Enhanced prying structure for an electronic device
AssigneeSanDisk Technologies LLC
InventorMyungJin Kim
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Abstract
In the context of an electronic device such as a solid-state drive, implementation of a prying opening in a sidewall of an enclosure base, and positioned adjacent to a corresponding stepped structure along a sidewall of an enclosure cover, enables an effective prying mechanism enabling the disassembling of the electronic device. A stepped structure surface extending beyond the prying opening of the base forms a narrow pathway with the sidewall of the base, thus providing a structural mechanism to inhibit the transfer of ESD to the sensitive components of the device.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- an enclosure base comprising an enclosure base sidewall and a prying opening in the enclosure base sidewall;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) coupled with the enclosure base;
- and
- an enclosure cover coupled with the enclosure base and covering the PCB, the enclosure cover comprising a stepped structure having a first step and a second step extending from the first step, the stepped structure extending along an enclosure cover sidewall disposed within the base and adjacent to the prying opening of the enclosure base.
An electronic device enclosure, comprising:
- a bottom part comprising a prying opening a sidewall of the bottom part;
- and
- a top part coupled with the bottom part and comprising:
- a stepped structure extending along a top part sidewall disposed within the bottom part, at least a portion of the stepped structure positioned adjacent to the prying opening of the bottom part;
- and
- a surface extending beyond the prying opening of the bottom part and forming a pathway with the sidewall of the bottom part.
A method of assembling an enclosure for a data storage device, comprising:
- coupling a first portion of an enclosure means to a second portion of the enclosure means, the first portion of the enclosure means including:
- an aperture in a sidewall of the first portion;
- and the second portion of the enclosure means including:
- a stepped structure extending along a sidewall of the second portion and disposed within the first portion, at least a portion of the stepped structure positioned adjacent to the aperture in the sidewall of the first portion;
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- a surface extending past the aperture in the sidewall of the first portion and forming a pathway with the sidewall of the first portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.