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US 2010/0020438 A1Published application
Multi-dimensional hard disk drive vibration mitigation
AssigneeSun Microsystem, Inc.
InventorsKenny C. Gross, Anton Bougaev, Aleksey M. Urmanov, David K. McElfresh
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that includes a drive carrier for a hard disk drive (HDD) and one or more vibration control clips affixed to the drive carrier. Within this system, a mode of vibration of the HDD is modulated by contact between each of the vibration control clips and a surface within the computer system.
Claims20
A system for mitigating vibration in a hard disk drive (HDD) in a computer system, comprising:
- a drive carrier for the HDD;
- and
- one or more vibration control clips affixed to the drive carrier, wherein a mode of vibration of the HDD is modulated by contact between each of the vibration control clips and a surface within the computer system.
A method for mitigating vibration in a hard disk drive (HDD) in a computer system, comprising:
- placing the HDD into a drive carrier for the HDD;
- affixing one or more vibration control clips to the drive carrier;
- and
- inserting the HDD into a chassis of the computer system,
- wherein a mode of vibration of the HDD is modulated by contact between each of the vibration control clips and a surface within the computer system.
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A computer system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory;
- a set of drive carriers containing a set of hard disk drives (HDDs);
- and
- a set of vibration control clips affixed to the driver carriers, wherein a mode of vibration of each of the HDDs is modulated by contact between each of the vibration control clips and a surface within the computer system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.