Latch for Securing a Hardware Component Into a Component Bay

A latch apparatus and method to facilitate leveraged insertion of a component into a component bay to an interfaced position, securing of the component in the component bay when the component interfaces with a host computer, leveraged dislodgement of the component from its interfaced position for re...

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Hauptverfasser:	TRUMBO BRIAN ALAN, KERRIGAN BRIAN MICHAEL, CRIPPEN MARTIN JOSEPH, PIPER CHARLES WILLIAM
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY INFORMATION STORAGE INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS PHYSICS PRINTED CIRCUITS
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Zusammenfassung:	A latch apparatus and method to facilitate leveraged insertion of a component into a component bay to an interfaced position, securing of the component in the component bay when the component interfaces with a host computer, leveraged dislodgement of the component from its interfaced position for removal of the component from the component bay, and proper positioning of the latch apparatus upon insertion of the component housing to ensure proper engagement of the latch apparatus with the component bay for leveraged insertion and removal. One latch apparatus comprises a frame adapted to be secured to a proximal end of a component housing, a handle pivotally secured to the frame, and an extendable arm slidably secured to a distal end of the handle and biased toward an extended position, wherein the distal end of the extendable arm has a distally extending latch key for engaging a slot in the component bay.