Patent ID: 7639492

Claim:
A drive carrier comprising: a first suspension member that defines a first plane on a first side of the drive carrier; a structural member coupled to the first suspension member, the structural member defines a second plane perpendicular to the first plane; a second suspension member coupled to the structural member, the second suspension member configured to be manually flexed resiliently away from the drive carrier during installation of a disk drive, and the second suspension member configured such that: in a rest position the second suspension member defines a third plane on a second side of the drive carrier, the third plane parallel to the first plane and perpendicular to the second plane, and in a flexed position of the second suspension member the second plane is still perpendicular to the first plane; a handle having a hinge point coupled to the suspension members, the hinge point defining an axis of rotation for the handle, and the axis of rotation lies substantially parallel to the second plane; a first pin configured to couple to a mounting hole of the disk drive, and the first pin coupled to the first suspension member; and a second pin configured to couple to a mounting hole of the disk drive, and the second pin coupled to the second suspension member, wherein the first and second pins suspend the disk drive within the drive carrier between the suspension members.