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US 2012/0236490 A1Published application
Keyed media drive rails
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorXiaoSong Xia
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Abstract
A media drive tray can include a front plate; a first rail extending from and perpendicular to the front plate where the first rail includes features for securing the first rail to a media drive and a first rail height; and a second rail extending from and perpendicular to the front plate, parallel to the first rail, where the second rail includes features for securing the second rail to a media drive and a second rail height that differs from the first rail height. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
Claims20
A media drive tray comprising:
- a front plate;
- a first rail extending from and perpendicular to the front plate wherein the first rail comprises features for securing the first rail to a media drive and a first rail height;
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- a second rail extending from and perpendicular to the front plate, parallel to the first rail, wherein the second rail comprises features for securing the second rail to a media drive and a second rail height that differs from the first rail height.
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A method comprising:
- providing, in a media drive bay, a media drive secured between a first rail that comprises a first rail height and a second rail that comprises a second rail height that exceeds the first rail height wherein the first rail and the second rail extend from a front plate;
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- transmitting a status signal through a light guide of the second rail wherein the status signal indicates a status of the media drive.
An assembly comprising:
- a processor that executes an operating system;
- a media drive tray that comprises a first rail having a first rail height and a second rail having a second rail height that exceeds the first rail height;
- a media drive that is accessible by the processor and secured between the first rail and the second rail wherein the media drive comprises a connector for power and a connector for communication of information;
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- a media drive bay that comprises a first side slot configured for receipt of the first rail of the media drive tray and a second side slot configured for receipt of the second rail of the media drive tray to orient the connector for power and the connector for communication of the media drive secured by the media drive tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.