slide assembly includes at least one bracket having at least a first pin and a second pin movable relative to the first pin. The second pin can surround and slide upon the first pin and can be biased to a first position and movable to a second position relative to the first pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Jonathan Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Ronald J. Judge
  • Patent number: 9225087
    Abstract: A computer component mounting assembly includes a carrier to support a hard drive and a data connector. The carrier is configured to slidably receive the hard drive along a first axis. The data connector includes a first connector configured to mate to pins of the hard drive, a second connector configured to mate to a SATA data connector, and a flexible cable connecting the two. The first connector includes an alignment feature to engage a corresponding alignment feature on the hard drive. The first connector is coupled to the carrier and slidable in a plane perpendicular to the first axis, and the first connector is configured such that when carrier receives the hard drive and the alignment feature engages the corresponding alignment feature the first connector moves in the plane perpendicular to the first axis to provide alignment of the first connector to the pins of the hard drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Chi Kin Lau, Jeffrey S. Spaulding, Jinal Dalal
  • Patent number: 9213368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an expansion chassis for a laptop computer. Specifically, the expansion chassis provides additional expansion bays for increased functionality, storage and/or battery power for the laptop computer. One or more BUS multipliers are integrated into a native SATA BUS, and one or more multifunction USB interconnect cables are integrated therein to integrate the expansion chassis into the existing laptop functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: New Concepts Development Corp.
    Inventors: Lawrence R. O'Connor, Walter James Dresser, III, Ronald Dritlein, III
  • Patent number: 9201473
    Abstract: A push button assembly disposed on a cover has a push button hole, and includes a holder, a latch, a resilient member, and pushing bracket. The holder forms a chute with the cover. The holder has an abutting plate and a retaining structure. The abutting plate and the retaining structure are respectively located at first and second ends of the chute. The latch is slidably disposed in the chute and faces the push button hole. The retaining structure can prevent the latch from leaving the chute from the second end. The resilient member is disposed in the chute and compressed between the abutting plate and the latch. The pushing bracket is connected to the latch and extends away from the cover. The disclosure further discloses a chassis applying the push button assembly and an operating method of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Qi-Qiong Li, Yong-Liang Zheng
  • Patent number: 9146581
    Abstract: A hard disk drive mounting device for supporting hard disk drive includes a hard disk drive mounting device and two elastic arms located at lateral sides of the hard disk drive. A hard disk drive mounting device includes a bottom plate and two side plates extending upward from the bottom plate respectively. Each side plate has a plurality of positioning ribs and defines a positioning groove at a front end thereof. Each elastic arm defines a receiving space at an inner side thereof to receive the hard disk drive. An elastic clip is formed at outer side of the elastic arm and engaged with the positioning groove of the side plate. A plurality of receiving grooves is formed in the elastic arm. The positioning ribs on the side plate are engaged with the receiving grooves of the elastic arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiunn-Her Li
  • Patent number: 9103399
    Abstract: A HDD retaining mechanism includes a frame and a vibration isolator. The frame includes a through hole in a prescribed position. The vibration isolator includes a smaller cylindrical portion formed so as to be fitted in the through hole. The smaller cylindrical portion includes projecting portions formed by splitting one end portion of the smaller cylindrical portion into a plurality of portions in a circumferential direction. The projecting portions project into the accommodation space and abut against a HDD when the smaller cylindrical portion is fitted in the through hole. Each of the projecting portions includes a notch part recessed toward a center position of the smaller cylindrical portion from an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion and extending across each of the projecting portions in the smaller circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Naoto Miyakoshi
  • Patent number: 9058850
    Abstract: The instant disclosure discloses a fixing structure of a data access device having a fixing tray and a handle. The fixing tray includes at least one fixing latch and at least one elastic member. One end of the fixing tray is a pivot and two hooks. The distance between the fixing latch and the pivot is shorter than that between the elastic member and the pivot. The other end of the fixing tray is an inserting section. One end of the handle is a hinge section, from which two cams are extended. The other end of the handle is an operational pull. The hinge section and the operational pull are connected by a connecting rod. The hinge section pivotally connects to the pivot. A fixing case with the fixing structure of a data access device is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsu-Chih Hsiao, Shu-Hua Mau
  • Patent number: 9047063
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Chieh Chang, Li-Ping Chen, Tang-Qing Hu, Sheng-Ping Xie
  • Patent number: 9042093
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (Shenzhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Pang, Al-Ling He, Wan-Li Ning
  • Patent number: 9042094
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Sanmina Corporation
    Inventors: David Williams, Kevin Alan Patin, Brian Nichols, Paul Amdahl
  • Patent number: 9030819
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a mounting piece and a drive bracket. A first restricting piece is formed on a top side of the mounting piece. A first sliding member is formed on the first restricting piece. The drive bracket includes a side piece which defines a sliding groove. The sliding groove includes a guiding portion and a restricting portion. The drive bracket includes a handle pivotally mounted thereon. The handle includes a locking portion. The locking portion defines a cutout. The handle is rotated between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the cutout is aligned to the guiding portion to receive the first sliding member in the cutout and the guiding portion. In the second position, the sliding member is restricted in the restricting portion by the locking portion to mount the drive bracket on the top side of the mounting piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Zhongshan Innocloud Intellectual Property Services Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Wei He, Xiu-Quan Hu
  • Patent number: 9030814
    Abstract: A screwless carrying frame for data access devices is fixed to a bottom board and includes a first frame body having an upper structure with an upper vertical plate and an upper transverse plate connected into a step shape. The upper vertical plate has elastic packing elements, and the upper transverse plate has elastic support elements. A second frame body is installed at the bottom board and connected to the first frame body and includes an upper structure with an upper riser plate and an upper horizontal plate connected into a step shape. An upper carrying space is formed between two upper structures of the first and second frame bodies for accommodating the data access device. The elastic packing element is elastically packed at a lateral side of the data access device and the elastic support element is elastically supported at a bottom side of the data access device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: AIC Inc.
    Inventor: Lin-Kuei Tsai
  • Patent number: 9030811
    Abstract: An electronic device chassis includes a base plate for disposing an electronic device circuit thereon, and a cover for the electronic device circuit housing. The base plate includes a bottom portion and a wall portion. The wall portion includes a screw fastening portion including a contact surface that contacts the cover. The cover includes a screw hole for attaching the base plate. The contact surface of the screw fastening portion is higher than an upper surface other than the contact surface of the wall portion. The upper surface portion covers the side of the housing space facing the base plate. The external side surface cover is provided at a peripheral edge of the upper surface cover portion, and extends toward the base plate so as to be longer than a difference between the contact surface of the screw fastening portion and the upper surface of the wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Ikezawa
  • Patent number: 9025326
    Abstract: A server includes a server host including a tray, a main circuit, a left circuit board, a right circuit board, a rear circuit board, several first hard disk drives, several second hard disk drives and several third hard disk drives. The left, right and rear circuit boards are located at the left side, right side and rear side of the main circuit board, respectively, and all electrically connected to the main circuit board. The first hard disk drives are electrically connected to the main circuit board via the left and right circuit boards. The second hard disk drives are located at the left and right side of the rear circuit board. The third hard disk drives are located above the rear circuit board, and the second and third hard disk drives are electrically connected to the main circuit board via the rear circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Ji-Peng Xu
  • Patent number: 8995136
    Abstract: A fiber panel system includes a chassis and at least blades configured to mount to the chassis. Each blade is moveable relative to the chassis between a retracted (closed) position and at least one extended position. Each blade may be locked into one or more positions relative to the chassis using one or more latching arrangements. Each latching arrangement includes two flexible arms. A stop member is disposed at a distal end of each flexible arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Kostecka, Steven J. Brandt
  • Patent number: 8988870
    Abstract: There is disclosed an electronics module (101) for a data storage device enclosure (100) and data storage device enclosures (100). The module comprises an enclosure connector (104) for connecting to the enclosure, at least one bay constructed and arranged to receive a data storage device (200), and a controller (102) arranged to selectively provide access to storage devices to which it is connected. The module (101) has a communications path (107) between the controller and the enclosure connector (104) by which the controller can communicate with storage devices in the enclosure. The module (101) also has a first communications path to the data storage device (200) when received in the bay by which the controller can communicate with that data storage device. The module (101) also has a second communications path to the data storage device (200) when received in the bay by which that data storage device can be accessed from outside the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Goodwin, Christopher Girard
  • Patent number: 8982551
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an electronic module and an electronic module fixing structure that includes a main body, a position-limiting component slideably disposed on the main body along a first direction, at least one positioning component slideably disposed on the main body along a second direction, and at least one first elastic component. The position-limiting component has a position-limiting portion. The first elastic component is connected between the main body and the positioning component. The position-limiting component resists an elastic force of the first elastic component to limit the positioning component to be at a first position. When the electronic module moves into the main body, the electronic module pushes the position-limiting component to drive the position-limiting portion to move away from the positioning component, and the positioning component moves to a second position by the elastic force of the first elastic component to position the electronic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Star-Wh Zhou