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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2017
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Darya Amin-Shahidi, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Stephen Bell, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Toshiki Hirano, San Jose, CA (US);
Vipin Ayanoor Vitikkate, Palakkad-Kerala, IN;
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage canister is provided. The storage canister in one example includes an enclosure, multiple Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) located within the enclosure, a plurality of mounting elements configured to receive the multiple HDDs, wherein each mounting element of the plurality of mounting elements is configured to receive a HDD, a plurality of suspension elements supporting the plurality of mounting elements, with each suspension element of the plurality of suspension elements supporting and providing vibration isolation to a corresponding HDD of the multiple HDDs, and an external connector configured to be externally accessible, with the external connector being electrically coupled to the plurality of mounting elements.