Patent · US Expired

Shock protection skin bumper for a hard disk drive

US6704161B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 26, 1999
Grant dateMar 9, 2004
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

A bumper that can be attached to an outer surface of a hard disk drive housing. The bumper may be constructed from a damping material that attenuates a shock load and dampens a resultant vibratory response of a shock event. The bumper may be snapped onto the disk drive housing without using external fasteners.

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