Computer storage device retention mechanism
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRonald P. DEAN, Tom J. Searby
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Abstract
An mechanism for retaining devices in a computer system is disclosed herein. A computer storage device enclosure includes an chassis configured to house a computer storage device. The chassis includes a storage device retention mechanism. The storage device retention mechanism includes a flexible retention member disposed along and connected to an outer side wall of the chassis. The flexible retention member is configured to retain a rear corner of the storage device installed in the chassis by contacting a side, rear and upper surface of the storage device at the rear corner.
Claims20
A computer storage device enclosure, comprising:
- a chassis configured to house a computer storage device, the chassis comprising storage device retention mechanism including:
- a flexible retention member disposed along and connected to an outer side wall of the chassis, and configured to retain a rear corner of the storage device installed in the chassis by contacting a side, rear and upper surface of the device at the rear corner.
A computer system, comprising:
- a storage device enclosure disposed in a drive cage of the enclosure of the computer system, the storage device enclosure configured to house a storage device;
- wherein the storage device enclosure comprises a flexible retention member disposed along an outer side wall of the storage device enclosure and configured to retain a rear corner of a first storage device installed in the storage device enclosure;
- wherein the flexible retention member is configured to wrap around the rear corner of the first storage device.
A method, comprising:
- positioning a computer storage device between bottom, side and top retention members disposed at a front surface of a computer storage device enclosure;
- moving the device between the retention members toward the front of the storage device enclosure;
- displacing a set of flexible retention members disposed at the rear of the storage device enclosure as the device passed between the retention members;
- and
- retaining a rear corner of the device in the storage device enclosure by contact of the rear, side and top surfaces of the device corners with the flexible retention members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.