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US 6,583,949 B2Granted
Disc drive bottom mounting through a shield plate
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorMichael Alan Maiers
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AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorMichael Alan Maiers
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A disc drive mounting assembly is disclosed for bottom mounting a disc drive to a mounting structure. The disc drive includes a baseplate having mounting rails, a shield plate, and a printed circuit board assembly positioned between the baseplate and the shield plate. The shield plate includes a mounting flange having a boss for receiving a mounting fastener. Each mounting rail includes a notch aligned with and receiving the mounting flange. The notch has a depth such that a clearance region is defined between the flange and the mounting rail to receive the boss. The clearance region also receives the end of a fastener extending through the boss. The notch has a solid base preventing a fastener from entering the base mounting rail and pulling the baseplate down relative to the shield plate to prevent compressing the printed circuit board assembly.
A method of mounting a disc drive to a mounting structure, the disc drive having a baseplate having two base mounting rails extending from opposite sides of the baseplate, a printed circuit board assembly positioned between the rails under the baseplate, and a shield plate between the rails beneath the printed circuit board assembly, the shield plate having a mounting hole therethrough, the method comprising steps of:
A disc drive mounting assembly for mounting a disc drive to a mounting structure wherein the disc drive has a baseplate having a bottom planar surface and a cover housing a printed circuit board assembly fastened to the baseplate, the mounting assembly comprising:
A disc drive mounting assembly for bottom mounting a disc drive to a mounting structure comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.