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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1998
Makoto Konno, Yamagata, JP;
Hisashi Shibata, Yamagata, JP;
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mounting structure of a magnetic disk drive into a main body of computer is disclosed. The mounting structure comprises a lower frame of the magnetic disk drive including a bottom plate and a pair of side walls, and four cantilevered arms provided near front and rear ends of the pair of side walls, each of the cantilevered arms includes a continued portion connecting with each of the side walls at one point, a plurality of bent portions, a free end portion, and at least one screw hole for fixing onto the main body of computer by screws, the cantilevered arms are arranged so as to be that directions of bending stresses derived from screw-tightening torques and acting to the continued portions of the cantilevered arms are accorded with each other. The mounting structure further comprises a reinforcing plate disposed under the bottom plate of lower frame, at least two parts of the reinforcing plate respectively support one of the bent portion in two of the cantilevered arms located on at least one diagonal line of the lower frame from downward thereof.
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