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US 5,844,747 AGranted
Disk drive carrier with high cooling efficiency
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorGang Wang
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Abstract
A disk drive carrier provides high cooling efficiency to a disk drive. The carrier connects to the disk drive and also to the module holding the carrier so that both the carrier and the module extract heat away from the disk drive and also dissipate the heat into the cooling air generated by a fan. The carrier places highly conductive material between the disk drive and the module, thus converting the carrier and the module into heatsinks for the disk drive, while allowing the carrier to slide freely in and out of the module as desired.
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A disk drive carrier that holds a disk drive inside a disk drive module, comprising:
- (a) a top portion made from heat-conductive material, for covering the disk drive and having at least a first mounting hole therethrough to accommodate a first mounting means for mounting the disk drive to the top portion;
- (b) a first side portion made from said heat-conductive material, attached to the top portion, forming approximately a ninety degree angle therewith, said first side portion having at least a second mounting hole therethrough to accommodate a second mounting means for mounting the disk drive to the first side portion;
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- (c) a first highly conductive interface member positioned between said disk drive and a first side wall of said disk drive module, said first highly conductive interface member conforming to the space between said disk drive and said first side wall of said disk drive module to transfer thermal energy from said disk drive to said disk drive module.
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A disk drive carrier comprising:
- (a) an upper plate made of heat-conductive material;
- (b) a first side plate made of heat-conductive material and a second side plate made of heat-conductive material, said first and second side plates being connected to the upper plate at approximately a ninety-degree angle and being placed in facing relationship with each other, said first and second side plates each comprising at least two adjacent ear pieces, each ear piece having a slot;
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- (c) a first and second substantially U-shaped strip of heat-conductive material, each having a first end and a second end, said first U-shaped strip coupling the at least two adjacent ear pieces of the first side plate by passing at said first and second ends through the slot of the at least two adjacent ear pieces of the first side plate, said second U-shaped strip coupling the at least two adjacent ear pieces of the second side plate by passing at said first and second ends through the slots of the at least two adjacent ear pieces of the second side plate.
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A disk drive carrier comprising:
- (a) an upper heat conductive plate having an expanded surface area;
- (b) a first side heat conductive plate and a second side heat conductive plate, said first and second side heat conductive plates being connected to the upper heat conductive plate at approximately a ninety-degree angle and being placed in facing relationship with each other, said first and second side heat conductive plates each having at least two adjacent ear pieces, each ear piece having at least one mounting hole for mounting the disk drive, and each ear piece having at least one vertical slot;
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- (c) a first and second substantially U-shaped strip of heat-conductive material, each having a first end and a second end, said first U-shaped strip coupling the adjacent ear pieces of the first side heat conductive plate by passing at said first and second ends through the slots of the adjacent ear pieces of the first side heat conductive plate, said second U-shaped strip coupling the adjacent ear pieces of the second side heat conductive plate by passing at said first and second ends through the slots of the adjacent ear pieces of the second side heat conductive plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.