Abstract: A retainer clip for holding a battery to an electronic device is disclosed. The retainer clip includes at least three arms that join together at an intersecting point. The intersecting point is urged toward the electronic device to which the retainer clip is coupled to hold more securely the battery in position. It is noted that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to ascertain quickly the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided to retain a disk drive on a carrier without connecting the disk drive to the carrier with a fastener. In addition to the carrier, the apparatus can include an alignment feature on the carrier for cooperating with a corresponding alignment feature of the disk drive to align the disk drive with the carrier. The apparatus also generally includes an actuation member for moving the carrier between a disengaged position and an operable position. The actuation member may include a linkage connected to the carrier, and a handle connected to the linkage. The handle is capable of being moved between first and second positions which correspondingly moves the carrier between disengaged and operable positions. The actuation member may also include a retention element connected to the handle for retaining the disk drive on the carrier while the handle is in the second position.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for suspending communications with a hard disk drive in order to transfer data relating to the hard disk drive between the host and an intermediate communications gateway, thereby isolating the hard disk drive from the bus while this data is transferred. The data transferred between the host and the intermediate communications gateway may include control signals transferred from the host to the intermediate communications gateway and status signals transferred from the intermediate communications gateway to the host. In one embodiment, normal communications with an IDE hard disk drive are suspended upon the assertion of the RESET line of the AT bus. As such, the state of the RESET line may be controlled such that the RESET line is no longer merely utilized as a system reset but, instead, is used to define the state of communications between the host and the hard disk drive.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided to retain a disk drive on a carrier without connecting the disk drive to the carrier with a fastener. In addition to the carrier, the apparatus can include an alignment feature on the carrier for cooperating with a corresponding alignment feature of the disk drive to align the disk drive with the carrier. The apparatus also generally includes an actuation member for moving the carrier between a disengaged position and an operable position. The actuation member may include a linkage connected to the carrier, and a handle connected to the linkage. The handle is capable of being moved between first and second positions which correspondingly moves the carrier between disengaged and operable positions. The actuation member may also include a retention element connected to the handle for retaining the disk drive on the carrier while the handle is in the second position.