Patent ID: 6556434
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive mounting structure comprising:a casing, said casing comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall arranged in parallel, said first sidewall and said second sidewall each having a plurality of positioning units arranged at different elevations, each positioning unit of said first sidewall comprising two sliding slots symmetrically disposed at two sides, two through holes respectively spaced above said sliding slots, two first lugs respectively outwardly extended from an outer side of each of said sliding slots, two openings spaced between said sliding slots, two second lugs respectively outwardly extended from one side of each of said openings, two stop flanges respectively outwardly extended from one side of each of said openings, and a hooked plate and a retaining strip and an elongated hole vertically spaced between said openings, each positioning unit of said second sidewall comprising two through holes disposed at two sides and two locating holes respectively disposed adjacent to the through holes; a plurality of carrier plates mounted in said casing at different elevations and respectively connected the positioning units of said first sidewall and said second sidewall of said casing and adapted to hold a respective disk drive in said casing, said carrier plates each comprising two mounting flanges bilaterally disposed at a first lateral side thereof and respectively engaged into the locating holes of one positioning structure of said second sidewall of said casing, the mounting flanges each having a fixed pin adapted for engaging into the through holes of the corresponding positioning structure of said second sidewall of said casing, three flat positioning flanges extended from a second lateral side thereof and adapted for engaging into the sliding slots and elongated hole of one positioning unit of said first sidewall of said casing, and two downward hook plates and two upward hook plates extended from the second lateral side and adapted for hooking in the openings of the corresponding positioning unit of said first sidewall of said casing; a plurality of holding down frames respectively fastened to the positioning units of said first sidewall of said casing and adapted for securing said carrier plates to said casing, said holding down frames each comprising an elongated base, two end lugs respectively perpendicularly extended from two distal ends of said elongated base and respectively riveted to the second lugs of one positioning unit of said first sidewall of said casing by a respective rivet, a first locating flange extended from a bottom side of said elongated base between said end lugs and adapted for hooking the upward hook plates of one of said carrier plates, a stop flange extended from a top side of said elongated base between said end lugs and adapted for stopping against said first sidewall of said casing, and a coupling hole cut through said stop flange and adapted for hooking the retaining strip of the corresponding positioning unit of said first sidewall of said casing; and a plurality of locking handles respectively pivoted to the positioning units of said first sidewall of said casing and adapted to lock said holding down frames and loaded disk drives, said locking handles each comprising a stepped base, a top flange upwardly extended from a top side of said stepped base, two fixed pins extended from said top flange adapted for engaging into the through holes of the corresponding positioning units of said first sidewall of said casing, a finger plate integral with a middle part of said top flange, a protruded retaining portion raised from a top side of said finger plate and adapted for engaging the hooked plate of the corresponding positioning unit of said first sidewall of said casing, two end lugs respectively extended from two distal ends of said stepped base and respectively riveted to the first lugs of one positioning unit of said first sidewall of said casing by a respective rivet, and a pressure strip suspended at a bottom side between the end lugs of the respective locking handle and adapted for moving the downward hook plates of the corresponding carrier plate out of position when the respective locking handle is turned outwards to an unlocking position.