Mounting a computer peripheral device using a mounting rail
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsStephen V. Deckers, Carl R. Hoerger
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Abstract
A mounting apparatus for enabling the mounting of a computer peripheral device to a peripheral device bay of a computer system comprises a mounting rail adapted to slideably engage a profile in the peripheral device bay. The mounting apparatus further includes an adhesive element adapted to attach the mounting rail to a side surface of the computer peripheral device.
Claims13
A mounting apparatus for enabling the mounting of a computer peripheral device to a peripheral device bay of a computer system, comprising:
- a mounting rail adapted to slideably engage a profile in the peripheral device bay;
- and
- an adhesive element adapted to attach the mounting rail to a side surface of the computer peripheral device,
- wherein the mounting rail has a recess to receive a latch member of the peripheral device bay.
A mounting apparatus for enabling the mounting of a computer peripheral device to a peripheral device bay of a computer system, comprising:
- a mounting rail adapted to slideably engage a profile in the peripheral device bay;
- and
- an adhesive element adapted to attach the mounting rail to a side surface of the computer peripheral device,
- wherein the mounting rail has an alignment post to align the mounting rail with respect to the side surface of the computer peripheral device;
- and
- a generally ring-shaped shock absorbing member separate from the alignment post but mounted on the alignment post between the mounting rail and the computer peripheral device.
A mounting apparatus for enabling the mounting of a computer peripheral device to a peripheral device bay of a computer system, comprising:
- a mounting rail adapted to slideably engage a profile in the peripheral device bay;
- and
- an adhesive element adapted to attach the mounting rail to a side surface of the computer peripheral device,
- wherein an assembly of the computer peripheral device and the mounting rail is adapted to be removably mounted in the peripheral device bay with a snap-locking mechanism.
A system, comprising:
- a computer peripheral device;
- a bay receiving the computer peripheral device;
- a mounting rail;
- and
- an adhesive element adapted to attach the mounting rail to a side surface of the computer peripheral device, the mounting rail slideably engaged in the bay,
- wherein the bay has a latch member, and wherein the mounting rail has a recess to receive the latch member of the bay.
A method of mounting a computer peripheral device in a peripheral device bay of a computer system, comprising:
- providing the computer peripheral device having a side surface;
- attaching, with an adhesive, a mounting rail to the side surface of the computer peripheral device;
- slideably engaging the mounting rail in a profile of a peripheral device bay,
- providing a recess in the mounting rail;
- and
- engaging the recess with a latch member of the peripheral device bay upon mounting the computer peripheral device in the peripheral device bay.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.