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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy Radloff, Austin, TX (US);
Ken Haven, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dell U.S.A., L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361685 ; 439159 ; 3601 / ;
Abstract
A computer in which a disk drive is mounted in the computer chassis. An actuation assembly is provided for actuating the disk drive and includes an arm that engages and actuates the eject button of the disk drive upon movement of the actuation assembly and the arm in a first direction. A button is provided in the cover for the chassis which, when manually pressed, engages the actuation assembly causing movement of the actuation assembly and the arm in the first direction to actuate the eject button. The arm is configured to engage and actuate eject buttons having different sizes and/or at different locations.