Claims
- 1. A small form factor disk drive for use in an appliance, which disk drive comprises:
a connector side, a removal side, and gripping sides; wherein the gripping sides include gripping mechanisms that are disposed along the gripping sides so that the gripping mechanisms are exposed whenever the appliance ejects the disk drive.
- 2. The small form factor disk drive of claim 1 wherein the gripping mechanisms comprise a predetermined number of protuberances.
- 3. The small form factor disk drive of claim 2 wherein the protuberances are disposed within the form factor of the disk drive.
- 4. The small form factor disk drive of claim 2 wherein the protuberances comprise ridges.
- 5. The small form factor disk drive of claim 2 wherein the protuberances comprise an array of bumps.
- 6. The small form factor disk drive of claim 5 wherein the bumps are spherical bumps.
- 7. The small form factor disk drive of claim 5 wherein the bumps are pyramid-shaped bumps.
- 8. The small form factor disk drive of claim 2 wherein a surface of the protuberances have high friction.
- 9. A small form factor disk drive for use in an appliance, which disk drive comprises:
a connector side, a removal side; and gripping sides; wherein the gripping sides include gripping mechanisms that are disposed adjacent to the removal side.
- 10. The small form factor disk drive of claim 1 wherein the gripping mechanisms comprise a rough or high friction surface.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/420,632, filed on Oct. 22, 2002, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60420632 |
Oct 2002 |
US |