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6490153 Computer system for highly-dense mounting of system components  
A computer system with densely-mounted components and effective cooling is provided. A hard drive mounting structure for “hot swap” hard drives utilizes a hard drive assembly in which a hard...
6487081 Hard disk drive mounting system and method  
A generic mounting structure is provided between a hard disk drive (HDD) and a computer. The structure includes a plurality of nubs disposed on a brace that can be fitted onto a HDD. The nubs are...
6487071 Methods and apparatus for dampening vibration of a disk drive  
The invention is directed to techniques for dampening vibration of a disk drive using a dampening member which is co-planar with a mid-plane of the disk drive, and which has at least a portion...
6487072 Stabilization mechanism for limiting rotational vibration in a module enclosure  
A stabilization mechanism limits rotational vibration in a module enclosure containing plural objects, such as computer disk drives, that produce rotational vibration about a rotational axis. The...
6478390 Drive bracket  
A drive bracket ( 10 ) comprises a body ( 12 ) and a resilient plate ( 14 ). The body includes a base ( 20 ), and two side walls ( 30 ) depending from respective opposite sides of the base. A pair...
6480375 Protection structure for a disk drive and electronic apparatus  
To provide a protection structure for a disk drive and an electronic apparatus. The protection structure being designed not to damage a disk set in the disk drive even when a space provided to...
6477043 Data and power storage device  
A single storage device includes both a data storage unit and a power supply. The storage device is adapted to connect to a portable device to which data is sent and/or from which data is received,...
6473297 Memory storage device docking adapted having a laterally mounted fan  
A docking adapter capable of cooling a memory storage device such as a hard disk drive includes a carrier and a rack. The carrier has a face with a vent, a backplane, a first lateral side and...
6473301 Disk drive test rack with universal electrical connector  
A disk drive test device for performing a test (e.g., power only self test, tests which use a serial interface) on at least one disk drive at a time. The test device includes an electrical...
6473300 Light conduit for a storage device carrier assembly  
A carrier assembly for a storage device includes a body portion for mounting to the storage device, a side extension of the body portion extending laterally beyond the first lateral side of the...
6473298 Peripheral device storage system  
An apparatus is disclosed for storing electronic devices. The apparatus includes an enclosure, a carrier adapted to contain a peripheral device, and a rotatable attachment between the carrier and...
6469890 Hard disk drive mounting device  
A mounting device ( 10 ) for mounting a hard disk drive (HDD) ( 90 ) to a computer enclosure ( 100 ) includes a support bracket ( 12 ) for attaching the HDD thereto and a securing plate ( 14 ). The...
6469889 Rail assembly for data storage device  
A rail assembly ( 10 ) includes a rail ( 12 ) and an electrically conductive fastener ( 14 ) secured to the rail. The rail which is U-shaped in cross-section includes a base ( 16 ) and a pair of...
6466436 Computer system having elongated profile  
A semi-mobile desktop personal computer incorporating the features of a desktop personal computer with the mobility of a mobile personal computer. The computer comprises an elongated enclosure...
6466435 Computer bezel having pivotable drive cover  
A computer bezel includes a base ( 10 ) defining an opening ( 12 ) for providing access to a data storage device mounted in a computer, and a drive cover ( 14 ) pivotably attached to the base and...
6466434 Disk assembly incorporating therein usb connector and computer case having therein same  
A disk assembly includes an assembly housing having a front end for inserting/retrieving therethrough a disk storing thereon computer-accessible data. The front panel is mounted at the front end...
6460948 Drive bracket  
An EMI-efficient system for mounting internal peripheral devices such as disk or tape drives inside a computer enclosure so that the drives may be removed and replaced easily. A drive bracket guide...
6459571 Packaging system for mass memory units  
A mass memory storage unit includes a cabinet and one or more drawers incorporated into the cabinet. Each drawer is movable between closed and open positions to permit access to the interior for...
6459572 Locking device  
A locking device adapted to secure a retractable storing device in a frame of an electrical apparatus is provided. The locking device includes a main body, an activating element assembled with the...
6456491 Modular floppy disk drive for internal and external use  
A modular floppy disk drive is designed to stand alone as an external drive or to be combined with a carrier to fit into a computer peripheral option bay configured for removable CD ROM drives....
6456489 Device retention apparatus  
The present invention is directed to a device retention apparatus. A device retention apparatus includes a housing suitable for mounting an information handling system device and a retaining...
6445576 Tilt mounted hard drive bay  
A hinged disk drive bay for a server. The bay is hinged such that it moves between a stowed position in which the bay is vertical, and a tilted position in which the bay is open. When open, the...
6445578 Data storage enclosure  
An enclosure for a data storage system comprises at least first and second cast magnesium parts joined by rivets, each of which is made of a suitable material that provides compressive strength...
6445663 Drive cage assembly  
A drive cage assembly of a computer enclosure for receiving a data storage device therein includes a cage, a securing plate and a coupling piece. The cage has a base wall, an upper wall...
6445587 Disk drive vibration/shock attenuation system and method  
A mechanism and a method for damping shocks and vibrations between a drive tray and one or more media drives mounted within the drive tray are disclosed. The mechanism comprises one or more...
6442021 Hot-pluggable disk carrier having enhanced rotational drive vibration control capability  
A hot-pluggable disk drive is supported on a carrier structure that is slidably and removably insertable rearwardly into a sheet metal cage portion of a computer system to releasably couple an SCA...
6442022 Replaceable SCA drive adapter board for a removable disc drive carrier  
A replaceable SCA drive adapter board detachably connected to the rear of a disc drive carrier that encloses a remote computer disc drive and is adapted to be removably received within a computer...
6442030 Server system rack drawer with keyboard, flat panel display and electronic switch  
A drawer ( 20 ) for a server system rack ( 12 ) includes a tray ( 38 ) and an electronic switch ( 30 ). The tray ( 38 ) and the electronic switch ( 3 ) are secured to the rack ( 12 ) by mounting...
6437939 Ergonomic safety assist mechanism for handling micro-sized computer hard disk drives  
A hard disk microdrive is equipped with an ergonomic assist mechanism for safe handling of the microdrive while removing it from a system. The mechanism is located on one end of the microdrive,...
6437977 Screwless disk drive frame positioning structure  
A screwless disk drive frame positioning structure is disclosed. A floppy disk drive frame is hanged below the hard disk drive frame, and then a positioning structure on the front plate of a...
6431718 Interconnector and light pipe guide for disk drive and disk drive carrier  
A carrier for a hot-pluggable disk drive has a frame with a pair of side walls, a front bezel, and a rear connector assembly. The disk drive mounts to the frame within its confines. The carrier...
6434000 Environmental system for rugged disk drive  
An arrangement for supplementing passive heat transfer from a hard disk drive housing to a surrounding environmental housing includes active heat transfer devices and an arrangement biasing the...
6430000 Hermetically sealed plural disk drive housing  
A device for storage of electronic data has a sealed hard drive component that can be mounted directly to a circuit board. The device can house a plurality of individual hard drives in a stacked...
6430040 Foldable bicycle computer  
A bicycle computer includes a base member structured to mount to a structural member of a bicycle. A cover having an inner surface is swingably coupled to the base so that the inner surface may be...
6426873 Data conversion apparatus with safety circuit  
A CD-ROM drive ( 2 ) is disclosed which has a safety circuit ( 40 ). The safety circuit ( 40 ) includes a NOR gate ( 51 ) having one input connected to a disk motor drive control signal terminal (...
6421236 Hot swap disk drive carrier and disk drive bay  
A hot swap disk drive carrier and drive bay with improved EMI/RVI/ESD suppression characteristics is disclosed. The disk drive carrier comprises a frame that has a base, and first and second arms...
6418011 Mounting apparatus, mounting method, and recording/reproducing apparatus  
For simply mounting an optical disk drive device or the like within a computer body to locate it accurately, a channel-shaped adaptor is mounted detachably on the upper part of the drive device, an...
6418012 Assembly for components and method for mounting  
A component assembly in accordance with the present invention is disclosed. In a first aspect, the assembly includes at least one component and a bracket for holding at least one component. The...
6414843 Cooling system for a computer apparatus  
To reduce signal wires of a cooling system of a computer, thereby providing a small cooling system. The cooling system for a computer of the present invention comprises a temperature sensor for...
6411522 Integrated computer module with EMI shielding plate  
An integrated computer module having an EMI shielding plate which doubles as a mechanical retainer for a disk drive within the module and as an shield to insulate the disk drive's electronics from...
6407913 Removable carrier for hard disk drive  
Disclosed is a hard disk drive carrier adapted to be housed in a disk drive chassis comprising a drive bay for receiving and holding a hard disk drive; an integrated locking mechanism including a...
6404647 Solid-state mass memory storage device  
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state mass memory storage device which comprises a printed circuit assembly and a plurality of nonvolatile, high density storage devices mounted to the...
6404624 Structure for mounting electronic devices to a computer main body  
A structure for mounting electronic devices to a main body of a computer is disclosed. The structure has a chassis, a first device holder, a second device holder and a strut. The chassis has a...
6400578 Framework of disk array  
This invention relates to an improved framework of disk array comprising a frame case in which a plurality of removable hard disk cartridges is neatly arrayed. Each hard disk cartridge contains a...
6400562 Portable computer with detachable decorative piece  
A portable computer includes a computer housing, a decorative piece and a mounting unit. The computer housing includes an upper housing part that is provided with a display unit, and a lower...
6396689 Computer mainframe cooling structure  
A computer mainframe cooling structure includes a mounting plate adapted for fastening to the bottom side wall of a hard diskdrive in a computer mainframe, the mounting plate having at least one...
6394509 Disc drive latch  
A latch for installing and removing a disk drive from an enclosure. The latch comprises a pair of guide members ( 14, 16 ), a disk drive support ( 12 ), and an actuator ( 40, 140 ). The actuator...
6396686 Mounting device for mounting a data storage device  
A mounting device for mounting a data storage device in a cage of a computer enclosure includes a board body and a plurality of fixing clips. The board body defines a plurality of mounting holes...
6392879 Disk drive mounting device for a portable computer  
A drawer-type mounting device is adapted to mount a disk drive in a computer housing. The mounting device includes a lower case, an upper case, and a pulling member. The lower case has a first base...
6392878 Disk drive apparatus having body, cover and front wall  
The present invention relates to a storage apparatus of the computer, especially a floppy disk drive apparatus or a CD-ROM drive apparatus. A disk drive apparatus, comprises a disk drive, a body...