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Half-high disk drive tray bezel

Granted 15 May 2001 · no office action yet

Current assignee: International Business Machines Corporation · originally International Business Machines

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Inventors: Eric Thomas Gamble, Roland K. Alo, Edward McNulty, Brian Hargrove Leonard · Examiner: Freda Nunn · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
122276
filed 24 Apr 2000
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US D442181
granted 15 May 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top front and left…

FIG. 1 is a top front and left side perspective view of the disk drive tray bezel showing our new design, and a tray and spring contacts depicted in broken lines for illustrative purposes only which form no part of the claimed design; and,

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

The areas of the tray which have not been completely disclosed in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are understood not to be part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/432

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