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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Greg Franke, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth Frame, Spring, TX (US);
Greg Renfro, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A slot in a media drive cage receives a protrusion of a media drive housing. A spring adjacent to the slot engages the protrusion just before it reaches the end of the slot, causing the media drive to slow down prior to reaching a fully engaged position within the cage. The frictional slowing reduces mechanical shock to the drive when its movement stops. A resilient finger at the end of the slot further reduces shock. A resilient latch retains the drive within the slot. To remove the drive, the latch may be disengaged by pulling on a hook portion of the latch. The slot may be nonlinear to enable airflow through the slot and over the drive, thus facilitating cooling of the drive.