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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
Richard Michael Barina, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Timothy S. Bass, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Dean Frederick Herring, Youngsville, NC (US);
William Fred Otto, Apex, NC (US);
Rodrigo Samper, Raleigh, NC (US);
Susan Pohl Wise, Leasburg, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computing system includes a frame and a drive mounting structure for mounting one or more drive units within the computing system, with the drive mounting structure being pivotally and removably mounted on the frame to move between an operating position, in which an internal end of a drive unit mounted within the drive mounting structure is held within the computing system, and a service position, in which the internal end of the drive unit extends outward from the computing system. In the service position, access is provided to an open end of the drive mounting structure, into which the drive unit can be installed, to the internal end of the drive unit, for attachment of a cable, and to a side of the drive mounting structure, through which fasteners are driven to mount the drive unit within the drive mounting structure.