Computer with an improved disk drive eject button actuation assembly
AssigneeDell USA, L.P.
InventorsTimothy Radloff, Ken Haven
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Abstract
A computer in which a disk drive is mounted in the computer chassis. An actuation assembly is provided for actuating the disk drive and includes an arm that engages and actuates the eject button of the disk drive upon movement of the actuation assembly and the arm in a first direction. A button is provided in the cover for the chassis which, when manually pressed, engages the actuation assembly causing movement of the actuation assembly and the arm in the first direction to actuate the eject button. The arm is configured to engage and actuate eject buttons having different sizes and/or at different locations.
Claims20
A computer comprising a chassis, a processor disposed in the chassis, a memory device disposed in the chassis, a disk drive unit disposed in the chassis and having an eject button, a first actuation member disposed in the chassis, moveable relative to the disk drive, and having an arm extending therefrom and moveable therewith, the arm adapted to engage and actuate the eject button upon movement of the first actuation member in a first direction, a cover extending over the chassis, and a second actuation member supported by the cover and engaging the first actuation member so that manual movement of the second actuation member in the first direction causes corresponding movement of the first actuation member and the arm in the first direction and actuation of the eject button.
An assembly for actuating a disk drive unit having an eject button, the assembly comprising a slidable member moveable relative to the disk drive and an arm extending from the slidable member and moveable therewith, the arm adapted to engage and actuate the eject button upon movement of the sidable member in a first direction, the arm having a base portion and a leg portion extending at a right angle to the base portion, so that the base portion and the leg portion can respectively engage eject buttons at different locations relative to the slidable member.
The assembly of claim 11 wherein the arm is connected to the slidable member and can be replaced with an arm having a base portion and/or a leg portion of a different length to accommodate another disk drive having an eject button that is located in a different position than that of the first-mentioned eject button and/or protrudes a different distance from the drive unit than the first-mentioned eject button.
An assembly for actuating a disk drive unit having an eject button, the assembly comprising a sidable member moveable relative to the disk drive and an arm extending from the slidable member and moveable therewith, the arm adapted to engage and actuate the eject button upon movement of the sidable member in a first direction, the arm having a base portion and a leg portion extending at a right angle to the base portion, so that the base portion and the leg portion can respectively engage eject buttons that protrude different distances from the drive unit.
An assembly for actuating a disk drive unit having an eject button, the assembly comprising a slidable member moveable relative to the disk drive and an arm detachably connected to, and extending from, the slidable member and moveable therewith, the arm having a length corresponding to the portion of the eject button relative to the slidable member so that it engages and actuates the eject button upon movement of the slidable member in a first direction, where the arm can be replaced with another arm having a base portion and/or a leg portion of a different length to accommodate another disk drive having an eject button that is located in a different position than that of the first-mentioned eject button and/or protrudes a different distance from the drive unit than the first-mentioned eject button.
A method of actuating a disk in a computer chassis, comprising the steps of providing an actuation assembly in the chassis including an arm that engages and actuates the eject button of the disk drive upon movement of the actuation assembly and the arm in a first direction, placing a cover over the chassis having a button which, when manually pressed, engages the actuation assembly causing movement of the actuation assembly and the arm in the first direction to actuate the eject button.
An assembly for actuating a disk drive having a eject button disposed in a chassis, the assembly comprising an actuation member disposed in the chassis and moveable relative to the disk drive, and an arm extending from the actuation member and moveable therewith, the arm adapted to engage and actuate the eject button of the disk drive upon movement of the actuation member in a first direction, the actuation member being located in the chassis so that engagement of a button disposed in a cover extending over the chassis causes corresponding movement of the first actuation member and the arm in the first direction and actuation of the eject button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.