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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2006
Kuo-kuang Liu, Nan-Tou Hsien, TW;
Yu-chen Chu, Taichung Hsien, TW;
Kuo-Kuang Liu, Nan-Tou Hsien, TW;
Yu-Chen Chu, Taichung Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a casing and a latch unit. The latch unit includes first and second latch members, first and second interlocking members, a driving member, and an operating member. The first latch member is provided on a disk drive. The first interlocking member is formed on the first latch member. The second latch member is pivoted to the casing, and is rotatable relative to the casing between latched and unlatched positions. The second interlocking member is formed on the second latch member, and engages releasably the first interlocking member when the disk drive is received in the casing and when the second latch member is disposed at the latched position. The driving member is pivoted to the casing. The operating member is pivoted to the casing, and is operable so as to drive rotation of the second latch member to the unlatched position through the driving member.