Patent ID: 6804111
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive carrier system comprising a plurality of disk drive carriers and a shelf, the shelf defining a plurality of parallel slots shaped to receive the disk driver carriers, each disk drive carrier carrying a disk drive and having a first electrical connector on a first edge of the carrier, said first edge defining an insertion direction for insertion of the carrier into the shelf, the shelf further comprising a plurality of second electrical connectors each disposed to mate with the first electrical connector of a carrier, each disk drive carrier having a first locking part movable between a first position and a second position; the system further comprising a plurality of second locking features each disposed to engage with the first locking part of a carrier if in said first position;each said carrier further comprising a bezel visible when the first electrical connector of said carrier is mated with said second electrical connector, said bezel defining an opening, each said carrier further comprising the first locking part rotatable about an axis between said first and second positions, said first locking part being non-opaque, said first locking part rotation axis being parallel with said insertion direction, a portion of said first locking part visible through said opening, the visible portion of the first locking part shaped to present different appearances when in said first and second positions; each said carrier further comprising a first light source positioned with respect to a feature of the first locking part such that said first light source is juxtaposed with said feature in one of said first and second positions but not in another of said first and second positions, whereby when the first light source is juxtaposed, light from the first light source is emitted from the visible portion of the first locking part.