ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,614, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to QUANTA COMPUTER INC. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
"Rotating drive tray assembly" was invented by Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Tung-Hsien Wu (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Shin-Ming Su (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Hsiang-Pu Ni (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive tray assembly is disclosed for placing drives (e.g., hard disk drives) in a computer chassis in a rotated orientation and without the need for additional tools. The drive tray assembly includes an outer tray on a hinge capable of being rotated away from the computer chassis during drive changes. An inner tray, upon which a drive may be pl...