IP Library Granted Patent US 9,468,125
Granted Patent B2
US 9,468,125 · App. 14/525,683 · Granted Oct 11, 2016

Electronic device

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Patent No.
US 9,468,125
App. No.
14/525,683
Granted
Oct 11, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes an enclosure and a first bracket coupling in the enclosure. The enclosure includes two opposite side walls. The first bracket includes a first shell for mounting a number of hard disk drives and a resilient first latching member. The first shell includes two opposite side plates. Two distal ends of the side plates are rotatably coupled to the side walls of the enclosure. The first latching member is mounted to the distal end of one of the side plate. The first latching member includes a positioning portion abutting against an inner surface of the corresponding side wall, to deform the first latching member.

Claims (26)

1. An electronic device comprising:

an enclosure comprising two opposite side walls; and

a first bracket coupled in the enclosure, wherein the first bracket comprises a first shell for mounting a plurality of hard disk drives and a resilient first latching member, the first shell comprises two opposite side plates, two distal ends of the side plates are rotatably coupled to the side walls of the enclosure, the first latching member is mounted to the distal end of one of the side plate, the first latching member comprises a positioning portion abutting against an inner surface of the corresponding side wall, to deform the first latching member;

wherein when the first bracket is rotated away from the enclosure, the positioning portion slidably abuts against the inner surface of the side wall, deforming the first latching member, until the positioning portion is exposed out of the corresponding side wall, the first latching member is restored to bias the positioning portion to latch on a top edge of the corresponding side wall, to position the first bracket, the side walls of the enclosure define two opposite first shaft holes, the distal ends of the side plates of the first bracket define two opposite first rotating holes aligning with the first shaft holes, two shafts extend through the first shaft holes to be inserted into the corresponding first rotating holes, the first latching member further comprises a resilient latching piece, a first end of the latching piece is mounted to the inner surface of the corresponding side plate, the positioning portion protrudes from a second end of the latching piece, the side plate defines a positioning hole adjacent to the corresponding first rotating hole, and the positioning portion of the first latching member extends through the positioning hole to abut against the inner surface of the side wall, to deform the latching piece.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein each shaft is made of damping material.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the side plate mounting the first latching member defines an operation hole adjacent to the positioning hole, the first latching member further comprises an operating portion extending though the operation hole, when the positioning portion is latched on the top edge of the corresponding side wall, the operating portion is pressed away from the side wall, to deform the latching piece, the positioning portion is detached from the top edge of the side wall.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the enclosure further comprises a bottom wall, the side walls extend from the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the side wall cooperatively bound a receiving space, a plurality of hard disk drives is received in the receiving space and mounted on the bottom wall, the first bracket is received in the receiving space and located above the hard disk drives mounting on the bottom wall.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a second bracket received in the enclosure and a plurality of hard disk drives mounted to the second bracket, the second bracket is rotatably coupled between the side walls, and located below the first bracket.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the second bracket comprises a second shell and a resilient second latching member, the second shell comprises two opposite side plates, two distal ends of the side plates of the second shell are rotatably coupled to the side walls of the enclosure, the second latching member is mounted to the distal end of one of the side plates of the second shell, the second latching member comprises a positioning portion abutting against the inner surface of the corresponding side wall, to deform the second latching member, when the first bracket is rotated away from the enclosure, the second bracket is rotated away from the enclosure, until the positioning portion of the second latching member is exposed out of the corresponding side wall, the second latching member is restored to bias the positioning portion to latch on a top edge of the corresponding side wall, to position the second bracket.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the enclosure further comprises an end wall connecting between same ends of the side walls, the side walls define two opposite first shaft holes and two opposite second shaft holes, the first shaft holes are nearer to the top edges of the side walls than the second shaft holes, and the first shaft holes are farther away from the end wall than the second shaft holes, the distal ends of the side plates of the first bracket define two opposite first rotating holes aligning with the first shaft holes, the distal ends of the side plates of the second bracket define two opposite second rotating holes aligning with the second shaft holes, four shafts extend through the first and second shaft holes to be inserted into the corresponding first and second rotating holes.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first bracket further comprises a bottom plate, the side plates extend from two opposite sides of the bottom plate, the hard disk drives are mounted on the bottom plate, the distal ends of the side plates are exposed out of the bottom plate.

9. An electronic device comprising:

an enclosure comprising two opposing side walls; and

a first bracket coupled to the enclosure, the first bracket comprising:

a first shell for mounting a plurality of hard disk drives, the first shell comprises two opposing side plates with distal ends, the distal ends being rotatably coupled to the opposing side walls of the enclosure; and

a first latching member mounted to the distal end of one of the side plates, the first latching member comprising a positioning portion that abuts against an inner surface of the corresponding side wall to deform the first latching member,

the positioning portion slidably abutting against the inner surface of the side wall when the first bracket is rotated within the enclosure, the positioning portion deforming the first latching member until the positioning portion is exposed from the corresponding side wall, the first latching member being restored to a bias position, the positioning portion securing the first bracket by latching to a top edge of the corresponding side wall;

a second bracket received in the enclosure and a plurality of hard disk drives being mounted to the second bracket, the second bracket rotatably coupled between the side walls, and located below the first bracket;

wherein the second bracket comprises a second shell and a resilient second latching member, the second shell comprises two opposite side plates, two distal ends of the side plates of the second shell are rotatably coupled to the side walls of the enclosure, the second latching member is mounted to the distal end of one of the side plates of the second shell, the second latching member comprises a positioning portion abutting against the inner surface of the corresponding side wall, to deform the second latching member, when the first bracket is rotated away from the enclosure, the second bracket is rotated away from the enclosure, until the positioning portion of the second latching member is exposed out of the corresponding side wall, the second latching member is restored to bias the positioning portion to latch on a top edge of the corresponding side wall, to position the second bracket.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the side walls of the enclosure define two opposite first shaft holes, the distal ends of the side plates of the first bracket define two opposite first rotating holes aligning with the first shaft holes, two shafts extend through the first shaft holes to be inserted into the corresponding first rotating holes.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein each shaft is made of damping material.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first latching member further comprises a resilient latching piece, a first end of the latching piece is mounted to the inner surface of the corresponding side plate, the positioning portion protrudes from a second end of the latching piece, the side plate defines a positioning hole adjacent to the corresponding first rotating hole, the positioning portion of the first latching member extends through the positioning hole to abut against the inner surface of the side wall, to deform the latching piece.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the side plate mounting the first latching member defines an operation hole adjacent to the positioning hole, the first latching member further comprises an operating portion extending though the operation hole, when the positioning portion is latched on the top edge of the corresponding side wall, the operating portion is pressed away from the side wall, to deform the latching piece, the positioning portion is detached from the top edge of the side wall.

14. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the enclosure further comprises a bottom wall, the side walls extend from the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the side wall cooperatively bound a receiving space, a plurality of hard disk drives is received in the receiving space and mounted on the bottom wall, the first bracket is received in the receiving space and located above the hard disk drives mounting on the bottom wall.

15. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the enclosure further comprises an end wall connecting between same ends of the side walls, the side walls define two opposite first shaft holes and two opposite second shaft holes, the first shaft holes are nearer to the top edges of the side walls than the second shaft holes, and the first shaft holes are farther away from the end wall than the second shaft holes, the distal ends of the side plates of the first bracket define two opposite first rotating holes aligning with the first shaft holes, the distal ends of the side plates of the second bracket define two opposite second rotating holes aligning with the second shaft holes, four shafts extend through the first and second shaft holes to be inserted into the corresponding first and second rotating holes.

16. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first bracket further comprises a bottom plate, the side plates extend from two opposite sides of the bottom plate, the hard disk drives are mounted on the bottom plate, the distal ends of the side plates are exposed out of the bottom plate.

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 Oct 28, 2014
From: PENG, WEN-TANG; ZHOU, HAI-CHEN
To: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034051/0184 →