Protective device for reducing the impact of physical shock
AssigneeHitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
InventorsDonald Ray Gillis, Norbert A. Feliss, Andrei Khurshudov
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Abstract
A device for extending an event time of a physical shock imparted on an electronic device. The device includes a rigid or semi-rigid frame and a resiliently elastic material coupled to the frame, the resiliently elastic material suspending an electronic device with respect to the frame. The resiliently elastic material may be in the form of a sheet, a strap, a rib, and combinations thereof. One preferred resiliently elastic material is a polymeric material.
Claims22
A device for extending an event time of a physical shock imparted on an electronic device, comprising:
- a frame;
- and
- a resiliently elastic material coupled to the frame, the resiliently elastic material being adapted for suspending an electronic device with respect to the frame and holding the electronic device away from a base of the frame,
- wherein a portion of the frame is positioned along at least three sides of the electronic device,
- wherein at least a portion of the resiliently elastic material is wrapped around an entire length of an outer periphery of the portion of the frame such that the resiliently elastic material encircles the outer periphery of the portion of the frame,
- wherein the resiliently elastic material forms a complete loop around the portion of the frame.
An electronic device in combination with a device for extending an event time of a physical shock imparted on the electronic device, comprising:
- an electronic device;
- a frame having a base and at least two sides;
- and
- an elastic material coupled to the frame, the elastic material being wrapped around at least a portion of the frame such that the elastic material forms an effectively continuous single loop around an outer periphery of the frame located there along and the electronic device,
- wherein the elastic material suspends the electronic device away from the base of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.