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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2023
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Spring, TX (US);
John R. Grady, Cypress, TX (US);
Joseph Allen, Tomball, TX (US);
Sunil Rao Ganta Papa Rao Bala, Cypress, TX (US);
Keith Sauer, Spring, TX (US);
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A light pipe housing for a drive carrier comprises a base structure having a front face, a back face, a first light pipe cavity, and a second light pipe cavity. The light pipe housing comprises a raised ramp extending between the first light pipe cavity and the second light pipe cavity, the raised ramp having a first edge adjacent to the first light pipe cavity and a second edge adjacent to the second light pipe cavity. The housing further comprises a top cover having a cut out portion. The base structure and top cover are in conjunction configured to carry any one of a first light pipe and a second light pipe for the drive carrier. The light pipe housing configured to carry one light pipe at a time. The first light pipe and the second light pipe have mutually different light pipe arrangements.