Plate and sliding connection apparatus

Abstract

A plate includes a first sliding connection element, a second sliding connection element and a spacing element. The first sliding connection element includes a first and a second sliding connection portions respectively disposed on different surfaces opposite to each other of the first sliding connection element. The second sliding connection element includes a third and a fourth sliding connection portions disposed on different surfaces opposite to each other of the second sliding connection element. The spacing element connects the first and second sliding connection elements. The plate can be processed into different slide connection apparatuses for slidably engaging data storage devices of different size.

1 . A plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, comprising:
 a first sliding connection element having a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, comprising:
 a first sliding connection portion located on the third surface; and 
 a second sliding connection portion located on the fourth surface, wherein the orthogonal projection of the second sliding connection portion formed on the third surface does not coincide with the first sliding connection portion; 
   a second sliding connection element having a fifth surface and a sixth surface opposite to the fifth surface, comprising:
 a third sliding connection portion located on the fifth surface; and 
 a fourth sliding connection portion located on the sixth surface, wherein the orthogonal projection of the fourth sliding connection portion formed on the fifth surface does not coincide with the third sliding connection portion; and 
   a spacing element connecting the first sliding connection element and the second sliding connection element and having a seventh surface and an eighth surface opposite to the seventh surface, wherein the third surface, the fifth surface and the seventh surface constitute the first surface, the fourth surface, the sixth surface and the eighth surface constitute the second surface, the first sliding connection portion and the third sliding connection portion are arranged along a first axis, the second sliding connection portion and the fourth sliding connection portion are arranged along the first axis, the first sliding connection portion and the third sliding connection portion are symmetrical about a second axis located on the seventh surface, the orthogonal projection of the second sliding connection portion formed on the first surface is symmetrical with the orthogonal projection of the fourth sliding connection portion formed on the first surface about the second axis.   
   
   
       2 . The plate in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the first sliding connection element, the second sliding connection element and the spacing element are integrally formed. 
   
   
       3 . The plate in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the first surface is a plane, and the second surface is a plane. 
   
   
       4 . The plate in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the first sliding connection portion is a sliding track, and the third sliding connection portion is a sliding track. 
   
   
       5 . The plate in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the second sliding connection portion is a sliding track, and the fourth sliding connection portion is a sliding track. 
   
   
       6 . The plate in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the first sliding connection element further comprises a fifth sliding connection portion located on the third surface and on a first edge of the first sliding connection element and a sixth sliding connection portion located on the fourth surface and on a second edge of the first sliding connection element opposite to the first edge, the second sliding connection element further comprises a seventh sliding connection portion located on the fifth surface and on a third edge of the second sliding connection element and an eighth sliding connection portion located on the sixth surface and on a fourth edge of the second sliding connection element opposite to the third edge, the fifth sliding connection portion and the seventh sliding connection portion are arranged along the first axis, the sixth sliding connection portion and the eighth sliding connection portion are arranged along the first axis, the fifth sliding connection portion and the seventh sliding connection portion are symmetrical about the second axis, and the orthogonal projection of the sixth sliding connection portion formed on the first surface is symmetrical with the orthogonal projection of the eighth sliding connection portion formed on the first surface about the second axis. 
   
   
       7 . The plate in accordance with  claim 6 , wherein the fifth sliding connection portion is a sliding track, and the seventh sliding connection portion is a sliding track. 
   
   
       8 . The plate in accordance with  claim 6 , wherein the sixth sliding connection portion is a sliding track, and the eighth sliding connection portion is a sliding track. 
   
   
       9 . A sliding connection apparatus comprising:
 a first sliding connection element having a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, comprising:
 a first sliding connection portion located on the third surface; and 
 a second sliding connection portion located on the fourth surface, wherein the orthogonal projection of the second sliding connection portion formed on the third surface does not coincide with the first sliding connection portion; 
   a second sliding connection element having a fifth surface and a sixth surface opposite to the fifth surface, comprising:
 a third sliding connection portion located on the fifth surface; and 
 a fourth sliding connection portion located on the sixth surface, wherein the orthogonal projection of the fourth sliding connection portion formed on the fifth surface does not coincide with the third sliding connection portion, and the fourth surface is oriented toward the sixth surface; and 
   a spacing element connecting the first sliding connection element and the second sliding connection element, wherein a first angle is formed between the spacing element and the first sliding connection element, a second angle is formed between the spacing element and the second sliding connection element, the first angle is equal to the second angle, the orthogonal projection of the first sliding connection portion formed on the fifth surface coincides with the third sliding connection portion, the orthogonal projection of the second sliding connection portion formed on the sixth surface coincides with the fourth sliding connection portion.   
   
   
       10 . The sliding connection apparatus in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the first sliding connection element, the second sliding connection element and the spacing element are integrally formed. 
   
   
       11 . The sliding connection apparatus in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the first angle is ninety degrees. 
   
   
       12 . The sliding connection apparatus in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the first sliding connection portion is a sliding track, and the third sliding connection portion is a sliding track. 
   
   
       13 . The sliding connection apparatus in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the second sliding connection portion is a sliding track, and the fourth sliding connection portion is a sliding track. 
   
   
       14 . The sliding connection apparatus in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the first sliding connection element further comprises a fifth sliding connection portion located on the third surface and on a first edge of the first sliding connection element and a sixth sliding connection portion located on the fourth surface and on a second edge of the first sliding connection element opposite to the first edge, the second sliding connection element further comprises a seventh sliding connection portion located on the fifth surface and on a third edge of the second sliding connection element and an eighth sliding connection portion located on the sixth surface and on a fourth edge of the second sliding connection element opposite to the third edge, the orthogonal projection of the fifth sliding connection portion formed on the fifth surface coincides with the seventh sliding connection portion, the orthogonal projection of the sixth sliding connection portion formed on the sixth surface coincides with the eighth sliding connection portion. 
   
   
       15 . The sliding connection apparatus in accordance with  claim 14 , wherein the fifth sliding connection portion is a sliding track, and the seventh sliding connection portion is a sliding track. 
   
   
       16 . The sliding connection apparatus in accordance with  claim 14 , wherein the sixth sliding connection portion is a sliding track, and the eighth sliding connection portion is a sliding track.