Patent ID: 6392879
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive mounting device adapted to mount a disk drive in a housing of a portable computer through a slot in the housing, comprising:an open lower case adapted to be mounted securely in the housing through the slot and having a first base plate, said first base plate having a first front end adjacent to the slot, and a notch extending rearwardly from said first front end between two opposite sides of said first base plate; an open upper case inserted slidably and removably in said lower case and adapted to carry the disk drive, said upper case having a second base plate which is disposed on said first base plate and which has a second front end and a trench part that extends rearwardly from said second front end and that projects downwardly from said second base plate between two opposite sides of said second base plate, said trench part being received slidably in said notch when said upper case is inserted in said lower case, said trench part having a bottom wall disposed below said second base plate, two opposite trench side walls which project upwardly and respectively from two opposite sides of said bottom wall, and two opposite slits that are formed respectively in said opposite trench side walls and that extend in a direction parallel to a line extending rearwardly from said first front end; and a pulling member mounted slidebaly on said trench part, said pulling member being movable relative to said upper case between a first position in which said pulling member is pushed rearwardly and inwardly of the slot in the housing and a second position in which said pulling member is drawn frontwardly and outwardly of the slot in the housing, said pulling member having an enlarged head portion that extends into and that is guided by said slits so as to engage said trench side walls when said pulling member reaches said first and second positions.