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Foam systems for protecting disk drives from mechanical disturbances

US6567266B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateMay 16, 2001
Grant dateMay 20, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/08
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disk drive array can be protected from mechanical disturbances by foam positioned between a disk drive/mounting cage assembly and an enclosure system. In some of the more preferred embodiments of this invention the individual disk drives will be rigidly mounted to their mounting cage.

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