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EP0680047A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Direct mounting apparatus for a disk drive

Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1995-03-21
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2015-03-21
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Abstract

Abstract Disclosed is a disk drive for storing data which includes disks and an actuator mounted on a frame or first housing part. A second housing part, when joined with the first housing part, forms a disk enclosure. The disk enclosure includes rails which have openings therein for mounting the disk drive to the user frame of a computer system. Deformable inserts are placed into the openings in the rails and screws are passed through openings in the frame of the computer system and into the inserts in the openings in the rails of the disk drive. The inserts are more forgiving and result in less distortion than in a mounting system in which the screws are passed directly into tapped holes in the rails of the disk drive. The inserts also electrically insulate the disk drive from the user frame of the computer system.

Inventors

  • 👤 Michael S. Good
  • 👤 Douglas W. Johnson
  • 👤 Subrahmanyan Nagarajan
  • 👤 Brian L. Rappel
  • 👤 Laurence J. Schmidt
  • 👤 Dennis R. Ziegenhagen

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 19:17
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B33/00; G11B33/12; G11B33/121; G11B33/02; G11B33/08

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 34 words
An apparatus for storing data comprising: a housing for the apparatus for storing data, said housing having openings therein; and inserts within the openings of the housing, said inserts including an electrical insulating material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 16 words
The apparatus for storing data of Claim 1 wherein the openings in the housing are oblong.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 23 words
The apparatus for storing data of Claim 1 or 2 wherein the electrical insulating material comprising the insert includes a substantially cylindrical portion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 36 words
The apparatus for storing data of Claim 3 wherein the electrical insulating material comprising the insert further comprises at least one barb joined to said substantially cylindrical portion, said barb gripping the opening in the housing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 30 words
The apparatus for storing data of Claim 4 wherein the electrical insulating material comprising the insert includes at least one slot therein along the length of the substantially cylindrical portion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 45 words
The apparatus for storing data of Claim 3 wherein the electrical insulating material comprising the insert further comprises at least one rib joined to said substantially cylindrical portion, said rib running along the length of said cylindrical portion and gripping the opening in the housing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 30 words
The apparatus for storing data of Claim 3 wherein said insert further including a threaded core of made from a material having a higher strength than the electrical insulating material.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 37 words
The apparatus for storing data of Claim 3 wherein said insert further including a metallic core positioned within the electrical insulating material to prevent the metal core from contacting the housing of the apparatus for storing data.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 24 words
The apparatus of Claim 8 wherein the metallic core is substantially cylindrical and includes a threaded opening therein, and a pair of opposed flat.
Claim 10
Independent Claim 21 words
An apparatus for storing data of any one of the previous claims wherein said electrical insulating material is a deformable material.
Claim 11
Independent Claim 21 words
The apparatus for storing data of any one of the previous claims wherein the deformable material comprising the insert is plastic.

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