Car disk drive unit
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsKenji Hidaka, Hirokazu Noto, Yasuo Takano, Katsushi Tanka
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Abstract
To provide a car disk drive unit operating in a stable condition which is hardly affected by temperature changes in a vehicle, a car disk drive unit 1 of the present invention comprises: a casing 3 for accommodating a disk drive 2; a Peltier element 4 used as means for controlling the temperature being close to the upper surface of the casing 3 through an intermediate plate 18; a heat sink 5 being close to a base slice 50 on the lower surface of the Peltier element 4; an electric fan 6 for ventilating air to the heat sink 5; and a housing 11 for accommodating the casing 3 in the upper part as well as securing the heat sink 5 and the electric fan 6 to the lower part.
Claims13
A car disk drive unit comprising:
- a casing for accommodating a disk drive;
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- an assembly for controlling the temperature provided in the casing, comprising a Peltier element adjacent to one surface of the casing, a heat sink adjacent to another surface of the Peltier element, and an electric fan for ventilating to the heat sink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.