Panasonic Corporation

Katsutoshi Yuasa

Takeshi Mori

Toshiya Senoh

Tetsuya Kawamoto

Hirofumi Asakura

Reiji Matsumura

Manabu Kimura

A cushioning member includes a first plane, an opening opened to the first plane, and an air storage for storing air formed from the opening to an inside of the cushioning member. When a shock load is imposed on the cushioning member, the air in the air storage is compressed, and the first plane is deformed by the pressure of the compressed air to form a gap. A part of the compressed air flows out of the air storage through the gap. This structure provides a high shock-cushioning effect.

Cushioning member, shock protection device, and portable information equipment using the same

An impact buffer having a high buffering effect includes two or more impact buffering members with different hardness, contacted with at least one surface of a side surface part of an HDD unit positioned orthogonally to the rotation surface of a magnetic disk of the HDD unit, supports the HDD unit, buffers an impact applied to the HDD unit by expansion and contraction, further moderates the rotation of the HDD unit in the direction causing a head arm to move onto the disk at rest, prevents the head detachment, and can overcome the weaknesses of the head arm and an inertial latch structure.

Impact buffer, impact buffering device, and information processor having impact buffering device

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Osaka, Japan

Katsutoshi Yuasa