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Combined main drive and adapter assembly

Granted 1 Sep 1998 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical America, Inc. · originally Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

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Inventors: Mahesh Chandra Rao · Examiner: Freda Nunn · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 13 Nov 1995
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US D397674
granted 1 Sep 1998

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top rear and left…

FIG. 1 is a top rear and left side perspective view of a combined main drive and adapter assembly showing my new design wherein the main drive is shown separately for clarity of illustration only;

FIG. 2 is a top front and left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top right side perspective view of the adapter thereof which is shown separately for clarity of illustration only;

FIG. 4 is a top front and right side perspective view of the main drive thereof shown separately for clarity of illustration only;

FIG. 5 is a top rear and left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top and right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom and rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top front and right side perspective view of the adapter thereof shown separately for clarity of illustration only the bottom view being unornamented;

FIG. 9 is a top rear and left side view thereof in which the connectors are lined to represent the color blue;

FIG. 10 is a top and rear perspective thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top rear and left side perspective view of the combined main drive and adapter assembly;

FIG. 12 is a top rear and left side perspective view thereof with disks mounted thereon;

FIG. 13 is a top rear and left side perspective view thereof with disks partially mounted thereon;

FIG. 14 is a top front and left side perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 15 is a partial view of the top of the main drive with the slider portion thereof being slid open.

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