Disk Drive Mounting Frame With Pivotal Plate
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional disk drive mounting frames are inconvenient due to the need for precise angular alignment of disk drives and are typically large in size, making installation cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
A mounting frame design featuring a frame body with pivotally connected plates and pillars, allowing for easy alignment and secure mounting of disk drives through a pivotable fourth plate and engagement protrusion, reducing the overall size by forming an accommodation space with connected openings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a typical frame with multiple plates is used to accommodate disk drives, then the frame can provide structural support and accommodation space, but the disk drive must be placed at a specific angle for hole alignment, which reduces ease of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The fourth plate is pivotally connected to the second plate, allowing it to rotate between an opened position (for easy insertion of disk drive) and a closed position (for secure mounting). This dynamic structure eliminates the need for precise angular alignment during installation, as the pivotal movement accommodates the disk drive at any angle during the insertion process.
2Ease of operation
If a typical frame with multiple plates is used to accommodate disk drives, then the frame can provide structural support, but the frame becomes large in size, which increases the volume of the mounting frame
Solution Approach 1:
The fourth plate's pivotal connection allows the accommodation space to be formed in a more compact configuration. When the fourth plate is in the closed position, it brings the mounting pillars into proper alignment while maintaining a smaller overall frame volume compared to traditional multi-plate designs that require larger spacing for fixed alignment.
3Ease of operation
If the fourth plate is pivotally connected to the second plate, then the mounting frame size is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but the structural complexity of the frame body increases
Solution Approach 1:
The frame body is divided into multiple plates (first, second, third, and fourth plates) with the fourth plate being pivotally connected. This segmentation allows the fourth plate to independently perform the function of providing mounting support while enabling pivotal movement, thereby reducing the need for complex internal mechanisms within each individual plate.
Data Source
AI summary
A mounting frame configured to install disk drive to cage and including frame body, engagement protrusion, fourth plate, first mounting pillar, and second mounting pillar. Frame body includes first to third plates. Engagement protrusion protrudes from third plate. Fourth plate is pivotally connected to a side of the second plate located away from first plate. Fourth plate includes latch hole. Engagement protrusion is removably inserted into latch hole. First to fourth plates together form accommodation space and two openings connected thereto. Accommodation space is configured to accommodate disk drive. First mounting pillar is fixed on first plate and located between first and fourth plates. First mounting pillar is inserted in first mounting hole of disk drive. Second mounting pillar is fixed on fourth plate and located between first and fourth plates. Second mounting pillar is inserted in second mounting hole of disk drive.