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US 8,045,326 B1Granted
Hard disk drive bracket
AssigneeOracle America, Inc.
InventorNaum Reznikov
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Abstract
A bracket for holding a disk drive or other subassembly in a chassis may have a pair of rails that lie under the disk drive when the disk drive is coupled to the bracket. A bracket assembly may include an injector pivotably coupled to a base of the bracket. The injector may include a pin that engages a slot in the chassis to urge the bracket assembly into the chassis. The injector and base may, include latch elements for latching the injector to the base. A latch element of the base may be integrally formed with a body of the base.
Claims4
A bracket comprising:
- a base adapted to hold a disk drive, the base comprising a pair of rails adapted to slidably engage a pair of guides in a chassis mount,
- wherein the rails are adapted to lie under the disk drive when the disk drive is coupled to the base;
- and
- an injector pivotably coupled to the base, the injector comprising a pin adapted to engage a slot in the chassis mount to urge the disk drive toward the rear of the chassis mount when the injector is moved toward a first position;
- and
- a first latch element coupled to the injector, and a second latch element coupled to the base, wherein the latch elements are adapted to selectively couple with each other to hold the injector.
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A system for mounting a disk drive comprising:
- a chassis mount comprising a pair of guides and a slot, and
- a first bracket comprising:
- a base adapted to hold a disk drive;
- the base comprising a pair of rails adapted to slidably engage the guides, wherein the rails are adapted to lie under the disk drive when the disk drive is coupled to the base;
- and
- an injector pivotably coupled to the base, the injector comprising a pin adapted to engage the slot in the chassis mount to urge the disk drive toward the rear of the chassis mount when the injector is moved toward a first position;
- wherein the slot in the chassis mount comprises a stop, wherein the pin is adapted to contact a stop in the slot after the pin has advanced through a first section of the slot, wherein the injector is adapted to move the pin through a second section of a slot after contacting stop to urge a connector portion on the disk drive to couple with a connector portion coupled to the chassis mount.
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A bracket comprising:
- a base adapted to hold a disk drive, the base comprising a pair of rails adapted to slidably engage a pair of guides in a chassis mount,
- wherein the rails are adapted to lie under the disk drive when the disk drive is coupled to the base;
- and
- an injector pivotably coupled to the base, the injector comprising a pin adapted to engage a slot in the chassis mount to urge the disk drive toward the rear of the chassis mount when the injector is moved toward a first position;
- wherein the pin is adapted to contact a stop in the slot after the pin has advanced through a first section of the slot, wherein the injector is adapted to move the pin through a second section of a slot to urge a connector portion on the disk drive to couple with a connector portion coupled to the chassis mount.
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A system for mounting a disk drive comprising:
- a chassis mount comprising a pair of guides and a slot, and
- a first bracket comprising:
- a base adapted to hold a disk drive;
- the base comprising a pair of rails adapted to slidably engage the guides, wherein the rails are adapted to lie under the disk drive when the disk drive is coupled to the base;
- and
- an injector pivotably coupled to the base, the injector comprising a pin adapted to engage the slot in the chassis mount to urge the disk drive toward the rear of the chassis mount when the injector is moved toward a first position;
- wherein the slot in the chassis mount is substantially L-shaped, wherein the pin is adapted to contact a stop in the substantially L-shaped slot when the pin has advanced through a first leg of the substantially L-shaped slot, wherein the injector is adapted to move the pin through at least a portion of the second leg of the substantially L-shaped slot to urge a connector portion on the disk drive to couple with a connector portion coupled to the chassis mount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.