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Disk drive access door

US7890966B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 2007
Grant dateFeb 15, 2011
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/127
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information management system is disclosed and can include a housing that can have a front panel assembly. The front panel assembly can have a frame formed with an opening and a door adjacent to the opening. Further, the system can include a disk drive within the housing. The disk drive can include an open/close button and a disk drive tray that can movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The door of the front panel assembly can be movable between a closed position in which the disk drive is not accessible, an ejection position in which the open/close button is pressed, and an open position in which the disk drive is accessible and the disk drive tray is in the extended position through the opening.

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