Apparatus, system, and method for securing hard drives in a storage chassis
US-2019075668-A1 · Mar 7, 2019 · US
US10874025B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-10874025-B2 |
| Application number | US-201815990867-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | May 29, 2018 |
| Priority date | Dec 25, 2015 |
| Publication date | Dec 22, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 22, 2020 |
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A pull-out aiding device is configured for mounting on an object, in which a corresponding apparatus is mounted. The pull-out aiding device includes a pulling member and a handle member. The pulling member includes a first pivot section and an abutting section for abutting against the corresponding apparatus to move the latter forward. The handle member includes a second pivot section and an operating section. The second pivot section is pivotally connected to the first pivot section, such that the handle member is turnable about the second pivot section relative to the pulling member and brings the latter to move forward.
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A pull-out aiding device being mounted on an object, the object having a first partitioning wall and a second partitioning wall and being configured for mounting a corresponding apparatus therein, the pull-out aiding device comprising: a pulling member being movably coupled with the first partitioning wall and including a first pivot section and an abutting section, the pulling member is provided with a retainer, the abutting section and the retainer are respectively at a bottom end surface and a top end surface of the corresponding apparatus when the corresponding apparatus is mounted in the object; and a handle member including a second pivot section and an operating section; and the second pivot section being pivotally connected to the first pivot section, such that the handle member is turnable about the second pivot section; wherein the pulling member includes a bent section, and the bent section being located adjacent to the first pivot section and being pivotally connected to the second pivot section of the handle member via the first pivot section, the pulling member, the bent section and the first pivot section are one-piece, the bent section is at a free end of the pulling member, the first pivot section is at a free end of the bent section; wherein the pulling member is provided with a first limiting unit and the first partitioning wall is provided with a second limiting unit; and the first and the second limiting unit interfering with each other; wherein the first limiting unit includes at least one flanged boss and the second limiting unit includes at least one quick-release guide rail adapted to associate with the at least one flanged boss of the first limiting unit; wherein the at least one flanged boss has a body portion and a flange portion formed around a free end of the body portion and the at least one quick-release guide rail has a rail portion and a quick-release hole portion communicable with the rail portion; the body portion of the at least one flanged boss being separately movably received in the rail portion; the flange portion of the at least one flanged boss having a diameter larger than a diameter of the body portion and a width of the rail portion; and the diameter of the flange portion being smaller than a diameter of the quick-release hole portion. 2. The pull-out aiding device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a releasable fastening element; and the releasable fastening element being movably connected to the operating section of the handle member and including one or more latches used to engage with the second partitioning wall. 3. The pull-out aiding device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a shock-absorbing member; and the shock-absorbing member being disposed on one side of the handle member facing toward the corresponding apparatus. 4. The pull-out aiding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first pivot section and the second pivot section is pivotally turnably connected to or engaged with each other via a shaft. 5. The pull-out aiding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a distance between two flanged bosses of the at least one flanged boss is larger than a distance between two quick-release hole portions of the at least one quick-release guide rails. 6. The pull-out aiding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the abutting section of the pulling member is provided with a retaining hole and the corresponding apparatus is provided with a projected interfering section corresponding to the retaining hole; and the retaining section being used to engage with the interfering section. 7. A pull-out aiding device being mounted on an object, the object having a first partitioning wall and a second partitioning wall and being configured for mounting a corresponding apparatus therein, the pull-out aiding device comprising: a pulling member being movably coupled with the first partitioning wall and including a first pivot section and an abutting section; and a handle member including a second pivot section and an operating section; and the second pivot section being pivotally connected to the first pivot section, such that the handle member is turnable about the second pivot section; wherein the pulling member includes a bent section, and the bent section being located adjacent to the first pivot section and being pivotally connected to the second pivot section of the handle member via the first pivot section, the pulling member, the bent section and the first pivot section are one-piece, the bent section is at a free end of the pulling member, the first pivot section is at a free end of the bent section; wherein the pulling member is provided with a first limiting unit and the first partitioning wall is provided with a second limiting unit; and the first and the second limiting unit interfering with each other; wherein the first limiting unit includes two flanged bosses and the second limiting unit includes two quick-release guide rails adapted to associate with the two flanged bosses of the first limiting unit; wherein each flanged boss has a body portion and a flange portion formed around a free end of the body portion and each quick-release guide rail has a rail portion and a quick-release hole portion communicable with the rail portion; the body portion of the flanged boss being separately movably received in the rail portion; the flange portion of the flanged boss having a diameter larger than a diameter of the body portion and a width of the rail portion; and the diameter of the flange portion being smaller than a diameter of the quick-release hole portion; wherein a distance between the two flanged bosses is larger than a distance between two quick-release hole portions of the two quick-release guide rails. 8. A pull-out aiding device being mounted on an object, the object having a first partitioning wall and a second partitioning wall and being configured for mounting a corresponding apparatus therein, the pull-out aiding device comprising: a pulling member being movably coupled with the first partitioning wall and including a first pivot section and an abutting section, the pulling member having a bent section, the bent section being located adjacent to the first pivot section; and a handle member including a second pivot section and an operating section; and the second pivot section being pivotally connected to the first pivot section, such that the handle member is turnable about the second pivot section; wherein the pulling member, the bent section and the first pivot section are one-piece, the bent section is at a free end of the pulling member, the first pivot section is at a free end of the bent section; wherein the pulling member is provided with a first limiting unit and the first partitioning wall is provided with a second limiting unit; and the first and the second limiting unit interfering with each other; wherein the first limiting unit includes at least one flanged boss and the second limiting unit includes at least one quick-release guide rail adapted to associate with the at least one flanged boss of the first limiting unit; wherein the at least one flanged boss has a body portion and a flange portion formed around a free end of the body portion and the at least one quick-release guide rail has a rail portion and a quick-release hole portion communicable with the rail portion; the body portion of the at least one flanged boss being separately movably received in the rail portion; the flange portion of the at least one flanged boss having a diameter larger than a diameter of the body portion and a width of the rail portion; and the diameter of the flange portion being smaller than a diameter of the quick-release hole portion; wherein the pulling member is
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