Patent ID: 6445663
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
A drive cage assembly adapted to receive a data storage device therein, the data storage device defining holes in opposite sides thereof, the drive cage assembly comprising:a cage having a base wall, an upper wall horizontally extending from an upper edge of the base wall and a lower wall horizontally extending from a lower edge of the base wall, the cage defining a side opening, the base wall defining at least one pair of first posts adapted to be inserted into the holes of the data storage device; a securing plate mountable to the side opening of the cage and having at least one pair of second posts adapted to be inserted into the holes of the data storage device; and a coupling piece releasably coupling the securing plate to the cage thereby securely mounting the data storage device therein, wherein free ends of the upper and lower walls are respectively bent into a first flange and a second flange extending toward each other, the first flange defining a first slot aligned with a second slot defined in the securing plate to receive the coupling piece therein.