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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2003
Graham P Boswell, Southampton, GB;
Mark Scicluna, Long Sutton, GB;
Graham P Boswell, Southampton, GB;
Mark Scicluna, Long Sutton, GB;
Xyratex Technology Limited, Hampshire, GB;
Abstract
A data storage device chassis for housing a plurality of data storage devices has a plurality of walls at least some of which have at least one guide strip along at least part of the length of the wall to define a plurality of bays in which data storage devices () can be housed. The guide strips support respective data storage devices in the bays such that the data storage devices can be slid into and out of the bays by sliding along the guide strips. The at least some of the walls are composed of a non-metallic material such that the surface of said guide strips along which a data storage device slides is non-metallic. Each of said at least some of the walls have an electrically conductive portion passing through the wall to provide for electrical conduction between the bays thereby providing electrical shielding for data storage devices housed in the bays.