Mounting media drives in a computer system on a carriage
US6525930B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 8, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/187
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A carriage, provided with a mounting for one or more media devices is slideably mountable in a system unit (for example a computer system unit) such that the carriage may be slid out of an aperture the system unit. The slideable carriage means that the system unit does not need to be opened in order to insert, remove, or replace a media drive. For example, a media drive can be removed from the system unit by sliding the carriage out of the system unit, disconnecting cables from the media drive and the removing the media drive from the carriage. Similarly, a media drive can be installed in the system unit by mounting the media drive in the carriage, connecting cables to the media drive and reinserting the carriage within the system unit. The use of the slideable carriage is particularly useful for rack mountable systems where it is undesirable to have to remove the system unit from the racking system to insert a media drive.
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