Methods for attaching a spring mechanism to a media storage device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRobert Lee Mueller, Paul Clinton Coffin
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Abstract
Media storage devices for retaining data media are provided. One embodiment is a method for attaching a spring mechanism to a media storage device configured to receive one or more data media, the spring mechanism having at least one finger and at least one elongate spring tab. One such method comprises: engaging the at least one elongate spring tab with an opening in a spring alignment member attached to the media storage device, the at least one elongate spring tab having an aperture; and engaging the aperture of the at least one elongate spring tab with a spring retention member attached to the media storage device.
Claims11
A method for attaching a spring mechanism to a media storage device configured to receive one or more data media, the spring mechanism having at least one finger and at least one elongate spring tab, the method comprising:
- engaging the at least one elongate spring tab with an opening in a spring alignment member attached to the media storage device to align the at least one finger of the spring mechanism to extend through an opening in the media storage device for engaging a data medium stored in the media storage device, the at least one elongate spring tab having an aperture;
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- engaging the aperture of the at least one elongate spring tab with a spring retention member attached to the media storage device.
A method for attaching a spring mechanism to a media storage device configured to receive one or more data media, the spring mechanism having a mounting portion from which extend at least one finger and at least one elongate spring tab, the method comprising:
- engaging the at least one elongate spring tab with an opening in a spring alignment member attached to the media storage device to align the at least one finger of the spring mechanism to extend through an opening in the media storage device for engaging a data medium stored in the media storage device;
- engaging the mounting portion of the spring mechanism with a spring guide tab attached to the media storage device such that the spring guide tab deflects from an original position to a deflected position relative to the media storage device, the spring guide tab having a tab portion extending from the media storage device, an elongate portion attached to the tab portion and formed integrally from the media storage device, and a void bordering the tab portion and the elongate portion such that the spring guide tab is configured as a cantilevered spring;
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- securing the spring mechanism to the media storage device by positioning the spring mechanism such that the spring guide tab returns to the original position relative to the media storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.