Computer storage device adapter
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRonald P. DEAN, Tom J. Searby
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Abstract
An adapter for mounting a device in a computer enclosure is disclosed herein. A computer storage device adapter includes an adapter chassis configured to be installed in at least one drive bay of a computer, and to house a storage device. The adapter further includes a bezel attached to the chassis. The bezel has a color, texture, and relief pattern matching a color, texture, and relief pattern of a portion of a front panel of the computer directly adjacent to the at least one drive bay in which the adapter is to be installed.
Claims20
A computer storage device adapter, comprising:
- an adapter chassis configured to be installed in at least one drive bay of a computer, and to house a storage device;
- a bezel, attached to the front of said chassis, comprising a color, texture, and relief pattern that matches a color, texture and relief pattern of a portion of a front panel of the computer directly adjacent to the at least one drive bay in which the adapter is to be installed.
A computer system comprising:
- a storage device adapter installed in at least one drive bay of an enclosure of the computer system, the storage device adapter configured to house a storage device;
- wherein the storage device adapter is configured to concurrently house a plurality of storage devices not dimensioned for installation in the at least one drive bay.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.