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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2004
Donald M. Connelly, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Kenton Coleman Green, San Jose, CA (US);
David Tung Lew, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth Robert Schneebeli, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Paul Urbisci, San Jose, CA (US);
Donald M. Connelly, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Kenton Coleman Green, San Jose, CA (US);
David Tung Lew, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth Robert Schneebeli, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Paul Urbisci, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An enclosure for storage devices having at least one mounting surface and a viscoelastic layer disposed between a first layer and a second layer of the mounting surface. A receiver secured to the mounting surface within the enclosure receives a storage device carrier that retains a disk drive and positions the storage device carrier within the enclosure. Clip-on damped springs, coupled to the storage device carrier, guide the storage device carrier through the receiver and couple the storage device carrier to the mounting surface(s). A bezel of the storage device carrier is configured to receive a key in one of a plurality of key positions, with each key position corresponding to a particular disk drive/enclosure chassis interface.