Hongfujin Precision Electronics Assigned Patent

Hongfujin Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co. Ltd, Tianjin, China, subsidiary of Foxconn, has been assigned a patent (10,088,876) developed by Li, Han-Yu, New Taipei, Taiwan, Lu, Wen-Hu, Li, Cheng-He, Zhang, Ya-Ni, and Zhang, Gong-Wen, Tianjin, China, for a “mounting apparatus for hard disk drive and electronic device using the same.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A mounting apparatus for mounting a hard disk drive which does not require screws or tools includes bracket and latching unit. The bracket includes a bottom plate and parallel side plates. The several latching units are rotatably connected to a lower side of the side plate, a free end of the latching unit defines a latching portion. The side plate defines a latching slot corresponding to the latching portion, and when the latching unit is rotated to abut the side plate, the latching portion is latched in the latching slot and holds a hard disk drive strongly and stably in an receiving space defined by the bottom plate and the side plates. The electronic device is further disclosed.”

The patent application was filed on May 18, 2017 (15/598,405).