Removable storage system and method
AssigneeNational Instruments Corporation
InventorRussell W. Aldridge
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Abstract
A removable storage module including a housing that facilitates sliding of the removable storage module into and out of a slot of a modular computer device, wherein the slot includes an opening in a front panel of the modular computer device that enables the removable storage module to be installed into and removed from the slot while the modular computer device is installed in one or more slots of a computer chassis. The removable storage module also includes a latching mechanism that is selectively actuated between a locked and an unlocked position to selectively couple the removable storage module within the slot of the modular computer device during use.
Claims20
A computer system, comprising:
- a computer chassis comprising at least one slot configured to house one or more removable modular computer devices during use;
- a modular computer device comprising a slot configured to house a removable storage module, wherein the slot comprises an opening in a front panel of the modular computer device that enables the removable storage module to be installed into and removed from the slot while the modular computer device is installed in one or more slots of the computer chassis;
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- a removable storage module, comprising:
- a housing configured to facilitate sliding of the removable storage module into and out of the slot of the modular computer device;
- a storage device disposed in the housing during use;
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- a latching mechanism that is configured to be selectively actuated between a locked and an unlocked position to selectively couple the removable storage module within the slot of the modular computer device during use.
A removable storage module, comprising:
- a housing configured to facilitate sliding of the removable storage module into and out of a slot of a modular computer device, wherein the slot comprises an opening in a front panel of the modular computer device that enables the removable storage module to be installed into and removed from the slot while the modular computer device is installed in one or more slots of a computer chassis;
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- a latching mechanism that is selectively actuated between a locked and an unlocked position to selectively couple the removable storage module within the slot of the modular computer device during use.
A removable storage device, comprising:
- a housing configured facilitate sliding of the removable storage module into and out of a slot of a modular computer device, wherein the slot comprises an opening in a front panel of the modular computer device that enables the removable storage module to be installed into and removed from the slot while the modular computer device is installed in one or more slots of a computer chassis;
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- a latching mechanism that is selectively actuated between a locked and an unlocked position to selectively couple the removable storage module within the slot of the modular computer device during use, wherein the latching mechanism is actuated between a locked and unlocked position via rotation of a cam member by less than about three-hundred sixty degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.