Device carriers
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsAnil Koyad Choyikkunnil, Shankar Gopalakrishna, Saju Cheeran Verghese Francis, Kiran Padmakumari Devapalan
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Abstract
Carriers may be adapted, or configured, to allow devices received thereby to move towards and away from an interface end region. When devices are positioned proximate the interface end region of the carriers, interfaces of the devices may be presented by the carriers for operable coupling to an enclosure. When devices are positioned away from the interface end region of the carriers, interface adapters may be coupled to the interfaces of the devices, which may present a different interface for operable coupling to an enclosure.
Claims20
A carrier comprising:
- a first side rail and a second side rail spaced apart from the first side rail to receive a device therebetween, the first and second side rails extending from a forward end region to an interface end region;
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- a first movable portion movably coupled to the first side rail and a second movable portion movably coupled to the second side rail, the first and second movable portions couplable to the device to allow the device to move towards or away from the interface end region.
A system comprising:
- a carrier to receive a device and extending from a forward end region to an interface region, the interface region comprising one or more interface adapter supports to receive an interface adapter;
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- a plurality of different interface adapters to adapt a device interface of the device to an adapter interface different than the device interface, each of the interface adapters positionable between the device and the interface region to allow operable coupling of the adapter interface to a corresponding interface of an enclosure that receives the carrier.
Apparatus comprising:
- a first side rail and a second side rail spaced apart from the first side rail to toollessly receive a device therebetween, the first and second side rails extending from a forward end region to an interface end region, the first and second side rails allowing the device to move between at least a device interface position and an adapter interface position, when in the device interface position, the device interface is positioned proximate the interface region to allow operable coupling of the device interface to a corresponding interface of an enclosure that receives the carrier, when in the adapter interface position, the device interface is positioned apart from the interface region to allow an interface adapter to be positioned between the device and the interface region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.