Patent ID: 8717753
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latching device for latching a storage device module into a storage chassis, the storage chassis confining an open-ended receiving space that extends in a first direction and that receives slidably and removably the storage device module therein, the storage chassis having a wall comprising a latch hole that borders the receiving space, the latching device comprising: a latch member having a latching end portion and a spring end portion opposite the latching end portion, the latch member slidingly disposed within a front bezel of the storage device module and being movable in a second direction transverse to the first direction between a latching position, and a releasing position, wherein the latching end portion of the latch member in the latching position extends into the latch hole for locking the storage device module into the storage chassis, wherein the latching end portion of the latch member in the releasing position is extracted from the latch hole thereby permitting the removal of the storage device module from the receiving space; and a latch spring for providing spring force in the second direction and disposed within the front bezel between a bearing surface of the front bezel and the spring end portion of the latch member, wherein the latch spring is in increased compression when the latch member transitions from the latching position to the releasing position, wherein the spring member is in decreased compression when the latch member transitions from the releasing position to the latching position.