System for electromagnetic interference shielding
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsEduardo Escamilla, Bernard D. Strmiska
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Abstract
A drive carrier for retaining a persistent storage drive in an enclosure. The drive carrier includes a mounting bracket, a handle coupled to the mounting bracket, and an electromagnetic interference (“EMI”) shielding apparatus disposed between mounting bracket and at least a portion of the handle. The mounting bracket is shaped to be coupled to the persistent storage drive. The EMI-shielding apparatus includes a plurality of EMI-shielding fingers. Each EMI-shielding finger includes a lower surface, an upper surface that is approximately parallel to the lower surface, and a contoured surface extending between the lower surface and the upper surface.
Claims17
A drive carrier for retaining a persistent storage drive in an enclosure, the drive earner comprising:
- a mounting bracket shaped to be coupled to the persistent storage drive;
- a handle coupled to the mounting bracket;
- and
- an electromagnetic interference (“EMI”)-shielding apparatus disposed between mounting bracket and at least a portion of the handle, the EMI shielding apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of EMI-shielding fingers, each EMI-shielding finger comprising a lower surface, an upper surface approximately parallel to the lower surface, and a contoured surface extending between the lower surface and the upper surface,
- a back plate, and
- at least one arm extending between the back plate and the EMI-shielding finger, wherein each EMI-shielding finger of the plurality of EMI-shielding fingers is coupled to the back plate by the at least one arm extending between the back plate and the EMI-shielding finger.
A computing device comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a plurality of persistent storage drives;
- and
- a plurality of drive carriers, each drive carrier coupled to the enclosure and a persistent storage drive of the plurality of persistent storage drives and comprising:
- a mounting bracket coupled to a persistent storage drive of the plurality of persistent storage drives;
- a handle coupled to the mounting bracket;
- and
- an EMI-shielding apparatus disposed between mounting bracket and at least a portion of the handle, the EMI shielding apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of EMI-shielding fingers, each EMI-shielding finger comprising a lower surface, an upper surface approximately parallel to the lower surface, and a contoured surface extending between the lower surface and the upper surface,
- a back plate, and
- at least one arm extending between the back plate and the EMI-shielding finger, wherein each EMI-shielding finger of the plurality of EMI-shielding fingers is coupled to the back plate by the at least one arm extending between the back plate and the EMI-shielding finger.
A computing system comprising a plurality of computing devices, each computing device comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a plurality of persistent storage drives;
- and
- a plurality of drive carriers, each drive carrier coupled to the enclosure and a persistent storage drive of the plurality of persistent storage drives and comprising:
- a mounting bracket coupled to a persistent storage drive of the plurality of persistent storage drives;
- a handle coupled to the mounting bracket;
- and
- an EMI-shielding apparatus disposed between mounting bracket and at least a portion of the handle, the EMI shielding apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of EMI-shielding fingers, each EMI-shielding finger comprising a lower surface, an upper surface approximately parallel to the lower surface, and a contoured surface extending between the lower surface and the upper surface,
- a back plate, and
- at least one arm extending between the back plate and the EMI-shielding finger, wherein each EMI-shielding finger of the plurality of EMI-shielding fingers is coupled to the back plate by the at least one arm extending between the back plate and the EMI-shielding finger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.