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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tho Pham, Milpitas, CA (US);
Edward T. Aguilar, San Jose, CA (US);
Woo-Sung Kim, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 3/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 3/308 ;
Abstract
A bumper that can be attached to an outer surface of a hard disk drive housing. The bumper may be constructed from a damping material that attenuates a shock load and dampens a resultant vibratory response of a shock event. The bumper may be snapped onto the disk drive housing without using external fasteners.