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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2000
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A rail assembly is adapted for mounting a data storage device in a computer enclosure. The rail assembly comprises a rail and a conductive fastener attached to the rail for fixing the rail to a data storage device. The rail comprises a body and a latch so connected with the body as to be capable of a flexing movement relative to the body for engaging with a computer enclosure. The body defines a number of pairs of through holes and a first slot. The fastener comprises a pair of tabs for engagingly extending into a selected pair of the through holes of the rail and a pair of posts for extending through the first slot of the rail to securely engaging with the data storage device. The fastener can mount the rail to the data storage device with the rail attached at a number of different positions relative to the data storage device.