Patent ID: 7400936

Claim:
A mechanism for rapidly installing or detaching a hard disk into or from a frame, comprising: a hard disk; a U-shaped handle having two ends pivotally mounted at two sides of the hard disk, wherein the width of the handle is larger than the width of the hard disk, and the handle includes a latch disposed at a front side distal to the two ends of the handle; and a frame for receiving the hard disk, wherein a gap is formed between the hard disk and the frame for receiving the handle while the hard disk being received in the frame, the frame includes an elastic member formed in the frame adjacent to a front end of the frame, and the elastic member includes a projection formed on a side surface of the elastic member and adapted to engage with the latch; whereby, while the hard disk is received in the frame, the handle is pivoted down into the gap between the hard disk and the frame, and the latch of the handle is then engaged with the projection of the elastic member so as to fasten the hard disk in the frame by the handle.