US 11,790,954 B1
Carrier for hard drive
Jared Harlan, Hutto, TX (US); Tung Yi Hsieh, Taoyuan (TW); Hsin Chiang Tan, New Taipei (TW); Yi-Chung Lin, New Taipei (TW); LungSheng Tsai, Austin, TX (US); and Ryan Signer, Round Rock, TX (US)
Assigned to ZT GROUP INT'L, INC., Secaucus, NJ (US)
Filed by ZT Group Int'l, Inc., Secaucus, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/935,266.
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); G11B 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 33/022 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0208 (2013.01); H05K 5/0221 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carrier for a hard drive, the carrier comprising: a housing operable to receive a hard drive and a security chip; a locking component operable to secure the hard drive within the housing, wherein securing the locking component prevents the hard drive from being removed from the housing; a release mechanism operable to release the locking component so that the hard drive can be removed from the housing; and a breaking component in communication with the release mechanism, wherein upon actuation of the release mechanism to release the locking component, the breaking component is operable to break the security chip for the hard drive the security chip is unable to be utilized to decode encrypted data from the HD.