Portable disk drive carrier and chassis
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1. A disk drive carrier adapted to be housed in a disk drive chassis comprising:
- an integrated carrying handle and locking mechanism suitable for handling said disk drive carrier and for providing a one-hand activated locking mechanism for locking and unlocking said disk drive carrier in the disk drive chassis;
wherein said carrying handle includes;
first and second swing arms each having a first end, said swing arms for pivotally mounting said carrying handle to said drive bay;
a single cross member having opposing ends, said single cross member being coupled to said first ends of said first and second swing arms proximal to said opposing ends of said single cross member;
wherein said first and second swing arms have second ends, said second ends each having locking post engagement grooves;
first and second axially aligned cylindrical attachment posts protruding from said first and second swing arms, respectively; and
a drive bay for receiving and holding a hard disk drive, said drive bay including first and second opposing side walls, each side wall having a front end and defining an aperture, said aperture aligned proximal to said front end for receiving attachment posts associated with the carrying handle;
wherein said apertures each define a flexible locking member which allows for the pivotal locking of said attachment posts.
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Abstract
A hard disk drive carrier that is inexpensive to manufacture and suitable for use with hot plug connected hard disk drives. A composite ventilated bay secures the disk drive while an interlocking handle mechanism provides the carrying functionality for the hard disk drive carrier as well as the hardware for one-hand locking and unlocking of the carrier within a hard disk drive chassis.
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14 Claims
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1. A disk drive carrier adapted to be housed in a disk drive chassis comprising:
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an integrated carrying handle and locking mechanism suitable for handling said disk drive carrier and for providing a one-hand activated locking mechanism for locking and unlocking said disk drive carrier in the disk drive chassis; wherein said carrying handle includes; first and second swing arms each having a first end, said swing arms for pivotally mounting said carrying handle to said drive bay; a single cross member having opposing ends, said single cross member being coupled to said first ends of said first and second swing arms proximal to said opposing ends of said single cross member;
wherein said first and second swing arms have second ends, said second ends each having locking post engagement grooves;first and second axially aligned cylindrical attachment posts protruding from said first and second swing arms, respectively; and a drive bay for receiving and holding a hard disk drive, said drive bay including first and second opposing side walls, each side wall having a front end and defining an aperture, said aperture aligned proximal to said front end for receiving attachment posts associated with the carrying handle;
wherein said apertures each define a flexible locking member which allows for the pivotal locking of said attachment posts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An apparatus for housing hard disk drives comprising:
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a disk drive carrier for receiving and holding a hard disk drive, said disk drive carrier including a handle having swing arms having notched grooves; said carrier including first and second opposing sidewalls, each having a front and each defining an aperture aligned proximal to said front end, said apertures for receiving engagement posts associated with said handle;
wherein said apertures each define a flexible locking member which allows for the pivotal locking of said engagement posts; anda disk drive chassis for receiving said drive carrier, said chassis having locking posts for engaging said notched grooves associated with said handle swing arms. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A hard disk drive carrier comprising:
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a drive bay for receiving and holding a hard disk drive; and an integrated carrying handle and locking mechanism suitable for handling said disk drive carrier and for providing a one hand locking mechanism suitable for locking and unlocking said disk drive carrier in a multiple disk drive chassis, said carrying handle including first and second swing arms each having a first end, said swing arms for pivotally mounting said carrying handle to said drive bay, said first and second swing arms having second ends, said second ends each having locking first engagement grooves notched therein; and a single cross member having opposite ends, said single cross member being coupled to said first end of said first and second swing arms proximal to said opposing ends to said single cross member, said carrying handle further including first and second axially aligned cylindrical attachment posts protruding from said first and second swing arms respectively; said drive bay including first and second opposing sidewalls, each having a front end and each defining an aperture proximal to said front end, said apertures for receiving attachment posts associated with said carrying handle, and wherein said apertures each define a flexible locking member which allows for the pivotal locking of said attachment posts. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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