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Shockproof and portable disk storage apparatus having shock absorbers on all sides of a head/disk enclosure and a coplanar electronic card

US5491608A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 7, 1995
Grant dateFeb 13, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/122
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A fixed disk storage unit is mounted in a protective outer case and is supported by elastic shock absorbers. A head/disk enclosure including a rotatable disk and a head actuator of the fixed disk storage unit therein, and an electronic card on which electronic circuits are mounted, are placed abreast with a gap there between on substantially the same plane in the protective outer case, and the head/disk enclosure is supported on all sides including the side next to the gap by the shock absorbers. This construction provides a shockproof and portable disk storage apparatus which is small-sized and whose manufacturing process is simple.

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