Patent ID: 8351197

Claim:
A holding device for holding a hard disk drive, the hard disk drive comprising a first end and a second end, the holding device comprising: two elastic members, one elastic member being configured for encasing the first end, and the other elastic member being configured for encasing the second end; and two frame members, each frame member comprising: a base portion comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first sidewall; a second sidewall, the first and second sidewalls extending from two opposite ends of the base portion, the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the first surface cooperatively defining a groove, the groove receiving a corresponding one of the two elastic members and two pairs of clamping portions, the clamping portions in each pair of clamping portions extending out from the first sidewall and the second sidewall and configured for engaging with a corresponding pair of clamping portions of another frame member; wherein each pair of clamping portions comprises a clamping arm and an engaging arm, the two clamping arms of the two pairs of clamping portions extend from the first sidewall and the second sidewall respectively, the two engaging arms of the two pairs of clamping portions also extend from the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the clamping arm and the engaging arm in each pair of clamping portions are aligned with each other, each engaging arm comprises a pair of ribs, the ribs extend up from two long sides of the engaging arm.