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US 6,661,652 B2Granted
Anti-vibration disk drive cage
AssigneeIntergraph Hardware Technologies Company
InventorsCurtis W. Worden, Michael Enright
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Abstract
A disk system includes a disk cage having a spring and an interior wall that forms a disk drive chamber. The disk system also includes a disk drive removably coupled within the disk drive chamber. The spring in the disk cage preferably is coupled with the interior wall and extends into the disk drive chamber to form a receiving chamber. The spring contacts the disk drive to dampen disk drive vibration.
Claims12
A disk drive cage comprising:
- an interior wall forming a disk drive chamber;
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- a spring coupled with the interior wall and extending into the disk drive chamber, the spring and disk drive chamber forming a receiving chamber for removably coupling a disk drive.
A disk system comprising:
- a disk cage having an interior wall that forms a disk drive chamber, the disk cage also having a spring coupled with the interior wall and extending into the disk drive chamber, the spring and disk drive chamber forming a receiving chamber;
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- a disk drive removably coupled within the receiving chamber, the spring contacting the disk drive to dampen disk drive vibration.
A disk drive cage comprising:
- an interior wall forming a disk drive chamber;
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- means for dampening disk drive vibration within the disk drive chamber, the dampening means and disk drive chamber forming a receiving chamber for removably coupling a disk drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.