US 12,265,432 B2
Portable solid-state drive module
Hanhong Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jaehong Park, Suwon-si (KR); Yusuf Cinar, Yongin-si (KR); and Seongyun Baek, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/047,126.
Application 18/047,126 is a continuation of application No. 16/909,337, filed on Jun. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,507,148.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0152241 (KR), filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0060271 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/18 (2006.01); F21V 17/10 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC G06F 1/182 (2013.01) [F21V 17/104 (2013.01); F21V 33/0052 (2013.01); H05K 5/026 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable solid-state drive (SSD) module comprising:
a case having an open front surface, an open rear surface and a window;
an SSD arranged in the case;
a fingerprint sensor exposed through the window to recognize a fingerprint of a user for securing the SSD;
a main bracket inserted into the case through the open rear surface to support the fingerprint sensor; and
a front bracket inserted into the case through the open front surface to support connectors configured to connect the SSD with the fingerprint sensor.
 
8. A portable solid-state drive (SSD) module comprising:
a case having an open front surface, an open rear surface and a window;
an SSD arranged in the case;
a light-emitting device (LED) module arranged in the case to indicate an operation of the SSD through the window;
a fingerprint sensor installed adjacent to the LED module and exposed through the window to recognize a fingerprint of a user for securing the SSD;
a main bracket inserted into the case through the open rear surface to support the LED module and the fingerprint sensor; and
a front bracket inserted into the case through the open front surface to support connectors configured to connect the SSD with the LED module and the fingerprint sensor.
 
16. A portable solid-state drive (SSD) module comprising:
a case having an open front surface, an open rear surface, an upper surface having a window and a lower surface;
an SSD arranged on the lower surface of the case;
an LED module including at least one LED and an indicator configured to indicate a light emitted from the LED, the indicator including a diffusing groove configured to receive the LED and to diffuse the light emitted from the LED into the indicator, and the diffusing groove having an angular shape including at least two diffusing surfaces;
a fingerprint sensor installed adjacent to the LED module and exposed through the window to recognize a fingerprint of a user for securing the SSD;
a main bracket including a body portion inserted into the case through the open rear surface and positioned between the case and the SSD, a pair of horizontal supporting portions horizontally extended from both side portions of a front surface of the body portion to support both side surfaces of the LED module, and a vertical supporting portion arranged between the horizontal supporting portions to support a lower surface of the LED module, the vertical supporting portion including at least one rib formed on an upper surface of the vertical supporting portion, and wherein the at least one rib is downwardly inclined from the rear surface to the front surface of the case to slidably make contact with the lower surface of the LED module;
a front bracket inserted into the case through the open front surface to support connectors configured to connect the SSD with the LED module and the fingerprint sensor; and
a thermal pad interposed between the main bracket and the SSD to dissipate a heat from the SSD.