Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Horizontal coupling of vertically-oriented hard drive
- Patent Title (中): 垂直方向硬盘驱动器的水平联轴器
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Application No.: US14542080Application Date: 2014-11-14
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Publication No.: US09406345B2Publication Date: 2016-08-02
- Inventor: Wei-Chih Yang , Chao-Jung Chen , Chih-Wei Lin
- Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
- Applicant Address: TW Tao Yuan Shien
- Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
- Current Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Tao Yuan Shien
- Agency: Polsinelli PC
- Priority: TW103126781A 20140805
- Main IPC: F16D1/00
- IPC: F16D1/00 ; G11B33/00 ; G06F1/18 ; G11B33/12

Abstract:
An apparatus adapted to house a component oriented in a first direction used for facilitating insertion and removal of the component in a second direction to/from a chassis, the first direction orthogonal to the second direction. The apparatus can be a caddy with an attached pivoting handle. Pivoting the handle in the first direction down towards the caddy causes the hard drive to slide in the second direction to couple with a hard drive coupling on the chassis. In some implementations, the caddy houses a hard drive in a vertical orientation, such that multiple hard drives can be coupled side-by-side to each other. In some implementations, the caddy is removably attached to the chassis. The chassis can comprise a rail, and the handle can comprise a hook. The hook attaches to the rail forming a removable attachment that allows for easy removal and insertion of the caddy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160042768A1 HORZONTAL COUPLING OF VERTICALLY-ORIENTED HARD DRIVE Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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