Replaceable SCA drive adapter board for a removable disc drive carrier
US6442022B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R2201/06
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A replaceable SCA drive adapter board detachably connected to the rear of a disc drive carrier that encloses a remote computer disc drive and is adapted to be removably received within a computer storage chassis. The SCA drive adapter board has a SCA drive interface connector mounted on one face thereof to be coupled to a complementary interface connector of the disc drive and an SCA backplane interface connector mounted on the opposite face to be coupled to a host computer via connectors at the backplane of the computer storage chassis to enable the disc drive to communicate with the host computer whenever the disc drive carrier is returned to the computer storage chassis. The SCA drive adapter board is quickly and easily removed from the disc drive carrier and replaced to reduce down time and repair as a consequence of the SCA backplane interface connector wearing out following many repetitive insertion/removal cycles of the disc drive carrier to and from the chassis.
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