Housing for data storage devices or for accommodating such devices

• US 6,657,858 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2002
• Issued: 12/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Philon Rothschild
• Original Assignee: Philon Rothschild
• Inventors: Rothschild, Philon
• Primary Examiner(s): Schuberg, Darren
• Assistant Examiner(s): Duong, Hung Van
• Application Number:
  US10/099,375
• Publication Number:
  US 20020093788A1
• Time in Patent Office: 628 Days
• Field of Search: 361/683-687, 361/724-727, 360/97-1-, 248/581, 165/121, 403/24
• US Class Current: 361/679.33
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/08 Insulation or absorption of undesired vibrations or sounds
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/125 the apparatus comprising a plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. modular arrangements, arrays of disc drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/128 of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/14 Reducing influence of physical parameters, e.g. temperature change, moisture, dust

Abstract

The invention is related to the housing of motorized driven data storage device(s) 20 or accommodating such device(s), comprising one or more drive assembly(s) 103, comprising one or more data storage media(s) and one or more drive motor(s) Together with suited fastening means, a damper-carrier-surface 50, a damper-fastening-surface 55, at least one respective carrier-surface-oscillation-damper 51 and a fastening-surface-oscillation-damper 74, is provided in order to support a data storage device 20. The damper-carrier-surface 50 and the damper-fastening-surface 55 are allocated to one side of the drive assembly 103 and to two opposite facing sides of a suitable supporting-surface 3. A carrier-surface-oscillation-damper 51 is arranged between the damper-carrier-surface 50 and the supporting-surface 3 and is situated with at least one respective contact surface on the damper-carrier-surface 50 and the supporting-surface 3 in at least a partially two-dimensional manner. In addition a fastening-surface-oscillation-damper 74 is arranged between the damper-fastening-surface 55 and the supporting-surface 3 and is situated with at least one respective contact surface on the damper-fastening-surface 55 and the supporting-surface 3 in at least a partially two-dimensional manner.

Claims

1. A housing for motorized driven data storage device(s) or for accommodating such device(s), comprising:

a damper-carrier-surface and a damper-fastening-surface allocated to one side of a drive assembly and two opposite facing sides of a supporting-surface,

at least one carrier-surface-oscillation-damper arranged between said damper-carrier-surface and said supporting-surface with at least one respective contact surface on said damper-carrier-surface, and said supporting-surface in at least a partial two-dimensional manner,

at least one fastening-surface-oscillation-damper arranged between said damper-fastening-surface and said supporting-surface with at least one respective contact surface on said damper-fastening-surface, and said supporting-surface in at least a partial two-dimensional manner, and

said damper-carrier-surface and said damper-fastening-surface are mechanically linked, providing simultaneous operation of said fastening-surface-oscillation damper and said carrier-surface-oscillation damper.

2. Housing according to claim 1, wherein the damper-carrier-surface is an integrated part of one side of the drive assembly.

3. Housing according to claim 1, wherein the damper-carrier-surface is a distinct component, which is mechanically linked to one side of the drive assembly.

4. Housing according to claim 1, wherein an assembly unit is allocated to the drive assembly, the damper-carrier-surface is a distinct component and mechanically linked to one side of said assembly unit, and said drive assembly is supported between the side-wall-surface-means of said assembly unit.

5. Housing according to claim 1, wherein the drive assembly is arranged within an assembly unit, and the damper-carrier-surface or the damper-fastening-surface is an integrated part of said assembly unit.

6. Housing according to claim 1, wherein the drive assembly is arranged within an assembly unit, and the damper-carrier-surface and the damper-fastening-surface are integrated parts of said assembly unit.

7. Housing according to claim 1, wherein means are provided to alter the pre-pressure-tension of the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper.

8. Housing according to claim 1, wherein blank-spaces or holes are respectively provided in different areas of the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper, in such a manner that the data storage device unit formed by the assembly unit and the data storage device is generally lined up in rectangular position relative to the front panel after their assembly.

9. Housing according to claim 1, wherein the width and the material properties of the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper are chosen in such a manner, that the damper system comprising a damper-carrier-surface, said carrier-surface-oscillation-damper, said fastening-surface-oscillation-damper and the damper-fastening-surface, forms a low-pass system which essentially oscillates under counter-coupling conditions in the crucial frequency range of the data storage device.

10. Housing according to claim 1, wherein the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper are partial areas of an oscillation damper embodied as an integrated unit.

11. Housing according to claim 1, wherein the components forming the damper and assembly system of the data storage device are provided with aligned drill holes which determine at least a portion of the air-inlet of the air which is pulled into housing.

12. Housing according to claim 1, in which the drive assembly is arranged in an assembly unit, wherein the assembly unit is embodied by several distinct parts and at least consisting of two assembly-parts.

13. Housing according to claim 1, in which the drive assembly is arranged in an assembly unit, wherein the drive assembly is fastened with screws gripping into the drive assembly, which are supported on the side-wall-surface-means of said assembly unit, by torque-momentum-distributor-bridges and oscillation attenuating underlay.

14. Housing according to claim 1, wherein the support-surface is a partial area of the front-panel and said front-panel is at least stabilized in the area of said support-surface.

15. Housing according to claim 1, wherein the carrier-surface- oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper are composed of several layers and the distinct layers indicate different properties.

16. Housing according to claim 7, wherein a two-dimensional shaped tuning-panel is provided between the damper-carrier-surface and the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper or between the damper-fastening-surface and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper following consecutive respectively to each of the oscillation dampers, and a tuning-gadget is provided which grips into the carrier- or damper-fastening-surface on one hand and into the tuning-panel on the other hand, by which the tuning-panel is adjustable away from the carrier- or damper-fastening-surface, with direction onto the oscillation damper.

17. A housing for motorized driven data storage device(s) or for accommodating such devices, comprising:

a damper-carrier-surface and a damper-fastening-surface allocated to one side of a drive assembly and one side of a supporting-surface,

at least one carrier-surface-oscillation-damper arranged between said damper-carrier-surface and said supporting-surface with at least one respective contact surface on said damper-carrier-surface, and said supporting-surface in at least a partial two-dimensional manner,

at least one fastening-surface-oscillation-damper arranged between said damper-fastening-surface and said damper-carrier-surface with at least one respective contact surface on said damper-fastening-surface, and said damper-carrier-surface in at least a partial two-dimensional manner, and

said supporting-surface and said damper-fastening-surface are mechanically linked, providing simultaneous operation of said fastening-surface-oscillation damper and said carrier-surface-oscillation damper.

18. Housing according to claim 17, wherein the damper-carrier-surface is an integrated part of one side of the drive assembly.

19. Housing according to claim 17, wherein the damper-carrier-surface is a distinct component, which is mechanically linked to one side of the drive assembly.

20. Housing according to claim 17, wherein an assembly unit is allocated to the drive assembly, the damper-carrier-surface is a distinct component and mechanically linked to one side of said assembly unit, and said drive assembly is supported between the side-wall-surface-means of said assembly unit.

21. Housing according to claim 17, wherein the drive assembly is arranged within an assembly unit, and the damper-carrier-surface or the damper-fastening-surface is an integrated part of said assembly unit.

22. Housing according to claim 17, wherein the drive assembly is arranged within an assembly unit, and the damper-carrier-surface and the damper-fastening-surface are integrated parts of said assembly unit.

23. Housing according to claim 17, wherein means are provided to alter the pre-pressure-tension of the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper.

24. Housing according to claim 17, wherein blank-spaces or holes are respectively provided in different areas of the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper, in such a manner that the data storage device unit formed by the assembly unit and the data storage device is generally lined up in rectangular position relative to the front panel after their assembly.

25. Housing according to claim 17, wherein the width and the material properties of the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper are chosen in such a manner, that the damper system comprising a damper-carrier-surface, said carrier-surface-oscillation-damper, said fastening-surface-oscillation-damper and the damper-fastening-surface forms a low-pass system which essentially oscillates under counter-coupling conditions in the crucial frequency range of the data storage device.

26. Housing according to claim 17, wherein the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper are partial areas of an oscillation damper embodied as an integrated unit.

27. Housing according to claim 17, wherein the components forming the damper and assembly system of the data storage device are provided with aligned drill holes which determine at least a portion of the air-inlet of the air which is pulled into housing.

28. Housing according to claim 17, in which the drive assembly is arranged in an assembly unit, wherein the assembly unit is embodied by several distinct parts and at least consisting of two assembly-parts.

29. Housing according to claim 17, in which the drive assembly is arranged in an assembly unit, wherein said drive assembly is fastened with screws, gripping into the drive assembly, which are supported on the side-wall-surface-means of said assembly unit by torque-momentum-distributor-bridges and oscillation attenuating underlay.

30. Housing according to claim 17, wherein the support-surface is a partial area of the front-panel and said front-panel is at least stabilized in the area of said support-surface.

31. Housing according to claim 17, wherein the carrier-surface- oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper are composed of several layers and that the distinct layers indicate different properties.

32. Housing according to claim 23, wherein a two-dimensional shaped tuning-panel is provided between the damper-carrier-surface and the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper or between the damper-fastening-surface and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper following consecutive respectively to each of the oscillation dampers, and a tuning-gadget is provided which grips into the carrier- or damper-fastening-surface on one hand and into the tuning-panel on the other hand, by which the tuning-panel is adjustable away from the carrier- or damper-fastening-surface, with direction onto the oscillation damper.

33. A housing for motorized driven data storage device(s) or for accommodating such device(s), comprising:

a damper-carrier-surface and a damper-fastening-surface allocated to two opposite facing sides of a drive assembly and two supporting-surfaces,

at least one carrier-surface-oscillation-damper arranged between said damper-carrier-surface and a first supporting-surface with at least one respective contact surface on said damper-carrier-surface, and said first supporting-surface in at least a partial two-dimensional manner,

at least one fastening-surface-oscillation-damper arranged between said damper-fastening-surface and a second supporting-surface with at least one respective contact surface on said damper-fastening-surface, and said second supporting-surface in at least a partial two-dimensional manner, and

said first supporting-surface and said second supporting-surface are mechanically linked, providing simultaneous operation of said fastening-surface-oscillation damper and said carrier-surface-oscillation damper.

34. Housing according to claim 33, wherein the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper are casted parts, respectively provided with circumfering extensions projecting from their perimeter.

35. Housing according to claim 33, wherein the damper-carrier-surface or the damper-fastening-surface are respectively integrated parts of two opposite facing sides of the drive assembly.

36. Housing according to claim 33, wherein the damper-carrier-surface and the damper-fastening-surface are respectively integrated parts of two opposite facing sides of the drive assembly.

37. Housing according to claim 33, wherein the damper-carrier-surface or the damper-fastening-surface are distinct components and mechanically linked to respectively each one of two opposite facing sides of the drive assembly.

38. Housing according to claim 33, wherein the damper-carrier-surface and the damper-fastening-surface are distinct components and mechanically linked respectively to each one of two opposite facing sides of the drive assembly.

39. Housing according to claim 33, wherein the damper-carrier-surface and the damper-fastening-surface are distinct components and mechanically linked to two opposite facing sides of an assembly unit, and the drive assembly is supported between the side-wall-surface-means of said assembly unit.

40. Housing according to claim 33, wherein the drive assembly is arranged within an assembly unit, and the damper-carrier-surface or the damper-fastening-surface is an integrated part of said assembly unit.

41. Housing according to claim 33, wherein the drive assembly is arranged within an assembly unit, and the damper-carrier-surface and the damper-fastening-surface are integrated parts of said assembly unit.

42. Housing according to claim 33, wherein extensions are provided on the perimeter of the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper, which encompass the damper-carrier-surface and the damper-fastening-surface.

43. Housing according to claim 33, wherein the width and the material properties of the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper are chosen in such a manner, that the damper system comprising a damper-carrier-surface said carrier-surface-oscillation-damper, said fastening-surface-oscillation-damper and the damper-fastening-surface forms a low-pass system which essentially oscillates under counter-coupling conditions in the crucial frequency range of the data storage device.

44. Housing according to claim 33, wherein the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper are partial areas of an oscillation damper embodied as an integrated unit.

45. Housing according to claim 33, wherein the components forming the damper and assembly system of the data storage device are provided with aligned drill holes which determine at least a portion of the air-inlet of the air which is pulled into the housing.

46. Housing according to claim 33, in which the drive assembly is arranged in an assembly unit, wherein the assembly unit is embodied by several distinct parts and at least consisting of two assembly-parts.

47. Housing according to claim 33, in which the drive assembly is arranged in an assembly unit, wherein said drive assembly is fastened with screws gripping into the drive assembly, which are supported on the side-wall-surface-means of said assembly unit by torque-momentum-distributor-bridges and oscillation attenuating underlay.

48. Housing according to claim 33, wherein the carrier-surface-oscillation-damper and the fastening-surface-oscillation-damper are composed of several layers and that the distinct layers indicate different properties.

49. A housing for motorized driven data storage device(s) or for accommodating such device(s), comprising:

a surface means on a perimeter of a drive assembly,

an assembly unit having good thermal conductive properties and further having side-wall-surface-means wherein said side-wall-surface-means are allocated to said drive assembly, and

an oscillation attenuating layer having good thermal conductive properties aligned between said drive assembly and said assembly unit, with sufficient contact surface to said surface means on said perimeter of said drive assembly, and with sufficient contact-surface to said side-wall-surface-means of said assembly unit.

50. Housing according to claim 49, wherein the oscillation attenuating layer is formed by a plurality of segments.

51. Housing according to claim 49, wherein the oscillation attenuating layer is formed by a ribbon shaped material.

52. Housing according to claim 49, wherein the oscillation attenuating layer is formed by a lamination or plurality of laminations, at least applied onto the inner sides of the side-wall-surface-means of the assembly unit.

53. Housing according to claim 49, wherein the oscillation attenuating layer is arranged under sufficient pressure-force, to warrant the contact-surface between the surface means of the drive assembly and the side-wall-surface-means of the assembly unit.

54. Housing according to claim 49, wherein at least two thermal transitions are provided across the layer respectively between the surface means of the drive assembly and the assembly unit.

55. Housing according to claim 49, wherein at least one heat-sink provided with cooling-fins is thermally conductive well attached to the assembly unit and said cooling-fins of said heat-sink at least partially project into the air-stream generated by the main fan of the housing.

56. Housing according to claim 49, wherein the assembly unit is embodied as a heat-sink.

57. Housing according to claim 49, in which the drive assembly is arranged in an assembly unit, wherein the assembly unit is embodied by several distinct parts and at least consisting of two assembly-parts.

58. Housing according to claim 49, in which the drive assembly is arranged in an assembly unit, wherein said drive assembly is fastened with screws gripping into the drive assembly, which are supported on the side-wall-surface-means of said assembly unit by torque-momentum-distributor-bridges and oscillation attenuating underlay.

59. Housing according to claim 49, wherein the surfaces of the assembly unit are at least partially subjected to the air-circulation prevailing in the housing.

60. Housing according to claim 49, wherein the surfaces of the assembly unit are at least partially subjected to the air-circulation forced by a fan.

61. Housing according to claim 49, wherein the surfaces of the data storage device are at least partially subjected to the air-circulation prevailing in the housing.

62. Housing according to claim 49, wherein the surfaces of the data storage device are at least partially subjected to the air-circulation forced by a fan.

63. Housing according to claim 56, wherein the assembly unit is provided with integrated cooling-fins.

64. A housing for motorized driven data storage device(s) or for accommodating such device(s), comprising:

a top-side and a bottom side of said data storage device(s),

an assembly unit, constructed with low resonance properties allocated to a drive assembly, wherein said assembly unit(s) forms a hollow shaft around said data storage device(s) and the perpendicular distance between said top-side of said data storage device and the adjacent inner side of said hollow shaft, and the perpendicular distance between said bottom side of data storage device(s) and the adjacent inner side of said hollow shaft, does not exceed λ

/4, of the highest expected relevant acoustic frequency.

65. Housing according to claim 64, wherein the assembly unit is provided with an at least partially reflecting cut-off surface on one side of the hollow shaft.

66. Housing according to claim 64, wherein the assembly unit is respectively provided on both sides of the hollow-shaft with an at least partially reflecting cut-off surface.

67. Housing according to claim 64, in which the data storage device is arranged in an assembly unit, wherein the assembly unit is embodied by several distinct parts and at least consisting of two assembly-parts.

68. Housing according to claim 64, in which the data storage device is arranged in an assembly unit, wherein said data storage device is fastened with screws gripping into the drive assembly, which are supported on the side-wall-surface-means of said assembly unit by torque-momentum-distributor-bridges and oscillation attenuating underlay.

69. Housing according to claim 65, wherein the cut-off surface is formed by a damper-carrier-surface.

70. A housing for motorized driven data storage device(s) or for accommodating such device(s), comprising:

a top-side and a bottom side of said data storage device(s),

an assembly unit constructed with low resonance properties allocated to said data storage device(s), wherein said assembly unit(s) forms a hollow shaft around said data storage device(s), and the perpendicular distance between said top-side of said data storage device(s) and the adjacent inner side of said hollow shaft, and the perpendicular distance between said bottom-side and the adjacent inner side of said hollow shaft, does not exceed λ

/4, of the highest expected relevant acoustic frequency.

71. Housing according to claim 70, wherein the assembly unit is respectively provided with an at least partially reflecting cut-off surface, on two opposite facing sides of the hollow shaft.

72. Housing according to claim 70, wherein the cut-off surfaces are formed by the support-surfaces.