Adjustable storage device carrier
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1. A storage device carrier adapted to locate storage devices of differing thickness comprising:
- a main body comprising two walls;
a storage device holding element to hold storage devices of differing thicknesses in the storage device carrier; and
at least two protruding location points on each of the storage device holding elements to intermittently limit rotation of the storage device holding element,wherein the storage device holding element comprises a rotatable element with multiple different bearing surfaces,wherein each of the two walls are provided with depressions for interacting with the protruding location points to intermittently limit rotation of the storage device holding element.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a 2.5-inch storage device carrier suitable for accommodating different thicknesses of 2.5-inch storage devices. A rotatable storage device holding element is provided with multiple bearing surfaces of differing heights to come into contact with storage devices of different thicknesses and securely hold the storage device within the storage carrier.
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1. A storage device carrier adapted to locate storage devices of differing thickness comprising:
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a main body comprising two walls; a storage device holding element to hold storage devices of differing thicknesses in the storage device carrier; and at least two protruding location points on each of the storage device holding elements to intermittently limit rotation of the storage device holding element, wherein the storage device holding element comprises a rotatable element with multiple different bearing surfaces, wherein each of the two walls are provided with depressions for interacting with the protruding location points to intermittently limit rotation of the storage device holding element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A storage device carrier for locating storage devices of differing thicknesses therein comprising:
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two walls;
each of the walls provided with at least one storage device holding element;the storage device holding element comprising a rotatatable element comprising at least one long arm bearing surface, one short arm bearing surface, and one flat bearing surface for engagement with storage devices of differing thickness and at least two protruding location points on each of the storage device holding elements to intermittently limit rotation of the storage device holding element, wherein each of the two walls are provided with depressions for interacting with the protruding location points to intermittently limit rotation of the storage device holding element. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of accommodating and locating storage devices of differing heights in a single storage device carrier comprising:
- providing a storage device carrier;
placing a first storage device of a first thickness in the die storage device carrier;
rotating the storage device until one of the multiple bearing surfaces comes into contact with the first storage device;
removing the first storage device of a first thickness from the single storage device carrier, inserting a second storage device of a second thickness, which second thickness is different from the first thickness, and rotating the storage device holding element until one of the multiple bearing surfaces comes into contact with the second storage device; and
removing the second storage device of a second thickness from the single storage device carrier, inserting a third storage device of a third thickness, which third thickness is different from each of the second thickness and from the first thickness, and rotating the storage device holding element until one of the multiple bearing surfaces comes into contact with the third storage device.
- providing a storage device carrier;
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