US 6,856,482 B2 · Disk drive apparatus and method of mounting same

Abstract

A disk drive apparatus mounting socket includes a socket portion which supports a disk drive apparatus, a lead portion which is connected to the disk drive apparatus supported by the socket portion, and a terminal unit which is electrically connected to the lead portion and to circuits on a board. A disk drive apparatus, which is connectable to an information processing unit, includes a connecting unit which connects the disk drive apparatus to the information processing unit, and an interface unit which controls the disk drive apparatus in response to a control signal, a data bus signal, and an address bus signal which are generated by the information processing unit and are inputted to the disk drive apparatus from the information processing unit via the connecting unit.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A disk drive unit comprising:

a disk drive;
a socket for housing said disk drive;
a first vibration absorbing member positioned between an inner upper side of said socket and said disk drive;
and
a second vibration absorbing member positioned between an inner lower side of said socket and said disk drive.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/812,582Filed 21 Mar 2001 · division

Priority

JP 2-33155428 Nov 1990

Published

US 2001/0019462 A16 Sep 2001

Granted

15 Feb 2005

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G11B 33/121
Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules: the apparatus comprising a single recording/reproducing device
G11B 33/122
The apparatus comprising a single recording/reproducing device: arrangements for providing electrical connections, e.g. connectors, cables, switches
H05K 1/18
Printed circuits: structurally associated with non-printed electric components
H05K 1/181
Structurally associated with non-printed electric components: associated with surface mounted components

Family

Application07/799,143Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Nov 1991

Application08/176,689Parent of this division · filed 3 Jan 1994

US 2001/0019462 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Sep 2001

US 6,219,909 B1Parent of this division

Application08/176,689Parent of this continuation

US 6,856,482 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Disk drive apparatus and method of mounting same

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Disk drive apparatus and method of mounting same

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Abstract

Claims14