PORTABLE HARD DRIVE AND MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR SAME
First Claim
1. A portable computing device, comprising:
- an outer housing configured to enclose and support one or more internal components, said outer housing having a width, depth and height;
a hard disk drive located within said outer housing, said hard disk drive having a standardized hard disk drive form factor, wherein the dimensions of at least two of said outer housing width, depth and height are less than the width and height dimensions of said standardized hard disk drive form factor; and
a mounting assembly located within said outer housing and coupled to said hard disk drive, said mounting assembly having one or more components adapted to damp a mechanical shock to said hard disk drive, wherein said one or more mounting assembly components include a first stage spring portion comprising an extended finger geometry that provides initial damping of said mechanical shock and a second stage spring portion comprising an elastic block that provides final damping of said mechanical shock, wherein the damping properties of said first stage and second stage spring portions are significantly different.
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Abstract
A portable computing device having an outer housing, and internal hard disk drive and a shock damping mounting assembly is disclosed. Multiple outer dimensions of the portable computing device can be less than the width of the hard drive due to a diagonal arrangement of the hard drive within the overall device. The hard drive can comply with a standardized form factor, such as a 3.5 inch form factor. A mounting assembly located within the outer housing and coupled to the hard drive can include one or more components adapted to damp a mechanical shock to the hard drive, which components can be mounted to corners and/or edges of the hard drive. Mounting assembly components can includes a first stage spring comprising a finger geometry that provides initial damping of the mechanical shock and a second stage spring comprising an elastic block that provides final damping of the mechanical shock.
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26 Claims
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1. A portable computing device, comprising:
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an outer housing configured to enclose and support one or more internal components, said outer housing having a width, depth and height; a hard disk drive located within said outer housing, said hard disk drive having a standardized hard disk drive form factor, wherein the dimensions of at least two of said outer housing width, depth and height are less than the width and height dimensions of said standardized hard disk drive form factor; and a mounting assembly located within said outer housing and coupled to said hard disk drive, said mounting assembly having one or more components adapted to damp a mechanical shock to said hard disk drive, wherein said one or more mounting assembly components include a first stage spring portion comprising an extended finger geometry that provides initial damping of said mechanical shock and a second stage spring portion comprising an elastic block that provides final damping of said mechanical shock, wherein the damping properties of said first stage and second stage spring portions are significantly different. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mounting assembly adapted for use with a hard disk drive situated within an associated electronic device, comprising:
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a first portion having a first stage spring property, said first portion comprising an extended finger geometry that provides initial damping of a mechanical shock to the hard disk drive; and a second portion having a second stage spring property, said second portion comprising an elastic block that provides final damping of said mechanical shock, wherein the damping properties of said first stage spring portion and said second stage spring portion are significantly different. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A data backup device, comprising:
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an outer housing configured to enclose and support one or more internal components, said outer housing having a width, depth and height; a hard disk drive located within said outer housing, said hard disk drive having a standardized hard disk drive form factor, wherein the dimensions of at least two of said outer housing width, depth and height are less than the width and height dimensions of said standardized hard disk drive form factor, and wherein said hard disk drive is adapted to communicate with and provide storage backup for a larger computing device having a substantial amount of data; and a mounting assembly located within said outer housing and coupled to said hard disk drive, said mounting assembly having one or more components adapted to damp a mechanical shock to said hard disk drive. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A hard disk drive shock absorbing mounting device, comprising:
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an elastic block component having a first set of damping properties with respect to an external mechanical shock force; and an extended finger component coupled to said elastic block component and extending therefrom, said extended finger component having a second set of damping properties with respect to said external mechanical shock force, wherein said first and second sets of damping properties are substantially different from each other, and wherein said hard disk drive shock absorbing mounting device is adapted to be removably mounted to a corner or edge of an associated and separate hard disk drive having a standardized hard disk drive form factor. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A portable computing device, comprising:
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an outer housing configured to enclose and support one or more internal components; a hard disk drive mounted within said outer housing; and a mounting assembly located within said outer housing and coupled to said hard disk drive, said mounting assembly having one or more components adapted to damp a mechanical shock to said hard disk drive, wherein at least one of said one or more shock damping mounting assembly components includes a first stage spring portion that provides initial damping of said mechanical shock and a second stage spring portion that provides fine damping of said mechanical shock, wherein the damping properties of said first stage and second stage spring portions are significantly different. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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