Computer with an improved disk drive mounting assembly
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1. A computer comprising a chassis including a bottom wall and a plurality of upright walls;
- a processor disposed in the chassis;
a memory device disposed in the chassis;
a bracket disposed in the chassis, the bracket including a base plate and pair of side plates, the base plate being spaced from the chassis bottom wall and the bracket being supported by opposite ones of the upright walls; and
a mounting plate disposed in the chassis, the mounting slate being spaced from the bracket base plate and being supported by the bracket and the opposite ones of the upright walls.
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Abstract
A computer, or other similar type of electronic device including a chassis, and one or more disk drives mounted in the chassis. A mounting bracket for receiving a disk drive is mounted to the computer chassis and is precisely located relative to a wall of the chassis. A mounting plate for receiving another disk drive is mounted relative to the bracket and to the chassis and is also precisely located relative to a wall of the chassis and to the bracket.
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1. A computer comprising a chassis including a bottom wall and a plurality of upright walls;
- a processor disposed in the chassis;
a memory device disposed in the chassis;
a bracket disposed in the chassis, the bracket including a base plate and pair of side plates, the base plate being spaced from the chassis bottom wall and the bracket being supported by opposite ones of the upright walls; and
a mounting plate disposed in the chassis, the mounting slate being spaced from the bracket base plate and being supported by the bracket and the opposite ones of the upright walls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- a processor disposed in the chassis;
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13. A method of assembling two disk drives to a computer chassis, comprising the steps of:
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mounting a bracket on the chassis, the bracket having a disk mounting surface; mounting a plate on the bracket, the plate being spaced from the disk mounting surface, supporting one side of the bracket and an adjacent side of the plate by tabs extending from the chassis; supporting another side of the bracket and another adjacent side of the plate by fingers extending from the chassis, mounting a first disk drive between the disk mounting surface and the plate; and mounting a second disk drive on the plate.
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14. A computer chassis comprising:
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a base wall and a plurality of upright walls; a bracket including a base plate and a pair of upright side plates, each side plate having a flange thereon; a mounting plate, one side portion of the mounting plate and a first one of the flanges being supported by a first one of the upright walls, an opposite side portion of the mounting plate and a second one of the flanges being supported by a second one of the upright walls; and one of the first and second walls including a flexible finger engaging the bracket and mounting plate.
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