WO2012054061A1 - Handle module - Google Patents

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WO2012054061A1
WO2012054061A1 PCT/US2010/053838 US2010053838W WO2012054061A1 WO 2012054061 A1 WO2012054061 A1 WO 2012054061A1 US 2010053838 W US2010053838 W US 2010053838W WO 2012054061 A1 WO2012054061 A1 WO 2012054061A1
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Yi-Feng Lin
Barry T. Phillips
David Quijano
Gregory A . Standiford
Josh K. Peterson
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Priority to CN201080069744.9A priority patent/CN103154847B/en
Priority to GB1303956.5A priority patent/GB2498119B/en
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    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
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    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K5/00—Casings, cabinets or drawers for electric apparatus
    • H05K5/02—Details
    • H05K5/0217—Mechanical details of casings
    • H05K5/023—Handles; Grips

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  • While computers employing a desktop tower form factor are not considered “portable", they are moved at times. In some scenarios, the location of the tower computer is changed, e.g., either because the user is changing locations, or because the tower computer is being repurposed for use by a different user. In other scenarios, a computer's position is adjusted, e.g., to gain access to a rear connectivity panel. For such scenarios, one or two protruding or recessed handles may be built into or attached to a tower computer.
  • FIGURE 1 is a schematic diagram of a handle module in accordance with an embodiment.
  • FIGURE 2 is a flow chart of a handle-module process in accordance with an embodiment.
  • FIGURE 3 is a schematic diagram of a computer system including a handle module in accordance with an embodiment.
  • FIGURE 4 is a perspective drawing of a portion of the computer system of FIG. 3.
  • FIGURE 5 is a perspective drawing of the handle module of FIG. 3 with a hard drive installed therein.
  • a modular recessed handle 100 has a forward-facing recess 102 in and installation features 104 on a housing 106 conforming to the form factor of a standard disk drive, as shown in FIG. 1.
  • the handle module can be installed 201 in a slot designed to accommodate a standard form- factor disk drive. Once installed, a human hand can grip 202 the handle and then move 203 a computer in which the handle is installed.
  • the handle is installed in a top 5.25" (13.3 cm) optical drive bay of a tower computer.
  • an "optical drive" bay is externally accessible so that an optical disk can be inserted and removed.
  • some hard disk bays are internal and not externally accessible.
  • an optical drive bay may accommodate a hard disk, an optical disk drive, a card reader, an I/O interface, as known in the art, or a handle, as described herein.
  • other form factors apply; for example, in one embodiment the handle is designed to conform to a 3.5" (8.9 cm) floppy-drive form factor.
  • the handle can be used in a tower computer or a computer of another form factor, e.g., a rack mount computer.
  • the handle is modular, a builder can decide to include the handle or omit it from a particular machine to accommodate a user's preference. Also, a user can install an after-market version of such a handle. In some embodiments, additional functionality can be provided for a drive slot bearing a handle. In an embodiment, the handle accommodates an internal hard drive. In another embodiment, a card reader slot is built into the handle. Thus, the handle design provides manuveraility while still providing
  • a computer system 300 includes a fixed handle module 301, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • Handle module 301 can be gripped by a hand 303, as indicated in FIG. 3.
  • Computer system 300 includes three vertically arranged optical disk drive (ODD) slots 305, 307, and 309 in a case 310.
  • ODD optical disk drive
  • Computer system 300 also includes a processor 315, media (including solid-state memory) 317, and communications devices 319 (including network and input/output devices) as represented in block form in FIG. 3.
  • Handle module 301 includes a housing 321, a ridge 323, and a back-wall 325. Ridge 323 is spaced from back wall 325 to define a finger-friendly recess 327 extending from a front 328 of the handle module and into an interior 329 of said housing. Recess 327 provides an ergonomic grip that can be used to carry computer 300 or pull it forward, etc. As evident in FIG. 4, handle 301 is non- protruding in the sense that it does not protrude outside the smallest rectangular parallelepiped envelope (not shown) that can contain case 310.
  • Handle module 301 can be used in contexts other than tower computer 300.
  • the computer may have one or more ODD slots.
  • the computer can have a horizontal or a vertical (tower) form factor.
  • the computer can be designed as a stand-alone machine or to be part of a rack or other modular computer system.
  • handle 301 can facilitate removal of rack mount computers (with handle modules installed) from a rack.
  • Handle module 301 is shown in FIG. 5 with a hard disk mounting frame 501 installed and a hard disk 503 installed in frame 501.
  • Frame 501 and hard disk 503 conform to a standard 3.5" hard drive form factor and readily fit in slot 305 (FIG. 3) along with handle module 301.
  • Handle module 301 includes an installation feature set 504, including standard mounting holes 511, to secure handle 301 in slot 305. Handle module 301 also includes clips 509 (one of two shown) for securing hard disk 503 in frame 501 once it is inserted into place. In alternative embodiments, additional or different
  • FIG. 5 depicts just one of many possible examples of ways functions can be combined with a handle module to provide additional functionality for the incorporating slot.
  • Other examples include: 1) incorporating a media, e.g., PC Card, reader in the ridge of the handle module; 2) mcluding functional or accent lighting into the ridge of the handle module, 3) incorporating a fingerprint reader in the ridge or on one side of the handle module; and 4) mcluding a storage slot for holding USB keys, etc.
  • the recess may or may not extend the full horizontal width of the handle module; in the latter case, room may be left for an additional storage compartment or other functional elements.
  • a "module” is a device or assembly that can be installed and removed intact from a host system.
  • a “handle” is a device or structure that can be gripped by a human so that a system mcorporating the handle can be carried or moved at least in part by applying force via the handle.
  • a “housing” is a structure that encloses an interior, possibly mcluding interior components.
  • a "form factor” is a set of specifications.
  • a disk-drive form factor is a form factor that applies to disk drives, both to the disk drives and to slots into which a conforming disk drive can be mounted.
  • a 5.25" form factor has been prevalent for many years in the computer industry for hard disks and optical disk drives. This form factor is still used for optical drives.
  • Hard disks are
  • installation features refers to clips, screws, screw holes, and the like used for securely mstalling a module into position, e.g., in a slot.
  • a "recess” is surface and an interior volume partially enclosed by the recess, wherein the interior volume is included in the interior of a rectangular parallelepiped envelop for an object, e.g., a handle module or a computer system.
  • object e.g., a handle module or a computer system.
  • finger- friendly means ergonomically suited for use by human fingers; it practice. The fingers being of a normal sized hand for a normal male or female adult human. Thus, a finger-friendly recess allows fingers to extend far enough in that a grip can be formed suitable for carrying or sliding the host machine.
  • “Gripping” herein refers to holding a handle feature (e.g., the ridge) so that the host computer can be moved without the hand being retracted from the recess; more specifically, as used herein, "gripping" involves inserting at least three finger tips and at least one knuckle into the recess.
  • An installation feature set is a set of one or more features that can be used to secure a module being installed.
  • fixed means components of the handle module do not move relative to each other once installed.
  • non-protruding means that it does not extend through the boundary of the smallest rectangular parallelepiped on the host machine. In the case of a hinged handle, it is non-protruding only if it is non-protruding in every allowed rotational position about the hinge. Hinged handles are not "fixed”.
  • a "system” is a set of interacting elements, wherein the elements can be, by way of example and not of limitation, mechanical components, electrical elements, atoms, physical analogs of computer-executable instructions, and process segments.
  • elements can be, by way of example and not of limitation, mechanical components, electrical elements, atoms, physical analogs of computer-executable instructions, and process segments.

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Abstract

A handle module has a housing conforming to a disk drive form factor. The handle module has mounting features configured to securely install the housing in a slot conforming to the disk drive form factor. The handle module has a finger-friendly recess extending from a front of the handle module and into an interior of the housing.

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HANDLE MODULE
[01 ] BACKGROUND
[02] While computers employing a desktop tower form factor are not considered "portable", they are moved at times. In some scenarios, the location of the tower computer is changed, e.g., either because the user is changing locations, or because the tower computer is being repurposed for use by a different user. In other scenarios, a computer's position is adjusted, e.g., to gain access to a rear connectivity panel. For such scenarios, one or two protruding or recessed handles may be built into or attached to a tower computer.
[03] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[04] FIGURE 1 is a schematic diagram of a handle module in accordance with an embodiment.
[05] FIGURE 2 is a flow chart of a handle-module process in accordance with an embodiment.
[06] FIGURE 3 is a schematic diagram of a computer system including a handle module in accordance with an embodiment.
[07] FIGURE 4 is a perspective drawing of a portion of the computer system of FIG. 3.
[08] FIGURE 5 is a perspective drawing of the handle module of FIG. 3 with a hard drive installed therein. [09] DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[10] A modular recessed handle 100 has a forward-facing recess 102 in and installation features 104 on a housing 106 conforming to the form factor of a standard disk drive, as shown in FIG. 1. In a process 200, flow-charted in FIG. 2, the handle module can be installed 201 in a slot designed to accommodate a standard form- factor disk drive. Once installed, a human hand can grip 202 the handle and then move 203 a computer in which the handle is installed.
[1 1 ] In one embodiment, the handle is installed in a top 5.25" (13.3 cm) optical drive bay of a tower computer. Herein, an "optical drive" bay is externally accessible so that an optical disk can be inserted and removed. In contrast, some hard disk bays are internal and not externally accessible. However, an optical drive bay may accommodate a hard disk, an optical disk drive, a card reader, an I/O interface, as known in the art, or a handle, as described herein. In other embodiments, other form factors apply; for example, in one embodiment the handle is designed to conform to a 3.5" (8.9 cm) floppy-drive form factor. The handle can be used in a tower computer or a computer of another form factor, e.g., a rack mount computer.
[12] Since the handle is modular, a builder can decide to include the handle or omit it from a particular machine to accommodate a user's preference. Also, a user can install an after-market version of such a handle. In some embodiments, additional functionality can be provided for a drive slot bearing a handle. In an embodiment, the handle accommodates an internal hard drive. In another embodiment, a card reader slot is built into the handle. Thus, the handle design provides manuveraility while still providing
additional functionality for a disk drive slot.
[13] A computer system 300 includes a fixed handle module 301, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Handle module 301 can be gripped by a hand 303, as indicated in FIG. 3. Computer system 300 includes three vertically arranged optical disk drive (ODD) slots 305, 307, and 309 in a case 310. Handle module 301 is installed
longitudinally into the top ODD slot 305. An optical disk drive 311 is mounted in the middle slot 307. Bottom slot 309 is empty except for a front cover 313. Computer system 300 also includes a processor 315, media (including solid-state memory) 317, and communications devices 319 (including network and input/output devices) as represented in block form in FIG. 3.
[14] Handle module 301 includes a housing 321, a ridge 323, and a back-wall 325. Ridge 323 is spaced from back wall 325 to define a finger-friendly recess 327 extending from a front 328 of the handle module and into an interior 329 of said housing. Recess 327 provides an ergonomic grip that can be used to carry computer 300 or pull it forward, etc. As evident in FIG. 4, handle 301 is non- protruding in the sense that it does not protrude outside the smallest rectangular parallelepiped envelope (not shown) that can contain case 310.
[1 5] Handle module 301 can be used in contexts other than tower computer 300. For example, the computer may have one or more ODD slots. The computer can have a horizontal or a vertical (tower) form factor. The computer can be designed as a stand-alone machine or to be part of a rack or other modular computer system. In the context of a rack system, handle 301 can facilitate removal of rack mount computers (with handle modules installed) from a rack. [16] Handle module 301 is shown in FIG. 5 with a hard disk mounting frame 501 installed and a hard disk 503 installed in frame 501. Frame 501 and hard disk 503 conform to a standard 3.5" hard drive form factor and readily fit in slot 305 (FIG. 3) along with handle module 301. In an alternative embodiment the frame and hard disk conform to a standard 2.5" (6.4 cm) hard drive form factor. Handle module 301 includes an installation feature set 504, including standard mounting holes 511, to secure handle 301 in slot 305. Handle module 301 also includes clips 509 (one of two shown) for securing hard disk 503 in frame 501 once it is inserted into place. In alternative embodiments, additional or different
mechanisms are used for securing a handle module in a disk-drive slot.
[1 7] FIG. 5 depicts just one of many possible examples of ways functions can be combined with a handle module to provide additional functionality for the incorporating slot. Other examples include: 1) incorporating a media, e.g., PC Card, reader in the ridge of the handle module; 2) mcluding functional or accent lighting into the ridge of the handle module, 3) incorporating a fingerprint reader in the ridge or on one side of the handle module; and 4) mcluding a storage slot for holding USB keys, etc. Regarding the last two examples, the recess may or may not extend the full horizontal width of the handle module; in the latter case, room may be left for an additional storage compartment or other functional elements.
[18] Herein, a "module" is a device or assembly that can be installed and removed intact from a host system. Thus, for example, optical disk drives, floppy disk drives, hard disks, and other devices are provided in the form of modules that can be inserted and removed using slots in a computer system. Herein, a "handle" is a device or structure that can be gripped by a human so that a system mcorporating the handle can be carried or moved at least in part by applying force via the handle. Herein, a "housing" is a structure that encloses an interior, possibly mcluding interior components.
[19] Herein, a "form factor" is a set of specifications. A disk-drive form factor is a form factor that applies to disk drives, both to the disk drives and to slots into which a conforming disk drive can be mounted. A 5.25" form factor has been prevalent for many years in the computer industry for hard disks and optical disk drives. This form factor is still used for optical drives. Hard disks are
increasingly conforming to smaller form factors, e.g., 3.5" form factors and 2.5" form factors, but can accommodate larger form factor slots through mounting frames and kits. Note there is more than one 5.25" form factor, as there are at least full-height and half- height specifications. Herein, "installation features" refers to clips, screws, screw holes, and the like used for securely mstalling a module into position, e.g., in a slot.
[20] Herein, a "recess" is surface and an interior volume partially enclosed by the recess, wherein the interior volume is included in the interior of a rectangular parallelepiped envelop for an object, e.g., a handle module or a computer system. Herein, "finger- friendly" means ergonomically suited for use by human fingers; it practice. The fingers being of a normal sized hand for a normal male or female adult human. Thus, a finger-friendly recess allows fingers to extend far enough in that a grip can be formed suitable for carrying or sliding the host machine. "Gripping" herein refers to holding a handle feature (e.g., the ridge) so that the host computer can be moved without the hand being retracted from the recess; more specifically, as used herein, "gripping" involves inserting at least three finger tips and at least one knuckle into the recess. An installation feature set is a set of one or more features that can be used to secure a module being installed.
[21 ] Herein, "fixed" means components of the handle module do not move relative to each other once installed. Herein, as indicated above, "non-protruding" means that it does not extend through the boundary of the smallest rectangular parallelepiped on the host machine. In the case of a hinged handle, it is non-protruding only if it is non-protruding in every allowed rotational position about the hinge. Hinged handles are not "fixed".
[22] Herein, "longitudinal", "horizontal" and "vertical" are substantially orthogonal directions. "Longitudinal" refers to a dimension along which modules are inserted and removed into and from a computer slot. "Front" refers to a plane through which devices are inserted into and removed from a slot. "Horizontal" and "vertical" refer to dimensions orthogonal to the longitudinal dimension and relative to a computer system in its normal
orientation.
[23] Herein, a "system" is a set of interacting elements, wherein the elements can be, by way of example and not of limitation, mechanical components, electrical elements, atoms, physical analogs of computer-executable instructions, and process segments. In this specification, related art is discussed for expository
purposes. Related art labeled "prior art", if any, is admitted prior art. Related art not labeled "prior art" is not admitted prior art. The illustrated and other described embodiments, as well as modifications thereto and variations thereupon are within the scope of the following claims.

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CLAIMS What Is Claimed Is:
1. A system comprising a handle module mcluding:
a housing conforming to a disk-drive form factor;
an installation feature set configured to securely install the housing in a slot conforming to the disk drive form factor; and
a finger-friendly recess extending from a front of the handle module and into an interior of the housing.
2. A system as recited in Claim 1 wherein the form factor is a 5.25" form factor applicable to optical disk drives.
3. A system as recited in Claim 1 further comprising a frame
conforming to a disk-drive form factor configured to accept installation of a hard disk, the frame being part of or attached to the handle module.
4. A system as recited in Claim 1 further comprising a computer having at least one slot conforming to the form factor, the handle module being installed in the slot.
5. A system as recited in Claim 4 wherein the computer has at least two slots and an optical disk drive installed in a slot other than the slot in which said handle module is installed.
6. A system as recited in Claim 5 further comprising a hard disk installed in the same slot in which the handle module is installed.
7. A system as recited in Claim 6 wherein the optical drive conforms to a 5.25" form factor and the hard drive conforms to a smaller form factor.
8. A system as recited in Claim 5 wherein the slots are arranged vertically so that the handle module is located above the optical disk drive.
9. A process comprising:
installing a non-protruding handle module into a slot of a computer, the slot conforming to a standard disk drive form factor;
gripping the handle module; and
moving the computer at least in part by applying force to the handle module.
10. A process as recited in Claim 9 wherein the form factor is a 5.25" form factor used for optical drives.
11. A process as recited in Claim 9 wherein said gripping involves inserting three finger tips and at least one knuckle of a hand into a recess of the handle module.
12. A process as recited in Claim 9 wherein said moving involves lifting the computer.
13. A process as recited in Claim 9 wherein said moving involves sliding the computer on a surface or into or out of a rack.
14. A process as recited in Claim 9 wherein said installing involves installing a hard disk in a frame that is attached to or a part of the handle module.
15. A process as recited in Claim 9 wherein said installing involves installing an optical disk drive in a slot below the slot in which the handle module is installed.
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