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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2023
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Scott R. Patterson, Manitou Springs, CO (US);
Andrew Altermatt, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Jeffrey D. Wilke, Palmer Lake, CO (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A device carrier mechanism configured for attachment to an electronic device such as a hard disk drive includes a pair of rotatable handles interlocked at a common first pivot at a proximal end of each handle and a respective second pivot at a distal end, a pair of pin mechanisms each coupled at the second pivot of a respective handle and having a protruding latch pin, and a frame with which each pin mechanism is translatably coupled. Such a linkage system operates as an over-center mechanism, in a device handling state responsive to an upward handling force and with the latch pins in a retracted position within the frame, a neutral state with the latch pins in an extended position extending external to the frame, and a locked over-center state with the latch pins clamped in the extended position for locking into a data storage system.
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