Silent disk drive assembly
AssigneeSilent Systems, Inc.
InventorGregory T. Wyler
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Abstract
A computer including an acoustically shielded hard disk drive. Exhaust vents are provided in the computer housing above a convectively cooled power supply. The power supply and, if necessary, a plurality of fans mounted inboard from the intake vents, move the air throughout the computer. The resulting computer produces no more than 25 decibels of noise when in operation. A sound absorption layer surrounds the disk drive assembly. A heat sink mounted exterior to the sound absorption layer is connected by a heat conductive path to the disk drive assembly so as to conduct heat from the disk drive out to the exteriorly mounted heat sink. The disk drive may be immediately surrounded by a fluid containing pouch and a metal bracket.
Claims15
In a computer having a data storage read/write device, the improvement comprising:
- a sound absorption layer surrounding said data storage read/write device;
- a heat sink mounted exterior of said sound absorption layer;
- and
- a heat conductive path from said heat sink through said sound absorption layer so as to conduct heat from said data storage read/write device to said heat sink.
A silent disk drive comprising:
- a disk drive assembly;
- a sound absorption layer surrounding said disk drive assembly;
- a heat sink mounted exterior of said sound absorption layer;
- and
- a heat conductive path from said heat sink through said sound absorption layer so as to conduct heat from said disk drive assembly to said heat sink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.