Device of hard disk shock-resistance

• US 7,130,187 B1
• Filed: 04/27/2005
• Issued: 10/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ET&T Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: ET&T Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: Sun, Chien-Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): DUONG, HUNG V
• Application Number:
  US11/115,177
• Publication Number:
  US 20060245156A1
• Time in Patent Office: 552 Days
• Field of Search: 123/192.1, 386/70, 293/132, 293/146, 248/560, 248/592, 206/320, 360/73.02, 360/97.01, 361679-687, 361724-727, 369/219
• US Class Current: 361/679.34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/184 Mounting of motherboards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/08 Insulation or absorption of undesired vibrations or sounds

Abstract

This invention is directed as “a device of hard disk shock-resistance”, mainly consists of an outer frame, an inner frame, and multiple absorbers. With multiple assembly and tool holes arranged in appropriate position, the absorbers are snapped in-between the assembly holes of the outer and inner frames to create a buffer area which protects hard disk from breaking down in severe shocking environments, while it is still convenient to mount and dismount the hard disk with easy unit assembly.

Claims

1. A device of “

hard disk shock-resistance”

primarily comprises an outer frame, an inner frame, and multiple absorbers, and characterized by;

the outer frame has multiple assembly holes paired up in a slope way for fixing absorbers around each corner of the frame bottom, and multiple tool holes on sidewalls for tools to pass through;

the inner frame also has multiple assembly holes paired up in a slope way around each corner of the bottom in opposite to each assembly hole of the outer frame, and multiple tool holes on sidewalls for tools to pass through;

the absorber has two nail heads at both end and a belly between the two nail heads which is mounted against to the assembly holes of the outer and inner frames to form a buffer area;

that is, to take the advantages of the space between sidewalls of the outer and inner frames, with the absorber cushion in-between two frames to form a buffer area for shock-absorbing.

2. The device of “

hard disk shock-resistance”

of claim 1, wherein the assembly holes of the outer frame are paired up in a slope way.

3. The device of “

hard disk shock-resistance”

of claim 1, wherein the assembly holes of the inner frame are paired up in a slope way.

4. The device of “

hard disk shock-resistance”

of claim 1, wherein the inner frame can decrease high and low frequency resonance, especially decrease the high frequency resonance, by means of building the frame in an adequate thickness and better quality.

5. The device of “

hard disk shock-resistance”

of claim 1, wherein, after installing a hard disk, a lay of thermal conductivity silicon is glued in-between the bottom surface of the outer frame and the top of the IC to gain the effect of dispersing heat and fixing the IC board in position as well.

6. The device of “

hard disk shock-resistance”

of claim 5, wherein the hard disk cable bents 90 degree to connect to the bottom of IC board in order to decrease shock strength.