DURABLE MASS DATA STORAGE DEVICE CARTRIDGE

• US 20090296340A1
• Filed: 05/26/2009
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC (Seagate Technology Holdings Plc)
• Original Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC (Seagate Technology Holdings Plc)
• Inventors: Janik, Peter R., Brown, Brent R., Dozier, Matthew James, Allsup, David Scott
• Granted Patent: US 8,120,902 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.36
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/121 the apparatus comprising a single recording/reproducing device

Abstract

This disclosure includes an elastic shock mount for a mass data storage device cartridge comprising a shock mount body forming a void configured to receive a mass data storage device; and a set of elastic shock mount protrusions extending outward from the shock mount body. The elastic shock mount protrusions are configured to transfer shock forces experienced by the cartridge housing to durable portions of the mass data storage device.

Claims

1. An assembly comprising:

a mass data storage device;

an cartridge housing encasing the mass data storage device; and

an elastic shock mount between an interior surface of the cartridge housing and an external surface of the mass data storage device,

wherein the elastic shock mount includes a set of elastic shock mount protrusions configured to transfer shock forces experienced by the cartridge housing to durable portions of the mass data storage device.

2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the elastic shock mount further includes a shock mount body forming a void configured to receive a mass data storage device, wherein the elastic shock mount protrusions extending outward from the shock mount body.

3. The elastic shock mount of claim 2, wherein the elastic shock mount is a unitary component.

4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the elastic shock mount protrusions are positioned to intersect planes coplanar to walls of the mass data storage device housing.

5. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the cartridge housing includes slots on interior surfaces of the cartridge housing corresponding to the elastic shock mount protrusions to hold the elastic shock mount in place within the cartridge housing.

6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the elastic shock mount substantially surrounds the mass data storage device to prevent the mass data storage device from contacting the interior surface of the cartridge housing.

7. The assembly of claim 6, wherein the elastic shock mount is configured to allow the mass data storage device to travel at least one millimeter in any direction within the cartridge without contacting the cartridge housing.

8. The assembly of claim 6, wherein the mass data storage device is a disc drive.

9. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising a flexible interconnect, the flexible interconnect including:

an external electrical connector mechanically coupled to the cartridge;

an internal electrical connector mechanically and electrically coupled to a data port of the mass data storage device; and

a set of flexible electrical conductors electrically coupling the external electrical connector to the internal electrical connector,

wherein the external electrical connector is offset relative to the internal electrical connector in a direction perpendicular to an insertion direction of the internal electrical connector.

10. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising a flexible interconnect, the flexible interconnect including:

an external electrical connector mechanically coupled to the cartridge;

an internal electrical connector mechanically and electrically coupled to a data port of the mass data storage device; and

a set of flexible electrical conductors electrically coupling the external electrical connector to the internal electrical connector, wherein the flexible electrical conductors are routed within the cartridge such that no portion of the set of flexible electrical conductors lies in a volume defined by the space between the external electrical connector and the internal electrical connector.

11. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the cartridge housing includes one or more detents, the assembly further comprising a cradle to receive the cartridge housing, wherein the cradle includes flexible tabs configured to positively secure the cartridge housing in the cradle when the cartridge housing is inserted in the cradle.

12. An elastic shock mount for a mass data storage device cartridge comprising:

a shock mount body forming a void configured to receive a mass data storage device; and

a set of elastic shock mount protrusions extending outward from the shock mount body, wherein the elastic shock mount protrusions are configured to transfer shock forces experienced by the cartridge housing to durable portions of the mass data storage device.

13. The elastic shock mount of claim 12, wherein the elastic shock mount protrusions are positioned to intersect planes coplanar to walls of the mass data storage device housing.

14. The elastic shock mount of claim 12, wherein the elastic shock mount protrusions substantially surround the void configured to isolate the mass data storage device from a cartridge housing of the mass data storage device cartridge.

15. The elastic shock mount of claim 12, wherein the shock mount protrusions each extend at least one millimeter outward from the shock mount body.

16. The elastic shock mount of claim 12, wherein the shock mount protrusions each extend at least three millimeters outward from the shock mount body.

17. The elastic shock mount of claim 12, wherein the elastic shock mount is a unitary component.

18. A portable data storage device comprising:

a mass data storage device;

a cartridge housing encasing the mass data storage device; and

an elastic shock mount between an interior surface of the cartridge housing and an external surface of the mass data storage device,

wherein the elastic shock mount includes means for transferring shock forces experienced by the cartridge housing to durable portions of the mass data storage device.

19. The portable data storage device of claim 18, further comprising a flexible interconnect, the flexible interconnect including:

an external electrical connector mechanically coupled to the cartridge;

an internal electrical connector mechanically and electrically coupled to a data port of the mass data storage device; and

a set of flexible electrical conductors electrically coupling the external electrical connector to the internal electrical connector, wherein the flexible electrical conductors are routed within the cartridge such that no portion of the set of flexible electrical conductors lies in a volume defined by the space between the external electrical connector and the internal electrical connector.

20. The portable data storage device of claim 18, wherein the elastic shock mount is configured to allow the mass data storage device to travel at least three millimeters in any direction within the cartridge without contacting the cartridge housing.