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US 6,721,176 B2Granted
Universal hard disk cartridge
OwnerBill Kwong, Victor Chuan-Chen Wuinventors
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Abstract
A cartridge design allows any standard size IDE hard drive to be used like a removable media. The cartridge with the hard drive can then be connected to any computing devices via various interface ports such as USB, Firewire, PCMCIA, Parallel or any new IO ports. The cartridge consists of a disk connecting board, a cartridge housing and an eject mechanism to remove the hard drive from the cartridge.
Claims3
A universal hard disk cartridge for inserting a removable hard drive and connecting to a I/O port of a personal computer by an interface cable comprising:
- a) a universal hard disk cartridge housing;
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- b) a hard disk connecting board connected to the universal hard disk cartridge housing such that a portion of the hard disk connecting board extends out of a first side of the universal hard disk cartridge housing, the hard disk connecting board having:
- i) a female IDE connector configured to be removably connected to a male IDE connecter of the hard drive;
- ii) a MC-36 female connector having a portion extending outwardly of a second side of the universal hard disk cartridge housing, and configured to be removably connected to a MC-36 male connector of the interface cable;
- iii) a power input jack;
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- iv) a printed circuit board, the female IDE connector, the MC-36 female connector and the power input jack being connected to the circuit board, wherein the universal hard disk cartridge housing has a length less than a length of the printed circuit board.
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