IP Library Granted Patent US 8,286,932
Granted Patent B2
US 8,286,932 · App. 12/780,952 · Granted Oct 16, 2012

Mounting apparatus for storage device

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Patent No.
US 8,286,932
App. No.
12/780,952
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mounting apparatus includes a frame to receive a storage device and a cushion fixed to a rear end of the frame. A number of protrusions extend from an outer side of the cushion away from the frame, to protect the storage device and the frame from vibration.

Claims (8)

1. A mounting apparatus for a storage device, the mounting apparatus comprising:

a frame to receive the storage device; and

a cushion fixed to a rear end of the frame, a plurality of protrusions extending from an outer side of the cushion away from the frame, wherein the frame comprises two opposite side plates, a fixing plate connected between front ends of the side plates, and a stop plate connected between rear ends of the side plates, the cushion is fixed to an outside surface of the stop plate, an opening is defined in the stop plate, to allow a connector of the storage device to be exposed to outside of the frame.

2. The mounting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of protrusions is dome-shaped.

3. A mounting apparatus for a storage device, the storage device comprising a connector at a rear end of the storage device, the mounting apparatus comprising:

a frame to receive the storage device, wherein the connector of the storage device is exposed to outside of a rear end of the frame; and

two cushions fixed to the rear end of the frame respectively adjacent to opposite sides of the connector, a plurality of protrusions extending from an outer side of each of the cushions away from the frame, wherein the frame comprises two opposite side plates, a fixing plate connected between front ends of the side plates, and a stop plate connected between rear ends of the side plates, the storage device is received among the side plates, the fixing plate, and the stop plate, an opening is defined in the stop plate, to allow the connector of the storage device to be exposed to outside of the frame, the cushions are fixed to an outside surface of the stop plate adjacent to opposite sides of the opening.

4. The mounting apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of protrusions is dome-shaped.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 10, 2022
From: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS(TIANJIN)CO.,LTD.
To: FULIAN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059620/0142 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2018
From: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS(TIANJIN)CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 045501/0324 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2010
From: PENG, WEN-TANG; GONG, XIN-HU; XIA, GAO-LIANG
To: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024391/0225 →