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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Mohamad El-batal, Westminster, CO (US);
Bret Weber, Wichita, KS (US);
Mark Nossokoff, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Mohamad El-Batal, Westminster, CO (US);
Bret Weber, Wichita, KS (US);
Mark Nossokoff, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An array of disk drives may be mounted onto a backplane that may slide as a single unit into an enclosure, such as a rack mounted enclosure. The backplane may allow the disk drives to be arranged in multiple columns and rows such that the disk drives are generally parallel to each other. Such an arrangement affords excellent airflow around the disk drives and greatly simplifies servicing of the disk array.