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Mounting plates are described for mounting one or more disk drives in a computer drive dock. Each mounting plate has a number of tracks each formed by a pair of ridges. The track width is greater at the ends than in the central region. Screws are threaded into the standard mounting holes tapped in t

Mounting plates are described for mounting one or more disk drives in a computer drive dock. Each mounting plate has a number of tracks each formed by a pair of ridges. The track width is greater at the ends than in the central region. Screws are threaded into the standard mounting holes tapped in the sides of the disk drive. These screws also hold brackets to the sides of the disk drive. Two of the mounting plates are attached opposite each other on the inside walls of the drive dock, and the heads of the screws are slid into the tracks. The brackets have wings which are attached to the front of the drive dock to hold the disk drive in place. One of the tracks is designed to accommodate all three sizes of so-called “third-high”drives. A unique structure for attaching the mounting plates to the side walls of the drive dock without threaded fasteners is also disclosed.

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A drive dock, said drive dock having two side walls and comprising: at least one disk drive having two sides and having a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole tapped into each of said sides; two mounting plates attached to said side walls, respectively, of said drive dock, each of said mou

A drive dock, said drive dock having two side walls and comprising: at least one disk drive having two sides and having a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole tapped into each of said sides; two mounting plates attached to said side walls, respectively, of said drive dock, each of said mounting plates comprising a track for mounting a disk drive, said track in each mounting plate comprising an upper ridge and a lower ridge and having a central section and an end section, said upper and lower ridges being spaced by a distance D in said central section, said upper and lower ridges being spaced by a distance greater than said distance D in said end section; a first screw and a second screw threaded into said first mounting hole and said second mounting hole, respectively, on each side of said disk drive, each of said first and second screws having a head, said disk drive being mounted in said drive dock with the head of said first screw on each side of said disk drive resting on the lower ridge in the central section of the track of one of said plates so as to support said disk drive. A plate for mounting a disk drive in a drive dock, said plate comprising: a first track which extends in a horizontal direction when said plate is mounted on a drive dock, said first track comprising an upper ridge and a lower ridge and being configured so as to receive between said upper and lower ridges a head of a screw threaded into a disk drive; said first track comprising a central section and an end section, said upper and lower ridges being substantially parallel to each other and being spaced by a distance D in said central section, said upper and lower ridges being substantially parallel to each other and being spaced by a distance greater than said distance D in said end section.