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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2006
Applicants:

Kevin Mundt, Austin, TX (US);

David William Grunow, Round Rock, TX (US);

Faiza Hassan, Austin, TX (US);

Scott Koester, Austin, TX (US);

Reynold L. Liao, Austin, TX (US);

Jefferson Wirtz, Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Kevin Mundt, Austin, TX (US);

David William Grunow, Round Rock, TX (US);

Faiza Hassan, Austin, TX (US);

Scott Koester, Austin, TX (US);

Reynold L. Liao, Austin, TX (US);

Jefferson Wirtz, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An optical drive apparatus includes a drive tray including an optical drive mechanism, whereby the drive tray is operable to be inserted directly into an information handling system drive bay free of a drive chassis. An information handling system chassis may be provided that accepts the optical drive apparatus and couples the optical drive apparatus to the information handling system without the need of a drive chassis.


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