| US 7,551,427 B1 | ||
| Small form factor hard disk drive bracket latch/release mechanism | ||
| Dan Blaugrund, Alburquerque, N. Mex. (US); Bradley Blackwood, San Jose, Calif. (US); and Tim Lau, Fremont, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 13, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/786,852. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/794860, filed on Apr. 25, 2006. | ||
| Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 361—679.38 [361/679.33; 361/679.39] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A hard disk drive bracket comprising:
a bezel having a face surface,
a lever arm attached to the bezel rotatably between a closed position against the bezel and an open position apart from the
bezel, wherein a hard disk drive is locked into the hard disk drive bracket when the lever arm is in the closed position,
a multifunction wireform, wherein the multifunction wireform latches the lever arm in the closed position and releases the
lever arm into the open position, and
a release button formed within the face surface of the bezel, wherein the multifunction wireform releases the lever arm upon
pressing the release button in a first direction,
wherein the multifunction wireform holds and biases the release button in a second direction,
wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite and transverse to the face surface of the bezel.
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