摘要 |
A drive carrier for computer systems. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are drive carriers comprising a first suspension member (18) that defines a first side of the drive carrier (14), a second suspension member (18) that defines a second side of the drive carrier (14) (the second suspension member (18) configured to be manually flexed resiliently away from the drive carrier (14) during installation of a disk drive (16)), a handle (80) having a hinge point (82) coupled to the suspension members (18) (the hinge point (82) defining an axis of rotation for the handle (80), and the axis of rotation lies substantially parallel to a plane in which both suspension members (18) reside), a first pin (34) configured to couple to a mounting hole (30) of the disk drive (16) (and the first pin (34) coupled to the first suspension member (38)), and a second pin (34) configured to couple to a mounting hole (30) of the disk drive (16) (and the second pin (34) coupled to the second suspension member (38), wherein the first and second pins (34) suspend the disk drive (16) within the drive carrier (14) between the suspension members (18)). |
申请人 |
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.;THOMAS, FRED, C.;CHEN, MAX;SANDOVAL, ARTHUR;LEE, TRAVIS;PETERSON, MATTHEW |
发明人 |
THOMAS, FRED, C.;CHEN, MAX;SANDOVAL, ARTHUR;LEE, TRAVIS;PETERSON, MATTHEW |