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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1999
Shari J. Nolan, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard N. Hibbs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ian C. Fry, Danville, CA (US);
Jeffery S. Nespor, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jerome Parker Lane, San Jose, CA (US);
Convergent Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An assembly that engages a component to a computer system includes a cover adapted to retain the component and to be inserted within a chassis of the computer system. A slide movably coupled to the cover has a proximal position associated with inserting the cover into the chassis and a distal position associated with withdrawing the cover from the chassis. A detector coupled to a lock and to the slide detects movement of the slide to actuate the lock. The lock is coupled to the slide and to the detector, and blocks movement of the slide towards the distal point when the lock is in an engaged state.