Assembly for aligning a component
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsGregg S. Schmidtke, Kelly J. Reasoner, Duane L. Harmon
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Abstract
An assembly for aligning a component, comprising an alignment guide positioned on a first device and at least one attachment point on the first device. The component is included in a second device, and the component is aligned by the alignment guide as the second device is attached to the first device. A flexible portion of material can be attached to the component and positioned over the mounting structures. The alignment guides retain the flexible portion of material with respect to the mounting structures as the second device is attached to the first device, thereby aligning the component in three dimensions.
Claims19
An assembly for aligning a component, comprising:
- a first device;
- an alignment guide positioned on the first device;
- and
- at least one attachment point on the first device, wherein the component is included in a second device, and the component is aligned by the alignment guide as the second device is attached to the first device.
A storage system comprising:
- a cartridge access device;
- a plurality of alignment guides attached to the cartridge access device;
- a housing for a communication device, wherein the housing is attached to the cartridge access device over the alignment guides so that the alignment guides position the communications device in proper position for operation.
An apparatus for aligning a component in a device comprising:
- retaining means for initially aligning the component in at least one dimension;
- first alignment means proximate the component;
- flexible means for providing a reference plane for the component, wherein one side of the component is attached to the flexible means;
- and
- second alignment means configured to retain the flexible means over the first alignment means when the second alignment means engages the first alignment means.
A system for aligning a component in a device comprising:
- a component attached to a portion of material, wherein the material overlays a first, set of alignment guides with the component positioned between the first set of alignment guides;
- and
- a second set of alignment guides engages the first set of alignment guides to retain the material in the first set of alignment guides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.