Mechanical architecture of supporting a hard disk drive into...

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1998-10-19

2001-05-15

Feild, Lynn D. (Department: 2835)

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...

For electronic systems and devices

C361S689000, C312S223200

Reexamination Certificate

active

06233142

ABSTRACT:

TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates in general to electronic computers and in particular to supporting a hard disk drive into a network computer.
BACKGROUND ART
Although network computers are significantly smaller than personal computers, they contain a number of similar electronic components such as a motherboard, a hard disk drive, connectors, feature card slots and the like. Each of the components is rigidly mounted to an internal frame or chassis. A thin profile, external housing or enclosure is removably attached to the chassis for allowing the user access to the components. The enclosure also protects the exposed components from physical contact and shields the components from electromagnetic interference (EMI).
Until now, a standard density 3.5×1 inch hard disk drive has been geometrically incompatible with small network computers. Instead, computer designers have selected smaller, more expensive drives with comparable densities such as a 2.5 inch drive. Smaller drives were also selected to avoid sacrificing one of the feature card slots in the computer. However, in some designs even a smaller hard disk drive required computer designers to sacrifice a feature card slot. For these designs, conventional computer architecture taught the use of a voluminous metal shadow box that the ISA or PCI cards could mount to. Although shadow boxes and smaller, more expensive drives are workable with network computers, an improved network computer design which is compatible with an unboxed conventional drive is desirable.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
A small network computer has a chassis which is mounted within a housing. A variety of electronic components are mounted to the chassis and a pair of feature card slots are located in a tailstock portion of the chassis. A full-sized 3.5 inch hard disk drive is mounted to a flat bracket in one of the feature card slots. The bracket inserts into the tailstock on one end and is fastened to the chassis on an opposite end.


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