Electronic apparatus
AssigneesJohn Knott, Terence Ivan Mason
InventorJohn Knott
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Abstract
Data recording apparatus including the plurality of removable hard disk drives (3) for recording data thereon, at least two said drives (3) being located on a removable carrier (2) which facilitates the insertion and removal thereof from the apparatus, a zero insertion force connector (4, 6) which provides electrical connections between the drives (3) on the carrier (2) and the apparatus, a switch (22) for connecting an disconnecting power to the disc drives (3) on the carrier (2), and interlock (12) for preventing the zero insertion force connector (4, 6) being connected or disconnected without the switch (22) having first been operated to disconnect power fron the disc drives (3).
Claims5
Data recording apparatus including the plurality of removable hard disk drives for recording data thereon, at least two of said drives being located on a removable carrier which facilitates the insertion and removal thereof from the apparatus, a zero insertion force connector which provides electrical connections between the drives on the carrier and the apparatus, switch means for connecting and disconnecting power to the disc drives on the carrier, and interlock means for preventing the zero insertion force connector being connected or disconnected without the switch means having first been operated to disconnect power from the disc drives.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.