Patent ID: 6359778
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A removable-type hard disk drive bi-directional ingress and egress structure consisting of a handle situated at a front end of a hard disk drive, a rotating shaft disposed at one end of said handle, a tabular projection extending from periphery of said rotating shaft, a catch hook and a through-hole formed in said tabular projection, a connecting rod fastened via said through-hole to another rotating shaft at an opposite side of a drive housing, and said rotating shaft has disposed a catch hook; when said handle is pressed into closure or pulled opened, said connecting rod revolves said rotating shafts which cause said catch hooks of said rotating shafts to protrude from or recede into said drive housing, thereby triggering engagement to or release from replacement frame check holes and enabling efficient and flexible hard disk drive ingress and egress into or from said replacement