| 摘要 |
The present invention provides a simple, compact and cost effective locking device that simultaneously secures a multiple of hard disk drive carriers or cartridges in a disk drive housing. The disk drive housing includes at least two disk drive carrier bays in a disk drive carrier opening for housing associated disk drive carriers. The locking device of the present invention secures the disk drive carriers into the disk drive carrier bays and therefore into the disk drive housing. The locking device includes a moveable locking bar assembly located inside the disk drive housing and spanning the disk drive carrier bays and comprises a locking bar and at least two locking pins projecting from the locking bar, one locking pin for each of the disk drive carriers, wherein the locking bar is moveable to either a locked or an unlocked position. A cam mechanism is positioned for engaging and camming the locking bar assembly so as to move the locking bar assembly to either the locked position or the unlocked position and a key lock assembly actuates the cam mechanism. The key lock assembly is attached to the disk drive housing and is accessible from the exterior of the disk drive housing. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the locking bar is a substantially flat, rectangular-shaped bar and the locking pins are planar with the locking bar, and in the second embodiment of the present invention, the locking bar is a substantially flat, rectangular-shaped bar and the locking pins project perpendicular of the locking bar.
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