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Enclosure for hard drives

Granted 21 Jan 1997 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Eccs, Inc. · originally ECCS, Inc.

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Inventors: Friedrich G. Geck · Examiner: Freda Nunn · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 13 Nov 1995
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US D377478
granted 21 Jan 1997

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a enclosure for hard drives according to the teachings of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the enclosure for hard drives;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the enclosure for hard drives;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the enclosure for hard drives;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the enclosure for hard drives;

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the enclosure for hard drives;

FIG. 7 is a left side view of the disk array enclosure;

FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of a second embodiment thereof wherein the only difference resides in the addition of a second enclosure; and,

FIG. 9 is a front perspective view of a third embodiment thereof wherein the only difference resides in the addition of a third enclosure.

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D14/100

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