Information handling system storage drive carrier
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsEdward D. Geist, Jing-Tang Wu
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Abstract
An information handling system storage bay accepts 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch storage drives held in a storage drive carrier sized to hold 3.5 inch storage drives and having an adapter that couples to the storage drive carrier to adapt it to hold 2.5 inch drives. The storage drive carrier is manufactured as a contiguous piece from a mold with hard plastic to integrate the adapter so that the adapter breaks free to couple to the storage drive carrier when a small size drive is to be held. Snaps in the contiguous piece couple with the adapter after the adapter is broken free to store the adapter when a larger sized drive is held by the storage drive carrier.
Claims20
An information handling system comprising:
- a housing;
- a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions;
- a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the instructions and information;
- a storage bay configured to accept plural storage drive carriers of a first size;
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- a storage drive carrier of the first size having an interior configured to hold a storage drive of the first size, the storage drive carrier integrating an adapter configured to break free as at least three separate pieces and assemble into the interior to adapt the storage drive carrier to hold a storage drive of a second size smaller than the first size.
A method for adapting a storage drive carrier to hold first and second storage drive sizes, the method comprising:
- breaking an adapter free from integration with the storage drive carrier, the adapter having at least three separate pieces, the storage drive carrier configured to fit the first storage drive size on a support base within a boundary defined by opposing walls;
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- coupling the adapter to one of the opposing walls to define a space that fits the second storage drive carrier size.
A storage drive carrier comprising:
- a contiguous plastic piece formed to hold a storage device of a first size in a space defined by a support base and opposing walls, the contiguous plastic piece integrating an adapter having defined break points to separate from the contiguous plastic piece as at least three separate pieces and configured to couple to the contiguous plastic piece to define space to hold a storage device of a second size.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.