Disc-drive mounting using adhesive films
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorAlbert Michael Lindrose
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for attaching a data storage device to a stationary planar support surface using an attachment member having a first side attached to the data storage device and a second side operable to attach to the stationary planar support surface. The attachment member is positioned about a center-of-mass of the data storage device so as to impede the rotation of the disc drive about the center-of-mass.
Claims25
An apparatus for attaching a data storage device to a stationary planar support surface, wherein the data storage device has an outer housing having an outer planar surface and a storage medium within the housing rotating about a rotational axis, the device having a center-of-mass in the housing having a mass axis parallel to the rotational axis and extending through the outer planar surface, the apparatus comprising:
- an attachment member having a first surface attached to the outer planar surface of the data storage device and extending around the mass axis and a second surface for fastening to the stationary planar surface.
A method for securing a data storage device to a stationary planar support surface using an attachment member having a first adhesive surface and a second adhesive surface, wherein the data storage device has an outer housing having an outer planar surface and a storage medium within the housing rotating about a rotational axis, the device having a center-of-mass in the housing having a mass axis parallel to the rotational axis and extending through the outer planar surface, the method comprising steps of:
- (a) determining the center-of-mass of the data storage device;
- (b) attaching the first adhesive surface of the attachment member to the outer planar surface of the data storage device such that the attachment member extends around the mass axis;
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- (c) attaching the second adhesive surface of the attachment member to the stationary planar support surface, thereby securing the data storage device to the stationary planar support surface.
A system for securing a disc drive to a stationary planar support surface, comprising:
- a disc drive having an outer planar surface;
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- an attachment means attached to the outer planar surface for adhesively securing the disc drive to the stationary planar support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.