Component array bracket assembly
AssigneeSun Microsystems, Inc.
InventorFay Chong, Jr.
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Abstract
A component positioning and securing bracket assembly includes a front rail, a rear rail, and a bottom rail to define a front, a rear, and a bottom boundary of the component positioning and securing bracket assembly. The front rail, the rear rail, and the bottom rail define a structure into which is received the component in a first direction of movement, and a lever provides leveraged motion in a second direction of movement to connect a port of the component to a component connector and to secure the component in the component positioning and securing bracket assembly. The component positioning and securing bracket assembly is in an array of a plurality of components, in which any one component can be installed or removed without installing or removing any other component in the array.
Claims16
A component positioning and securing bracket assembly, comprising:
- a front rail, a rear rail, and a bottom rail to define a front, a rear, and a bottom boundary of the component positioning and securing bracket assembly, the front rail, the rear rail, and the bottom rail defining a structure into which is received the component;
- a top plate for attaching to the component, the top plate including a keyed tail portion;
- a tail receptacle for receiving the keyed tail portion, the tail receptacle configured to the rear rail;
- a nose receptacle portion of the front rail for receiving a nose portion of the top plate;
- a component connector to connect to a port of the component;
- and
- a lever to provide leveraged motion, the leveraged motion causing the keyed tail portion to be received into the tail receptacle to positively hold and rigidly support the component in place and effecting a connection of the port of the component and the component connector and securing the component in the component positioning and securing bracket,
- wherein the component positioning and securing bracket assembly is in an array of a plurality of components.
In an array of a plurality of disk drive components, a disk drive positioning and securing bracket assembly, comprising:
- a device surrounding component for holding a disk drive;
- a forward mounting post attached to an array chassis;
- a rear mounting post attached to the array chassis;
- and
- a lever to provide leveraged movement to the disk drive, the lever positioned on a side surface of the disk drive to be located within the array of the plurality of disk drive components,
- wherein the device surrounding component includes a device positioning key and forward tabs, the device positioning key and forward tabs configured to be received in the rear mounting post and in the forward mounting post such that the device surrounding component having the disk drive therein is received in the rear mounting post and in the forward mounting post in a first direction of motion, and the lever provides leveraged movement in a second direction of motion positioning the device positioning key into the forward tabs to secure the disk drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.