Patent ID: 7187541
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A media drive cage, comprising: a first slot defined by top and bottom bearing surfaces and having an opening and a termination, configured to receive a first protrusion of a media drive, and defining a plane of movement for the first protrusion as it travels along a path through the first slot from the opening to the termination; and a first spring disposed adjacent to the termination and operable to engage the first protrusion before it reaches the termination; wherein the first slot comprises first and second low sections at the opening and the termination, respectively, and a high section between the low sections, the bottom bearing surface in the low sections defining a first height and the bottom bearing surface in the high section defining a second height higher than the first height; and wherein the difference between the first and second heights is sufficiently large that the high section clears the profile of the media drive when the media drive is fully inserted in the cage such that air may flow through the high section into or out of the cage, unimpeded by the media drive.