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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

David Dickey, Auburn, CA (US);

Richard B. Nelson, Granite Bay, CA (US);

Seiya Ohta, NewCastle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 ; G11B 3/314 ; G06F 1/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 ; G11B 3/314 ; G06F 1/20 ;
Abstract

A cost effective and easily manufactured filler for a removable system component. A hard disk drive filler embodiment is disclosed having five exterior sides and internal baffles to simulate the airflow modifying characteristics of a hard disk drive. The hard disk drive filler is stackable, flame-resistant, and is manufactured by an injection-molding process.


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