Patent ID: 6193339
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: G11B,H05K

Abstract:
A memory storage device docking adapter, comprising:a carrier for holding a hard disk drive, the carrier has a face;a rack having two lateral rails, the carrier slidably engages the rails to enable the carrier to slide into the rack;a cantilever mounted on the face for engaging the rack;a cover with a cam, the cover is hinged to the face, the cover rotates from a closed position where the cover parallels the face to an open position where the cam presses the cantilever against the rack; andthe cantilever has a contoured end, a fulcrum region, and a fixed end, the fixed end is fixed centrally on the face, the fulcrum region aligns for contact with the cam, the contoured end engages one rail of the rack.