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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:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vibora Sim, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Ty R. Schmitt, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for securing a component in a computer system includes a housing having a component bay including a first and a second positioning device in a first sequence. A component for the bay includes a first and a second positioning device in a second sequence, which is inverse to the first sequence. In this manner, when the component is inserted into the bay, the second positioning device of the bay engages the first positioning device of the component and, simultaneously, the first positioning device of the bay engages the second positioning device of the component.