|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ( 1 of 1 ) |
| United States Patent | 8,351,203 |
| Reents , et al. | January 8, 2013 |
A housing, which may contain a hard disk drive, is configured to removably mount to a recessed surface of a console. The housing includes a lip and a biased latch arm so that the lip can be inserted into a corresponding feature in the recessed surface and the housing can be rotatably mounted to the recessed surface. The biased latch arm is retained by a latch arm retainer so that the housing is held in place. A cable connector extends from the bottom of the housing and is configured to connect to a receptor on the console when the housing is installed. When desired, a latch on the housing can be translated where the translation cause the biased latch arm to translate so as to clear the latch arm retainer. Thus the housing can be readily removed from the console. Preferably a portion of the housing extends beyond a wall of the recessed surface so that when installed, the housing alters the profile of the console.
| Inventors: | Reents; Jeffrey M. (Carnation, WA), Hayes; Jonathan A. (Seattle, WA) |
|---|---|
| Assignee: |
Microsoft Corporation
(Redmond,
WA)
|
| Family ID: | 36084241 |
| Appl. No.: | 13/091,254 |
| Filed: | April 21, 2011 |
| Document Identifier | Publication Date | |
|---|---|---|
| US 20110194244 A1 | Aug 11, 2011 | |
| Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12875323 | Sep 3, 2010 | 8264834 | |||
| 11026529 | Dec 30, 2004 | 7791874 | |||
| Current U.S. Class: | 361/693 ; 206/701; 360/97.13; 361/679.33; 361/679.37; 361/692; 369/77.21; 439/248 |
| Current CPC Class: | G06F 1/181 (20130101); G06F 1/187 (20130101); G06F 1/20 (20130101); G11B 33/025 (20130101); G11B 33/1426 (20130101) |
| Current International Class: | H05K 7/20 (20060101); B65D 85/00 (20060101); G11B 33/02 (20060101); H01R 13/64 (20060101) |
| Field of Search: | ;361/679.33-679.39,679.46-679.54,688-723 ;439/248 ;369/75.11,77.21 ;206/701 ;360/97.01 |
| 3335238 | August 1967 | Zavertnik et al. |
| 4091246 | May 1978 | Donofrio et al. |
| 4612424 | September 1986 | Clark et al. |
| 4669053 | May 1987 | Krenz |
| 4703147 | October 1987 | Happ et al. |
| 4853807 | August 1989 | Trager |
| 5247428 | September 1993 | Yu |
| 5253133 | October 1993 | Guo |
| 5311455 | May 1994 | Ho |
| 5397244 | March 1995 | Generoli et al. |
| 5610376 | March 1997 | Takagi et al. |
| 5865546 | February 1999 | Ganthier et al. |
| 5909357 | June 1999 | Orr |
| 6049452 | April 2000 | You et al. |
| 6058009 | May 2000 | Hood et al. |
| RE36968 | November 2000 | Shieh |
| 6219232 | April 2001 | Bang et al. |
| 6317061 | November 2001 | Batra et al. |
| 6407910 | June 2002 | Diaz et al. |
| 6424523 | July 2002 | Curtis et al. |
| 6483107 | November 2002 | Rabinovitz et al. |
| 7074084 | July 2006 | Shuey et al. |
| 7791874 | September 2010 | Reents et al. |
| 2002/0126449 | September 2002 | Casebolt |
| 2002/0126454 | September 2002 | Kutaragi et al. |
| 2003/0090867 | May 2003 | Olson et al. |
| 2003/0193774 | October 2003 | Shyr |
"Decent II Game Manual Release", Windows 95, Paraflex Software, 1996, 37 pages. cited by other . EP Application No. 05112132.5 : Extended European Search Report, Apr. 12, 2006, 6 pages. cited by other. |
|
|