| US 7,542,295 B2 | ||
| Removable hard drive module for a computer | ||
| Bruce Imsand, Madison, Ala. (US) | ||
| Assigned to MaxVision Corporation, Madison, (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 21, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/409,296. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0247802 A1, Oct. 25, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H05K 7/16 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 361—726 [361/724; 361/727] | 31 Claims |
| 1. A module for grouping hard drives for a computer, comprising:
a plurality of hard drives;
a sleeve with a plurality of rail slots in the side of the sleeve;
at least one slide rail that is attached to the side of each hard drive, where the slide rail is inserted into a rail slot
of the sleeve so that the slide rail is exposed externally to the sleeve; where the computer includes a guide slot that mates
with the slide rail that is exposed externally to the sleeve; and
where the module is arranged to be inserted into the computer so that each of the hard drives docks directly into a backplane
of the computer.
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