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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
May. 14, 2001
Ryan D. Osterhout, Layton, UT (US);
Scott P. Thomas, Ogden, UT (US);
Paul C. Kunz, Ogden, UT (US);
Allen T. Bracken, Layton, UT (US);
Iomega Corporation, Roy, UT (US);
Abstract
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.