Patent ID: 6327151
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: G06F,G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking device for locking a disk drive module inside a computer housing, the computer housing confining an open-ended receiving space that extends in a first direction and that receives slidably and removably the disk drive module therein, the computer housing having a bottom wall and an upright side wall that extends upwardly from the bottom wall and along the first direction and that borders the receiving space, the side wall being formed with a latch hold for the receiving space, the disk drive module having a casing that forms a latch groove, the latch groove being registered with the latch hole when the disk drive module is fully extended into the receiving space, said locking device comprising:a latch member having a locking end portion and a connecting end portion opposite to said locking portion, said latch member being disposed on top of the bottom wall of the computer housing and being movable in a second direction transverse to the first direction between a locking position, where said locking end portion of said latch member extends through the latch hole and into the latch groove for locking the disk drive module onto the computer housing and for preventing removal of the disk drive module from the receiving space, and a releasing position, where said locking end portion of said latch member is extracted from the latch groove for unlocking the disk drive module from the computer housing and for permitting the removal of the disk drive module from the receiving space;a resilient metal wire strip having opposite arm portions and an intermediate portion connected to said connecting end portion of said latch member; anda positioning unit provided on the bottom wall of the computer housing and abutting against said arm portions of the wire strip so as to enable said wire strip to bias said latch member to the locking position wherein,said connecting end portion of said latch member is formed with an engaging groove for fitting engagement with said intermediate portion of said wire strip.