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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2003
Sze-moey Voon, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Thomas S. Neal, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jacques L. Gagne, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ray Gradwohl, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ricardo Penate, Pacifica, CA (US);
Kenneth Wood, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Sze-moey Voon, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Thomas S. Neal, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jacques L. Gagne, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ray Gradwohl, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ricardo Penate, Pacifica, CA (US);
Kenneth Wood, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An access in a housing for a computer is disclosed. The access has a pivot mechanism coupled to the housing, and a door coupled to the pivot mechanism. The door rests flush against the computer housing when the access is not deployed. The door is configured to pivot in a downward direction for deployment of the access. An actuator is coupled to the door for actuating an ejection mechanism in a disk drive drawer. The actuator has a foam pad for depressing an eject button on a faceplate of the disk drive drawer.