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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2022
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Kar Foong Yong, Penang, MY;
Patricio Collantes, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Khai Shiang Tan, Penang, MY;
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A tray for holding a plurality of storage drives includes a sheet of material formed to include: a plurality of tray sidewalls, each having a top edge and a bottom edge; a plurality of tray ends walls arranged relative to the plurality of tray sidewalls to define a plurality of corner regions, each tray end wall having a top edge and a bottom edge; at least one side extension included in each of the tray sidewalls; at least one corner extension included in a corner region; and a tray top spanning the tray sidewalls and the tray ends walls. The tray top includes a pair of top-side surfaces that extend inward from the top edge of a respective one of the tray sidewalls, and a central slotted structure spanning the top-side surfaces. The central slotted structure forms a plurality of slots, each configured to receive one of the plurality of storage drives.