Patent ID: 7554811
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: G06F,G11B,H05K

Abstract:
1. A data storage device carrier for carrying a data storage device and for removable mounting in a data storage device chassis, the carrier comprising: a data storage device carrier tray on which a data storage device can be placed, the carrier tray having a base, opposed side walls and at least one end wall, at least one end of at least one of the side walls being formed with an extension portion which passes across the junction between the end wall and said end of said at least one of the side walls; runners arranged generally along the carrier tray side walls to facilitate sliding of the carrier into and out of a data storage device chassis, at least one end of at least one of the runners being formed with an extension portion which passes across a portion of the carrier tray end wall; and, a front part having a latching handle which can be operated to latch the carrier into and unlatch the carrier from a data storage device chassis; the carrier tray, at least one of the runners and the front part being connected to each other by at least one fastener that passes through said extension portion of said at least one carrier tray side wall, through said carrier tray end wall, through the extension portion of said at least one runner, and into the front part (though not necessarily in that order).