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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:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Craig Boe, Nampa, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 ;
Abstract
The invention provides for an apparatus and method for quickly attaching a disk drive to a computer chassis and for quickly removing a disk drive from a computer chassis. The sliding of a slide member that is slidably coupled to a bracket is employed to secure a disk drive in the bracket. Sliding of the slide member in an opposite direction releases the disk drive from the bracket. The bracket is coupled to the computer chassis.