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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2017
Super Micro Computer, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Hsiao-Chung Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system includes a support frame residing within a region conforming to a 3.5-inch form-factor disk drive specification, and a plurality of data storage drives, wherein each data storage drive resides entirely within the region. Each data storage drive conforms to a 2.5-inch form-factor disk drive specification, is mounted on the support frame via at least one external mounting hole that is positioned on a surface of the data storage drive in conformance with the 2.5-inch form-factor disk drive specification, is communicatively coupled to a backplane via an electrical connection device, and the electrical connection device includes a flexible electrical connector that, when coupled to a first end of the data storage drive, does not extend beyond the region, and has a removal tab through which a removal force is exerted to urge the data storage drive away from the support frame.