Vibration-damping mount
First Claim
1. A vibration-damping mount comprising:
- a bolt including a threaded shaft and a bolt head fixed to the threaded shaft; and
a vibration-damping base including;
a head segment that envelops the bolt head,a neck segment adjacent to the head segment and opposite to the threaded shaft, wherein the neck segment has a cross-sectional thickness smaller than a cross-sectional thickness of the head segment, anda rear segment adjacent to the neck segment and opposite to the head segment, wherein the rear segment has a cross-sectional thickness larger than the cross-sectional thickness of the neck segment,wherein the head segment, the neck segment and the rear segment combine to form a notch configured to mate with a hole in a mounting board such that at least a portion of the neck segment is within the hole and the head segment and the rear segment are on either side of the mounting board.
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Abstract
In an example, a vibration-damping mount comprises a bolt including a threaded shaft and a bolt head fixed to the threaded shaft, and a vibration-damping base. The vibration-damping base includes a head segment that envelops the bolt head and a neck segment adjacent to the head segment and opposite to the threaded shaft. The vibration-damping base further includes a rear segment adjacent to the neck segment and opposite to the head segment. The head segment, the neck segment and the rear segment combine to form a notch configured to mate with a hole in a mounting board, such as a printed circuit board. The vibration-damping mount may be suitable to mount a mass data storage device such as a hard disk drive to a printed circuit board in a chassis system and simultaneously isolate the mass data storage device from vibrations in the chassis system.
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Citations
33 Claims
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1. A vibration-damping mount comprising:
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a bolt including a threaded shaft and a bolt head fixed to the threaded shaft; and a vibration-damping base including; a head segment that envelops the bolt head, a neck segment adjacent to the head segment and opposite to the threaded shaft, wherein the neck segment has a cross-sectional thickness smaller than a cross-sectional thickness of the head segment, and a rear segment adjacent to the neck segment and opposite to the head segment, wherein the rear segment has a cross-sectional thickness larger than the cross-sectional thickness of the neck segment, wherein the head segment, the neck segment and the rear segment combine to form a notch configured to mate with a hole in a mounting board such that at least a portion of the neck segment is within the hole and the head segment and the rear segment are on either side of the mounting board. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An assembly comprising:
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a mass data storage device including; a rewriteable memory, and a housing encasing the rewriteable memory; and a set of vibration-damping mounts mounted to an external surface of the housing, wherein each of the vibration-damping mounts includes; a shaft mounted to the external surface of the housing, the shaft including a shaft head opposite the housing, and a vibration-damping base including; a head segment that envelops the shaft head, a neck segment adjacent to the head segment and opposite to the shaft, wherein the neck segment has a cross-sectional thickness smaller than a cross-sectional thickness of the head segment, and a rear segment adjacent to the neck segment and opposite to the head segment, wherein the rear segment has a cross-sectional thickness larger than the cross-sectional thickness of the neck segment, wherein the head segment, the neck segment and the rear segment combine to form a notch configured to mate with a hole in a mounting board such that at least a portion of the neck segment is within the hole and the head segment and the rear segment are on either side of the mounting board. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An assembly comprising:
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a chassis; one or more cooling fans mounted to the chassis; a printed circuit board mounted within the chassis, wherein the printed circuit board forms a set of mounting holes; a mass data storage device including; a rewriteable memory, and a housing encasing the rewriteable memory; and a set of vibration-damping mounts mounted to an external surface of the housing of the mass data storage device, wherein each of the vibration-damping mounts includes; a shaft mounted to the external surface of the housing, the shaft including a shaft head opposite the housing; and a vibration-damping base including; a head segment that envelops the shaft head, a neck segment adjacent to the head segment and opposite to the shaft, wherein the neck segment has a cross-sectional thickness smaller than a cross-sectional thickness of the head segment, and a rear segment adjacent to the neck segment and opposite to the head segment, wherein the rear segment has a cross-sectional thickness larger than the cross-sectional thickness of the neck segment, wherein the head segment, the neck segment and the rear segment combine to form a notch mated with a corresponding mounting hole in the printed circuit board such that at least a portion of the neck segment is within the corresponding mounting hole and the head segment and the rear segment are on either side of the printed circuit board. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of mounting a mass storage device comprising:
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attaching a set of vibration-damping mounts to an external surface of a housing of the mass data storage device such that each of the vibration-damping mounts extends in a common direction, wherein each of the vibration-damping mounts includes; a shaft mounted to the external surface of the housing, the shaft including a shaft head opposite the housing, and a vibration-damping base including; a head segment that envelops the shaft head; a neck segment adjacent to the head segment and opposite to the shaft, wherein the neck segment has a cross-sectional thickness smaller than a cross-sectional thickness of the head segment; and a rear segment adjacent to the neck segment and opposite to the head segment, wherein the rear segment has a cross-sectional thickness larger than the cross-sectional thickness of the neck segment, wherein the head segment, the neck segment and the rear segment combine to form a notch configured to mate with a hole in a mounting board; and for each of the vibration-damping mounts, forcing the rear segment through a corresponding hole in a set of holes in the mounting board such that at least a portion of the neck segment is within the corresponding hole and the head segment and the rear segment are on either side of the mounting board. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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Specification