Patent ID: 7614149
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: G06F,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for assembling a computer, comprising: installing a processor and a memory device within a chassis of the computer; installing a drive device so that at least a portion of the drive device is contained within the chassis; installing an electrical connector into a receptacle on the drive device; securing a mounting portion of a retaining device to at least one of a housing of the drive device or a chassis of the computer to position a connector interface portion of the retaining device at least approximately adjacent to an outwardly facing surface of the connector to prevent the connector from disengaging from the receptacle, wherein the mounting portion of the retaining device is a bracket and the connector interface portion of the retaining device is a movable retainer portion operatively coupled to the bracket; and feeding a ribbon cable attached to the electrical connector through a gap between the bracket and the retainer portion of the retaining device before installing the electrical connector into the receptacle on the drive device.