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Enclosure for a direct access storage device expansion unit for a data processing system

Granted 27 Mar 2001 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: Roland Zapfe, Tim K. Murphy · Examiner: Freda Nunn · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
117527
filed 25 Jan 2000
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US D439578
granted 27 Mar 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, right side…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, right side isometric view of an enclosure for a direct access storage device expansion unit for a data processing system, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top, rear, left side isometric view thereof.

The undisclosed bottom view is unornamented except for the casters which are visible in the views.

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D14/311

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