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US 6,421,236 B1Granted
Hot swap disk drive carrier and disk drive bay
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsTommy S. Montoya, Douglas G. Bennett, William E. Root, Jim D. Williams
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Abstract
A hot swap disk drive carrier and drive bay with improved EMI/RVI/ESD suppression characteristics is disclosed. The disk drive carrier comprises a frame that has a base, and first and second arms that are coupled to the base. The carrier further includes a handle, which is coupled to the base, and slide rails that are coupled to the first and second arms. The disk drive bay comprises a plate that has first and second sides. The plate is coupled to first and second walls. These walls have grooves for receiving the disk drive carrier's slide rails.
Claims16
A disk drive carrier comprising:
- a frame having a base, a first arm coupled to a first end of the base, and a second arm coupled to a second end of the base;
- a handle that is coupled to the base;
- a first slide rail that is coupled to the first arm;
- and
- a second slide rail that is coupled to the second arm,
- wherein the handle has a first end and a second end, the first end including a pawl for coupling the handle to an aperture formed in the first arm, and the second end including:
- a pin for coupling the handle to the base, and
- a mechanical latch, oriented substantially perpendicular to the pin, for insertion into an aperture formed in a side wall of a disk drive bay.
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A disk drive assembly comprising:
- a disk drive carrier comprising:
- a frame having a base, a first arm coupled to a first end of the base, and a second arm coupled to a second end of the base;
- a handle that is coupled to the base;
- a first slide rail that is coupled to the first arm;
- and
- a second slide rail that is coupled to the second arm;
- a disk drive, having a first side and a second side, the first side being coupled to the first arm and the second side being coupled to the second arm, and
- an EMI/RVI/ESD spring that is positioned between the first slide rail and the first arm, the spring comprising a bent flexible section, the first slide rail contacting the spring underneath that bent flexible section.
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A disk drive bay comprising:
- a first plate, having a first side and a second side, the first side oriented substantially parallel to the second side;
- a first wall, coupled to the first side of the plate, the first wall having a groove for receiving a first slide rail of a disk drive carrier;
- and
- a second wall, coupled to the second side of the plate, the second wall including a groove for receiving a second slide rail of the disk drive carrier,
- wherein the first wall includes an aperture for receiving a mechanical latch formed on a disk drive carrier handle for locking a disk drive carrier to the drive bay.
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A storage assembly comprising:
- a disk drive carrier comprising:
- a frame having a base, a first arm coupled to a first end of the base, and a second arm coupled to a second end of the base;
- a handle that is coupled to the base;
- a first slide rail that is coupled to the first arm;
- and
- a second slide rail that is coupled to the second arm;
- a disk drive, having a first side and a second side, the first side being coupled to the first arm and the second side being coupled to the second arm;
- and
- a disk drive bay comprising:
- a plate, having a first side and a second side, the first side oriented substantially parallel to the second side;
- a first wall, coupled to the first side of the plate, the first wall having a groove that receives a first slide rail of a disk drive carrier;
- and
- a second wall, coupled to the second side of the plate, the second wall having a groove that receives a second slide rail of the disk drive carrier,
- wherein the handle has a first end and a second end, the first end including a pawl for coupling the handle to an aperture formed in the first arm, and the second end including a pin for coupling the handle to the base, and a mechanical latch, which is oriented substantially perpendicular to the pin, and wherein the first wall includes an aperture, the latch passing through the aperture to lock the disk drive carrier to the drive bay.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.