Slidable Patents (Class 361/679.39)
  • Patent number: 8218308
    Abstract: A fastening mechanism includes a main body passing through an opening on a casing rotatably, and a fastening part connected to the main body. A slot is formed on the fastening part for fastening a board of an interface card when the main body rotates to a fastening position relative to the casing. The fastening mechanism further includes a fixing part connected to the main body for engaging with the casing when the main body rotates to the fastening position relative to the casing so as to fix the fastening part and the interface card, and an elastic cantilever connected to the fixing part for providing elastic force to the fixing part so as to engage the fixing part with the casing and for driving the fixing part so as to release engagement between the fixing part and the casing when being pressed downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Fu-Jen Yang
  • Patent number: 8218310
    Abstract: A shockproof assembly, preventing a flat storage device from shock damage, includes a housing, a bracket, and at least one first buffer. The housing has a bottom plate and a top plate coupled to each other correspondingly and covering the flat storage device. The bracket has a plurality of side blades extended along an extending direction, and the bracket is coupled the side wall of the flat storage device. A first buffer store space is defined among the side blades and the bottom plate of the housing. The first buffer is disposed in the first buffer store space and has a preset height for keeping a preset interval between the bottom face of the flat storage device and the bottom plate. Shock is absorbed by the first buffer during being transmitted to the flat storage device via the housing when the shockproof assembly is shaken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Getac Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Po-Yi Ou
  • Patent number: 8218315
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus for fixing a storage device to a chassis defining an opening includes two opposite fixing arms for supporting the storage device, a main body connecting the fixing arms, a latching member pivotably received in the main body, and an operating member slidably coupled to the main body. When the mounting apparatus is received in the chassis through the opening, and the operating member is pushed to drive the latching member to rotate, the latching portion protrudes outwardly from the main body and engages with an inside surface adjoining the opening of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hung-Chun Lu
  • Publication number: 20120155012
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus for mounting a data storage device, includes a drive bracket and a slider mounted on the data storage device. The drive bracket includes a side piece in which a sliding groove is located. The sliding groove includes a first end and a second end. The second end is adjacent to an edge of the side piece. The first end is located on the side piece. A guiding surface is located at the first end. The guiding surface inclines from an inner surface of the side piece to an outer surface of the side piece. The slider slides in the sliding groove from the second end to the first end. The slider abuts the guiding surface. The guiding surface retains the slider at the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XUE-JIAO GUO, TAI-BAO WU, SHU-QIU WANG, LI-FU XU
  • Patent number: 8199483
    Abstract: A retention assembly for securing a optical disc drive (ODD) to a main frame of an electronic device includes a bracket and a connector. The bracket is fixed to the ODD. One of the main frame and the bracket defines a guide groove, and the other includes a slide rail movably received in the guide groove. The connector is fixed to the main frame and adjacent to the guide groove or the slide rail. The ODD is aligned to electrically connect to the connector by the at least one guide groove or the at least one slide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Ji, Jun-Jie Zheng, Wen-Hsiang Hung, Yan Zhong
  • Patent number: 8191842
    Abstract: A fixing module and a case having the fixing module are provided. The case includes a plate having at least one first mounting hole, and a fixing module. The fixing module is used to fix an electronic device to the plate. The electronic device has at least one second mounting hole corresponding to the first mounting hole. The fixing module includes a base, a sliding member, and at least one resilient element. The base is mounted to the plate. The sliding member is movably disposed on the base. The resilient element located between the base and sliding member includes at least one pressing portion and at least one locking pin located on the pressing portion. When the sliding member is in a locking position, the sliding member presses the pressing portion such that the locking pin passes through the first mounting hole and inserts into the second mounting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Wen-Cheng Tsai
  • Publication number: 20120134101
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis, first and second rails, first and second sliding elements and a hard disc module. The chassis has two side plates and a front end. The first and second rails configured in the chassis are parallel to the side plates. The first and second sliding elements are slidably configured on the first and second rails respectively. The hard disc module includes a hard disc frame and hard discs pluggably configured therein. The hard disc frame has a back end and first and second sides parallel to the side plates. The second side has hard disc plugging openings. The first and second sliding elements respectively connect the first side and the back end. The hard disc frame is located between the first and second rails. The hard disc module is suitable for being pulled out from the chassis when the first and second sliding elements slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120134100
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis, a rail module and an electronic module. The rail module includes a rail, first and second sliding elements. The rail disposed in the chassis has a locking slot. The first sliding element slidably disposed on the rail has an elastic piece. The elastic piece has a locking hook facing the rail. The second sliding element slidably disposed on the first sliding element and fixed to the electronic module is suitable of sliding along a path relatively to the first sliding element. The locking hook leaning against the rail is located on the path. The locking hook is suitable of being pushed by the second sliding element to be buckled to the locking slot and moves away from the path. Then, the second sliding element crosses the elastic piece for sliding along the first sliding element, and the electronic module moves out from the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yang Zhang
  • Patent number: 8189327
    Abstract: An electronic device and a retreating apparatus are disclosed. The retreating apparatus comprises at least one moving element, at least one first elastic element, an operating element, and at least one linking element. When the electronic device connects to an external device via connecting interfaces, the retreating apparatus disposed in the electronic device is capable of detaching the external device successfully from the electronic device by different working types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Hsing-Min Chang
  • Publication number: 20120113583
    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: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Promise Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Tzu Peng, Char T. Vijay, Hsiang-Chien Liu, Chuan-Yi Yeh, Chia-Wei Fan
  • Patent number: 8170632
    Abstract: An electronic device and an operation method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a fixing element, a first main body and a second main body. The fixing element has a first arc-shaped groove, which passes through the fixing element. The second main body has a second arc-shaped groove and a first straight groove, wherein the second arc-shaped groove and the first straight groove are interconnected. The first main body has a first protrusion which passes through the first arc-shaped groove and lodges in the first straight groove. While the first protrusion is slid for a first predetermined distance from one end of the first straight groove, the first arc-shaped groove and the second arc-shaped groove are overlapped, so that the first protrusion is slid along the first arc-shaped groove which overlaps the second arc-shaped groove for driving the first main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corp.
    Inventor: Sheng-Chia Hsu
  • Patent number: 8159817
    Abstract: A hard disk device includes a hard disk having two opposite first sides, a second side interconnecting the first sides, and two corner portions defined by the first and second sides, and a slide rail mechanism including two first plates to be disposed slidably in a housing, and a second plate. Each first plate has a first section connected to the second plate, and a second section connected to the first section. The first section is spaced apart from the respective first side and is provided with a first support element for abutting against the corresponding corner portion. The second section abuts against the corresponding first side and is provided with positioning pins for engaging positioning holes in the corresponding first side. The second plate is spaced apart from the second side and is provided with second support elements for abutting against the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Jiun Lin, Kuan-Hsun Lu, Ta-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 8154862
    Abstract: An open external hard drive enclosure has a body, a hard drive port, at least one computer port, a power input port and a control circuit. The control circuit is electrically connected with the hard drive port, the at least one computer port and the power input port. An open chamber is formed in the body, has an inner bottom, two opposite inner long sidewalls and an inner short sidewall, and matches a size of a hard drive. The hard drive port is formed on and extends toward the open chamber. A lever is pivotally mounted on the inner short sidewall and being adjacent to the hard drive port to push out, disengage and conveniently replace a hard drive received in the open chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Inventor: Ping-Hung Lai
  • Patent number: 8152062
    Abstract: A system made up of a portable information terminal mountable on a shopping cart for providing product and advertising information while the cart is moved inside a store and an external memory device connectable to the portable information terminal, the external memory device including a memory housing, a non-volatile memory storing data in the memory housing, and a first electrical connector projecting from the housing for allowing a processor to access the stored data; the portable terminal including a terminal housing including a display, a processor in the terminal housing for causing the display to display product information and advertisements, and a second electrical connector inside the housing complementary to the first electrical connector for connecting an external memory device to the processor, the terminal housing including a passage providing access to the second electrical connector from outside the terminal housing and at least one door recessed in the passage shiftable from a first position
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Mercatus Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: R. Sylvain Perrier, Jeremy List, Mark Edey
  • Patent number: 8139352
    Abstract: A medium drive unit includes a frame having an operating section, on a rear surface of which facing the main body side of the frame is provided a projection projecting toward the button, and which, upon receiving a depression operation from an outer surface side facing the outside, is biased toward the main body side and pushes the button with the leading end of the projection, a frame main body which surrounds the operating section so as to be separated from the operating section by an opening which extends surrounding the operating section, and passes through the front and rear surfaces of the frame, and an elastic support piece which extends through the opening along an edge of the operating section adjacent to the opening, of which one end is connected to the frame main body and the other end to the operating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yasufumi Yamamoto, Kaigo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8130490
    Abstract: A detachable hard drive with an electromagnetic switch comprises a tray, a fastening unit and an electromagnetic switch. The electromagnetic switch is powered on when the hard drive is in operation, and sequentially the fastening unit is electrically controlled by the electromagnetic switch to automatically fasten with the housing body of an electronic product. On the contrary, the electromagnetic switch is powered off when the hard drive stops the operation so as to the hard drive can be released from the electronic product. Thus, the invention relating to the detachable hard drive with an electromagnetic switch is to ensure the hard drive can be securely released from the electronic product when the electromagnetic switch is powered off for preventing the data erased and the firmware damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Shun-Quan Jiang, Tzu-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20120051720
    Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus such as a broadcast data receiver which can selectively receive a data storage item therewith to allow the passage of data therebetween and/or storage of data thereon. The invention provides the apparatus with a recess into which the storage item can be placed and connected and a securing member which can be moved into position to secure and retain the data storage item in location with the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: PACE PLC
    Inventors: Dominique Viel, Jerome Barreau, Jean Louis Finot
  • Patent number: 8107233
    Abstract: A method and system to support simultaneous unlatching from a rack of two or more adjacently mounted and vertically aligned hardware components. One interface bracket is secured to one vertical rail of the rack, and a second interface bracket is secured to a second vertical rail of the rack on an opposite side of the rack. A set of latches are provided in communication with each interface bracket, with the number of latches corresponding to the number of hardware components in communication with the interface bracket. Actuation of one of the latches releases fastening of at least one hardware components from the rack, and accommodates removal of the release component from the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roland K. Alo, Richard M. Barina, Norman Bruce Desrosiers, Daniel P. Kelaher, James S. Womble
  • Publication number: 20120020007
    Abstract: There is disclosed a carrier (50) for a disk drive (100) for inserting a disk drive into a bay (22) of a storage enclosure (10), a storage enclosure and methods relating to the same. The carrier (50) comprises a housing for housing a said disk drive, and a latch member (61) slidably attached to the housing. The latch member has at least one latch part (64) for engaging with a corresponding engagement part of a said bay to latch the carrier (50) into position when the latch member (61) is slid in a latch direction to a latch position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Graham COLLINS
  • Patent number: 8089759
    Abstract: A fastener for mounting an electronic device in a computer includes a cap, a sleeve, a spring, and a mounting post. The cap is mounted to the sleeve. The sleeve defines a receiving aperture and a passage hole therein. The mounting post includes a torsion portion and a wedge portion at opposite ends thereof. The wedge portion is provided with an angled surface. A blocking ring is formed between the torsion portion and the wedge portion. The torsion portion extends into the cap. The spring is disposed around the torsion portion. The spring and the blocking ring are received in the receiving aperture of the sleeve, and the wedge portion extends out of the sleeve from the passage hole. The torsion portion rotates commensurately when the cap is rotated to adjust an orientation of the angled surface of the wedge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zheng-Heng Sun
  • Patent number: 8089752
    Abstract: A hard disk drive holder fixes hard disk drives in electronic equipment, and includes at least one handling assembly and a bracket for receiving the handling assemblies. Each of the handling assemblies is fixed to one of the hard disk drives to push or pull the hard disk drive into or out from the bracket for replacement or repair, and includes a handle and a pair of handle seats. The handle includes a holding portion and two extending portions including a convex block. Each of the handle seats includes a housing cavity and a spring clip. The spring clip includes a first stopper portion, a second stopper portion and a hook portion. The convex block is movable between the first stopper portion and the second stopper portion to limit movement range of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignees: Ambit Microsystems (Shanghai) Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cai-Wen Xu, Chih-Kai Chang
  • Patent number: 8085530
    Abstract: A mounting mechanism for attaching a data storage device to a chassis includes a housing, first and second driving members, a latching member, first, second, and third elastic members. The housing defines first, second and third sliding paths therein. The first and third sliding paths extend along a first direction of the housing for receiving the first driving member and the latching member. The second sliding path extends along a second direction of the housing substantially perpendicular to the first direction for receiving the second driving member. The first driving member forms an inclined guiding surface at an end thereof outside the housing. When the guiding surface is pressed down, the driving member moves inward, driving the second driving to move and disengage from the latching member, and the latching member moves along the first direction by an elastic force of the third elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guang-Yi Zhang, Xiao-Zheng Li
  • Patent number: 8081447
    Abstract: A notebook PC includes a main body, a cover rotatably mounted to the main body, a projector detachably received in the cover and electrically connected to the cover, a holding mechanism received in the cover, and a driving mechanism received in the cover. The holding mechanism releasably holds the projector in place when the projector is received in the cover, and the driving mechanism drives the projector out of the cover when the projector is released by the holding mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventor: Tzu-Cheng Yu
  • Patent number: 8073508
    Abstract: A slide module includes a base, at least one rail receiving part is formed; a slider includes at least one rail part slidably and facing the base; and a friction reducing unit formed on at least one of the base and the slider to reduce friction generated when the slider is slidably moved over the base. The sliding operation can be more smoothly and silently performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byung-Duck Park, Keum-Chul Kim, Hun Heo
  • Patent number: 8064973
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a first housing section, electronic circuitry, and a second housing section. The first housing section forms a front face and a first side of the apparatus. The electronic circuitry is mounted in the first housing section. The second housing section is movably connected to the first housing section. The second housing section is configured to be movable between a first position and a second position. The second housing section partially houses components from the first housing section when the second housing section is in the first position. The second housing section forms a majority of a back face of the apparatus when the second housing section is in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Seppo Vesamäki, Timo Herranen
  • Patent number: 8060164
    Abstract: An input device that inputs information by a slide operation depending on an operation body contains a housing including an operation surface, a detection unit that is provided in the housing and detects a slide position inputted by a slide operation depending on the operation body, and an operation unit that covers at least a portion of the detection unit and is slide-operated along the operation surface of the housing. The operation unit has a convex shape which becomes thicker along the sliding direction from one portion of the operation surface of the housing and also which becomes thinner toward the other portion of the operation surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Kouichiro Takashima, Seiji Muramatsu, Tsutomu Takahashi, Shun Kayama, Yukiko Shimizu, Takashi Sawada, Satoshi Kushima, Yuuji Arataki, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Kazuhiko Takeda
  • Patent number: 8059395
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus for attaching a data storage device to a chassis includes a latching member, first and second elastic members and a button. The latching member defines a through hole therein and forms a latching pin at a first end thereof. The button includes an abutting portion and a pressing portion extending up from the abutting portion. When the mounting apparatus is mounted to the chassis, the button is placed on a bottom side of the latching member, the latching member is movably mounted to the chassis, the first elastic member is compressed between the second end of the latching member and a baffle formed on the chassis, the second elastic member is compressed between the button and the chassis, the pressing portion of the button extends through the through hole and extending out of a top surface of the latching member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guang-Yi Zhang, Xiao-Zheng Li, De-Yi Shi
  • Patent number: 8054632
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of modular information handling systems, a chassis configured to house the plurality of modular information handling systems, a chassis support structure coupled to the chassis, and a modular system support structure coupled to a particular modular information handling system. The modular system support structure is configured to interact with the chassis support structure to support the particular modular information handling system in the chassis in a suspended manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Laurent A. Regimbal, Brandon J. Brocklesby, Karl I. Hamand
  • Patent number: 8054636
    Abstract: A mounting structure is used for mounting a first data storage device or a second data storage device. A first guiding tab is formed on a side surface of the second data storage device. A second guiding tab is formed on a side surface of the second data storage device. A height of the first guiding tab from a bottom surface of the first data storage device is different than a height of the second guiding tab from a bottom surface of the second data storage device. The mounting structure includes a bracket and a sliding member. The bracket includes a side wall. A flange is formed on an edge of the side wall. A first guiding slot is defined in the side wall and extends to the flange to define a first guiding entry. A second guiding slot is defined in the side wall and extends to the flange to define a second guiding entry. The sliding member is slidably attached to the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Lu Fan, Hung-Chieh Chang, Li-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 8054621
    Abstract: A hardware fastening structure for fastening hardware for computer includes a housing, a bracket, and a fixed frame. The housing includes a bottom plate. The bracket includes a first side-board. A first bolt is extended outward from and substantially perpendicular to the first side-board. The fixed frame includes a bottom board is positioned onto the bottom plate of the housing, and a back board substantially perpendicular to and adjacent to the bottom board. The back board defines a cambered guiding slot. The cambered guiding slot includes an arced sliding portion and a locating portion communicating with the sliding portion. The locating portion is above the sliding portion. The first bolt is inserted through the sliding portion, and is capable of sliding along the sliding portion until the first bolt is locked in locating portion to lift the bracket relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Ming Chang
  • Publication number: 20110249393
    Abstract: A computer bezel includes a main body, a door secured to the main body, a pushing member slidably secured to the main body, and a driving member rotatably secured to the main body. The main body defines a through opening. The door is rotated between a closed position, where the door covers the through opening, and an open position, where the door is rotated away from the main body to expose the through opening. The pushing member is slid between a first position, where the pushing member is disengaged from the driving member, and a second position, where the pushing member rotates the driving member. When the driving member is slid from the first position to the second position, the driving member is capable of sliding a tray of a disk drive out of the disk drive, and the door will rotate from the closed position to the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: QING-HUI MI, HSUAN-TSUNG CHEN, GUANG-YAO LEE, GANG LIU
  • Publication number: 20110235268
    Abstract: A retention assembly for securing a optical disc drive (ODD) to a main frame of an electronic device includes a bracket and a connector. The bracket is fixed to the ODD. One of the main frame and the bracket defines a guide groove, and the other includes a slide rail movably received in the guide groove. The connector is fixed to the main frame and adjacent to the guide groove or the slide rail. The ODD is aligned to electrically connect to the connector by the at least one guide groove or the at least one slide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XIN JI, JUN-JIE ZHENG, WEN-HSIANG HUNG, YAN ZHONG
  • Publication number: 20110235267
    Abstract: A retention assembly for securing a hard disk to a frame of an electronic device, the retention assembly includes a bracket and a connector. The bracket is fixed to the hard disk. One of the frame and the bracket defining a guide groove, the other one forming a slide rail slidably received in the guide groove. The connector fixed to the frame and adjacent to the guide groove or the slide rail. The hard disk is electrically connected or disconnected to the connector by sliding the bracket along the guide groove or the slide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JUN-JIE ZHENG, YAN ZHONG, XIN JI, WEN-HSIANG HUNG
  • Patent number: 8024019
    Abstract: A portable information terminal has a first casing with operating buttons primarily mounted thereupon, and a second casing with primarily an output screen exposed. A sliding supporting member and casing turning supporting member are provided which realize a state wherein the first casing and second casing are overlapped, a state of mutually sliding, and a state wherein the first casing and second casing are turned to do away with any mutually overlapped portions. The sliding supporting members are positioned on both sides of the first casing and the casing turning supporting member is positioned on the central portion of the first casing. Thus, a sliding-type portable information terminal is provided with an expanded operating face and output face by doing away with any overlapped portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Hidekazu Miyaoka
  • Patent number: 8009416
    Abstract: A retaining apparatus for a data storage device includes a tray, a gasket and a fastener. The tray defines a receiving space for receiving the data storage device. The tray includes a front wall and a side wall. A tongue is located on the side wall. The gasket is attached to the tongue. The gasket is capable of absorbing shock from the tray to the data storage device. The fastener is inserted through the gasket and the tongue into the receiving space to retain the data storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sheng Kang
  • Patent number: 8000089
    Abstract: A modularized device includes a seat body, a first assembly unit, a cover, and a second assembly unit. The first assembly unit is fixed within the seat body and includes a first engaging portion. The cover removably covers the seat body. The second assembly unit is mounted on a bottom surface of the cover and is movable relative to the cover. The second assembly unit includes a second engaging portion having a shape complementary to that of the first engaging portion. The second assembly unit is movable relative to the cover to compensate an amount of deviation caused by tolerances so that the second engaging portion is adjustable to correspondingly engage the first engaging portion when the cover is secured to the seat body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Aopen Inc
    Inventor: Chun Chang
  • Patent number: 7995336
    Abstract: A rear board of a blade server, a blade server and a subrack are provided. The blade server includes a front board and a back board, the rear board includes a standard ATCA interface, and the rear board is connected to the front board by the standard ATCA interface. The blade server also includes a connector configured to connect hard disks which is set on the rear board, and a portion of the rear board on which the connector is set is extended outward so as to accommodate at least two hard disks, and the at least two hard disks are connected to the connector. The blade server increases the ability of the heat dissipation ability of the front board, and the rear board supports data backup between the two hard disks and hot plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yinzhong Tang, Zhenyu Zhuang, Jie He, Jianjun Zhou
  • Patent number: 7974093
    Abstract: An open frame chassis has a top opening and a bottom opening permitting ambient air flow there through. A plurality of modules, each enclosing electrical components which are in thermal contact with a heat sink area of their corresponding module, and each of which can be inserted to an inserted position in the open frame chassis. When the modules are inserted into the open frame chassis, ambient air may flow from the bottom opening of the chassis across the heat sink area of each module to the top opening in order to passively cool the modules and the electrical components enclosed therein. The heat sink area has fins which are separated by a distance of 9 mm to 12 mm and have a height 10 mm to 20 mm. Key pins are associated with the electrical connectors of the chassis to guide the modules into place and prevent incorrect insertion of a different type of electrical module not corresponding to the electrical connection of the chassis for that slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Ruggedcom Inc.
    Inventors: Guang Zeng, Roger Moore, Phil Levy, Yuri Luskind
  • Patent number: 7969724
    Abstract: A data storage assembly includes a bracket, a data storage device, a driving member and a locking member. The bracket includes a sidewall. The data storage device is moveably received in the bracket along a first direction parallel to the sidewall. The driving member is moveable along the first direction and includes a driving portion. The locking member includes a resisting portion corresponding to the driving portion of the driving member. The driving portion is capable of urging the resisting portion to move the locking member along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The storage device is secured in the bracket in a locking position along a first direction by the locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Lung Chen, Rui-Peng Shen
  • Patent number: 7965502
    Abstract: A storage device includes an enclosure, a plurality of drive connectors within the enclosure to which media drives are connected, a cooling fan in the enclosure, a backboard positioned to divide an interior space of the enclosure in an anteroposterior direction, and a plurality of temperature-dependent devices disposed behind the backboard. Air is taken in via an enclosure front face from outside the enclosure due to the cooling fan's rotation, flows through the interior space of the enclosure, and passes through the backboard. The backboard has all or some of the drive connectors on a front face thereof, arranged in a matrix configuration having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. The plurality of drive connectors includes two first drive connectors, each first drive connector connected to a user-detachable media drive and located in a same column of the matrix configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Miyamoto, Chikazu Yokoi
  • Patent number: 7948759
    Abstract: An installation assembly for installing a number of hard disk drives includes a bracket and a number of holders. Each holder is used for holding a hard disk drive. Each holder is slidably mounted to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhen-Xing Ye
  • Publication number: 20110103001
    Abstract: A mounting mechanism for a plurality of hard disk drives is provided. The mounting mechanism includes a chassis, a cage slidably received in the chassis, and two latch members pivotably attached to opposite side plates of cage. Each of the latch members includes a hook. When the latch members are pivoted to locking positions, the hooks of the latch members engage with the chassis to prevent the cage from sliding out of the chassis. When the locking members are pivoted to unlocking positions, the hooks of the latch members disengage from the chassis, therefore, the cage can be withdrawn from the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: XIAO-ZHU CHEN
  • Publication number: 20110090639
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a chassis, a bracket, a handle, and a sliding component. The bracket is attachable to the chassis and configured to receive a disk drive. The securing component is secured to the bracket. The handle is secured to the securing component, and a latch portion extends from the handle. The handle is rotatable relative to the securing component between an open position where the latch portion is out of the securing component, and a close position where the latch portion is in the securing component. The sliding component is secured to the bracket, and slidable on the securing component between a first position, where the latch portion is engageable with the latch portion, and a second position, where the latch portion is prevented from disengaging from the sliding component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ZHAN-YANG LI
  • Patent number: 7929289
    Abstract: An assembly structure includes a first body, a second body and a third body. The second body detachably disposed on the first body includes a first positioning portion and a first acting portion. The third body coupled between the first and second bodies includes a second positioning portion and a second acting portion. When the third body is switched to a first predetermined position, the second positioning portion of the third body is pressed against the first positioning portion of the second body along a reference direction, thereby positioning the second body at a first reference position. When the third body is switched from the first predetermined position to a second predetermined position, the second acting portion of the second body is pressed against the first acting portion of the second body, thereby moving the second body from the first reference position to a second reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Chen Tseng
  • Patent number: 7921516
    Abstract: A hinge assembly has two tracks, a main bracket, at least one connecting bracket, at least one sliding hinge and at least one tilting hinge. The main bracket is mounted slidably between the tracks. The connecting bracket is mounted securely on the main bracket. The sliding hinge corresponds to and selectively holds the connecting bracket. The tilting hinge is connecting to the main bracket. With the related movement between the connecting bracket and the sliding hinge, the connecting bracket is selectively held or moved. Therefore, a moving bracket of a frame for an electronic device being attached to the tilting hinge is selectively pushed and held in a body of the frame or received in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Shin Zu Shing Precision Electron (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Kuang Chuan
  • Patent number: 7916465
    Abstract: A hard disk fixing rack, which is used to emplace and fix the hard disks used in a computer, is composed of a seat which is fixed in an interior of a computer casing, a rack body, and a plurality of elastic gliding members which are installed on the hard disk. An interior of the rack body is formed with a plurality or rails, such that after the hard disk is gliding on the aforementioned rails, it can be fixed into locking slots at tail ends of the rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Lian Li Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Deng-Hsi Chen
  • Patent number: 7911777
    Abstract: A computer drive cage (10) includes a pair of side support panels (14) that are separated by a space (38) to accommodate receipt of one or more computer drives (86). At least one of these support panels (14) includes a computer drive installation slot (46). One or more contacts (62) are aligned with and disposed outside of this slot (46) in a direction that is at least generally away from the computer drive space (38) between the side support panels (14). Each contact (62) for may be integrally-formed with its corresponding side support panel (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventors: Cheng-Yuan Fan, De-Sen Chin
  • Patent number: 7907981
    Abstract: Disclosed is a slide type mobile communication terminal. The terminal comprises an upper main body having a display section and a first function key pad section; a lower main body connected to the upper main body to be slidable upward and downward relative to the upper main body and having an input key pad section and a second function key pad section on lower and upper parts of the lower main body; and a slide engagement member having a slide rail provided to one of the upper and lower main bodies and extending over about a whole length of an upstream and downstream direction of the main body and a slide protrusion located at a middle point of an upstream and downstream direction of the other main body and inserted into the slide rail, and connecting the upper and lower main bodies to be slidable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Inventor: Nam Young Baek
  • Publication number: 20110051356
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a loading assembly and a hook assembly. The loading assembly is for receiving a peripheral device having two projections protruding from opposite sidewalls of the peripheral device. The loading assembly includes two opposite loading members, and each of the loading members defines a sliding slot. The projections can slide along the sliding slots. The hook assembly cooperates with the projections to fix the peripheral device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XIN YANG, WEI WU
  • Patent number: 7889492
    Abstract: A vibration dampening structure for a disk drive includes a bracket for receiving the disk drive and an elastic peg for dampening vibration of the disk drive. The bracket includes a pair of side panels for receiving the disk drive therebetween. An elastic clamp is formed on each side panel. A hole is defined in the clamp. The elastic peg includes a flexible head portion abutting the disk drive, and a handle portion extending into the hole. The head portion is configured for buffering the disk drive in an inner side of the bracket. The handle portion is capable of being pulled to move the head portion and the clamp away from the disk drive for disengaging the elastic peg from the disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Lung Chen, Pei-Bin Luo, Bao Shen