Patent ID: 9519318
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A storage carrier configured for insertion into a multi-device storage enclosure, the storage carrier comprising a first storage device of a first form factor, a dongle within the storage carrier coupled to the first storage device, and a second storage device coupled to the dongle having a second form factor different than the first form factor, the storage carrier has an overall form factor that substantially corresponds to the first form factor, and the second form factor has an areal extent that is equal to or less than a selected facing side of the first form factor of the first storage device, the storage carrier further comprising a housing sized to enclose the first form factor of the first storage device with the dongle and the second storage device fitting within the housing, the first storage device comprising a hard disc drive (HDD), the second storage device comprising a solid-state device (SSD), the dongle comprising a printed circuit board (PCB) supporting control electronics for the HDD and the SSD, the HDD having opposing top and bottom surfaces bounded by a length dimension and a width dimension of the HDD, opposing side surfaces bounded by the length dimension and a thickness dimension of the HDD, and opposing end surfaces bounded by the width dimension and the thickness dimension, the dongle arranged in adjacent parallel relation to a selected one of the opposing end surfaces and having overall length and width dimensions equal to or smaller than the selected one of the opposing end surfaces.