Patent ID: 6299266
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: G06F,G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A mounting arrangement for mounting a subsystem unit provided with side fixing holes, the arrangement comprisinga tray having two side walls that generally define a space for receiving a subsystem unit;at least one of the side walls being provided with one or more retractable studs and a resilient member mounted on an outer face thereof which, in an absence of external pressure applied to the resilient member, each stud extends into the space defined by inner surfaces of the side walls in order to engage a side fixing hole in a subsystem unit, whereinthe resilient member has a first point in fixed relation with the side wall;at least a first of said studs is provided at another point of the resilient member and extends through a corresponding hole in the side wall; andthe resilient member has at least a first portion shaped to form a fulcrum acting against the side wall between said first point of the member that is in fixed relation with the side wall, and has a second portion that is separated from the side wall and on the same side of the fulcrum as said first point, so that pressure applied to the second portion in the direction of the side wall causes the resilient member to pivot about the fulcrum and retract said first stud from the corresponding hole, thereby to allow a subsystem unit mounted in the tray to be removed therefrom.