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US 6,445,576 B1Granted
Tilt mounted hard drive bay
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsBrad R. Wooden, Lane C. Cobb
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Abstract
A hinged disk drive bay for a server. The bay is hinged such that it moves between a stowed position in which the bay is vertical, and a tilted position in which the bay is open. When open, the connections are exposed to the user.
Claims15
An assembly, comprising:
- a chassis, having structure to house computer parts, and having a front plate;
- a drive bay element, having a hinged part connected to said front plate, and an opposite end that is moved by hinging on said hinged part, said drive bay having inside surfaces defining at least one disk drive mounting surface, and such that said opposite end is moved by said hinging between a stowed position in which said drive bay is substantially parallel to said chassis, and an open position in which said opposite end is tilted to project out of said chassis.
A method of obtaining access to a disk drive, comprising:
- mounting said disk drive in a stowed position in which the drive is parallel to an axis of a chassis;
- hinging said drive to tilt a connected side of said disk drive to a location outside said chassis.
A computer, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a motherboard, coupled to said chassis;
- a drive bay, coupled to said chassis, and including at least one disk drive, coupled to said motherboard, said drive bay having a first position which is stowed, and in which a platter of said disk drive spins in a horizontal direction, and a tilted position in which a connection part of said disk drive faces away from said chassis, at a tilted orientation relative to vertical, and in which connection parts of said disk drive face away from said chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.