Appeal No. 2000-0575 Page 2
Application No. 08/599,680
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a modular floppy disk drive for internal and
external use. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A modular floppy drive for internal and external use with a personal
computer having a peripheral option bay with an internal drive connector and
having an external drive connector for accessing data, the modular floppy
drive comprising:
a shell having a shell adaptor connector;
a floppy drive unit disposed within the shell comprising a plurality of
data/control lines on the floppy drive unit coupled to the shell adaptor
connector; and
a removable carrier formed to fit into the peripheral option bay in the
computer, the carrier comprising:
an open-mouthed slot sized to hold the shell;
an inside electrical connector on the carrier to couple
with the shell adaptor connector on the shell; and
an outside electrical connector on the carrier coupled to
the inside electrical connector, and to further couple with the
internal drive connector in the peripheral option bay,
wherein the internal drive connector comprises a blind-mate
connector so that the outside electrical connector on the carrier is guided
into proper alignment with the internal drive connector when the carrier is
inserted into the peripheral option bay.
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