Panel and drive cage assembly

Details Panel and drive cage assembly Panel and drive cage assembly

1999-11-10

2001-10-23

King, Anita (Department: 3632)

Supports

Instrument in panel

C312S223200, C248S694000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06305648

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a panel and drive cage assembly, and particularly to a panel and drive cage assembly having means for enhancing grounding of the drive cage mounted thereto.
2. The Related Art
A panel and drive cage assembly includes a drive cage for receiving and retaining a data storage device such as a floppy disk drive (FDD), a hard disk drive (HDD) or a compact disc-read only memory (CD-ROM) drive. The data storage device can easily produce electromagnetic interference which can reduce the stability of the computer system. To counter this problem, a drive cage such as those disclosed in Taiwan Patent Application Nos. 84213528, 85218324, 81213379 and 84201628, and U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,031,070; 5,600,538; 5,164,886 and 5,175,670 is required to quickly ground for preventing the electromagnetic interference coming from the data storage device.
A conventional panel and drive cage assembly forms a plurality of fingers connected between a drive cage and a front panel to provide grounding paths, thereby enhancing grounding. However, attaching the fingers to the front panel is complicated and time consuming.
Thus, it is desired to have a panel and drive cage assembly having a drive cage which facilitates grounding and assembly.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a panel and drive cage assembly comprising a drive cage having means for facilitating grounding.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a panel and drive cage assembly comprising a drive cage having a simplified assembly.
To fulfill the objects mentioned above, a panel and drive cage assembly in accordance with the present invention comprises a panel and a drive cage attached to the panel. The panel defines an opening therein and forms a plurality of fingers about the opening. The drive cage forms a plurality of protrusions proximate side edges thereof to extend through the opening and contact the corresponding fingers of the panel for enhancing grounding.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be understood from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:


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