Mass data storage device cartridge flexible interconnect
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a cartridge housing sized to enclose a data storage device; and
an interconnect configured to dampen vibrations propagating from the cartridge to the data storage device, the interconnect including;
an external electrical connector mechanically coupled to the cartridge and defining an insertion direction;
an internal electrical connector mechanically coupled to the data storage device and defining an insertion direction that is substantially parallel to the external electrical connector insertion direction; and
an electrical conductor having a first portion extending from the external electrical connector orthogonal to the external electrical connector insertion direction, a second portion extending from the internal electrical connector orthogonal to the internal electrical connector insertion direction, and a flexible portion connected to distal ends of the first and second portions and routed entirely outside a buffer space between opposing faces of the electrical connectors from a first straight boundary between top edges of the opposing faces to a second straight boundary between bottom edges of the opposing faces.
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Abstract
This disclosure includes a portable data storage device comprising a mass data storage device, a cartridge housing enclosing a mass data storage device, and a flexible interconnect. The flexible interconnect includes 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. 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.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a cartridge housing sized to enclose a data storage device; and an interconnect configured to dampen vibrations propagating from the cartridge to the data storage device, the interconnect including; an external electrical connector mechanically coupled to the cartridge and defining an insertion direction; an internal electrical connector mechanically coupled to the data storage device and defining an insertion direction that is substantially parallel to the external electrical connector insertion direction; and an electrical conductor having a first portion extending from the external electrical connector orthogonal to the external electrical connector insertion direction, a second portion extending from the internal electrical connector orthogonal to the internal electrical connector insertion direction, and a flexible portion connected to distal ends of the first and second portions and routed entirely outside a buffer space between opposing faces of the electrical connectors from a first straight boundary between top edges of the opposing faces to a second straight boundary between bottom edges of the opposing faces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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enclosing a data storage device in a cartridge housing; and mechanically coupling the data storage device to an internal electrical connector, defining an internal electrical connector insertion direction, of an interconnect that dampens vibrations from the cartridge housing to the data storage device, the interconnect including an external electrical connector, defining an external electrical connector insertion direction that is substantially parallel to the internal electrical connector insertion direction, and the interconnect further including an electrical conductor having a first portion extending from the external electrical connector orthogonal to the external electrical connector insertion direction, a second portion extending from the internal electrical connector orthogonal to the internal electrical connector insertion direction, and a flexible portion connected to distal ends of the first and second portions and routed entirely outside a buffer space between opposing faces of the electrical connectors from a first straight boundary between top edges of the opposing faces to a second straight boundary between bottom edges of the opposing faces.
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