Patent ID: 6388875
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A retaining device adapted to be mounted to a data storage device for supporting and retaining the data storage device in an enclosure having opposite side walls, the retaining device comprising an elongate body having a first face and an opposite face, two sets of pins extending from the first face, each set comprising at least one pin defining a slit diametrically extending therethrough to give the pin with resiliency, thereby facilitating interferential engagement of the pin with a corresponding hole defined in the data storage device, the body comprising a tapering inner end for facilitating insertion of the retaining device into a channel defined in the corresponding side wall of the enclosure so that the retaining device can be easily slidably inserted and received into the enclosure with the second face thereof confronting the side wall, the body further comprising releasable locking means opposing the tapering inner end of the body for engaging with counterpart means formed in the enclosure to retain the data storage device in the enclosure.