Storage device carriers for adapting a storage device of a first size to a slot for a storage device of a second size
First Claim
1. A carrier for a storage device, the carrier adapted to fit the storage device into a slot adapted to receive a different size of storage device, the carrier comprising:
- a first side wall comprising a first inward surface of the carrier that defines a first plane;
a first protrusion for constraining the motion of the storage device at the carrier, the first protrusion fixedly attached to the first side wall and projecting outward from the first plane towards an inner portion of the carrier, the first protrusion adapted to contact and restrain the motion of the storage device;
a second side wall comprising a second inward surface of the carrier that defines a second plane substantially parallel with the first plane;
a second protrusion for constraining the motion of the storage device at the carrier, the second protrusion fixedly attached to the second side wall and projecting outward from the second plane towards an inner portion of the carrier, the second protrusion adapted to contact and restrain the motion of the storage device; and
a lateral member comprising a third inward surface of the carrier that defines a third plane substantially orthogonal to the first plane and the second plane, the lateral member fixedly attached to each side wall, the lateral member adapted to experience elastic deformation that increases a distance between the first protrusion and the second protrusion sufficiently to allow for insertion of the storage device into the carrier, wherein when the lateral member is elastically deformed, it experiences spring force sufficient to return the carrier to an original shape that restrains the storage device within the carrier.
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Abstract
Apparatus and devices for carrying a storage device and adapting it to a slot for a storage device having a different form factor. The system comprises an opening means for elastically deforming a shape of the system from an original shape so that the carrier may receive the storage device. The system also comprises restraining means for constraining the motion of the storage device within the system when the system returns to the original shape. Furthermore, the system comprises a spacing means for aligning the storage device with the slot while the storage device is restrained within the system.
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1. A carrier for a storage device, the carrier adapted to fit the storage device into a slot adapted to receive a different size of storage device, the carrier comprising:
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a first side wall comprising a first inward surface of the carrier that defines a first plane; a first protrusion for constraining the motion of the storage device at the carrier, the first protrusion fixedly attached to the first side wall and projecting outward from the first plane towards an inner portion of the carrier, the first protrusion adapted to contact and restrain the motion of the storage device; a second side wall comprising a second inward surface of the carrier that defines a second plane substantially parallel with the first plane; a second protrusion for constraining the motion of the storage device at the carrier, the second protrusion fixedly attached to the second side wall and projecting outward from the second plane towards an inner portion of the carrier, the second protrusion adapted to contact and restrain the motion of the storage device; and a lateral member comprising a third inward surface of the carrier that defines a third plane substantially orthogonal to the first plane and the second plane, the lateral member fixedly attached to each side wall, the lateral member adapted to experience elastic deformation that increases a distance between the first protrusion and the second protrusion sufficiently to allow for insertion of the storage device into the carrier, wherein when the lateral member is elastically deformed, it experiences spring force sufficient to return the carrier to an original shape that restrains the storage device within the carrier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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