Hard Disk Fixing Bracket With Elastic Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional hard disk fixing methods in server environments require manual disassembly and assembly, limiting quick and easy maintenance and hindering high-density storage layouts due to space constraints and the need for manual handling.
Innovation Solution
A device comprising L-shaped sheet metal fixing brackets and an elastic support member with shock-absorbing rubber sheets, allowing for symmetrical arrangement and easy installation of multiple hard disks, with a sheet metal handle for deformation and positioning, enabling quick assembly and disassembly while maintaining reliable fixing and shock absorption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If hard disk trays or brackets are used to fix hard disks, then reliable fixing is achieved, but case space is occupied and high-density storage layout is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing structure is divided into multiple fixing brackets that can be independently arranged, allowing flexible configuration within the case. Each bracket is a separate component that can be positioned to optimize space utilization while maintaining fixing reliability for individual hard disks.
Solution Approach 2:
The fixing brackets are designed with L-shaped configurations that utilize both horizontal and vertical dimensions within the case. This three-dimensional arrangement allows hard disks to be mounted in space-efficient orientations, maximizing the use of available case volume without requiring additional horizontal space.
2Stability of the object's composition
If manual disassembly and assembly is required for hard disk maintenance, then fixing stability is maintained, but maintenance time and labor increase
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic support member provides a dynamic fixing mechanism that allows for quick release and reattachment of hard disks. The elastic properties enable the bracket to automatically adjust and maintain stable fixing without requiring complex manual disassembly procedures, reducing maintenance time while preserving fixing stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic support member is designed to automatically maintain fixing pressure and adjust to hard disk positioning without manual intervention. This self-adjusting mechanism ensures stable fixing while enabling rapid maintenance operations, as the system itself facilitates the locking and releasing actions without requiring extensive manual manipulation.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple hard disks are arranged in high-density layout, then storage capacity increases, but disassembly and assembly operations become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
Each hard disk is equipped with its own dedicated fixing bracket and elastic support member, creating modular fixing units. This segmentation allows individual hard disks to be accessed, removed, or installed independently without affecting adjacent drives, simplifying maintenance operations even in high-density configurations where multiple disks are mounted in close proximity.
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic support members provide consistent, automatically adjusting fixing pressure across all mounting positions. This dynamic adaptation ensures that regardless of the number or arrangement of hard disks in the high-density layout, each disk experiences uniform and reliable fixing without requiring complex adjustment procedures during assembly or disassembly.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device facilitates efficient, space-saving high-density storage by allowing quick and reliable installation of multiple hard disks, providing shock absorption and reducing manual labor, while being suitable for large-scale production and cost-effective.
Implementation Method 1
the elastic support member is arranged between two adjacent fixing brackets... The hard disk is placed between the elastic support member and a corresponding fixing bracket
Implementation Method 2
shock absorbing rubber sheets are bonded to the fixing brackets, the auxiliary brackets and the elastic-piece brackets
Data Source
AI summary
A device for fixing a hard disk is provided, which is arranged in a case and can install multiple hard disks at one time. The device for fixing a hard disk includes fixing brackets and an elastic support member. The elastic support member is arranged between two adjacent fixing brackets. The number of the fixing bracket is even, and the fixing brackets are arranged in symmetry. The hard disk is placed between the elastic support member and one single fixing bracket, which can quickly and conveniently realize the fixing and installation of the hard disk, save a lot of space, and can be arranged in array in the case. The device has high reliability and good shock absorption effects. When the space of the case is limited, the demand of high-density storage configuration can also be achieved.