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US 6,487,157 B2Granted
Disk drive enclosure with disk holders
AssigneeMitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorGreg Goble
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Abstract
A disk drive enclosure is provided with a disk holder. The disk holder for holding disk products is provided on the top panel as an integral part of the enclosure, and has a shape for receiving and fitting thereto a side of each disk product. The shapes include grooves, slots, continuous ridges, discontinuous ridges, and a plurality of projections.
Claims32
A disk drive enclosure comprising:
- a top panel having an inside surface and an outside surface;
- and
- a disk holder for holding disk products, said disk holder being provided on the outside surface of the top panel as an integral part of the top panel and shaped to receive and hold at least one disk product on or above the outside surface of the top panel.
A disk drive system comprising:
- an enclosure having at least a first surface, the first surface directed toward the outside of the enclosure and formed on the top of the enclosure;
- a disk media holder formed on said first surface as an integral part of the first surface, said disk media holder having a first sidewall and a second sidewall, said second sidewall spaced from said first sidewall to receive and hold at least one removable disk device on or above the first surface of the enclosure;
- and
- a disk drive mounted in said enclosure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.