Patent · US Expired

Portable disk drive carrier and chassis

US5588728A · kind A · utility

71Cited by
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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 29, 1995
Grant dateDec 31, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/1493
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A hard disk drive carrier that is inexpensive to manufacture and suitable for use with hot plug connected hard disk drives. A composite ventilated bay secures the disk drive while an interlocking handle mechanism provides the carrying functionality for the hard disk drive carrier as well as the hardware for one-hand locking and unlocking of the carrier within a hard disk drive chassis.

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