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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
James Jeffrey Schulze, Houston, TX (US);
Keith Sauer, Spring, TX (US);
Kelly K. Smith, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/1424 (2013.01); H05K 7/1488 (2013.01);
Abstract
A convertible chassis system for receiving a plurality of storage drives includes a chassis that includes a plurality of bays for receiving the storage drives. The convertible chassis also includes a reversible key that is removably affixed to the chassis body in either a first orientation or a second orientation. Each orientation provides a different key guide within the plurality of bays that either allows the storage drives to be received into or rejected from the bays of the chassis.