Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-latching storage device module
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Application No.: US13347891Application Date: 2012-01-11
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Publication No.: US08717753B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: David Michael Keffeler , Andrew Rudolph Heyd
- Applicant: David Michael Keffeler , Andrew Rudolph Heyd
- Applicant Address: US CO Longmont
- Assignee: Dot Hill Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Dot Hill Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Longmont
- Agent Thomas J. Lavan
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract:
A latching device for latching a storage device module into a storage chassis is provided. The latching device includes a latch member having a latching end and a spring end opposite the latching end, the latch member slidingly disposed within a front bezel of the storage device module and being movable between a latching position and a releasing position. The latching device also includes a latch spring between a bearing surface of the front bezel and the spring end of the latch member. The latch spring is in increased compression when the latch member transitions from the latching position to the releasing position, and the latch spring is in decreased compression when the latch member transitions from the releasing position to the latching position. The latching end extends through a latch hole in a side member of the storage chassis for locking the storage device module in the chassis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130176676A1 Self-latching storage device module Public/Granted day:2013-07-11
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