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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2000
Wai Onn Chee, Singapore, SG;
Joseph Cheng-Tsu Liu, Singapore, SG;
Niroot Jierapipapatanakul, Singapore, SG;
Choon Kiat Lim, Singapore, SG;
Michael Joo-Chiang Toh, Singapore, SG;
Pow-Hing Yong, Johor Bahru, MY;
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
The shock absorber apparatus for a disc drive is a molded polymeric enclosure adapted to receive and retain a disc drive. One preferred embodiment of the present invention has a shock absorbing material of a first thickness adjacent a critical region of the drive and a second thickness of shock absorbing material adjacent a non-critical region of the disc drive. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness in order to absorb a greater shock load to protect the critical region of the disc drive.