Mounting apparatus for storage device
View Patent ↗A mounting apparatus includes a frame, a resilient grounding piece and a fastener both made of conducting material. The frame includes an end arm, a first fixing arm connected to the end arm, and a second fixing arm pivotably connected to the end arm. Two pins protrude from an inner side of each of the first and second fixing arms, for correspondingly engaging in fixing holes of a storage device. The resilient arm is fixed to an outer side of the second fixing arm and includes a resilient arm bending away from the second fixing arm. The fastener is fixed to an inside surface of the resilient grounding piece and is pressed by the resilient grounding piece to extend through the second fixing arm and insert into the threaded hole of the storage device, to connects the storage device to ground cooperating with the resilient grounding piece.
1. A mounting apparatus for a storage device, the storage device comprising two opposite sidewalls, each of the sidewalls defining two fixing holes, and one of the sidewalls defining a threaded hole, the mounting apparatus comprising:
a frame comprising opposite first and second fixing arms, and an end arm connected between the first and second fixing arms, wherein the second fixing arm is pivotably connected to the end arm, two pins protrude from an inner side of each of the first and second fixing arms, for engaging in the fixing holes of a corresponding sidewall of the storage device, a through hole is defined in the second fixing arm aligning with the threaded hole of the storage device;
a resilient grounding piece made of conducting material fixed to an outer side of the second fixing arm, and comprising a resilient arm bending away from the second fixing arm; and
a fastener made of conducting material fixed to an inside surface of the resilient grounding piece, the fastener comprising an engaging portion, the fastener pressed by the resilient grounding piece to allow the engaging portion to extend through the through hole of the second fixing arm and insert into the threaded hole of the storage device, a circumference of the engaging portion adequately contacting a threaded portion of the threaded hole of the storage device.
2. The mounting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the frame is made of plastic material.
3. The mounting apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the resilient grounding piece further comprises a main body, the main body is fixed to the outer side of the second fixing arm, the fastener is fixed to an inside surface of the main body, the resilient arm extends outwardly from an edge of the main body.
4. The mounting apparatus of claim 3 , wherein a bore is defined in the main body, the fastener is fixed to the main body adjacent to the bore, a mounting hole is defined in the second fixing arm adjacent to the through hole, a fixing device extends through the bore of the main body of the resilient grounding piece and engages in the mounting hole of the second fixing arm, to fix the resilient grounding piece to the second fixing arm.
5. The mounting apparatus of claim 3 , wherein a slot is defined in the main body along the extending direction of the resilient arm, with an end of the slot extending through the edge of the main body adjacent to the resilient arm.
6. The mounting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of washers are fixed to the inner sides of the first and second fixing arms, adjacent to the pins and the through hole of the first and second fixing arms respectively.
7. A mounting apparatus for a storage device, the storage device comprising two opposite sidewalls, each of the sidewalls defining two fixing holes, and one of the sidewalls defining a threaded hole, the mounting apparatus comprising:
a frame comprising opposite first and second fixing arms, and an end arm connected between the first and second fixing arms, wherein the second fixing arm is pivotably connected to the end arm, two pins protrude from an inner side of each of the first and second fixing arms, for engaging in the fixing holes of a corresponding sidewall of the storage device, a through hole is defined in one of the first and second fixing arms aligning with the threaded hole of the storage device;
a resilient grounding piece made of conducting material, and comprising a main body fixed to an outer side of the second fixing arm, and a resilient arm bending away from said one of the first and second fixing arms; and
a fastener made of conducting material fixed to an inside surface of the main body of the resilient grounding piece, the fastener comprising an engaging portion, the fastener pressed by the resilient grounding piece to allow the engaging portion to extend through the through hole of said one of the first and second fixing arms and insert into the threaded hole of the storage device, a circumference of the engaging portion adequately contacting a threaded portion of the threaded hole of the storage device.
8. The mounting apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the frame is made of plastic material.
9. The mounting apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a bore is defined in the main body, the fastener is fixed to the inside surface of the main body adjacent to the bore, a mounting hole is defined in said one of the first and second fixing arms adjacent to the through hole, a fixing device extends through the bore of the main body of the resilient grounding piece and engages in the mounting hole of said one of the first and second fixing arms, to fix the resilient grounding piece to said one of the first and second fixing arms.
10. The mounting apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a slot is defined in the main body along the extending direction of the resilient arm, with an end of the slot extending through an edge of the main body adjacent to the resilient arm.
11. The mounting apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a plurality of washers are fixed to the inner sides of the first and second fixing arms, adjacent to the pins and the through hole of the first and second fixing arms respectively.