Patent ID: 8644017
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F,G11B,H05K

Abstract:
1. A carrier for a storage device, the carrier adapted to fit the storage device into a slot adapted to receive a different size of storage device, the carrier comprising: a first side wall comprising a first inward surface of the carrier that defines a first plane; a first protrusion for constraining the motion of the storage device at the carrier, the first protrusion fixedly attached to the first side wall and projecting outward from the first plane towards an inner portion of the carrier, the first protrusion adapted to contact and restrain the motion of the storage device; a second side wall comprising a second inward surface of the carrier that defines a second plane substantially parallel with the first plane; a second protrusion for constraining the motion of the storage device at the carrier, the second protrusion fixedly attached to the second side wall and projecting outward from the second plane towards an inner portion of the carrier, the second protrusion adapted to contact and restrain the motion of the storage device; and a lateral member comprising a third inward surface of the carrier that defines a third plane substantially orthogonal to the first plane and the second plane, the lateral member fixedly attached to each side wall, the lateral member adapted to experience elastic deformation that increases a distance between the first protrusion and the second protrusion sufficiently to allow for insertion of the storage device into the carrier, wherein when the lateral member is elastically deformed, it experiences spring force sufficient to return the carrier to an original shape that restrains the storage device within the carrier.