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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2012
David R Cowles, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Robert Dobbs, Granite Bay, CA (US);
James D Hensley, Rocklin, CA (US);
John Machado, Folsom, CA (US);
David R Cowles, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Robert Dobbs, Granite Bay, CA (US);
James D Hensley, Rocklin, CA (US);
John Machado, Folsom, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A keying mechanism within a device bay allows a device connector of a device to make electrical connection with the device bay connector when a key slot of the device is located in one of a plurality of predetermined locations on the device. The keying mechanism prevents the device connector from making electrical connection with the device bay connector when the device does not have a key slot in any of the predetermined locations.