Inclose Design, Inc.

Steinbeck Cannery LLC

Other

Chris Erwin

Sunny Behl

A docking adapter for reliably inserting and removing a memory storage device from a memory storage device bay includes a rack and a removable carrier. The rack has a pair of lateral rails for holding the carrier. The carrier slidably engages the rails to enable the carrier to slide into the rack. The carrier is adapted for holding a hard disk drive. The carrier has a face with cooling fans, a cantilever mounted on the face for engaging the rack and a cover with a cam. The cover is hinged to the face. The cover rotates from a closed position where the cover parallels the face to an open position where the cover opens, pressing the cam against the cantilever against the rack to smoothly extract the carrier from the rack.

Rack for memory storage devices

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 second lateral side extending perpendicularly from the face to the backplane. At least one lateral side of the carrier has a periphery defining an opening. The rack has a first lateral rail and a second lateral rail configured for receiving the carrier. The carrier includes a fan mounted on the lateral rail of the rack to blow air through the opening of the carrier. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, the fan is mounted on the carrier and the rack has a lateral opening. In each case, air is vented directly from the carrier to cool the hard disk drive.

Memory storage device docking adapter having a laterally mounted fan

A rack for receiving a memory storage device carrier having a periphery to blow air through the opening. The rack has a backplane, a first lateral rail and a second lateral rail for mounting a memory storage device extending perpendicularly from the backplane. At least one rail has a periphery defining an opening with a fan mounted with respect to the opening to blow air through the opening.

Memory storage device rack having vented rails

Memory storage device docking adapted having a laterally mounted fan

An air filter assembly is useful with an external hard drive, a computer housing and memory storage device housings. The air filter assembly includes a frame, an air filter, and a retainer for slidably holding the air filter in the frame. Air filter deformation may result in captured dust and particulate matter dropping from the filter. The retainer of the present invention is specially configured for preventing filter deformation and dusty messes.

Filter assembly for a memory storage device cooler

Docking adapter for memory storage devices

A folding docking adapter for a hard disk drive or other memory storage device, includes a base, a backplane and a hinge. The base is for receiving a hard disk drive carrier. The back plane has a data connector for coupling with the hard disk drive carrier. The hinge attaches between the base and the backplane to enable the backplane to fold between an operative configuration and a collapsed configuration.

Collapsible hard disk drive docking adapter

A thin-profile display in combination with a desktop computer housing includes a computer housing having a top, a bottom and lateral sides. A post removeably attaches to the top. The top includes a corrugated portion to reinforce the top, supporting the post. The corrugated portion preferably, has fingers extending radially outward from the post. The post folds with respect to the top and is adjustable in length. A thin-profile display adjustably attached to the post. The display includes a LCD screen having a profile thickness 't' of less than four inches.

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Fremont, CA, United States of America

Chris Erwin