Mounting apparatus for data storage device
View Patent ↗A mounting apparatus is provided to hold a number of data storage devices each including opposite sidewalls. The mounting apparatus includes a bracket, a number of fasteners, and a number of fixing members. The fasteners are fixed to the sidewalls of each data storage device, respectively, and each fastener includes a head portion abutting the corresponding sidewall. Each fixing member includes a main body fixed to the bracket, a number of cushioning boards fixed to the main body, and a number of guiding rails fixed each fixed to a corresponding one of the plurality of cushioning boards. Each guiding rail defines a sliding groove. When the data storage devices are moved along two adjacent fixing members, the head portions are slid in the corresponding sliding grooves.
1. A mounting apparatus for a plurality of data storage devices each including opposite sidewalls, the mounting apparatus comprising:
a bracket;
a plurality of fasteners fixed to the sidewalls of each data storage device, each fastener comprising a head portion abutting the corresponding sidewalls; and
a plurality of fixing members each comprising a main body fixed to the bracket, a plurality of cushioning boards fixed to the main body, and a plurality of guiding rails each fixed to a corresponding one of the plurality of cushioning boards; each guiding rail defining a sliding groove, wherein the main body comprises two opposite sides, each side defines a plurality of parallel fixing grooves, the cushioning boards are resiliently received in the fixing grooves, respectively, each cushioning board is generally U-shaped, and a receiving groove is defined in the cushioning board, for fixing the corresponding guiding rail;
wherein each of the plurality of data storage devices is held between two adjacent fixing members, when the data storage device is moved along the fixing members, the head portions are slid in the corresponding sliding grooves.
2. The mounting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each cushioning board is made of rubber, plastic, or other vibration-absorptive material.
3. The mounting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each guiding rail faces a corresponding guiding rail mounted on an adjacent fixing member, and the sliding grooves of the two guiding rails are aligned coplanarly, and a width of each sliding groove is little greater than a diameter of each head portion.
4. The mounting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the main body has a generally multiple connected “S” shaped cross-section.
5. The mounting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each cushioning board defines a plurality of clamping holes communicating with the corresponding receiving groove, a plurality of latching portions extend from each guiding rail, to engage in the clamping holes, respectively.
6. The mounting apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the latching portions are wedge-shaped, and opposite to the sliding groove.
7. The mounting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bracket comprises a bottom plate for perpendicularly fixing the main body, two side plates extending from opposite sides of the bottom plate.
8. The mounting apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising a circuit board to be electrically connected to the plurality of data storage devices, wherein the circuit board perpendicularly extends from the bottom plate, and connected to the side plates.