Patent ID: 8976520
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A removable hard disk drive holder comprising: a bracket including a front panel and two side plates, the side plates extending from opposite edges of the front panel substantially perpendicular thereto, the front panel including a front panel pivot portion, the front panel formed with a front panel window portion, and the front panel including two sliding rails arranged at opposite sides of the front panel window portion, a sliding latch including two latch clamps slidably gripping the sliding rails respectively, the sliding latch formed with a latch window portion and a latch fastening portion, and the latch fastening portion including two latch jaws and a tab receiving recess formed between the two latch jaws; and a handle including a handle fastening portion and a handle pivot portion, the handle pivot portion arranged on one edge of the handle and pivotally connected to the front panel pivot portion, and the handle fastening portion being a substantially T-shaped tab protruding from the handle toward the latch window portion, the handle fastening portion including a neck portion and a shoulder portion arranged at the free end of the tab, wherein a width of the neck portion spanning from a side of the neck portion configured to engage one of the latch jaws to another side of the neck portion configured to engage the other latch jaw is substantially equal to a distance between the latch jaws, and a distance between the shoulder portion of the handle fastening portion and the handle is substantially equal to the thickness of the latch jaws of the latch fastening portion; wherein when the handle pivots about the front panel pivot portion to contact the sliding latch, the neck portion of the handle fastening portion is aligned to the tab receiving recess of the latch fastening portion, and when the tab receiving recess slides toward the neck portion, the latch jaws of the latch fastening portion grip the neck portion of the handle fastening portion, and the shoulder portion of the handle fastening portion in conjunction with the handle grips the latch jaws of the latch fastening portion.