Storage Device Carrier Having A Pivoting Panel

• US 20110096493A1
• Filed: 06/04/2008
• Published: 04/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Tye, Troy G., Solomon, Mark C., Tye, Trentent
• Granted Patent: US 8,531,828 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.33
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/12 Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/124 of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis

Abstract

An apparatus includes a storage device having at least one electrical connector and at least one first engagement structure separate from the at least one electrical connector. A carrier receives the storage device, where the carrier has at least one pivotable panel that is pivotable between a closed position and an open position. The panel has at least one second engagement structure to mechanically engage with the at least one first engagement structure if the panel is in the closed position, and the at least one second engagement structure is released from the at least one first engagement structure if the panel is in the open position.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a storage device having at least one electrical connector and at least one first engagement structure separate from the at least one electrical connector; and

a carrier to receive the storage device, wherein the carrier has at least one pivotable panel that is pivotable between a closed position and an open position, the panel having at least one second engagement structure to mechanically engage with the at least one first engagement structure if the panel is in the closed position, and the at least one second engagement structure being released from the at least one first engagement structure if the panel is in the open position.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one first engagement structure is configured without any electrical connection element.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one first engagement structure comprises a receptacle.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the receptacle comprises a screw hole.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the at least one second engagement structure comprises a post to be received in the receptacle.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a rack, wherein the storage device and carrier form a storage device assembly mounted in the rack.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the carrier has a fastening mechanism to lock the pivotable panel in the closed position.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the fastening mechanism includes a locking member pivotable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the locking member is engaged with the pivotable panel when in the locked position.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pivotable panel of the carrier is one of plural side panels of the carrier, and wherein one side of the carrier is provided without a panel to enable the electrical connector of the storage device to make an electrical connection with a system.

10. A storage device carrier to receive a storage device, comprising:

at least one first engagement structure to mechanically engage with a corresponding at least one second engagement structure of the storage device, wherein the at least one first engagement structure is configured without any electrical connection element; and

a pivotable side panel that is pivotable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the at least one first engagement structure is configured to be lockingly engaged with the at least one second engagement structure of the storage device when the side panel is in the closed position, and wherein the at least one first engagement structure is configured to be released from the at least one second engagement structure when the side panel is in the open position.

11. The storage device carrier of claim 10, wherein the at least one first engagement structure comprises a post to be received by a receptacle of the storage device.

12. The storage device carrier of claim 10 further comprising additional side panels and a bottom panel to define a chamber in the carrier to receive the storage device.

wherein one side of the storage device carrier is provided without a side panel to enable an electrical connector of the storage device to make electrical connection to a system.

13. A method of removably mounting a storage device in a carrier, comprising:

pivoting a pivotable side panel of the carrier between an open position and a closed position;

receiving the storage device in the carrier; and

lockingly engaging a first engagement structure of the carrier with a second engagement structure of the storage device when the side panel is in the closed position, wherein the first and second engagement structures are provided without any electrical connection element.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising mounting a storage device assembly including the storage device and the carrier in a rack that has other storage device assemblies.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein mounting the storage device assembly in the rack causes an electrical connector of the storage device that is separate from the second engagement structure of the storage device to electrically connect to a corresponding electrical connector of the rack.