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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Compact hdd carrier mechanism featuring self actuating emc springs to prevent hdd component shorting
Martin Joseph Crippen, Apex, NC (US);
David George Lund, Byron, MN (US);
Charles William Piper, Burlington, NC (US);
Brian Alan Trumbo, Apex, NC (US);
Martin Joseph Crippen, Apex, NC (US);
David George Lund, Byron, MN (US);
Charles William Piper, Burlington, NC (US);
Brian Alan Trumbo, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An improved carrier comprises a tray, an EMC component, and a bezel. The EMC component comprises a top spring set and a bottom spring set. Each spring set comprises a plurality of spring biased contacts connected by a plate and a bar so that each spring set moves in unison when depressed or released. Each tray has a first flange and a second flange and each of the flanges has a cut out portion. When an improved carrier is moved out of an array enclosure, the flanges depress the top spring of the EMC component of the carrier below. When the improved carrier is moved into the array enclosure, the flanges depress the top spring set of the carrier below until the top spring set of the carrier below is released by the cut-out portions of the flanges. When released, the top spring set of the carrier below contacts the bottom spring set of the carrier above to form a continuous EMC shield.