Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Patent
1992-08-26
1993-09-21
Picard, Leo P.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
361380, 361395, 361415, 361688, 361695, 361727, 211 26, 211 41, H05K 710, H05K 714
Patent
active
052474275
ABSTRACT:
A disk array subsystem for use in a data processing system. In one embodiment, the disk array subsystem comprises a generally rectangular chassis having a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, an open front end and an open rear end. Disposed within the chassis are three power supplies, a pair of controller boards, a backplane, and a set of twenty disk drive modules. A mounting structure comprising four first disk drive module guide plates and a pair of second disk drive module guides is fixedly mounted within the chassis for removably mounting the disk drive modules in the chassis through the open front end and for placing the disk drive modules in approximate alignment with the backplane for electrical connection therewith. Each first guide plate is shaped to include five parallel slotted channels, and each second disk drive module guide plate is shaped to include ten parallel grooves. Each of the twenty disk drive modules includes an elongated frame having a longitudinally extending T-bar adapted for slidable insertion into one of the slotted channels and a longitudinally extending fin adapted for slidable insertion into one of the grooves. The T-bar is shaped to include a detent, and the slotted channel is shaped to include a pawl, the detent and the pawl being interengageable so as to permit the disk drive module to be secured in place on its associated slotted channel.
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Driscoll Edward K.
Fillio Thomas D.
Nigro Arthur R.
Data General Corporation
Frank Jacob
Kriegsman Irving M.
Phillips Michael W.
Picard Leo P.
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