Abstract:
A mounting apparatus for fixing a data storage device to a bottom plate includes a receiving frame for receiving the data storage device having a number of hooks extending from a bottom of the receiving frame, a supporting member configured to be fixed to the bottom plate and support the receiving frame, a sliding member slidably coupled to the supporting member and defining a number of through holes for the hooks extending through and having a number of latching tabs extending down from inside walls of the sliding member bounding the through holes, and an elastic member capable of restoring the sliding member. Wherein the hooks urge against the latching tabs to slide the sliding member to deform the elastic member, when the hooks slide over the latching tabs, the elastic member elastically recovers making the hooks hook the latching tabs.

Description:
FIELD 
       [0001]    The subject matter herein generally relates to a mounting apparatus and an electronic device. 
       BACKGROUND 
       [0002]    Data storage devices, such as hard disk drives (HDDs), are generally mounted in a server with a number of screws. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0003]    Implementations of the present technology will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the attached figures. 
           [0004]      FIG. 1  is an exploded, isometric view of an embodiment of an electronic device. 
           [0005]      FIG. 2  is an exploded, isometric view of a receiving frame and a sliding member of the electronic device of  FIG. 1 . 
           [0006]      FIG. 3  is an assembled, isometric view of  FIG. 1 , wherein a mounting apparatus is locked. 
           [0007]      FIG. 4  is a cross sectional view of  FIG. 3  taken along line IV-IV. 
           [0008]      FIG. 5  is similar to  FIG. 4 , wherein the mounting apparatus is unlocked. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0009]    It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures, and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to better illustrate details and features. The description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein. 
         [0010]    Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented. 
         [0011]    The term “coupled” is defined as connected, whether directly or indirectly through intervening components, and is not necessarily limited to physical connections. The connection can be such that the objects are permanently connected or releasably connected. The term “inside” indicates that at least a portion of a region is partially contained within a boundary formed by the object. The term “comprising” means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in a so-described combination, group, series and the like. 
         [0012]    The present disclosure is described in relation to an electronic device. 
         [0013]      FIG. 1  illustrates an embodiment of an electronic device. The electronic device includes a mounting apparatus, a data storage device  10 , and a chassis  2 . The chassis  2  comprises a bottom plate  3 . The mounting apparatus comprises an elastic receiving frame  20 , a supporting member  30 , a sliding member  40 , a fixing bracket  50 , a releasing member  60 , and two elastic members  70 . Three engaging holes  12  are defined in each of opposite sides of the data storage device  10 . In at least one embodiment, the two elastic members  70  are coil springs. The data storage device  10  is a hard disk drive (HDD). 
         [0014]      FIG. 2  further illustrates the receiving frame  20  and the sliding member  40 . The receiving frame  20  comprises a base plate  21  and two side plates  23  perpendicularly extending up from opposite sides of the base plate  21 . Four hooks  212  extend down from the base plate  21 . Each hook  212  comprises an extending portion  2122  extending down from base plate  21  and a hooking portion  2124  extending sidewards from an end of the extending portion  2122  away from the base plate  21 . Each hooking portion  2124  comprises a bevel  2126  against the base plate  21 . Three engaging posts  232  extend from each side plate  23 , facing the other side plate  23 . 
         [0015]    The supporting member  30  comprises two supporting brackets  31 . Each supporting bracket  31  comprises a side wall  32 . A top wall  34  and a bottom wall  36  extend from opposite sides of the side wall  32 . The top wall  34  is parallel to the bottom wall  36 . Two through holes  341  are defined near a front end  345  and a rear end of the top wall  34 . Two through holes  342  are defined in the top wall  34  between the two through holes  341 . Two elastic tabs  344  extend up from the top wall  34 , located between the two through holes  342 . A positioning tab  346  extends down from the top wall  34 , near the front end  345 . 
         [0016]    The sliding member  40  comprises a base plate  42  and two flanges  44  extending down from opposite sides of the base plate  42 . The base plate  42  comprises a front end  43  and a rear end  45 . Two elongate grooves  422  are defined near the front end  43  and the rear end  45 . Two through holes  424  are defined between the two grooves  422 . A positioning hole  428  is defined between the two grooves  422 . Two fixing tabs  426  extend down from the front end  43 , near the two flanges  44 . A driving portion  427  extends down from the rear end  45 . A latching tab  4242  extends down from an inside wall of the base plate  42  bounding each through hole  424 , near the front end  43 . 
         [0017]    The fixing bracket  50  comprises a main body  52  and two pivoting portions  54  extending from opposite sides of the main body  52 . Each pivoting portion  54  defines a pivoting hole  542  facing the other pivoting portion  54 . 
         [0018]    The releasing member  60  comprises a shaft  62 , an operating portion  64 , and a pushing plate  66 . The operating portion  64  extends up from a first side of a circumference of the shaft  62 . The pushing plate  66  extends down from a second side of the circumference of the shaft  62  and is coupled to the operating portion  64 . The shaft  62  axially defines a through hole  622 . A pushing post  662  extends from an end of the pushing plate  66  away from the shaft  62 . 
         [0019]      FIGS. 3 and 4  illustrate the mounting apparatus and the data storage device  10 . In assembly of the mounting apparatus, the two supporting brackets  31  are symmetrically placed. The front end  43  of the base plate  42  is slid to the front ends  345  of the two top walls  34 . The base plate  42  abuts against the two top walls  34 . The two flanges  44  abut against the two side walls  32 . The positioning tabs  346  of the two top walls  34  extend through the positioning holes  428  of the base plate  42 . The through holes  341  of the two top walls  34  are aligned with the grooves  422  of the base plate  42 . The through holes  342  of the two top walls  34  are aligned with the through holes  424  of the base plate  42 . Four fixing posts  80  extend through the grooves  422  and the through holes  341  and are riveted and coupled to the two top walls  34 . Thus, the sliding member  40  is slidably coupled to the two supporting brackets  31  and the two elastic members  70  are arranged between the two fixing tabs  426  and the two positioning tabs  346 . The bottom walls  36  of the two supporting brackets  31  are attached to the bottom plate  3 , attaching the supporting member  30  to the chassis  10 . The shaft  62  is placed between the two pivoting portions  54 , to align the through hole  622  with the two pivoting holes  542 . A pin  90  extends through the through hole  622 , with opposite ends of the pin  90  pivotably engaging with the two pivoting holes  542 , to pivotably couple the releasing member  60  to the fixing bracket  50 . The fixing bracket  50  is mounted to the bottom plate  3 , near the rear end  45  of the base plate  42 . 
         [0020]    In assembly of the mounting apparatus and the data storage device  10 , each side plate  23  is pulled against the other side plate  23  to place the data storage device  10  on the base plate  21 . The two side plates  23  are released to engage the engaging posts  232  in the engaging holes  12  and abut against the opposite sides of the data storage device  10  to fix the data storage device  10  in the receiving frame  20 . The receiving frame  20  with the data storage device  10  is arranged over the two supporting brackets  31  and moves down to make the bevels  2126  of the hooks  212  extend through the through holes  342  and slidably urge against the latching tabs  4242  of the base plate  42  moving the sliding member  40  away from the releasing member  60 . The two elastic members  70  are elastically deformed. When the bevels  2126  are slid over the latching tabs  4242 , the two elastic members  70  elastically recover to restore the sliding member  40 . The latching tabs  4242  are hooked by the hooking portions  2124  of the hooks  212  and abut against the extending portions  2122  of the hooks  212 . The base plate  21  compresses the elastic tabs  344  of the two top walls  34  to elastically deform the elastic tabs  344 . 
         [0021]      FIG. 5  illustrates in disassembly of the data storage device  10 , the operating portion  64  of the releasing member  60  is rotated away from the sliding member  40  rotating the pushing plate  66  of the releasing member  60  toward the sliding member  40 . 
         [0022]    The pushing post  662  of the pushing plate  66  urges the driving portion  427  of the sliding member  40  to slide the sliding member  40  away from the fixing bracket  50 . The latching tabs  4242  disengage from the hooks  212  to release the receiving frame  20 . The elastic tabs  344  elastically recover to urge the base plate  21  to lift up the receiving frame  20  with the data storage device  10 . The receiving frame  20  with the data storage device  10  is taken out, and then, the data storage device  10  is taken out of the receiving frame  20 . 
         [0023]    The embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Many details are often found in the art such as the other features of a mounting apparatus and an electronic device. Therefore, many such details are neither shown nor described. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the details, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure, up to and including the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims. It will therefore be appreciated that the embodiments described above may be modified within the scope of the claims.