Iomega Corporation

Paul C Kunz

Allen T Bracken

Ryan Osterhout

Scott P Thomas

Dominic D'Andrea

Mark Ciesko

Spencer W Stout

David S Greenhalgh

Jeanette Numbers

An information storage device ( ) includes a cartridge ( ) which can be removably inserted into a cradle ( ) coupled by a cable ( ) to a host computer. The cartridge includes an outer housing ( ) containing a chamber ( ), and having an electrical connector ( ) on the exterior. An inner housing ( ) contains a hard disk mechanism, and is resiliently supported within the chamber by four resilient elements ( ). A flex circuit ( ) extends from the inner housing to the connector, and permits relative movement of the inner and outer housings. The resilient elements are formed by cutting a cross-shaped part ( ) from a foam sheet, cutting two square parts ( ) from a different foam sheet, adhesively laminating the outer parts to opposite sides of the center part, and then cutting the resulting assembly along two planes to form the four resilient elements.

Method and apparatus for protecting a hard disk drive from shock

Storage device, storage device enclosure, and support for a storage device enclosure

Storage device

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Ogden, UT, United States of America

Paul C Kunz