Patent ID: 7035097

Claim:
A docking module for use with conventional small form factor disk drives, comprising: a housing member having a plurality of slots; a plurality of tray loaders for holding small form factor disk drives, each said slot being configured to receive each said tray loader; a connecting means for connecting said small form factor disk drive to a host, said small form factor disk drive having a first connector; said tray loader having a second connector for connecting said first connector of said small form factor disk drive, a third connector electrically connected to said second connector; said connecting means being a PCBA back plane having a fourth electrical connector for connecting to said host, a plurality of fifth connector for removably connecting to said third connector of said tray loader; a button attached to a lever mechanism for disengaging said third connector of said tray loader from said fifth connector; a slide means within said housing for moving said tray loader within said housing.